A writer in the _Saturday Evening Post_ speaks thus concerning
Lincoln and Lee:
On several occasions I heard him speak most feelingly of the
defamation heaped upon him by the South, but never did he
exhibit the semblance of resentment. More than once I have heard
him say: “If these people only knew us better it would be well
for both of us.” He always spoke of them as “these people,” as
did General Robert E. Lee, who in personal intercourse usually
referred to the Union army when in front of him as “these
people.” His last order to Longstreet before Pickett’s charge at
Gettysburg was: “These people are there and they must be driven
away.” Both of these great characters of our Civil War are now
remembered, and will be remembered for all time, as having never
uttered a sentence of resentment relating to their opponents in
the war.
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