...evening and then ordered my carriage and drove to his house. I found him in the office to the left as you enter the door. I went directly up to him, with the...while he was away. I told him that the man whom I appointed happened to have been dead several weeks; that I couldn't replace the person whom I had removed...

...door. I went directly up to him, wilh the resignation in my hand, and, putting my arm around his nock, said to him, 'Chase, here is a paper with which I...while he was away. I told him that the man whom I appointed happened to have been dead several weeks; that I couldn't replace the person whom I had removed...

...the matter to be so serious that he went himself to Chase's house; as he told a friend afterwards : " I went directly up to him with the resignation in...nothing to do; take it back and be reasonable.' I told him that I could n't replace the person whom I had removed — that was impossible — but that...

...directly up to him [Chase] with the resignation in my hand, and putting my arm around his neck, said, ' Here is a paper with which I wish to have nothing to do. Take it back and be reasonable.' I had to plead with him a long time, but I finally succeeded, and heard nothing more of that resignation."...

...followed between the two men we will let Lincoln himself relate, as he once did to an acquaintance : — "I went 'directly up to him with the resignation in...happened to have been dead several weeks ; that I could n't replace the person whom I had removed, — that was impossible, — but that I would appoint...

...recalled, in describing one experience of this kind when he had driven out to his Secretary's house, "and putting my arm around his neck, said to him,...nothing to do. Take it back and be reasonable;' I had to plead with him a long rime." In his restless ambition to be President and in his contempt for...

...Secretary's offer to resign. Professor Hart says Lincoln went to Chase's house and afterwards told a friend: "I went directly up to him with the resignation in...have nothing to do; take it back and be reasonable/ I told him that I couldn't replace the person whom I had removed—that was impossible—but that I would...

...Secretary's offer to resign. Professor Hart says Lincoln went to Chase's house and afterwards told a friend: "I went directly up to him with the resignation in...nothing to do; take it back and be reasonable.' I told him that I couldn't replace the person whom I had removed — that was impossible — but that...

...evening, and then ordered my carriage and drove to his house. I found him in the office to the left as you enter the door. I went directly up to him with the...removed— that was impossible — but that I would appoint anyone else whom he should select for the place. It was difficult to bring him to terms; I had to plead...

...secretary in his study and, with the resignation in hand, put a conciliatory arm around his neck and said, "Chase, here is a paper with which I wish to have nothing to do; take it back, and be reasonable." Lincoln explained to Chase what had happened in his absence, and said he would be happy to appoint...