Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-14
DAILY SENTINEL
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY II.



Mr. o1RssssEa contribute. 10 lsst weeks Ia.
depsnden, another chapter Of bis "reminiscences
Of Mr.. LINCOLN. from which We take the fol
owing
Something 90. ssid about the play Of Ia inlet
Mr.. Lincoln vakec up with the mention Of the
theme. and soon after said. tsnd have often
thought OF his words with sad interest since his
own assassination, There IL one passage Of the
play OF Hamlet which IL apt To be blurred over
By the actor. or omitted altogether. which seems
20 me the choices, part Of the play II H." he
vent on 70 say. the soliloquy Of the king sf.sr
the murder. Ia always struck me ss one Of the
hosst touches Of nature in The world" I.
Rsmsining in thought few moments. be con
tnued
The opening Of The play Of King Richard the
Third seems W me often entirely misapprehendsd.
/, IL quito common for 80 actor 10 come upon The
stage. snd. IN a sopbomorieal style. Ia begin
With flourish
"'No~ u the winter Of oar di.sonisnt
Made gleslees .nnmsr b this 'un Of lofs,
And al the clouds that lovered Gpon our house
IN The deep bosom Of the ocssn tufsdF
Now" said he, this Il ell wrong Richard. you
remember. had been. and was then. plotting the
destruction Of bis brothers to make room for
himself Outwardly the most loyal 10 the newly
crowned King, secretly he could scarcely con
tain his impotence At the obstacles skill In the
var OF has own elevation. lie appears upon the
stage just after the erowsing Of Edward. burning
vIlh rspressed hate and jealousy. The prologus
Il the ut,eranco OF tho most intense bitterness
aud satire"
Then, uoconsoiousiJ assuming the character
Me-. Lincoln repeated, also from memory. "Rieh
ards" soiiloquy. rendering Ia With degree Of
force aud power that made II seem like q nsw
creation 10 me. Though familiar With the pas
sage from boyhood. I can truly say that never
Gil Ihs, moment had fully appreciated ia spirit
! could not refrain from laying down ~ palette
and brushes. and appiauding the President heart
n.y. upon the conclusion. saying, At the same
time. half In earnest. that 81 was not sure but
that no had made mistake In the choice OF
profession" considerably, as may be imagined.
10 his amusement.
PRrsIDrSTIAL TzssAsK.
IL gill be remembered that an extra rsssion OF
Congress was called in July following Mr. Lin
coins inauguration. In the message then sent
In. speaking of secession. and the measures taken
by the Southern leaders to bring il about. there
occurs the following remark: with rebellion
thus sugar coated. they have been drugging the
public mind Of their section for more than thirty
years. until at length they have brought many
good men 10 willingness to take up arms against
the Government" etc. Mr.. Defrees. the Gov
ernment printer. told me that whom the message
was being printed, be was good deal disturbed
by the use Of the term 'sugar-costed. aud finally
went To the President about il. Their relations
to each other being Of the most intimate chsrac-
ter. he told Mr.. Lincoln frankly that lie ought to
remember that message 10 Congress was =
different affair from speech 10 a mass meeting
IN lllinois-that the message became part of
history. and should be written accordingly
what is the matter nowf' inquired the
President
why" said Mr. Defrees. " you have used an
undgnfed expression in the message" and
then, reading the paragraph aloud, he Added
would alter the structure of that, II we're you.
Deirees" replied Mr. Lincoln ." that word
expresses precisely my idea. aud am not going
to change il The time will never come in this
country when the people won't know exactly
what sugar coated means"