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The Civil War in America

The Civil War in America

Russell, William Howard

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1547060174
ISBN13: 9781547060177
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 6 2017
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The writing-room of the hotel is full of people preparing statements or writing for more testimonials, demanding more places, or submitting extra certificates. The bar-room is full of people inspiring themselves with fresh confidence, or engaged in plots to surprise some place or find one out; and the ladies who are connected with members of the party in power find themselves the centres of irresistible attraction. Sir, said a gentleman to whom I had letters of introduction, I know you must be a stranger, because you did not stop me to present these letters in the street. At the head of the list of persecuted men is the President himself. Every one has a right to walk into the White House, which is the President's private as well as his official residence. Mr. Lincoln is actuated by the highest motives in the distribution of office. All the vast patronage of tens of thousands of places, from the highest to the lowest, is his; and, instead of submitting the various claims to the heads of departments, the President seeks to investigate them, and to see all the candidates. Even his iron frame and robust constitution are affected by the process, which lasts all day, and is not over in the night or in the morning.

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