, 1873-08-03

All ambition tho other even moro rrepostoro,ts;
NJ m 80 r oeS TINT even srs the ena @
tualiam L i 30 POI wrong ID iso, viii not 10 absn.
donol w uH to plcaso tha gentlemen.
aod bless yo,, and prosper you ID al your 1sbors,
for yonr connlry's sake and your own. but do not
ales who harc attractions for gentlemen worth rlear-
Ing, md who resnin thu bland compoaro Of perpot-
ual youth bcBidc their refreshing nirpocrcnc.
Mr.. LlNcolN's RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
a Noply to tho Row. MIR K1Gcils9 Arta.
cic in Scrlbner's NIOnth1y.
From ths Ne.o York Norld.
| PreEuming TINT tho first Of Col Lannon'S libela
upon Mr.. Linco1n's memory is sufficiently dis-
posed OF by hiB apocryphnf cortiflcate from
Dennis Hanks, Air. Hood proceeds to dscusBa
what ho calls Mr. Lincoln'a religious sentiments.
Ho is cleyor in tho asso Of tho word gontincnte,
for while 1t may fairly bo said that Mr.. Lincoln
entertained many Chriatian sentiments, 1t cannot
bo said that he was hl1nsolf a Christian In faith
| or practice. uo waB no disciple of Jesus Of
| Nazareth, uo did not bolloye in LIS divinity,
and WOE not a mcmbor Of Ills church. 10 provo
thia faot, Mr.. Lamon citca round dozen Of Mr..
Lincoln's nearest frion1B, beginning on page
4s7, and ending on page 407. This individual
| testimony is clear md overwhelming, without
tho documentary and other evidence scat-
tered profusoly through tho rest of tho volume.
How docs Alr. Rood undertake to rofute iii In
tho first place, firstly, ho prouounces It ibol,"
and in tho second place, secondly, he is
"amazca to find "-and ho says ho bus found
that tho principal witnesses tako exception to
Alr. Lannon's report OF their ovilencc. This
might havo boon truo Of many or all Of Mr..
Lannon's witnesses without exciting tho wonder
OF a rational man. Fow persons, indeed, are
willing to endure reproach merely for tho truths
saLo, and popular opinion in tho Republican
party Of Springfield, H., is probably vory much
ngainst bfr. Lauion. 1t would, therefore, bo
quito In tho natural order IL some OF his Wit
neeses WHO find tllomHelvos unexpectedly in
print should succumb to the social and politcal
terrorism OF their place aid timc and nttempt to
modify or explain their testimony. They zcalous-
ly assisted Mr.. uorndon in ascortaining tho truth
nnl while thoy wanted him TO tell It in full they
woro prudontty resolved to koop their own
namos snugly out Of sight. But Alr. Reeds
abatement ID not truo, ind la a1nnzomont is on-
tircly simulated. Two only out Of tho doson
witnesses hayo gratiilol him by inditing, ut his
request. woal and guarded complaints Of unfar
treatment. These nre john L. Stuart, relative
Of tho Lncolns and Edwardsoa, and Jim Matho-
ny, both Of Springfield, whom Mr.. Lincoln
taught in Lis peculiar doctrines, but who may by
thlB tino be deacons in Mr.. Rood's church.
Neither Of tl,om helps Afr. Rced'a case parti-
clio. Their opiHtlcs open, as If BY concert, in
form and words almost identical. They say they
did not turite tho language attributed to them.
Tho denial is wholly unnecessary, for nobody nj
firms that thoy did wrta it. They talked and hlr.
Horndon wrote. His notos wero 1nado when lilo
conversations occurred, and probably in their
presence. At all events they arc both TO corr
EciouS oi tho general lcCurncY of his reu0r that