The Secretary was required to prevent the President's being imposed upon.

The President was required in the more responsible place of seeing that injustice was not done to others.

I do not know that this view of these two men is still entertained by the majority of the people.

It is not a correct view, however, in my estimation.

Mr.
Lincoln did not require a guardian to aid him in the fulfilment of a public trust.
Mr.Lincoln was not timid, and he was willing to trust his generals in making and executing their plans.