, 1866-08-21
The Lincoln Etafups

Congress has authorized Miss Winnie
Ream to make full length, life size statue
Of Mr. Lincoln, at cost Of SIC, 600. The first
questions that Will occur to every one upon
reading the announcement are: Who Is Miss
Winnie Rcam2 Was she ever heard Of before.
What rank does she hold in the artist world?
Has she ever had experience in chise1ling
statuese In regard to the first two ques-
tions there seems to be a cloud of mystery
overhanging her a. dense rs that which en-
ve1ops DeSauty- Ne have never get met
person Of sufficient temerity toanswer them.
Enough has transpIred to warrant an
answer to the last two, that she
holds no rank in the artist world,
and that she has never chi.e11ed statue in
her life, but Las made some busts, we be-
lievc. It has also transpired that 1t WAS not
any genius in modelling or chiselling that Oh
tained the commission, hut marvellous
dexterity at lobbying. We regret, because
she is lady, that she has manifested spirit
which is utterly impossible in true artist,
and that We can feel no ASSURANCE that any
great work Of art can be developed by
chiscl partaking 50 largely Of the attributes
Of the auser- We regret that so Important
work should have been carele=sly en-
trusted to inexperienced aud nn-
known hands. No public man has cvcr
been 20 miscrably cazicatured by buns1e1s in
dies, upon canvass and in plaster, a. Mr..
Lincoln, and we shudder at the possibility
that the halls Of Congress must endure an
other The work Of reproducing the we'll
known face and form should hare been
grateful and solemn duty, to be entrusted
only 10 the hands Of 4 great and skilful ar-
tist who could have made the rough block
instinct will, life. and the Hn;shed vor1, nm
en5nr;no monnment reco1l;nc FIR ns the f..
enrasl u. : aonuineas' sessenns iol us Inc "a
mnlar features and nafrating to postcr1ty
the beautiful life Of the reneratcd dead We
hone the davs are now uast when persistent
1ot,bv;n., ia mad. the Congressional test of
no,,;+,a
rhc Hon. Thaddcn. x1rxere nm +he
President.
The following, is n rer,nrt of the ren1arlz n.
the lion. Thaddeus Stevens hef;,re The an. ~
caster COUNTY Convention. which reuo,nina.
cd him for CONGRESS. Speakiur Of tle Prcsi-
cannot BERN NOW to attcmpt to unso1d
the policy Of that man in whom you-I can
hardly say mysel-in whom the 1eon1e rn.,.
fdcd as tue patriot. and whom Re have
now found to be worse than the man wio is
5neafssEa,sd e; in Te5t1sss enTee; say ia;
| his nomination. L Ia our fault If IS ar
Cheated, Johuson Eus BrccEintidee Den,.
| ocrat. and he never renowned one nfincin1e
| of that Dcmocracr. He onlr Ieff then,
when they went out md he believed they
| eo1,1d not succeed and M man ran sar 11s1
johnson ever uttered a word In favor Of FIN ths
! free institutions Of the North. before he he.
same Vice President. We etherefore haze onlx
| ourselves to blame To b. sure. We did moi
| anticipate the present contingency. but since
It has cpme upon Us, let Is bear Il witt
Ills mistake. meyer I honc orein ~ he ~
| heated. knnw not how yon view ti,esf
| thjncs. Ibelieye that nations are puni:l,e,1
by tbc Ruler Of the Uniyerse for natIonaj
crimes. From, nlx earliest hour to The