ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PLAIN SPEAKING.
When President of the United Sta^esJ Abraham Lincoln was inclined to<a rough and-ready style of argument. "It is a disgrace to the country," said a disgusted Government clerk, " that such a boor should be President !" What made him say so was ' this. He had asked the President to giveei brother, who had' been honourably discharged from the army, a place in the Civil Service. " Let me see," said Lincoln, "" I believe you yourself are a clerk in one iof the de - partments ]" " Yes, said the applicant ; " l)am in the Treasury Department " " L thought so;" continued |the President. "And your father holds am office, in Washington, does he not V " Yes, sir ; he, is the chief of ' a bureau in tiie War Department/ replied the beggar, beginning to feel rather uncomfortable. f ' > "Is there/ any other member of your family holcVlng office under tlae Government?" was the next qnery,> anwered with — ■ " Yes, sir ; I havea younger briother in the Interior Department." Whereupon Lincoln put)him oiifc of his misery, by saying — " Well, then, all I have to sayltayou is that there are too many hogs \ and too little fodder 1" , A
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9139, 21 July 1891, Page 4
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193ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PLAIN SPEAKING. Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9139, 21 July 1891, Page 4
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