I Am Not Liked As A President

I Am Loaded Down To The Guards With Educational, Benevolent, And Other Miscellaneous Public Work, I Must Not Attempt To Do More. I Cannot Without Neglecting Imperative Duties.

No Officer Should Be Required Or Permitted To Take Part In The Management Of Political Organizations, Caucuses, Conventions, Or Election Campaigns. Their Right To Vote And To Express Their Views On Public Questions, Either Orally Or Through The Press, Is Not Denied, Provided It Does Not Interfere With The Discharge Of Their Official Duties. No Assessment For Political Purposes On Officers Or Subordinates Should Be Allowed.

Have Been Reading "genesis" Several Sundays, Not As A Christian Reads For "spiritual Consolation," "instruction," Etc., Not As Aninfidel Reads To Carp And Quarrel And Criticize, But As One Who Wishes To Be Informed And Furnished In The Earliest And Most Wonderful Of All Literary Productions. The Literature Of The Bible Should Be Studied As One Studies Shakespeare, For Illustration And Language, For Its True Pictures Of Man And Woman Nature, For Its Early Historical Record.

These Semi-traitors [union Generals Who Were Not Hostile To Slavery] Must Be Watched. Let Us Be Careful Who Become Army Leaders In The Reorganized Army At The End Of This Rebellion. The Man Who Thinks That The Perpetuity Of Slavery Is Essential To The Existence Of The Union, Is Unfit To Be Trusted. The Deadliest Enemy The Union Has Is Slavery - In Fact, Its Only Enemy.

The President Of The United States Of Necessity Owes His Election To Office To The Suffrage And Zealous Labors Of A Political Party, The Members Of Which Cherish With Ardor And Regard As Of Essential Importance The Principles Of Their Party Organization; But He Should Strive To Be Always Mindful Of The Fact That He Serves His Party Best Who Serves The Country Best.