Part 145 (1/2)
”Yes, it is a bad...that calls”: NYT, December 18, 1863.
”the greatest question...practical statesmans.h.i.+p”: ”31 July 1863, Friday,” in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 69.
everyone a.s.sumed...of his divided party: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, p. 271.
John Hay was present...”highly satisfactory”: ”[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, pp. 12122.
Radicals were thrilled...”acts of Congress”: AL, ”Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 51.
”He makes Emanc.i.p.ation...of reconstruction”: CS to Orestes A. Brownson, December 27, 1863, in Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. II, p. 216.
”G.o.d bless Old Abe...in the President”: ”[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 122.
had written a letter to Nathaniel Banks...”included in the plan”: AL to Nathaniel P. Banks, in CW, VI, p. 365.
He offered full pardons...remain as they were: AL, ”Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, pp. 5456.
Conservatives hailed...as it wished: EBL to SPL, December 8, 1863, in Wartime Was.h.i.+ngton, ed. Laas, p. 325.
”theory is identical...different nomenclature”: CS to Orestes A. Brownson, December 27, 1863, in Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, Vol. II, pp. 21617.
Lincoln a.s.sured...”otherwise would”: AL, ”Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 52.
would devastate Confederate morale: Foner, Reconstruction, pp. 3637.
When the Blairs...”of modern times”: Brooks, Mr. Lincoln's Was.h.i.+ngton, p. 273.
”is the great man...clearly than anybody”: ”[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 122.
Judd called...”was Mr. Chase”: Norman Judd and AL, quoted in ”[9 December 1863, Wednesday],” in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 124.
Chase had obstinately...perpetuate emanc.i.p.ation: SPC to AL, November 25, 1863, Lincoln Papers.
”more positive...is not to be had”: SPC to Henry Ward Beecher, December 26, 1863, reel 30, Chase Papers.
he detected a more hopeful...surprisingly well: AL, ”Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1863, in CW, VII, pp. 4950.
invited his sister-in-law...”and left him alone”: David Davis, quoted in Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 14, 1897.
Emilie had been living...through Union lines: Helm, The True Story of Mary, p. 220.
”I am totally at a loss...secure a pa.s.s?”: John L. Helm to Mrs. Robert S. Todd, October 11, 1863, quoted in ibid., p. 219.
Lincoln personally issued...”to Kentucky”: AL to Lyman B. Todd, October 15, 1863, in CW, VII, p. 517.
When Emilie arrived...explaining the dilemma: Helm, The True Story of Mary, pp. 22021.
”Send her to me”: AL, quoted in ibid., p. 221.
was received at the White House...Confederate Army: Emilie Todd Helm diary [hereafter Helm diary], quoted in ibid., pp. 22122.