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Caption: Booklet - Life of President Lincoln on his Birthday (1896)
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2] In a n o t h e r half hour Mr. Stanton had been reorganized and the difficulty removed. When two votes were ye1 needed to pass the amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery, in congress, so that it could be sent to the states. he sent for two members and said: "Those two votes must be procured." When asked how. he replied: " T h i s a m e n d m e n t affects millions now in bondage and many millions more yet unborn. The matter is too large to be fooled with, I am president of the United States, with great powers, and 1 expect you to procure those two votes.*" The significance of the r e m a r k was understood and the votes were procured, and the acts of the President and the army were soon approved and established by constitutional action. Mr. Lincoln was a politician. Imt his political operations were commendable for they had a laudable end in view. RELIGIOUS FEELINGS. Mr. Lincoln's religious views have been surrounded with mystery, [ n e a r l y life he was cercertainly a doubter, a n d h e expressed his doubts freely, but it is also certain that in m a t u r e r years he acquired considerable religious feeling, and all tin facts go t o show thai it deepened with his expanding g r e a t n e s s . Indeed it promoted his great iicss. He was not hypocritical, lie never paraded He cared nothing Cor denominational differ ences and little for creeds. A.n analysis of his're li .us feelings would doubtless uncover points with which many christians would no1 a g n e, Hut l IIH- to be an undoubted believer In (*m\. in im mort lit in t lie larger Liberty w hieh makes men
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