The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-13
LlNCOLN'S CHARACTER
ISTICS.
HIS LOVE OF RIGHT AND TIKI TN
HIS RELIGIOUS OPINION
NOT A SOClABLE MAN.

CHISArIN, fiangamou Co, Jan. IL.
DEAR SIX You say you deeire 10 know
all possible things Of tho good and great
dead. | have JUS. now few moments TO
spare, and do not know how better to
, spend them than to tell you what Mr.
Lincoln really was and Whist he was not.
AR. Lincoln was kind, tender and gym.
pathetic man, feeling deeply in the pres
ence Of suffering, pain, wrong or oppre'-
son in any shape; he WAS tho very o..
scnce and substance Of truthi was vi I'M
bounded verscity, had unlimited integrity.
! always telling tho exact truth, ana
aIwsys doing tho honest thing at all
times aud nnder all circumstances lie
was Just 90 men; he loved tho right, the
good and true with all his soul. | WAS
with Mr. Lincoln for about twenty-five
years, and / can truthiuliy say | never
knew him to do wrong thing, never
knew him 10 do - mean thing, never
knew him TO do any little dirty trick.
lie Was always notle. Ia his nsturc he
felt nobly and sctod nobiy. never
knew so true a man, 50 good one, SO
interrupted and so incorruptable one.
lie was patrio. and loved his country
pressed his great feeling in his thought
lived in bis thoughts and thought IN his
feelings. BY these his sou, was elevated
and purified Tor his work. His work was
the highest and srandes. religion, noble
duty nobly done
Mr.. Lincoln WA cool and calm under
the most trying crcumst ,nco'; he had
unbounded charity for oil men. In re-
lig,on he was atheist, somewhat after tho
ID Of - L. 4 Nm
was not q speculative mins.ed man; was,
like Washington, severely prac.ical he
never went in advance of his age, and
yet YVES always directing the ideas and
feelings OF men TO purely practical ends,
TO something that would end in good. Mr.
Lincoln never shaped his veracity,
integrity or virtue TO circumstances; he
fashioned AID form,d circumstances So
far rs he could, TO virtue, veracty and to
integrity. Uo scorned inennness every
whore and at all times, Lnd was bold and
manly in his dcnunciation of wrong. how
ever and by whoever done; he was not a
foxy, tricky man; he was statesman
high above all tricks. How such a man
~ Lincoln could walk up 10 tho highest
point Of human grandeur, from such a
low origin, God only knows. But so It
was ordained from the beginning. and
so IL il. Mr.. Lincoln was man of
great fidelity to what he be-
lieved wa. right Was true TO
friends, never deserving them until they
deserted virtue, veracity and integrity.
Mr.. Lincoln could b and was, trusted by
the people with almost omninpo,ont pow
or. aud no never abused it nor SHOES the
trust, true TO his country, and trno TO tho
rights of man. What noble man and
what q noble life he lived. Washington
was a mcrlcAs creator; Lincoln was its
savior. Mr.. Lincoln new stands Up
against the deep bluesky the grandes. fig
ure of the sgs.
have now stated to you Mr.. Linccln's
leading characteristics, and if you like
him better for Thorn am we'll satisfied
with what ! have told you. | have
weighed every word and sentence, and
can truly SAY they are true TO Lincoln
and Lincoln trne them. lie was not
spontaneous in his feelings; was, "a some
said. rather cold; no was rather reflective
not cold. However, take him all 10 ALL
he was rs near perfect man "a God gen.
orally makes. Yours, truly,
" III HrpSpoy