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Read Ebook: A Man of the People: A Drama of Abraham Lincoln by Dixon Thomas Jr
Font size: Background color: Text color: Add to tbrJar First Page Next Page Prev PageEbook has 110 lines and 5875 words, and 3 pagesRAYMOND It's the blackest news yet, sir--and it's true. STEVENS You must realize that we cannot delay a moment in placing another man at the head of the ticket. LINCOLN OPERATOR Mr. President--It's come! It's here! It's for you, sir! LINCOLN Out with it, boy, word for word as you get it! OPERATOR Atlanta-- Georgia-- September 3, 1864. LINCOLN Glory to God! OPERATOR --Atlanta --is ours-- LINCOLN O my soul, lift up thy head! Go tell Mother, quick, tell her to come here! NICOLAY Three cheers for General William Tecumseh Sherman! ALL SHOUT Sherman! Sherman! Sherman! LINCOLN Unto thee, O God, we give all the praise now and forever more! Mother! It's all right!--Uncle Billy's there! MRS. LINCOLN You'll never doubt again? LINCOLN My friends! A poem is singing in my heart! "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord! He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword-- His truth is marching on! "He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat! He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat: Oh! Be swift my soul to answer Him! Be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on!" STANTON That draft will be all right, Stevens! Now all together! We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our plows and workshop, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a single tear, We dare not look behind us but steadfastly before, We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more! CHORUS We are coming, we are coming, our Union to restore! We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more! LINCOLN And remember, gentlemen, U. S. Grant sent Sherman on that mission. You know I didn't remove him! Well, Raymond, what say you, now! RAYMOND It's glorious. It's a miracle! Lee's army can't survive. The end is sure! McClellan is beaten--the Union is saved! LINCOLN What say you all? A COMMITTEEMAN Your triumph is sure! ANOTHER COMMITTEEMAN You'll sweep the nation, sir! NICOLAY Add to tbrJar First Page Next Page Prev Page |
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