...President wrote the following words : "This morning, as for several days past, it setms probable that thin Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect to save the Union between the election and the inauguration,...

...beforehand clearly to mark out his duty in this stress, Mr. Lincoln one day wrote these words : — "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reflected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect as to save the Union between...

...meeting, the President wrote the following words : "This morning, as for several days past, it seems probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect to save the Union between the, election and the inauguration,...

...Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President-elect aj to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that h» cannot possibly save it afterwards." If Lincoln were defeated by the Democratic candidate,...

...LlNCOLN August 23, 1864. August 23, 1864.— MEMORANDUM. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, August 23, 1864. This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reflected.1 Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect as to save the Union between...

...worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel. MEMORANDUM EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 23, 1864. This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reelected.1 Then it will be my duty 1 We copy from the MS. diary of one of the President's secretaries...

...administration will not be reflected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect as to save the Union between the election and the...inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward." On the evening of August 24 I called on the President...

...President wrote, sealed, and put aside the following memorandum, which was dated August 23, 1864 : " This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reflected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect as to save the Union between...

...Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect as to save the Union between the election and the...election on such grounds that he cannot possibly save it afterwards."16 At this crisis news arrived of Farragut's success at Mobile and of the capture of Atlanta...

...of the good of God's creatures." On the other hand, on August 23 he prepared this memorandum: — " This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...will not be reelected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration,...