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HELL A MILE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
Ward Lamon told this story of President Lincoln, whom he found one day
in a particularly gloomy frame of mind. Lamon said:
"The President remarked, as I came in, 'I fear I have made Senator Wade,
of Ohio, my enemy for life.'
"'How?' I asked.
"'Well,' continued the President, 'Wade was here just now urging me
to dismiss Grant, and, in response to something he said, I remarked,
"Senator, that reminds me of a story."'
"'What did Wade say?' I inquired of the President.
"'He said, in a petulant way,' the President responded, '"It is with
you, sir, all story, story! You are the father of every military blunder
that has been made during the war. You are on your road to hell, sir,
with this government, by your obstinacy, and you are not a mile off this
minute."'
"'What did you say then?'
"I good-naturedly said to him,' the President replied, '"Senator, that
is just about from here to the Capitol, is it not?" He was very angry,
grabbed up his hat and cane, and went away.'"
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Stories and Anecdotes About the Life of Abraham Lincoln
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