The Washington herald., 1915-04-13

strange dream again last night. 1t must
late to Sherman: my thoughts are in
hat dire ton and l know of no other
very important event which is likely just
now to occur"
Friend of the Fallen south.
Tn" Cabinets discussions that day were
broad ones of reconstructing the South.
Of reopeninS avenues of trade and re-
establishing State governments.
Throughout them Lincoln displayed
depth OF charity and love for his fellow
citizens of the South such as he had
never before displayed in all his tolerant
dealings with his wartime enemies. He
,hccked any tendency on the part of his
associates To be hard with the people who
had been in arms against him. Mr..
stanton made a suggestion that, for ad-
ministratiVe purposes. the States of North
Carolina and Virginia be considered as
one. Lincoln emphatically discounten-
anced II.
According to Mr.. Welles, the President
made these remarks:
He hoped there would be no persecu-
ton. no bloody work. after the war was
over. None need expect he would take
any part in hanging or killing those men.
even the worst of them. Brighten them
out of the country. open the gates. let
down tn" bars. scare them off. said he
throwing up his hands as if soaring sheep.
Enough lives have been sacrificed. We
must eXtinsuish our resentments if we
expect harmony and union. There was
too much Of desire on the part Of some
Of our very good friends to be masters.
to interfere with and dictate to those
States. to treat people not as fellow citi-
Zens. there was too little respect for
their rights. He did not sympathiZe in
those feelings
This was Lincolns last official utter
anCe to his Cabinet
with Charity for ALL
Lincoln's charity for all" was ex-
emplified in number of ways in the
last day of his life.
That afternoon the question was put
to him by Charles \. Dana. Assistant
Secretary of War, as to whether any
effort should be made by the govern
ment to prevent Jacob Thompson, for
mer Secretary of the Interior, who had
been the chief Confederate agent in
Canada and had planned, among other
things, the destruction of Northern
cities by incendiarism, from leaving
the country by way of Portland, Me.
Mr.. Dana had a telegram from Port
land saying that Mr. Thompson was
soon to arrive there to take steamer
for England. On entering the Presi-
dents office he found ii empty and
started TO go out, when the President
called to him from a little side room,
where he was washing his hands.
Hello. Dana" said he. what is it?
What's up"
Mr.. Dana read the telegram.
what does Stanton say" asked
Lincoln.
He says arrest him. But that
should refer the question to you
WELL" said he President slowly.
wiping his hands. mo: | rather think
not. When you've got an elephant by
the hind leg. and he's trying 10 run
away. it's best to let him run
That afternoon Lincoln signed a
pardon for soldier sentenced to be
shot for desertion. 81 think the boy
can do us more good above ground
than underground" was his comment
An application for the discharge of a
Confederate prisoner who wished to
take the oath of allegiance he in
dorsed. Let it be done
l.inCOln's last day was not without
direct expression of a foreboding of
death. As he walked toward evening
across the White House grounds to
the War Department he said TO his
single bodyguard, on seeing some in
toxicated men: DO you know Crook
l believe there are men who want to
take my life" After a pause he said:
And ! have no doubt they will do it,"
In Diminishing the subject he said: IF
il is to be done, it is impossible to
prevent it,
These words were spoken about
three hours before Lincoln was shot
down.
Copyright. 1918. Winfield NJ ThomrsonD
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