Year: 1862

THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ,sopz
We coming, Father Abraham. thrao 81,
and more, " 0 i'''iidred thors-
FROM E6,iad EMiTisasdppl,s y winding stream and from New
we itav9 our our ploushs and workshops our wives and
With hearts too fnlI for ,,t+aro,,o, ,-;.,, ,
tear; 1' "I'ii pu' d silent
We dare not look behind US but steadfastv baf,re-
+ III tI ro'hIilS' rather Abraham-three hundred
If you look across the hitops that meet the north
Long moving lines of rising dust your vision NAV


aside. ~ 'dS 'eIi
And floats rt aoft our spangIed flag in glory and in
And bayonets in the sunlight CLEAN, and bands brave
We are coming, Father Abralaln-tllree hundred
II you look all up our Valleys where the growing har-
You may see our sturdy farmer boys fast forming in
And children from their mothers knees ara n,,,i,.
And learning how 10 reap and sow against their
And farewell group stands weeping at every cottage
| door


We are coming, Father Abrahaln-three hundred
thousand more!


You haye called us and we're coming by Richmonds
To lay us down, for freedoms sake, our brothers
Or from foul treason's savage prasp to wrench tho
murderouS blade


And in the face of foreign foes its fragments to pa
rade. -
Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone
before


We are coming. Father Abr;thanl-three hundred
thousand more!


RS~At recent war meeting at Wash
ington President Lincoln made the follow
ing remarks


FedioaU Citizens-I believe there is no
precedent for my appearing before yon on
| this occasion, but it is also true that there
is 70 precedent for your being here your
selves, and | offer in justification of myself
and Of you that upon an examination l
have found nothing in the Constitution
! against it.


| however have an impression there are
younger gentlemen who will entertain you
better Voices No, no. None can do
better than yourself-go on and better
address your understanding than | will or
could, and therefore propose but to detan
you moment longer l am very little in
cEned on any occasion to say anything un-
less | hope to produce some good by it
The only thing think of just now not
likely to be better said 10y some one else is
a matter in which we have heard some
other person tlamcd for what did myself
There has been a very wide spread at
tempt to have a quarrel between General
! Mcclellan and the Secretary of War
Now, | occupy position that enables me
to believe, ut least, that these two gentle
men are not nearly so deep in the q2arrel
as some preSuming to be their friends
General MoCielian'S attitude is such that,
in the very selfshness of his nature, he
cannot but wish to be successful, and |
hope he willard the Secretary of War is
precisely in the sgme situation


If the military commanders in the field
cannot be successful, not only the Secretary
of War, but myself, for the time being the
master of them both, cannot but be fail
urcs [ know that General Mcclellan
wishes to be successful, and [ know that
he does not wish it any more than the Sec
retary Of War does for him, and both Of
| them together no more than | wish it.
Sometimes we hear dispute as to how
many men General Mcclellan has had, and
those who would disparage him say he has
had q very large number, and those who
would disparage the SecIetary of War insist
that General Mcclellan has had very
small number The basis for this is there
is always very wide difference, and on
this occasion, perhaps wider one between
the grand total on McCellan's rolls and the
men actually ft for duty, and those who
disparage him talk of grand totals on pa
per; and those who would disparage the
Secretary of War talk Of those at present
fit for duty.


General Mcclellan has sometimes asked
for things that the Secretary Of War did
not give him. Mcclellan is not to blame
for asking for what he wanted and needed,
and the Secretary of War is not to blame
for not giving when he had none to give.
And I say here, so far as | know, the Sec
retary of War has withheld no one thing
at any time within my power to give him.
TWild applause, and voice, Give him
enough now


The President continued-I have no ac-
cusation against General Mcclellan. I be-
lieve he is a brave and able man, and I
stand here as justice requires me to do
to take upon myself what has been charged
upon the Secretary of War as withholding
from him [ have talked longer than |


expected to do-aud now I avail myself of
my privilege of saying no more.


The Enlistment Of Men not Able- Bodied.