CHAPTER XXXII.

TRAITS AND INCIDENTS.

His Positive Refusal to be a Presidential Candidate-- Remembering a California Drummer--Dealing with a Newspaper at Memphis--Suppressing Praise of Himself at Savannah-- Confiscating Medicine--The Electoral Commission--His Love of Music--Excuses for Swearing--A Tribute to his Mother-- An Incident at Yale--Expressions of Kind Feeling Toward the South and Toward his Foes 537