JOHN BULL: “Why don’t you ride the other horse a bit? He’s the best animal.” (Pointing to McClellan in the bushes at the rear.)
BROTHER JONATHAN: “Well, that may be; but the fact is, OLD ABE is just where I can put my finger on him; and as for the other—though they say he’s some when out in the scrub yonder—I never know where to find him.”
MOST VALUABLE POLITICAL ATTRIBUTE.
“One time I remember I asked Mr. Lincoln what attribute he considered most valuable to the successful politician,” said Captain T. W. S. Kidd, of Springfield.
“He laid his hand on my shoulder and said, very earnestly:
“‘To be able to raise a cause which shall produce an effect, and then fight the effect.’
“The more you think about it, the more profound does it become.”