CHAPTER XIV.

HIS MAGNANIMITY.

Public Offices in no Sense a Fund upon which to draw for the Payment of Private Accounts 212

Busy letting Rooms while the House was on Fire 214

Peremptory Order to General Meade 214

Conditions of Proposition to renounce all Claims to Presidency and throw Entire Influence in Behalf of Horatio Seymour 215

Mr. Thurlow Weed to effect Negotiation 216

Mr. Lincoln deterred from making the Magnanimous Self-Sacrifice 217

How Mr. Lincoln thought the Currency was made 217

Mr. Chase explains the System of Checks--The President impressed with Danger from this Source 218

First Proposition to Mr. Lincoln to issue Interest-Bearing Notes as Currency--The Interview between David Taylor and Secretary Chase 220

Mr. Lincoln's Honesty--Some Legal Rights and Moral Wrongs 222

Mr. Lincoln annuls the Proceedings of Court-Martial in Case of Franklin W. Smith and Brother 222

Senator Sherman omits Criticism of Lincoln 223

Release of Roger A. Pryor 224