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"Behind the darkest cloud there is always sunshine," was a ready expression of Lincoln's in time of special trouble as in the days following the battle at Fredericksburg.

"It will pass away" was another maxim which came to bear a substantial part in his philosophy of life. In that exact form it had not yet come within his ken, apparently, when he wrote (February 25, 1842) to his friend, Joshua Speed: "Let me urge you to remember in the depths and even agony of despondency that very shortly you are to feel well again." And a month later: "If your spirits flag down and leave you miserable, don't fail to remember they cannot remain so." These seem but variations on the same theme, which we find first distinctly announced with its source in his address at Milwaukee, in September, 1859, as follows: "It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' Significant and pathetic withal - is the fact that to him there was never but the one use of this philosophic panacea, namely, as a relief from despondency tending to despair.

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Of Lincoln's visit to Richmond on the day after its occupation by General Godfrey Weitzel, some memorable incidents were furnished by the latter's brother, Colonel Lewis Weitzel. The General's headquarters were in the building used as the Confederate "capitol," and the President, accompanied by several officers, visited the building. On reaching the "Cabinet room,"

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General Weitzel said: "Mr. President, this is the chair which has been so long occupied by Jefferson Davis"- pulling it back from the table. The President's face took an extra look of care and melancholy. He looked at the chair for a moment, and slowly approached and wearily sat down. It was an hour of exultation with us soldiers," said the Colonel. "We felt that the war was ended, and we knew that all over the North bells were pealing, cannon booming, and the people were delirious with joy over the prospect of peace. I looked to see the President manifest some spirit of triumph; but his great head fell into his broad hands, and a sigh that seemed to come from the soul of a nation escaped his lips and saddened every man present. His mind seemed to be traveling back through the dark years of the war, and he was counting the cost in treasure, life, and blood that made it possible for him to sit there. As he rose without a word and left the room slowly and sadly, tears came to the eyes of every man present, and we soldiers realized that we had not done all the work or made all the sacrifices."

A short while before the President started to visit the army around Petersburg and Richmond, the writer was alone with him in the evening for a time in his office at the White House an occasion forever memorable as a last interview. Never before had he seemed so careworn and weary. The burdens of state still pressed heavily upon him; the capture of Richmond still lingered; while his neglect of nourishing diet and irregularity of sleep were having their inevitable effect. He was, nevertheless, as kindly in manner as ever, and

even cheerful in general tone. The image of that vanishing presence survives, but few of the words spoken are recalled, save the last, as his visitor rose to go: "Sit down and wait here a little until I am gone. I must have rest. There are still persons outside the door; I hear their voices now." He then hastily retired by the private way that had recently been constructed in the rear of the ante-room. The "voices" he either imagined or his hearing must have become preternaturally acute.

More than a third of a century after the entombment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, the Illinois Legislature appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the reconstruction of the Lincoln monument, the foundations of which appeared to be insecure. The remains of the deceased President and of those of his family laid at his side were temporarily removed to another vault on the 10th of March, 1900, awaiting their permanent place under the renewed and grander monument when completed. Without public ceremony, and purposely avoiding the attendance of a crowd, the transfer was made in the presence of State and other officials on the 24th of April, 1901. There, side by side in the new vault beneath a marble sarcophagus, were laid the remains of Abraham Lincoln, his wife, their three sons who died young, and their only grandson, who bore his grandfather's name. Eloquent eulogy would rather have profaned than honored the occasion; and no formal epitaph would befit the towering monument on which is inscribed the name of LINCOLN.

INDEX.

Abell, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, I., 29, 40.
Abolitionism, I., 140.

Adams, J. H., South Carolina Com-
missioner, I., 251, 252.
Adams, Charles Francis, nominated
for Vice-Presidency, I., 94, 99, 258;
Minister to England, 283; instruc-
tions, 341, 343; II., 159, 160, 194, 256.
Adams, John Quincy, I., 85, 99.
Alabama, The, 11., 256, 257, 258, 280,
281.

Aibany, I., 261, 265.
Alexandria, I., 315, 319.
Allen, Benjamin, II., 298.
Allison, R. H., I., 94.

Alton, I., 48; Lincoln-Douglas debate,
193.

American Party, I., 139; nominates

Fillmore and Donelson, 144, 200.
Anderson, Richard H., II., 181, 182.
Anderson, Robert, I., 34; at Charles-
ton, 251; occupies Fort Sumter, 251;
"saves the country," 254; asks as-
receives
sistance, 287, 289, 292;

Beauregard's demand, 293; reply,
293; defense and evacuation of
Sumter, 293, 294; assigned to Ken-
tucky, 356; relieved, 356.
Andersonville, II., 245.
Andrew, John A., I., 299.
Andrews, Paymaster, I., 350.
Annapolis, I., 306; department of, 811.
Antletain, II., 107-110.

Anti-Nebraska, manifesto of Chase
and Sumner, I., 128; coalition suc-
cessful in 1855, 139.

Appomattox, II., 345.
Archer, James J., II., 155.
Arguelles case, II., 268.

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mestic life, I., 76.
Ashley, J. M., II., 270.
Ashmun, George, chairman Chicago
Convention, I., 216; 219; notifies
Lincoln of nomination, 225.
Atchison, D. R., I., 125, 126.

Atlanta, II., 300, 301.

Averill, W. W., II., 180, 254.
Bailey, Theodorus, II., 29.
Baird, A., II., 214, 322.
Baker, Edward D., I., 50, 54, 59; can-
didate for Congress, 77, 78; elected
to Congress, 79, 98; urged by Lin-
coln for Cabinet, 105; introduces
Lincoln at his first inauguration,
at
278; killed Ball's Bluff, 371;
Lincoln's grief, 372.
Baker, Ezra, I., 94.
Baldwin, John, I., 19.
Ball's Bluff, I., 371, 372.
Baltimore and Ohio Rallway, I., 300,
301, 308.

Baltimore Conventions, of 1856, I.,
145; 1860, 227; 1864, II., 260-264.
Baltimore nob attacks Sixth Massa-
chusetts, I., 300, 301.

Banks, Nathaniel P., elected Speaker,
I., 143, 200; Major-General, 321; suc-
ceeds Patterson, 340, 341, 370; II.,
35, 36, 41, 52, 53, 61, 68, 69, 70, 71,
95, 97, 105, 149, 189, 224, 227, 258.

Barnard, Chief Engineer, I., 363.
Barnwell, R. W., South Carolina Com-
missioner, I., 251, 252.

Barron, S., I., 359.

Bates, Edward, presides at River and
Harbor Convention, I., 90; presides
at Baltimore Convention, 145; be-
fore Chicago Convention, 218, 222,
223; tendered Cabinet position, 241;
Attorney-General, 282, 354; II., 168,
170, 315.

Baton Rouge, I., 20, 21.
Baxter, Elisha, II., 272.
Rayard, G. D., II., 97.
Beardstown, I., 30, 31, 152.
Beauregard, P. G. T., demands sur-
render of Sumter, I., 293; opens fire,
293; receives Anderson s surrender
of Sumter, 294; at Manassas Junc-
tion, 319; in command, 332; Bull
Run, 332-338, 330; II., 23, 26, 27,
53, 120, 218.

Beaver-dam Creek, II., 62.

Beecher, Henry Ward, I., 212.

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Birney, David B., II., 155.

Bissell, William H., elected Governor
of Illinois, I., 145.
Blackburn's Ford, I., 333.
Black Hawk War, I., 30-34.
Black, Jeremiah S., Attorney-General,

I., 146; gives opinion to Buchanan,
250, 252; Secretary of State, 252;
advises defense of Sumter, 253, 254;
II., 9.

Black Troops, II., 235-241, 243.

Blair, Francis P., II., 325-333.

Blair, F. P., Jr., I., 314; II., 233,
289, 321.

Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-Gen-
eral, 1., 282, 288; favors relief of
Sumter, 289; blames Seward, 292;
II., 114, 233, 263; resigns, 305.
Blenker, Louis, I., 333; II., 39, 41, 70.
Blue Monday, I., 338.

Blunt, James G., II., 126, 127.
Bolivar, I., 9.

Bcoker, Paul I., I., 6.
Boone, Daniel, I., 4.
Booneville, I., 319.

Booth, John Wilkes, II., 358, 359, 360.
Booth, L. F., II., 244.

Botts, J. M., I., 85.

Boutwel!, George S., Governor of
Massachusetts, I., 200.

Bowen, J. S., II., 187.

Bowling Green, II., 2-5, 11.
Bcwne, John, I., 4.

Boyd, Linn, I., 86.

Bradford, Major, II., 244.

Bragg, Braxton, II., 120, 121, 124,
146, 147, 148, 151, 187, 211, 213, 214,
215, 216.

Brainerd, C. H., I., 98.

Bramlette, Thomas E., II., 239.
Breckinridge, John C., nominated, I.,
144, and elected to Vice-Presidency,
145: nominated for Presidency,
227; receives 72 electoral votes, 235;
Senator, 244; opposes approval of
Lincoln's acts, 325-327; II., 25, 147,
336.

Breckinridge, R. J., II., 260.
Breese, Sidney, I., 157.
Brodhead, John M., II., 168.
Brooks, Phillips, II., 365.

Brooks, W. T. H., II., 167.

Brough, John, II., 177, 295.

Brown, J. E., I., 237.

Brown, Aaron V., Postmaster-General,

I., 146.

Brown, B. Gratz, II., 273.

Brown, George W., interview with
Lincoln, I., 303.

Brown, John, raid, I., 206.

Brown, John J., client of Lincoln, I.,

56.

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