into a
gooseberry bush.

Did he write anything else?

--Yes; the great Order No. 40.

I remember that. What did Andy Johnson say about it?

--He said: "When a great soldier, with unrestricted power in his
hands to oppress his fellow-men, voluntarily foregoes the chance of
gratifying selfish ambition, and devotes himself to building up the
liberties and strengthening the laws of his country, he presents an
example of the highest public virtue that human nature is capable of
practising. Whenever power _above_ the law courted his acceptance,
he calmly put the temptation aside. By such magnanimous acts of
forbearance he won the universal admiration of mankind, and left a
name which has no rival in the history of the world."

Did he say anything else?

--Yes. He said: "I respectfully suggest to Congress that some public
recognition of General Hancock's _patriotic_ conduct is due, if not
to him, to the friends of law and justice throughout the country. Of
such an act as his, at such a time, it is but fit that the dignity
should be vindicated and the virtue proclaimed, so that its value as
an example may not be lost to the nation."

Did Congress do anything?

--Never mind Congress. The American people will do it in November by
putting him where George Washington was, so that the whole world may
take a good, long look at him. It's impossible to knock the modesty
out of him, so we'll take it with him, and put it "_where it will do
the most good_."

Of course, Garfield felt just like Andy Johnson in this matter?

--Quite so.

How did he show it?

--By bringing a bill into Congress to _dismiss_ General Hancock from
the army for insisting on all the rights of citizens _in time of
peace_.

Good heavens!

--Yes, good heavens! I should say so. That wasn't the worst part of
it. He wanted the bill voted on the _next_ day. And the act provided
that it should _take effect as soon as it was passed_. So that, if
General Hancock had nothing outside his pay, this soldier (?) who ran
away from the field to go "jobbing" in Congress, would the _next day_
have made a beggar of the man who really saved the Union!

Do you think good, honest Republican voters (I don't mean the
"machine" men), know or remember anything about it?

--We live so fast that I expect many of them have let it drop out of
their minds. _But now's the time for them to remember it._

Has General Hancock shown how he can deal with trying difficulties
si