"THE PILOT IN A SQUALL."  
 
 
Vanity Fair
 
November 15, 1862
   
 
 
Eighteen months ago, our noble Ship of State was driven by the storms of faction upon a lee shore. I came aboard at the Captain's call to assist at the helm…. If we work in concert and work in earnest, we shall all the sooner carry the precious vessel through all her perils, and greet the waiting nations with the cry, `All's Well!' —(Extract from Mr. Seward's Letter of Oct. 28th.”)
 
 
 

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