The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-10


Mr.. Carpenter contributes to theNew
York Independent another chapter of
his Teminfscences of Mr.. Lincoln, from
which we take=the following -r
SHAKESPEARE.
Something was said about the play of
"Hamlet." Mr.. Lincoln walked up
with the mention of the theme, and
soon after said-and l have often
thought of his words With sad inte-
rest since his own assassination
ttIalere is one passage of the play of
Hamlet which is very apt to be slurred
over by the actor, or omitted altogether,
whicl1.Seenis to me the choicest part OF
the play. 1t is" he went on to saV,
"the sOliloquy of the king after the
murder. It always struck me as one
Of Is the i finest touches of nature in the
Remaining in thought for n few mo-
ments, he cOntinued: s. re
'"Che opening of the play of King
Richard the Third, seems to me often
entirely misapprehended. II is quite
common for an actor to come upon the
stage, and, in sophOmOrical style, to.
begin with y flourish ,,.a d. ,-4
4.Now IS the winter OF our discomfort
Made glorious simmer by this sun OF York.
And all the clouds that lowered upon our
house
Ia lAlS VI lLG OGGjll DuIletlI
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"Now," said he, "this is all wrong.
Richard, you remember, had been, and.
was then, plotting the destruction of
his brothers to make room for himself.
Outwnrdly, the most loyal to the newly
crowned king secretly he could scarce
ly contain his impaticnce at the Obsta-
clcs still i'll the way of his own eleva-
ton. lie appears upon the stage, lust
after the crowning of Edward, burning
with rcpressed hate and jealousy. The
prologue lis the utternnce of the most
intense bitterness and SATIRE"
Then,. -unconsciously assuming the
character, Mr.. Lincoln repeated, also
from memory, Richards solilOQuy,
rendering it with degree of force and
power that made it seem like n new
creation to- me-, Though familiar with
the passage from boyhood, can truly
say that never till that moment had /,
fully appreciated its spirit. l could not
refrain from laying down my palette
and brushes, and applauding the Pres
1dent heartily, upon his Conclusions,
saying, Ht the same time, half in earn
est, thut 81 was not sure but that he
had nude mistake in the choice of a
profession" considerably, as may be
imagined, to his amusement!
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE. s.,
1t will be remembered that an extra
session of Congress was called in July
following Mr.. Lincoln's inauguration.
In the message then sent in, speaking
of secession, and the measures taken
by the Southern leaders to bring it
about, there occurs the following re-
remark: "With rebellion thus sugar
coated, they have been Clrugging the
public mind of their section for more
than thirty years, until Mt length they
have brought many good men to q viii
lingness to take up arms against the
government" !" etc. Mr.. De Frees, the
government printery told mo that, when
the message was being printed, he was
a good deal disturbed by the use of the
term Hsugarscoated," and finally went
to thePresident about it, Their relations
to each other being ofithe most intimate
character, he told Mr.. Lincoln frankly
TINT he ought to remember that II mes
sage 10 Congress was II different affair
from Il speech Mt n mass meeting in III
inOiS-thdt the messages became Il part
of history, and should be written nc
cordingly. r
t'NVhat is the matter now?" inquired
the PRESIDENT
why" said Afr. De Frees, "you
have used an hndignified expression in
tho messnge;" and then, reading the
paragraph aloud, he added, "I would
alter the structure of that, if We're
you" Etltl u UEa iLl 80 ID
.'De Frees" replied Mr.. Lincoln,
"tlIntwO expresses precisely my idea,
and am not going to. change it. Tile
time VIII ncVer'come i'll this country
when the people WON'T know. exactly
what StIdT-cOutcd means."s l%lEi
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