 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 pages
...This was what the document contained : "Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug. 23, 1864. This morning and for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable...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;... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger - 1925 - 622 pages
...Lincoln recorded his own impressions on August 23 in a private memorandum. "This morning," he wrote, "as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reelected." The situation was alleviated somewhat by the action of the Democratic national convention at Chicago... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 564 pages
...exceedingly probable that this Administration 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; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward.... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 pages
...a Cabinet meeting, following his election, he asked the members to open and read the paper. It was: "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...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 inauguration... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 pages
...August 23 he wrote his famous "blind memorandum" and asked cabinet members to endorse it sight unseen: "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration;... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - 1993 - 744 pages
...draft would go into effect on Monday! In the President's desk was a memorandum, penned a week before: 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... | |
 | William Hanchett - 1994 - 172 pages
...probable his administration would not be reelected. In that case, he said, "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 afterwards."... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...political and military victory, Lincoln prepared a memorandum for his cabinet to sign, sight unseen. 'This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...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 inauguration;... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 pages
...badly beaten. " On August 23, with Raymond's letter before him, he drafted and signed a memorandum: "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration;... | |
 | Albert Castel - 1996 - 244 pages
...House. There he had each member sign, without reading, a memorandum that he had written. It stated: 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;... | |
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This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this 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 inauguration ; as he... 
