Identifier: anecdotallinc1251selb (find matches)
Title: Anecdotal Lincoln : speeches, stories and yarns of the "Immortal Abe" ...
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: Chicago : Thompson & Thomas
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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, it must not break our bonds ofaffection. Lincln controlled the audience at his will, and clos-ing with these memorable words, he prepared to takethe oath of office: The mystic chords of memory, stretching fromevery battle-field and patriotic grave to every livingheart and hearthstone all over this broad land, willyet swell the chorus of the Union, when againtouched, as surely they will be. The Chief Justice of the United States now cameforward. His venerable appearance gave, to whatmight have been a mere matter of form, great dignityand impressed significance. He extended an open Bible, upon which Mr. Lincolnlaid his left hand, and uplifting his right arm, heslowly repeated after the Chief Justice the words ofthe Constitution: I do solemnly swear that I willfaithfully execute the office of President of the UnitedStates, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,protect, and defend the Constitution of the UnitedStates. So help me God! The ceremony ended. Then those upon the plat-
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PRESIDENTIAL INCIDENTS. 139 form rose and remained standing as the President andhis party passed back into the building. The procession reformed in the same order asbefore, and returned, leaving at the White House asPresident of the United States the private citizen ithad escorted from the hotel. Wihin an hour, anothercarriage, in which there was a single occupant, wasdriven down the avenue to the only railroad stationthen in Washington. It contained Ex-President Buchanan, returning as aprivate citizen to his PennsvlVania home. ILL TRY TO STEER HER THROUGH. Gen. John A. Logan and Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois,called upon Mr. Lincoln at Willards Hotel, Wash-ington, February 23, the morning of his arrival, andurged a vigorous, firm policy. Patiently listening, the President replied seriouslybut cheerfully, As the country has placed me at thehelm of the ship, Ill try to steer her through. ONE CONCEPTION OF THE NEW PRESIDENT. Soon after Mr. Lincoln began his Administration, adistinguished Sout

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