“It seems to me that I have been dreaming a horrid dream for four years, and now the nightmare is gone.
“I wish to see Richmond.”
SPOKEN LIKE A CHRISTIAN.
Frederick Douglass told, in these words, of his first interview with President Lincoln:
“I approached him with trepidation as to how this great man might receive me; but one word and look from him banished all my fears and set me perfectly at ease. I have often said since that meeting that it was much easier to see and converse with a great man than it was with a small man.
“On that occasion he said:
“‘Douglass, you need not tell me who you are. Mr. Seward has told me all about you.’
“I then saw that there was no reason to tell him my personal story, however interesting it might be to myself or others, so I told him at once the object of my visit. It was to get some expression from him upon three points:
“1. Equal pay to colored soldiers.