Not everybody was
against Lincoln:
'...I only wish to
thank you for being so good - and to say how sorry we all are that you must
have four years more of this terrible toil. But remember what a triumph it is
for the right, what a blessing to the country - and then your rest shall be
glorious when it does come! You can't tell anything about it in Washington
where they make a noise on the slightest provocation. But if you had been in
this little speck of a village this morning and heard the soft, sweet music of
unseen bells rippling through the morning silence from every quarter of the
far-off horizon, you would have better known what your name is in this nation.
May God help you in the future as he has helped you in the past and a people's
love and gratitude will be but a small portion of your exceeding great reward.'
- Mary Abigail Dodge, from her village of
Hamilton, Massachusetts, written on the day of Lincoln's second inauguration,
March 4, 1865.
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