| Show A NEV LINCOLN STORY the great war president ana chaa stevans on emancipation chicago evening journal ex congressman ralph hill tells the following story about lincoln and thad stevens which was dar rated by air stevens to him and which has dever yet got into print toward the close of the special session of congress in August 1861 air stevens advocated the tion of sieve property and the arm jug of confiscated slaves in the evening after be had expressed these on the a the huse H use lie received a note from president lincoln ilin to call at the white housego Ho which elewa met by president Lim colos who treated him celily sail to uso language of air stevens in i ig ot the he like a thief air lincoln sata that the proposition advocated by would top would aube desertions would break down the army and would result in untold iii to the union caute mr stevens replied to mr be thought lie bad overestimates 4 the importance of his remarks on tile bloor of the house because stated that the abich he avowed were h and lie had di I 1 that nobody but himself was isible for the president lincoln an that be held too prominent a position in tha lican party to isolate himself trow the par a matter of that char acter that the party would be beld cespon ible and the as well for his language and the I 1 charge made by democrats that the war was being waged solely for the abolition of slavery would receive from the course be had pur aed A lengthy conversation fol lowed c f no pleasant ch tr acted throughout and when they mr stevens remarked to sir lin coln air president I 1 ask only two years time for the loyal leopie of the united state to come to ohp position I 1 have taken today to day and an d he added we parted in no pleas ant humor congress soon adjourned and it did not reassemble until december following air stevens told air hill that he had no further com muni cation with the white except ofa purely cial character for about a year when he received her note from the president re questin g ii to call to this be im ibe i tely responded and when he reached the white honse he found the in his private office apparently waiting for him when at r lincoln saw him he rushed to him grasped him by the hanl andraid and said mr stevens I 1 owe you an apology air stevens dai claimed any such obligation but mr lincoln pe yos I 1 do do you remember when you were here ago yes gal air stevens da you how I 1 talked io you how I 1 abused you and how treated yo u continued the I 1 remember we had some pretty ha r d words said air but I 1 entertain no unkindly feeling sin consequence of what then oc burred D you remember amid ajr cicil Li I 1 cil th when you ft yu asked for only two in which you believed the loyal plop leaf the united states would approve of the position vau ii bated afave pap erty and enlisting the slaves in the arm y with which I 1 found so much faull yes said mr stevens 1 I re guember that well continued air lincci 1 I have come to the position you then advocated I 1 believe the loial people of the united states have come to that ind I 1 am now pr paring an emancipation proclamation since I 1 have been engaged on the work I 1 have been constantly reminded of what oc incurred between you and me and I 1 could not rest i until I 1 had sent for you and ap 0 0 g zed to yo for my conduct t w r d you then aid that he coald not but appreciate his position in receiving an apology from the pres went of the united states that raised him ver greatly in his opinion which ayd al ways been a very favor he added aba t lad some pleasant words about abe of the coun try in the course of which air lincoln made use of an expression that le thought was the roughest he bad ever heard om ing from any man in high president eat 0 the fl i long legs crossed hugging bioc knee and talking of the war and tile state of the country and be said well mr ste vens this is a pretty hard hog to hold and its pretty hard to make all t aings gibe |
