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Yarns and Stories, by Alexander K. McClure 364a child will, looking at whatever interested him for the time, and when theinterview with his father was over he was ready to go.But Mr. Lincoln, ever interested in little children, called the lad to him andtook him upon his great knee."My impression of him all the time I had been playing about the room,"said Mr. Anthony, "was that he was a terribly homely man. I was ratherrepelled. But no sooner did he speak to me than the expression of his facechanged completely, or, rather, my view of it changed. It at once becamekindly and attractive. He asked me some questions, seeming instantly tofind in the turmoil of all the great questions that must have been heavyupon him, the very ones that would go to the thought of a child. I answeredhim without hesitation, and after a moment he patted my shoulder and said:"'Well, you'll be a man before your mother yet,' and put me down."I had never before heard the homely old expression, and it puzzled me fora time. After a moment I understood it, but he looked at me while I waspuzzling over it, and seemed to be amused, as no doubt he was."The incident simply illustrates the ease and readiness with which Lincolncould turn from the mighty questions before the nation, give a moment'sinterested attention to a child, and return at once to matters of state."LEFT IT THE WOMEN TO HOWL ABOUT ME."Donn Piatt, one of the brightest newspaper writers in the country, told agood story on the President in regard to the refusal of the latter to sanctionthe death penalty in cases of desertion from the Union Army."There was far more policy in this course," said Piatt, "than kind feeling.To assert the contrary is to detract from Lincoln's force of character, as wellas intellect. Our War President was not lost in his high admiration ofbrigadiers and major-generals, and had a positive dislike for their methodsand the despotism upon which an army is based. He knew that he was
Yarns and Stories, by Alexander K. McClure 365dependent upon volunteers for soldiers, and to force upon such men asthose the stern discipline of the Regular Army was to render the serviceunpopular. And it pleased him to be the source of mercy, as well as thefountain of honor, in this direction."I was sitting with General Dan Tyler, of Connecticut, in the antechamberof the War Department, shortly after the adjournment of the Buell Court ofInquiry, of which we had been members, when President Lincoln came infrom the room of Secretary Stanton. Seeing us, he said: 'Well, gentlemen,have you any matter worth reporting?'"'I think so, Mr. President,' replied General Tyler. 'We had it proven thatBragg, with less than ten thousand men, drove your eighty-three thousandmen under Buell back from before Chattanooga, down to the Ohio atLouisville, marched around us twice, then doubled us up at Perryville, andfinally got out of the State of Kentucky with all his plunder.'"'Now, Tyler,' returned the President, 'what is the meaning of all this; whatis the lesson? Don't our men march as well, and fight as well, as theserebels? If not, there is a fault somewhere. We are all of the samefamily--same sort.'"'Yes, there is a lesson,' replied General Tyler; 'we are of the same sort, butsubject to different handling. Bragg's little force was superior to our largernumber because he had it under control. If a man left his ranks, he waspunished; if he deserted, he was shot. We had nothing of that sort. If weattempt to shoot a deserter you pardon him, and our army is withoutdiscipline.'"The President looked perplexed. 'Why do you interfere?' continuedGeneral Tyler. 'Congress has taken from you all responsibility.'"'Yes,' answered the President impatiently, 'Congress has taken theresponsibility and left the women to howl all about me,' and so he strodeaway."
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