, 1876-02-21

growth and Development Of msnttnl bY ahs
Practice Of virtue, and t!le dwArtng and tbs
DETENt0nAriHn EFFECTS or VICE.
Carrying anch convictions into his daily life, hs
rract[oel tho Boll6n rule, and lived hinaelf =
life Of aelf-dental and personal purity. In
no yoke, and 80 far aa lay iu his powor would
permit no QUO olsa 10 do 30. uc iont to osefy
man hc mot 4 holping hand. aud Walked through
life with nslco towards mono and charity for ALL
II auch u man ts not Christian. certainly fnoat
coming like hiu."
In rsfercuce 10 his education, Mr. Bwetl said
that. duiing tho poriod Of his youth. Mr. Lincoln
Was an educated tnan in the true Sons" Of tho
word not that he uuderatoQd classical Iiteta-
suro or mythology. but ..
MS MIND wA3 sronEp
With tho knowledge Of the tlmes IN which ho
llyod. Although 1lo mover won't to school but Alx
woeha, ,yot BY eubsoauent study and caro- 10
studied EnYlihh grammar. t,in eotscnCoa were
grammatical, bocaIao like himself, they woro
a!tnnlo andstrnIght. lilo noverread e1tcnsiyely sho
classic. poetic. and rEoBe writer's OF tho English
FROM tic language used In conversation rather
thar, tho language found III tho books.
Htr. Bwett also etatud that during tho circuit
iifo, from, 1850 to 1BGU Lincoln wan III tho habit
bookB, rllch ns works Oh gcnmetry and astronomy,
aud studying tlcm when tho Courts woro not III
Rceslou.
Az A 1AwrgH.
Az trial lanyor. Mt. bwatt said Lincosn wss
tho peer Of any ,nnn. His strength and skill
consisted to always knowing ths ulatcrial polnt
upon which The caAo turned. With great adroit-
ness llo gained q standing before tho Court and
tho jury BY giving away all imnatcrIRt Issues
In order that he might DO enabled more suc-
ccestu!ty TO catry tho ons point upon which tue
caso htnge1. -..
In fuferenco to Mr. Itncolit ~ politician, Mr.
Hwutt stated rome facts not heretofore gepesslIy
known. For instance, ho said that, tn tho fall
Of 1854, when Lincoln attended DouRlas' mecs..
ingB mud answered him, and after they Lad had
tho JOINT debate At Peoria, thu subsequont ap-
pointmonts Ut Lincoln aud othor places moro
personal request Of Douglas hIHisolf:;
In referonco to tho Joint dabatoa hald
betwoen Lincoln and Douglas III 1868, Mr. Svest
Batd that Liuoo1n'H habit waa to apoha ten OF
mud preparation for tho joint debatc itsolf, Rtv-
Ing little hoed to tho personal spoeches tnat he
was daily making. Before tho Joint debAto at
ChAtteBson+ said tho looturer. hlr. Lincoln. ~
ha came to Bloomington, au1nmoned a: Judge
put bofoGe them In tho natn al1 tho propositions
which ho afterwards put to Douglas Ia tho
Joint definite. This was, dono for the
purpose Of hoartng oyerybody's nnswot to the
proposiuons so that no proposition untonablc
might bo put FORTH and no ansWor that could be
n1ado wonid TAXA lin BY surprise. a1r. Bvet'
raid that ahon Ltncoln'a nsmo began to ba dis
cussed for the Presidency tu 1869, ilo waB III tht
hab. Bnply
or LAUGHING At IT.
and a. late ns tho Decatur Convention, held 1t
May, 1861. QUO week bcfora the Chicago Conrcu
tion, MIR. Lincoln BsriouelY dlsouHact oomtnK te
Chicago to astund tho Convention, but 1nntlj
kavo up, anylny ttlst the truth ma he vab too
much Of a Candidate to 70, aud not euou3l Of a
candidate to htAY ut home,
After spoak1ng of tho Presidential election
Mr. Swctt EaYo hrlef roy}ew Of
3trt. LIhcoLN'A ADMINISTRATION.
In nhIch ho hsaertod several fnots not generally
kuoHn. Fur instance AIr. Swott said that Lin
coin never believed thore waa to bo wnr uuti
about the time le wont to Washington. The
lecturer nlso assorted that ntter tho War beRnu
for Two yoars Lincoln had prosecuted 1t without
tlonal assertion that he did not be,
lfeyo tho man could bo founc
who over lizard n1r. Lincoln, during those hrB
two ycars Of the War, distinctly and clearly ut
tor tho opinion that We were going 10 be auceesa
FIJI! in 1t. After tho two years had pasned lie BE-
gan to hnye hopo, and from tito time liort
lnwped until tho War terminated. he move
seemed to entertstn doubt.
alr., ,swett'a lecture occupied over au hour II
!tB delivery, but the mattor uAA OF ouch unuaua
interest that he hold tho nBaaggiuE attention 0
bis audiouco until it's close, when he WAS re
warded With Gouuine and prolonged applause.