“Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to un-ring a bell.” - Shana Alexander

 From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

October 4 

Over and over again opposition newspapers large and small said that Lincoln's goal was to raise the then-current presidential salary of $25,000 to $100,000 a year, as he wished, that he was drawing his salary in gold [think “real money”] while the soldiers were paid in greenbacks [think “Monopoly money”] as he wished, that his length of time in office was to be fixed by Congress for a life term, as he wished.