Nothing much thought of to-day except the great War Meeting —
which was immense. None of the Cabinet there except myself and Mr. Bates. The
President, after Mr. Chittenden had finished, said to me (the people clamoring
for him) “Well! hadn't I better say a few words and get rid of myself?” Hardly
waiting for an answer, he advanced at once to the stand. He was received with
most uproarious enthusiasm. His frank, genial, generous face and direct
simplicity of bearing, took all hearts. His speech is in all the prints, and
evinces his usual originality and sagacity.
Prof. Reed and his son, Capt. Reed, and assistant, Secretary
Usher dined with me. Mr. Bates and Dr. Schmidt came from meeting with me and
stopped at my house. After Mr. Bates went, I played chess with the Doctor, who
was far my overmatch — he beating me with ease two or three times, while I
only, by accident beat him once.
SOURCE: Annual Report of the American Historical
Association for the Year 1902, Vol. 2, p. 57
No comments:
Post a Comment