CHAPTER XII.

HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE.

An Intrigue to appoint a Dictator 180

"Power, Plunder, and Extended Rule" 181

Feared Nothing except to commit an Involuntary Wrong 182

President of One Part of a Divided Country--Not a Bed of Roses 182

Mr. Lincoln asserts himself 184

Demands for General Grant's Removal 184

Distance from the White House to the Capitol 185

Stoical Firmness of Mr. Lincoln in standing by General Grant 185

Letter from Mr. Lincoln to General Grant 186

The Only Occasion of a Misunderstanding between the President and General Grant 187

Special Order Relative to Trade-Permits 188

Extract from Wendell Phillips's Speech 189

Willing to abide the Decision of Time 190

Unworthy Ambition of Politicians and the Jealousies in the Army 191

Resignation of General Burnside--Appointment of Successor 192

War conducted at the Dictation of Political Bureaucracy 193

Letter to General Hooker 194

Mr. Lincoln's Treatment of the Subject of Dictatorship 195

Symphony of Bull-Frogs 196

"A Little More Light and a Little Less Noise" 198