...cutting to get it open. He then read as follows : — "'EXECUTIVE MANSION, " ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 1864. "'This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...reelected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured...

...cutting to get it open. He then read as follows : — "'EXECUTIVE MANSION, " ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 1864. "'This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reflected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President elect as to save the Union between...

...Lincoln stated that, as it was extremely probable that he could not be re-elected, he intended "so to co-operate with the Presidentelect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration." "I resolved," he now told his Cabinet, "in case of the election of Gen'l McClellan, . . . that I would...

...cutting to get it open. He then read as follows: — "' ' EXECUTIVE MANSION, "'WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 1864. not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured...

...and sealed the following memorandum. (I quote from the Nicolay-Hay biography, vol. LX, pp. 252-3): This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward. He folded and pasted the sheet of paper on which this was written in such manner that its contents...

...reminded his ministers of^how they had endorsed it unread, and he read it them. Its contents ran thus: " This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards." Lincoln explained what he had intended to do if McClellan had won. He would have gone...

...things in view, Mr. Lincoln, on the 23rd of August, wrote the following memorandum : "This morning, and for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable...the election and the inauguration, as he will have to secure his election on such grounds that he can not possibly save it afterwards." What can the carping...

...reminded his ministers of?how they had endorsed it unread, and he read it them. Its contents ran thus: " This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will t>e my duty to so co-operate with the President-elect as to save the Union between the election and...

...administration will be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to co-operate with the President-elect so as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration, as my successor will have secured his election on such grounds that he cannot possibly save it afterwards....

...wrote upon a piece of paper the following memorandum: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, August 23, 1864. "This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly...ground that he cannot possibly save it afterward. "A. LINCOLN." When his Cabinet met he handed the folded paper to all the members, who signed their...