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At least one of Lincoln’s friends criticized him sharply for his stand. In January 1839, William Butler, known as “a quiet, dignified man,” accused him of truckling to land speculators. In deference to their friendship, Lincoln judiciously replied: “You were in an ill-humor when you wrote that letter, and, no doubt, intended that I should be thrown into one also; which, however, I respectfully decline being done.” Employing the imagery of suicide, as he did surprisingly often, Lincoln declared, “I am willing to pledge myself in black and white to cut my own throat from ear to ear, if, when I meet you, you shall seriously say, that you believe me capable of betraying my friends for any price.” In closing, Lincoln called himself “[y]our friend in spite of your ill-nature.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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