The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
MANKATC FREE Press.
FRIDAY. JUNE Is. 1888.
The Name Of Lincoln.

FRIDAY. JUNE ID. 1888.
The Name Of Lincoln.
Acknowledged aspirants for the
next Republican nomination for the
presidency are few, in fact it is diff
iicult to designate any one person as
belonging to that class, unless it he
Gen. Logan. Whether Secretary
Lincoln has been listening to the buzz
ing of the presidential bee is not pos
itively Known. but not few persons
have been canvassing his available
| ity rs Il candidate.
He has the fortunate misfortune Of
Icing the son of Abraham Lincoln,
of living and moving in the shadow
of Il great name, Il shadow yearly
growing greater, il name ultimately
destined 10 be the greatest in our
history, To he equally revered with
that OF Washington and beloved ~
that of no other man. 1t was said that
Secretary Lincoln's appointment ID
| Garfield : cabinet was IL sentimental
nomination, and So il was, but it was
Il nomination ''iit TO lac made" Young
Lincoln had done the best that the
son oi the world honored, world
lamented y byaham Lincoln could do
that was Ia occupy Il retired place
never posing rs the son of his father,
and ever conscious that the times were
too weak and piping" for him t.
come To the front, only to be com
pared any opportunities
To SHOW what was i'm him with hin
who, having the grandesI opportu
mites ever vouchsaicd to "a hunial
being, graudly met them.
The quiet dignity of his retirement
from 1865 To 1881 WAS the best eyi
d,Eco that his nomination Ia IL cab
met officer WAS worthy of Garfield.
sentiment and S;,gaciiy. Assccretary %
state he has been quiet success, ant
only as apuiet success conld he have
been Il success ut all. Nothing
81 clearly shows the unbalanced ant
unreliable man as the putting foitl
oi g,eat power 0I eXcrtion To accom-
piish ordinary results. IAN oceai
INTO tempest tossed to watt Il feather
or to drown Il fly" is never emulatel
10y men OF any real ability. lnasmucl
rs he has kept the military part o
his department subordinate To th'
civil part thereof, he has succeeded
beyond many of ms predecessors
In furnishing relief to those who's,
all was swept away by the angry Miss
iSsippi he showed promptness, q;
/; quick sacrificing of the letter to th'
spirit of the Law, which gave evidenc,
OF his readiness to meet unforseel
emergencies. TO compare tn,
, son with the father we should hav,
to institute comparisons between
The SON us secretary OF war in time %
! peace with the father in his one con
grrssiOnal term, or rs he would hav,
! been had President Taylor grant g,
his request To he commissioners of til,
land office, and not that son with tn
. father in those days when ever,
event chorused ''For God is march
ing on.
have not the pleasure of Secretar,
Lincoln'S acquaintance. j WAS intro
} duced to him on his arrival here, an,
said to him: 1--WE greet You now fo
your father 5 sake, and believe IN,
that four years hence we will gree
you for your own sake. And per
chance our best greeting is for tina
which he has not done. lie has no
allowed himself to lie lioniZed, an,
that indicates rare balance Ut powers
, He has quietly done his duty, and hi
pride has prevented him from beIns
exhibited as the son ri an illuStrOu
father. At times he has gone out %
his way to avoid being liOniZed. Hal
he shown any inclination or weakness
hat way the Grand Army of the Re
J public would have INDUCED him t,
the top of his bent and used him rs ;
drawing card on every public Occa
sion. while The negroes would have
gone wild over him. His level.head
edneSS has been marked. He ba:
shown rfiat he has rare command %
himself. Lincoln, the secretary, ha.
! moved on in the even tenor of his du
ties, and Lincoln, the son of the Wa
J President, has been kept 80 fully il
abeyance that few of us remember
that the martyrcd idol had left al
heir io his name and fame. And how
deyoutly thankful we are for it. How
sad if this nation were blushing over
the vanity and weakness of LincOln's
representative.
1t may be that Secretary Lincoln's
name as first Or second on the next
Republican ticket may be party ne
cessity. Having proved his cOmpe'
tcncy for any position, his available.
~ is now under discussion. None bul
Il purblind Republican can fail to see
that perils threaten our party. 1t may
be but Il sentiment, but with the
masses sentiment is more potent than
logic. and under Il Presidential ban
uer hearing the name of Lincoln, the
terms "Staiwarts' and "IIalf-breeds'
would he fused with that Of Republi.
can. Perhaps no other name could
50 fully unite I'LL sections and factions
~ our patty.
One of the greatest perils that
threatens our success in 1884 is the
restivcneSs of the negro voters. In
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jcr
scy, Illinois and lndians, and possibly
in some other Northern States, they
hold the balance Oi power. They are
being rapidly weaned from that graf
ituGc which has so long made them
Republicans, and wisely, their first
thought nov is for their own race.
They complain, and with some jus.
ticc that they have not received that
share of public offices, To which not
their members alone, hut their intel
ligcnce also entities them. They see
that offices mean much for them, that
IN u government like ours, Offices are
10 them the highest possible recogni-
ton, next 10 that which they cannot
hope for in this generatiOn-social
recognition.
"Lincoln,' on our ticket for 1881
would remove that restiveneSs among
the negroes. ! was present at THEN
anniversary or emancipation recently
held in this city. From Fred Doug
lass down to the humblest speaker
that dissatisfied feeling was manifest
Nearly every speech and resolution
was desire of emancipation from
their sentimental allegiance to In,
Republican party. and yet every al
fusion 10 the name OF Lincoln W Is
The signal for raptnrons applause, and
every word in euloGy OF him brought