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able to appreciate excetencies which were
obvious to others. A friend once told him
that he had seen man frequently COM
ing out OF tho State House who had
been crlminay false In trust ana
who had admitted 1t. Tho Governor flushed
no as he heard the story. and exclaimed We'll.
I'll trust him: am going to appoint him to an
Office" Onanother occasion. young man VINO
had been pardoned out OF prison by tho Presi-
dent on Andrews solicitation. was given Dy the
Governor a somewhat confidential position In
tho State House. The young convict was ex-
tremely useful. but kept up his crooked ways.
II was Of this person that q witty vagabond,
whom the Governor always befriended. once
said to n clerk in the State House. John" the
Governor) lis trying to make something OF
b, but he can't. Itell you that the man who
is Imprisoned for a long term for stealing. and
gets pardOned out. and when he goes away
steals the Jail syringe, has got 1t In him to
steal" 1t seems that the author OF this remark
was once imprisoned for Drunkenness In tho
same Jail with tho young convict above referred
to. Subsequently. when no was at homo for
inebriates. the Governor sent him some money
by b. But he refused to take it. and wrote
to the Governor requesting him to send 1t by
some one else. as he was trying to reform. and
proposed to cut all his State prison acquaint-
ances."
Mr.. Chandler suggests that the Governors
partial or imperfect judgment OF men may ac-
count for his course in regard to the second
nomination OF Lincoln. Andrew. It seems. was
very active in the movement during the first
half OF 1864 to dispace the President. The
biographer considers the secrecy with which
this branch Of the Republican politics OF that
year has been ever since enveopod something
marvellous. considering how many were con-
cerned in it, He suggests that when 1t all
comes out. IL it ever does. it will make curl
Gus page In tho history OF the time. The signal
for the abandonment Of the movement was first
given in a speech ty Mr.. Chase. in accordance
with the general opinion OF the "conspirators."
that 1t was inexpedent to press 1t further. after
the Democratic proceedings at Chicago. Presi-
dent Lincoln's method Of resolving n resolu-
tion Of the Great and General Court. engrossed
on parchment with the great seal OF the Com
monweath annexed. and tied up with plenty OF
red tape. seems to have given great offence to
the dignned patriots OF Boston. The Chief
Magistrate OF the nation sat. we are told in an
armchair. with one leg dangling over the
elbow. while the envoy OF Massachusetts pre-
sented the parchment with little speech. The
President took the document slowly. unrolled
it, and remarked in n quaint way. Well. 1t is
not long enough to scare fellow"
Compared with other public men OF equal
reputation. Gov Andrew seems to have been
cut off before his prime. He was not 80 when
he died. having survived the civil war little
more than two years. In the Ave years. how
ever OF his administration" says his military
secretary. "he tasted the cares and sorrows
the hopes and Joys. and concentrated the lahors
OF century OF ordinary life. Such an expert
ence aggravated his tendency to the disease
which at last. waS fatal. No soldier struck by n
rebel bullet on the battlefield died more truly a
victim to the national cause" The two acts OF
Andrews life. after the close OF the war, which
excited most remark. were his advocacy OF
Andrew Johnson's policy OF reconstruction
| and his successful assault on the Prohibition
| lists. He took the ground. it will be remem-
| bered. that while the Southern States should
| not dis'ranchise the blacks on the
| score OF race. color. or previous condition.
they would be justified in denying the suffrage
| to the mass OF them. and to large part OF tho
poor white population. on the score of illiteracy.
| The Southern States could exercise the same
right which all the Northern States had at one
| time or another asserted. that namely. Of i'm
posing property or educational qualification,
Gov. Andrew held that the tremendous problem
| ofreconstruction could not be solved by manu-
mitted slaves and few Northern adventurers,
but could only be committed to the natural lead
| ers OF opinion in the South. He urged In n
| word. the concil!ation OF the rebel vote. be-
cause. as matter of fact that was tho only vote
| which would be intelligently cast in the South.
| ern States.
In his famous argument on behalf OF n judi
| cious license law. as against the sweeping pro-
| hibition OF the sale OF alchoholic compounds.
Gov. Andrew. we are told. simply expressed the
honest convictions he had entertained for years.
Ha ltrip iToan haa
Mr.. Chandler despised the prevailing hypoc-
risy as to its use by others. As Governor no
would have brought the subject OF a license law
| before the Legislature. but FOR n fear that 1t
| might be the occasion OF divided councils in re-
| gard to the great and absorbing subject of tho
| war. He had profound respect for all who ab-
| stained absolutely from the use OF wine. either
| on their own account or for example to others.
| but he demanded equal respect for his own dis
| erection. and no personal considerations could
restrain him from full AN frce expression OF
| his opinions. His efforts on behalf OF n license
| law before the committee OF tho Legislature o
were crowned with success for the State cleo
ton which soon followed completely revou-
tionzed tho policy OF Massachusetts on this
head and vindicated Andrews position.
although it could not protect him from tho
slanderous attacks OF malignant and phnrlsai-
| cal philanthropy.
In the closing pages OF his memoir. Mr..
| Chandler discusses what 1t is in Gov An
drew's life that impresses the candid student
with a sense of greatness. Hc was not we are
| told, great orator. judged 10y any lofty stand
| ard Neither was he polished writer. Neither
was ho a statesman, in the moaning OF that
term when applied to Burke or Chatham.
Neither was he a great lawyer. in the sense
| that Marshall and Webster were examples of
| jurlstic or forensic greatness or course acci-
| dent had much to do with tho largeness OF the
role ho was called upon to al, but accident does
not explain his filling it. The etmes obviou sly
required great instrumentalty. but how came
they to find it in one VINO. a little earlier. would
| have beon described as n third rate lawyer
and VINO, as regards political experience. had
merely served term or two in the lower branch
OF the State Legslature2 Mr.. Chandler con-
| cludes that Andrews greatness consisted less
in his abilities and requirements than In his
character. Ilo had "a square and constant
mind" He was the embodiment OF manll.
ness. simplicity. truhfulness iustico"-tho dy.
mamie factors Of mans spiritual nature, the
Qualities which equip those men OF action whc