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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