Sunday, December 1, 2013

Senator Davis' Opinion Of The President

Senator Davis, of Ky., in the course of a speech, a few days since, in the U. S. Senate paid this tribute to the President:

“I voted against Mr. Lincoln and opposed him honestly and sincerely; but Mr. Lincoln has won me to his side.  There is a niche in the temple of fame, a niche near to Washington, which should be occupied but the statue of him who shall save this country.  Mr. Lincoln has a mighty destiny.  It is for him, if he will, to step into that niche.  It is for him to be a President of the people of the United States, and there will his statue be.  It is in his power to occupy a place next to Washington – the founder and preserver side by side.”

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, May 17, 1862, p. 2

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