The weekly Butte record., 1862-12-13
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln.
" AsHtN NsT1N, N6r. ;

W hiie | am always ready 10 give Mr.. t.sa-
coin. with whom am s,jli ar3 ever " pect 10
be on terms Of feourteous sacia} relati rsbiq. the
credit Of being an honest. Reg meaning nan.
still cannot shut nv eyes 70 the fact. which
personally know. that the President < Gu
scieutaus abolilionist ard believes 81 lis Aaa-t
that human slavery is sinful To be sare. his
views have been somewhat moiifef anl his
action TO a certain extent mollifed. by the IL
hueuce Of his wife who. although uat very
refined or well educated lady, is nevertheless
woman Of Wig orouS intellect and possesses and
maintains very decided views Of her own on all
subjects, whether domestic, religious, or podii-
cal
Il Is not generally known that it was Mrs.
Lincolos influence, which up TO the Greeley
imbroglio, kept the President straight on the
constitutional questions involved in the slavery
business This distinguished lady. as l well
know. has not the slightest doubt that slavery
in slave States is protected by the Constita-
tion. l do not violate any of the amenities of
social life when | inform you aud he world
that the Presidents better half does not
hesitate to say. in frank and open way, that
she hopes never 10 see the day when Abraham
Lincoln Will occupy the same platform with
Jefferson Davis, and break up the Constitution
to destroy slavery because Davis rends it in
fragments TO preserve the peculiar iustitu.
ton" You Will agree with me. Mr. Editor.
that Daniel Webster could not state the case
more succiuctly, or record more eomprehen-
sive syllabus Of the international matter, than
Mrs. Lincoln has. Would that the President
listened to the instructive womanly eounsels
of his shrewd, and we respectfully state,
strong minded wife. l use the phrase l." in
stinctiye, womanly counsels understandingly.
In the social conversational, the husbands
best adviser did not object to the guide
mons overslaughing the great writ of habeas
corpus, for what is a woman expected to know
of the nice determinations which have been
made by the great law writers on this prolific
subject? How could she advise him on a mat
ter which, however clear, ever since the inval-
liable writ was extorted from subjugated ty-
rant, has nevertheless been so befogged bv the
special pleading of parasites, in mudded pam
phlets, that people innocent of law knowledge
might very readily come to the conclusion that
the unfortunate prisoner who invokes the aid
of habeas corpus, is vertable traitor
The recent elections have opened the Presi-
Dental eyes.
The President has now lost confidence in
both Forney and Greeley The latter Il gay
deceiver " is now duplicated humbug. He
promised the President nine hundred thousand
abolition warriors if he would emancipate the
slaves The President took him at bis word,
against the advice OF his faithful wife, and the
result was recruiting stopped and drafting
commenced. The next Greely failure is evil
denced by the Democrats sweeping him and
his party into political oblivion Correspond
ence of the Philadelphia Evening Journal
A HoMLY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Go to
the grave of buried love, aud mediate There
settle the account with thy conscience for
every past benefit unrequted-every past en-
dearment unregarded-of the departed being
who can never, never, return to be sooihed by
thy contrition II thou art a child and hast
ever added sorrow to the soul, or furrow
to the siivered brow Of an affecionate parent:
if thou art a husband. and hast caused the
fond bosom that venluted its whole happiness
in thy arms, to doubt one moment thy kind.
ness or truth; if thou ar. a friend and hast
ever wronged in thought, or word, or deed, the
spirit, that generously confded in thee if
thou ait lover, and hast ever given one un-
merited pang to that heart which now lies cold
beneath thy feet-then be sure that every
unkind look, every ungracious word, every
ungentle action, will come throngng back upon
thy memory, and knock dolefuy at thy soul
then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing
and repentant on the grave, and utter the un-
heard groan, and pour the unavaiing tear
more deep, more bitter, because unheard aud
unavaing ; Washington Irving.
TIE LUDIcRoUs SIDES OF LIFE-The dex-
ferrous leap of thought, by which the mind
escapes from a seemingly hopeless dilemma, is
worth all the vestments Of dignity which the
world holds II was this readiness in rep4rtee
which continually saved Voltare from social
overturn. He once praised another writer
very heartily to a third person. 1t is very
strange" was the reply that you speak SO
well of him, for be says you are eharlatan."
n
ly that both of Us may be mistaken
Robert Hall did not lose his power of retort
even il madness. A hypoerItical condoler
with his misfortunes once visited him in the
mad-house and said in whining tone, What
brought you here, Mr.. Hall ?" Hall signif-
canty touched his brow with bis finger and
rpplied - WhafW never hiring ron sir-toa