The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-21


but the caste of humanity. The heroes who
led our armiesand sIips into battle~Ivon,
Mcpherson, Reynolds, Sedgwick, Wads-
worth, Foote, Ward, with their compeers-
adsfell in the service, did not die in vain
and the mYriads Of nameless martyrs,
ana hr <1ie{ martyr. died willingly 4fbnt
goyel 5e6ole. BY the people, and
for q not perish fom the
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s II j '1oR THE UNJUST.
4 - g Z Il Iincoln, who was SO
j. + III = I|Ee. hss !bv some mysterious in
s 1hc6 4 Ei<i1l< ihc country with solemn awe
Ind hushed, instead of exciting: the passion
for revenge It seems as if the lust had died
for the unjust. When think of the friends
I have lost in this war-and every one who
hears me has, like myself, lost those whom he
most loved-tbere is no consolation to be
derived nom victims on the scatfold, or from
anything Int the established union of the re-
genented nation.
e CHARACTER OF LINCOLN.
n his character, Lincoln was through and
through an Americans He is the first native
Of the region west of the Alleghanies to attain
to the highest station; and how happy it is
that the man who was brought forward as
the natural outgrowth and first fruits of that
FegloH should have been of unblemished
purity In private life, good son, @kind hus
band, most atfectionate father, and, as a
man, SO gentle to all; Asto integrity, Doug
las. his rival, said OF him, "Lincoln is the
nonestest man ever Knew
The habits OF his mind were those OF
meditation and inward thought, rather than
OF action. He exceiled in logical statement,
more imam In executive ability. he reasoned
clearly, his reflective Judgment was good, and
MS purposes were liked but, like the Haplet
OF nus only poet, ms wiii was tardy IN actIon !;
ana ior tils reason, ana not from humility or
teraerness OF leei1ng, ne sometimes depiorcd
that alie duty winch devoiVeu on MN had
not iallen 10 the lou OF another lie was
skliilui III analysis; discerned with precision
the central idea on which question turned,
and knew how to dlsengage 1t and present 1t
by itself IN few homely, strong old English
words that would be intelligible to all. He
delighted to express his opinions by apo
thegm, illustrate them by parable, or drive
them home by story. =
Lincoln gained name by discussing ques-
tons which, OF all others, most easily lead to
fanaticlsm but he was never carried away by
enthusiastic zeal, never indulged In extraya-
giant language; never hurried to support ex-
IRENE measures, never allowed himself to be
controlled by sudden impulses During the
progress OF the election at which he was
chosen President, he expressed no opinion
that went beyond the Jefferson proviso of
1884. Like Jefferson and Lafayette, he had
faith in the intmtions of the people, and read
those intuitions with rare sagacity. He knew
how to bide his time, and was less apt to be
In advance of public opinion than to lag be-
hind. He never sought to electrify the pub
he BY taking an advanced position with a
banner OF OPINION; but rather studied to
move forward compactly, exposing no detach-
ment IN front or rear so that the course CT
ms administration might nave been explain
ed as tne calculating pohcy OF shrewd and
watchfui politician, had there not been seen
behind It nxedness OF principle winch from
the first determined his purpose and grew
more intense with every year, consuming his
life by its energy. Yet his sensibilities were
not acute, ne had no vivldness OF Imagination
to picture TO MS mind the horrors OF tne
battlefield or the sufferlngs IN hospitals; his
conscience was more tender than his feelings.
Lincoln was one OF the most unassuming OF
men. In time of success, he gave credit for
1t to those whom he Employed, to the pee
pie, and to the providence OF God. he did
not know what ostentation u.s. when he Ge
came President he was rather saddened than
elated, and his conduct and manners showed
more than ever his belief that all men arc
born equal lie was1io rrstee lsUf l!sp1iS
and neither rank, nor reputation,l = F1ceE
overawed INN. In Judging OF CHARACTER nc
tailed IN discrimination, and MS appoint
ments were sometimes ead put he rcaally