“‘My orders keep me out here,’ the soldier replied.
“‘Yes,’ said the President, in his argumentative tone; ‘but your duty can be performed just as well inside as out here, and you’ll oblige me by going in.’
“‘I have been stationed outside,’ the soldier answered, and resumed his beat.
“‘Hold on there!’ said Mr. Lincoln, as he turned back again; ‘it occurs to me that I am commander-in-chief of the army, and I order you to go inside.’”
ORIGIN OF “WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, ETC.”
It was during Lincoln’s second inauguration as President of the United States that he gave voice to these famous and oft-quoted words:
“With malice toward none,
With charity for all.”
The above occur in the last paragraph in his second inaugural speech, delivered at Washington, D. C., March 4, 1865.