...t calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, respec- tively, have b... ... carry a slave State; and not only so, but that portion of our men who are high-strung upon the principle we really fight for will not go for him, and... ...n’t get a single electoral vote anywhere, except, perhaps, in the State of Maryland. There is no use in saying to us that we are stubborn and obsti- n... ...ble men of the South to place themselves where we can confer upon them the high honor of an election upon one or the other end of our ticket. It would... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished... ...nd other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher bey... ...ite, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education I ... ... same time, I made myself tiresome, if not hoarse, with repeat- ing to Mr. Howard, their only agent seen by me, my protest that I authorized nothing—w... ... with you and the Mayor of Baltimore rela- tive to preserving the peace of Maryland. Please come imme- diately by special train, which you can take at...

...y one effort, in all past time, as in the providence of God it is now your high privilege to do. May the vast future not have to la- ment that you hav... ...TMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C., May 24, 1862 MAJOR-GENERAL I. McDOWELL: I am highly gratified by your alacrity in obeying my order. The change was as pa... ... the city by organized and combined treasonable resistance in the State of Maryland. There was no adequate and effective organization for the public d... ...N. P. BANKS. W ASHINGTON, May 29, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL BANKS, Williamsport, Maryland: General McDowell’s advance should, and probably will, be at or ne... ... Gamble tele- graphed me, asking that the assessments outside of St. Louis County might be suspended, as they already have been within it, and this mo... ...ev. John M. Robinson, of Colum- bia, Missouri; James L. Matthews, of Boone County, Mis- souri; and James L. Stephens, also of Boone County, Mis- souri... ...BETH J. GRIMSLEY, Springfield, Ill.: Is your John ready to enter the naval school? If he is, telegraph me his full name. A. LINCOLN. 299 The Writings... ... 28, 1863. MAJOR GENERAL SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: Every place in the Naval school subject to my appointment is full, and I have one unredeemed promise... ...R GENERAL ROSECRANS: We are sending you two small corps, one under General Howard and one under General Slocum, and the whole under General Hooker. Un...