, 1873-08-03

ply astonh9ea, h!tnouG1Vory 1htlnate, no ma
minded hin, that Ills friends generally woro IT,
! Morant Of hia oxcosoivo piosy. Wloroupon Mi.
Lincoln aaid ;.a. - kno,o they are. an. obliged
all othors. and I l,ayo doue 80 for
years and / am willing t1,at you should
know It," In allort, this nccou,lt 1nakea Mr..
Lineoln communicate bis Christianity to Mr..
Datenlan aa dead secret, which he is Striving to
conceal from tho world, and which llo tolls brr.
1atomaf for Bomo suddenly acquired mud ut,orly
it!hcrutablo roason. Now, Air. Lamon roforrod
at lnrgo to this story, md crcu'nstantally dis
lands 'Iifo" camo out, ho hunted til, Nfr, Dato-
man, and Ind witl, hin, threo separate oonyoraa~
lions on tha subject, tho notes Of which "boar
gentleman will only get tho seal Of secrecy ro-
movod,." h1r. Herl.don dccaroa Ills ablity to
provo tho whole tato IN nrrnnt fiction. Horc,
now, wau 4 fine opportunity for Mr. Roed.
Me retsra n',t - to the story ard makes hat
aoal rcmoyod2 Mr.. Batoninn livos in hia town,
aud III worry zealous on hiB side Of tho question.
He was certainly aa ll!ely n Hublcct for export
nsonta as Stuart md hlatheny. Moreover, II Mr.
1soed can make this story good, ho oan do moro
towards relieving Nlr. Lincona nnmo from tho
roproach Of fnnlclity than it is possible to aa-
cnmpEll III any othor way IL 1t not very strange
that It should hayo boon SO conapiououply neg-
lectou
Dut what is Christian Do wo gvo tho
na1ne to one who is merely upright nnd moral
IL any mnn entitled to 1t who writoa and talks
against divine scripture during tho great part OF
his life, but when ho has grown old and become
the representative Of q party and q nntion, con-
sideratcly holds his ton quo, or employs 1t with
such ambiguity as not to offend tho gront body
OF pooplo over whom ho riles Yet
tlat ~ Just wlnt Mr. Lincoln was and
did. Tho koy to lis opinions rs vol Us his pol
iSy t;;g, vas gven to a. Mr.; Key Hamon's LIFE" ?.
God, or equal to Tho Croator Ito Bail that 1t Ind
batter DO takon for grautod for by tho test Of
roaaon We might become infidela on that subject,
for evidences Of Christ'e divinity camo TO us In
of Christianity waa III ingenious ono At loaat, aud
perhaps waa calculated to do good" Thoro 1t is
exactly. blr. Lincoln was disposed to tolorato
Christianity, and treat its professors respectful
lad thought bcltor Of it, and come to tho con-
clusion tliat It might do good. Aftor his nomina-
tion and during Ills Presidency ho was Htilting it
bofore tho world. It became him to DO Gnu
t!eua anu polite about 30 grave q matter al
this. Uo knew that OF all clements in war roll-
gtons enthupiaan Was the moot potent. It had
been oxcitoa ngainst slavery, md was tllon pour
Ing out mon mud money to crush tho adversary
but 1t might easily bo provoked to turn and rand
him, htB party, and lia country. II tho churches
. = ~ 49, oii'%'1a - 11ttt iss tsaofA
would layo gone to n,ccna and that instant to tho
Union would have nerisl,ct, N1re Tincoln reo1,.
lntol his Religious mnnifoHtntiona accor5intsiv
Ho declared froouently tl,at In roniI do mi.
fhi,iq to aayo tho Union, and among tho ma,9v
thinga ho did was the partIal conccalment Of Lis
indiyil,1al religious opinions. Ia thin a
blot upon his fa,no7 or slnll We alt agroe
TINT It was conscientious aud patriotic aacri-
lleo7
whom e ebnnpo IN hs ~ Siaa 11t
ntnco ia cata Nr stnsrt - aa'iat ,nn,r oW"
saI L wns whc E1die liza II; 1sis mi so % ,nta
Nj Hrooku to aay thnt NIr Tjncon IN ntina In 6Hs3 to
tnt + was s1'em w;11io ;n ~ tio WI;ta 1Ia,,an
Ha s.eccoda IN s,'ownr hy s,,c wco M cnn.
flicting testimony that. an ench anceoaaivo teutb
oco,rroi IN hin f,mv Mr. Tinco zraa snvasu
erorcd md thnt to fhn r.o,nearIne m;n;.ors
wllo locked around to console him. 1,o rcn1io
viii ,lcenucv and aro, ,ssl' uon,a me- <,anoro u
nrasaonn Of hnno IN ,@,n marcy of HGt" rn1 - nnt IN
ttnat IL ali anfl # s woraa t,,an ,ao,eaa '' '"S
Tndaed. Mr. Hce,i's d;iticnt;ca @ 1, aro 1nany anil
oroat T., o;,o, ~ .,,aia NJ T;rnai az ,ns nt lo
sarv to dony that ,o ovor want tn .ho thnotre to.