Our One Common Country by James B. Conroy

Author:James B. Conroy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2013-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher wrote to Lincoln that night from his parsonage in Brooklyn. He had read the late editions, and their meeting at the White House had eased his reverend mind. “Even your unexpected visit to Fort Monroe did not stagger me. It has been much criticized. The pride of the nation is liable to be hurt. Anything that looks like the humiliation of our Government would be bitterly felt,” though “going to the rebels is an act of condescension which will stop the mouths of Northern enemies.” The country’s leading Christian signed off with a warning that “it is more dangerous to make peace than to make war. An address to the army, or to the nation, declaring that peace can come only by arms, if in your judgment the fact is so, would end these feverish uncertainties & give the spring campaign renewed vigor.”

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