human
You are alone, sir?
gpt
Yes.
human
I had expected Miss Winter----
gpt
She came with me and was compelled to leave.
human
Oh--will you pull up a chair.
gpt
And what can I do for you, sir?
human
My name is Vaughan--John Vaughan----
gpt
The brother of Ned Vaughan, who escaped from prison?
human
The son of Dr. Richard Vaughan, of Palmyra, Missouri.
gpt
Then you're our boy, fighting with Grant's army--yes, I heard of you when your brother was in trouble. You've been ill, I see--wounded, of course?
human
Yes.
gpt
There's nothing I won't do for one of our wounded boys if I can--what is it?
human
My mother writes me that my father has been arrested without warrant, is held in prison without bail and denied the right to trial----
gpt
I have come to ask you for justice--that he shall be confronted by his accusers in open court and given a fair trial----
human
And for what was he arrested?
gpt
For exercising the right of free speech. In a public address he denounced the war----
human
You see, my boy, your house is divided against itself--the symbol in the family group of our unhappy country. Of course, I didn't know of this arrest. Such things hurt me, so I refuse to know of them unless I must. They tell me that Seward and Stanton have arrested without warrant thirty-five thousand men. I hope this is an exaggeration. Still it may be true----