Team of Rivals_ The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin [592]
reminding his colleagues…“to my Maker”: AL, quoted in entry for September 22, 1862, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, pp. 393–94.
“there were occasions…the Supreme Will”: Welles, “History of Emancipation,” Galaxy (1872), p. 847.
not seeking “advice”…suggestions on language: AL, paraphrased in entry for September 22, 1862, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 394.
“made a very emphatic…the measure”: Welles, “History of Emancipation,” Galaxy (1872), p. 846.
Blair reiterated…the fall elections: Entry for September 22, 1862, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 395.
“maintain…present President”?: WHS, quoted in entry for September 22, 1862, in ibid., p. 394.
“it was not my way…take this ground”: AL, quoted in Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, pp. 23–24.
“I can only trust…never forget them”: AL, “Reply to Serenade in Honor of Emancipation Proclamation,” September 24, 1862, in CW, V, p. 438.
proceeded to Chase’s house…“that horrible name”: “[24 September 1862, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 41 (quote); entry for September 24, 1862, in Chase Papers, Vol. I, p. 399; NYT, September 25, 1862.
“in the meanest…evoke a generous thrill”: Entry for September 23, 1862, in Gurowski, Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862, p. 278.
“did not…of a single negro”: Fessenden, paraphrased in entry for November 28, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 587.
“We shout for joy…confide in his word”: Douglass’ Monthly (October 1862).
“My word is out…take it back”: AL, quoted in George S. Boutwell, Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery (Boston: Little, Brown, 1867), p. 362.
“render eternal…the two sections”: The Times (London), quoted in NYT, September 30, 1862.
Richmond Enquirer charged…“plots their death”: Richmond Enquirer, October 1, 1862, quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer, October 6, 1862.
“said he had studied…than they did”: “[24 September 1862, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 41.
“be enthusiastically…great act of the age”: Hannibal Hamlin to AL, September 25, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
“while commendation…not very satisfactory”: AL to Hannibal Hamlin, September 28, 1862, in CW, V, p. 444.
“Stanton must leave…old place to me”: GBM to MEM, September 20, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 476.
he would resign…“a servile insurrection”: GBM to MEM, September 25, [1862], in ibid., p. 481.
McClellan drafted a letter…not to send the letter: Sears, George B. McClellan, pp. 326–27.
Though Stanton and Chase…considered resigning: Entries for September 25 and October 3, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 148–49, 160–61.
Lincoln had made…relieved from duty: AL, quoted in “25 September 1863, Sunday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln’s White House, p. 232.
Lincoln journeyed…early in October: Entry for October 1, 1862, in Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. III, p. 143; John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History, Vol. VI (New York: Century Co., 1917), p. 174.
Halleck, fearing…“see my soldiers”: AL, quoted in “Lincoln Visits the Army of the Potomac,” Lincoln Lore, no. 1277, September 28, 1953.
As the regiments…“greatly amused the company”: NYH, October 5, 1862.
accommodations at Antietam: “Lincoln Visits the Army of the Potomac,” Lincoln Lore, no. 1277, September 28, 1953.
his “over-cautiousness”: AL to GBM, October 13, 1862, Lincoln Papers.
“was very affable…very kind personally”: GBM to MEM, October 5, [1862], in Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan, p. 490.
“real purpose…advance into Virginia”: GBM to MEM, October 2, [1862], in ibid., p. 488.
“if I were…trivial”: AL, “Speech at Frederick, Maryland,” October 4, 1862, in CW, V, p. 450.
“May our children…and his compeers”: AL, “Second Speech at Frederick, Maryland,” October 4, 1862, in ibid., p. 450.
Lincoln had Halleck telegraph…“roads are good