Lincoln The Handsomest Man

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One day Thaddeus Stevens called at the White House with an elderly woman, whose son had been in the army, but for some offense had been court-martialed and sentenced to death. There were some extenuating circumstances, and after a full hearing the President turned to Stevens and said: "Mr. Stevens, do you think this is a case which will warrant my interference?"

"With my knowledge of the facts and the parties," was the reply, "I should have no hesitation in granting a pardon."

"Then," returned Mr. Lincoln, "I will pardon him," and proceeded forthwith to execute the paper.

The gratitude of the mother was too deep for expression, save by her tears, and not a word was said between her and Stevens until they were half way down the stairs on their passage out, when she suddenly broke forth in an excited manner with the words:

"I knew it was a copperhead lie!"

"What do you refer to, madam?" asked Stevens.

"Why, they told me he was an ugly-looking man," she replied, with vehemence. "He is the handsomest man I ever saw in my life."

 

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Perhaps this is a more flattering image.

 

[KILLroy1978]

he had a bit of a sense of humor about his looks as well. Someone made the statement that he was "two faced." His reply went something to the effect of. "If I was truly two faced do you think I would wear this one?"
I may not be exact on the wording, but the response made the point.

 

[JCM6395]

from what I've read Lincoln was a pushover on handing out pardons to troops who fell asleep on the picket line or panicked under fire. He went to great lengths, to the exasperation of Stanton, to find a reason to pardon condemned soldiers.

 

[Northern Light]

from what I've read Lincoln was a pushover on handing out pardons to troops who fell asleep on the picket line or panicked under fire. He went to great lengths, to the exasperation of Stanton, to find a reason to pardon condemned soldiers.

Good for him. The Brits in the First World War should have taken a note from his book!

 

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Mr. Lincoln called many cases of military cowardice his "leg cases" because "if Almighty God gives a man a cowardly pair of legs how can he help their running away with him?"

 

[cash]

Dang, I thought this was going to be a thread about me.