Download or read book President Lincoln s Cabinet Classic Reprint written by John Palmer Usher and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from President Lincoln's Cabinet Mr. Usher's remarks in regard to Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet were first made in a speech delivered at a banquet given by Mr. D. M. Edgerton in honor Of Judge D. D. Hoag, in Wyan dotte, Kansas, on June 20, 1887. The address was impromptu and at the urgent request Of those who heard him Mr. Usher, upon the following day, reduced his remarks to writing; and again I was the amanuensis used for the purpose. They were put in pamphlet form and a very limited number distributed among those who were present upon that occasion. In view of the interesting character and the importance of many Of the facts testified to by Mr. Usher in these state ments, it has seemed worth while to put them in a permanent form and to give them a wider distribution than has hereto fore been done; and while doing so to make known some Of the salient facts as to the life and activities Of Mr. Usher himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Edward Bates Artist unknown, President Lincoln And His Cabinet In Council At The White House Members Demonstrating To The President The Importance Of The Evacuation Of Ft. Sumter. New York, March 30, 1861. Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. This woodcut is the first portrait of the Lincoln Cabinet. From the inability to distinguish-the faces of Cabinet members, it is apparent that the artist used poetic license in depicting them. Attorney General Bates could either be the person shown fifth from the left or seated at the President's right. While Bates would not hold Ft. Sumter if it meant war, he did not favor evacuation but relief of the fort on the oceanside to avoid conflict. Yet the Attorney General always provided two crucial functions for the President: he was an important political adviser, and he could legitimize the actions of the President. There was also the duty of writing opinions. This opinion-writing function is now usually handled by a relatively subordinate member of the top team of the Department of Justice, and while on occasion it has tremendous significance when controversial decisions are prematurely leaked, those occasions are infrequent. Bates retained the opinion - writing functions. Though often of little significance, all presidents see it as occasionally important. The marginal importance of opinion-writing then is seen in the fact that when Bates did n_ot do the work, nobody did it; and the country did not have to call off the War as a result. There was a period when Bates did little or nothing for several months and the opinion work simply piled up; a response to Secretary Welles on March 4, 1864, for example, defensively apologizes that the opin ion had been pending for three and a half months and a few days later Bates made a similar apology to the President for a two month delay.25 The delays did not seem to matter very much. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Hugh McCulloch It was well for Hancock that he was defeated. As President he might have been a failure. His fame now rests upon his military services, and there it rests securely. His record as a soldier is without a blemish. A gallant soldier he was, without fear and without reproach. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Picture and the Men written by Frederic Beecher Perkins and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Picture and the Men: Being Biographical Sketches of President Lincoln and His Cabinet This rapidly-written little book is intended to serve as a companion and key to Mr. Carpenter's great pictured The sketches of the persons whom that picture represents, the account of the picture itself, of the crisis which suggested it, and of the painter who executed it, are all meant to give such information as will help to a clearer and fuller understanding of the painting. The writer has no wish to conceal the fact that he is what is called an "extreme Radical;" but he has sought to omit himself from this subject, and to sketch the persons here represented, not with reference to any approval or disapproval of his own, but as they may justly be believed to have meant while laboring honestly to the best of their ability for the preservation of the Union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Gideon Welles; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources President Lincoln was on Welles' side as far as the new type of navy yard was concern ed, but he took no sides in the fight over the location. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Salmon Chase; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Among the transient guests who interested me were Schuyler Colfax, john Sherman, Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, and, particularly, james A. Garfield, then a member of the house, who frequently came to dine or dropped in some time in the course of the evening. After the return from the wedding journey, Mrs. Sprague te sumed her place in the secretary's drawing-room, and eu tertained all comers with a simple grace of manner which even the gay capital has rarely excelled. In one of our morning walks, the secretary took me to an old building standing on a partly vacant lot in G Street. It was of one story, as I remember, with a roof lping away from a higher building against which it abutted. It was gloomy and deserted, with shattered windows, and weeds growing about the door. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources The manhood of to-day would redeem their sex from the dark shadow of ignoble inaction and injustice if they should have placed in the capitol of the nation a portrait of Miss Carroll and a tablet commemorating her sig nal services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Caleb Smith; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources Smith severed his connection with the Sentinel in May, 1833, and the paper was published for Several years by Mr. Hull alone. Shortly before Smith took leave of the paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book President Lincoln s Successor Classic Reprint written by Frederick Milnes Edge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from President Lincoln's Successor Congress to a greater extent than is known 1n any other legislative body. The President of the United States cannot appoint the members of his Cabinet, nor any Federal officer whatever, without the con sent and endorsement of the Senate he is but the executor of the national will as declared by the national representatives the servant, in fine, of the servants of the people. It is therefore of the first importance that' the Chief Magistrate to be chosen in this crisis should be one who has given ample guarantees that he will carry out the will of the majority; not a mere representative or tool of a clique of political schemers, nor an ambitious man, ready, at a favourable opportunity, to thwart or control the national decision. The President pos sesses to a limited extent the power of initiative he can recommend to Congress the introduction of measures, and veto any legislative act which, in his judgment, may be detrimental to the interests of the Republic. It is this recommendatory power, shap ing and directing as it were the national will, which invests the election of mr. Lincoln's successor with such overwhelming importance; for recon struction of the Union means naught else than the new-birth of the Republic - the re-enacting of the fundamental law, upon and within which the whole assemblage of States is henceforward to be governed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: Edwin Stanton (2); Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources From the research I have done and from sneaking with some of my allies, I have found that your institution is one of the most devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value in the United States; and, this, of course, I feel you would be pleased to know. I am extremely interested in historical collections and am enthused to share with you a memorabilia I have in my possession at the present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book President Lincoln S Cabinet written by Honorable John P Usher and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Lincoln s War Cabinet written by Burton Jesse Hendrick and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces each member of Lincoln's cabinet in turn and shows the part each played in the important crises which arose during the Civil War, thus making a collective biography.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Cabinet written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet: William Seward; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources The dinner was worthy of the guests and the rep utation of the entertainer. Mr. Schleiden has uite a name {or the age and excellence ct his w nos. One of the wines on his list, and served out to di minutive glasses, it was remarked dates but {our years alter the landing of the Pilgrims; and the value of a sin le bottle at compound interest would more than do ray our national debt. The proposal to sic that interest met with a prompt response from I, not exce ting the President elect, who said something about t e Pilgrims1 which elicited the re mark that but for their landing we should never have had the Massachusetts school of fruition, of which Mr. Seward had professed himsq [disciple in his much talked-oi speech in Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book President Lincoln s Cabinet written by John Palmer 1816-1889 Usher and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Lincoln the President written by Henry C. Whitney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln the President: March 4, 1861 to May 3, 1865 N ow Lincoln had been elected by a composite vote, and he realized that political expediency, good faith, propriety and justice all demanded that he should make an equitable division of the Offices between the two political factors, which, united, had secured his election. AS soon as his election had been assured, he resolved upon the various members of his Cabinet, SO far as his per sonal wish was concerned, the Administration representing the Old parties equally, thus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Why President Lincoln Spared Three Lives Classic Reprint written by Isaac Markens and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Why President Lincoln Spared Three Lives Within the fortress whose defiant flag inspired the lines of Key's immortal national anthem three Confederate spies, awaiting execution in the closing year of the Civil War, were snatched from the gallows by a stroke of President Lincoln's pen. This act of Executive clemency was the sequence to an interesting incident during Mr. Lincoln's journey to Washington to assume the presidency in 1861, when the rampant spirit of secession prevailing in Maryland forbade all preparations for official welcome in that State. Thus it came that the President-elect and his family arranged for a short stop in Baltimore as the guests of a private citizen, John S. Gittings, banker and President of the Northern Central Railroad, by which line he was scheduled to reach that city. As is well known, information of an assassination plot induced Mr. Lincoln to leave his fellow-travelers at Harrisburg, secretly return to Philadelphia by special train, accompanied by a sole companion, Ward H. Lamon, and there board the regular midnight train for Washington, where he arrived unrecognized in the early morning of February 23. Adhering to the original program, the presidential party, including Mrs. Lincoln and her sons, Robert, Willie, and "Tad," went from Harrisburg to Baltimore, where their train was greeted by an immense crowd which rolled in about it like a vast tidal wave. Some of the more unruly element were bold enough to invade Mrs. Lincoln's private car until driven out by John Hay, who locked the door amidst an outburst of oaths and obscenity which swelled in intensity and volume when it became known that Mr. Lincoln was not with the party, but had stolen a march and was already in Washington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Lincoln and His Cabinet Classic Reprint written by John Pugh Green and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln and His Cabinet President Polk to be Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing for the Navy, which place he held until the summer of 1849. When the question of slavery came to the front, there resulted a new align ment throughout the northern half of the country, and multitudes of independent men crossed over from a slavocratic and aristocratic Democracy to a new humani tarian and democratic Republicanism. The infusion of a great moral issue into politics inevitably changed the point of view of any man who felt the Puritan conscience strong within him, and in this way Mr. Welles ceased to be a Democrat and became a Republican. Moreover his old democratic belief in States Rights repudiated the Democratic move for the establishment of slavery in the terri tories, and he always favored a strict construction of the Federal powers, the preservation of individual rights, and the protection and safeguards of the law, even in the midst of the furious civil conflict. In 1856 he was defeated as Republican candidate for Governor, and about the same time entered upon an eight years' term of service as a member of the Re publican National Committee. He was chairman of the delegation from his State to the convention that nominated mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. Want ing a man from New England, mr. Lincoln took an ex-democrat, trained in public business, and who, as Mr. Morse says, had manifested his courage and the earnestness of his convictions by casting loose from his Old associates on the question of slavery, and had shown an aptitude for politics, a quality which mr. Lincoln himself possessed in a remarkable degree, and did not undervalue in others. There was no special reason why he should have been assigned to the Navy Department, unless it were that a certain flavor of maritime commerce and prowess still hung faintly about the wharves of New England. And it is rather delightful to note Mr. Welles' indignation as he refers to certain critics of the administration of his department, who are embarrassed by no military or naval teaching, when one recalls that this observation applies with equal justice and force to the Secretary of the Navy himself; but, as Mr. Morse says, he made a good Secretary of the Navy and an excellent diarist. And in comparing his notes with those of John Quincy Adams, it is clear that they were both fine examples of the moral and intellectual civilization of the New England of their times. But while they had the solid moralities, they were somewhat deficient in the gentler ones. They established a rigid system both for themselves and for others, and to ordinary mortals who seemed to fall below these standards, they dealt out Christian charity with much economy. But while Mr. Welles' judg ment was severe, it was never unfair nor malicious, and in the absence of humor we have the next most enlivening quality, an honest and hearty sarcasm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
