St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-27
BY t. NJ. NEwsoN.
. Article XXI.
MALICE TOWARD NoSE AND CHARITY
FOR ALL;

FOR ALL
When in the midst of the greatest rebellion
known in the history of modern nations
when surrounded with cares, and trials, and
responsibilities never before assumed by a
chief magistrate opposed by great
and brave military power, the offshoot of
one immense family-when be-
set with danger from without
and from within the Union army-when fol-
lowed by the assassin and logged by spies
when bravely and nobly and conscientiousy
performing his duty, with grand heart and
grand purpose, even right in the midst of
his most inveterate foes-Abraham Lincoln
uttered those memorable words which viii
forever go ringing down the corridors OF
Time and lose themselves in the ocean Of
eternity-"MALICE TOWARD NONE AND CHAR
ITY FOR ALL" The historian should rise above
personal feelings and prejudices and should
endeavor to initiate the great patriot in his
noble expression and in delineation Of
character clearly eXemplify the motive
''Malice towards none and charity for all. :"
Upon this basis Pen PICTURES were started,
and upon this basis they have struck a re-
on this basis they will 90 to the world
If they 20 at all-in book
form, and upon this basis they will be best
known in history. The bright side of life is
the real life, and when we can say nothing
good OF a man, we shall leave blank where
his name ought to appear, but experience has
taught US that many good deeds are often for
gotten, while some bad deeds are greatly
magnifed We do not propose to mar an
otherwise symmetrical career, because we find
upon it a few Indifferent bemishes; SO, with
"malice toward none and charity for all, !"
VIC shall continue our Pen Pictures until the
GLOBE ceases to revolve and the great public
calls-"stop"
FIRST CoNCOED STAGE COACH IN MINNESOTA.
The first stage, in the shape OF two-seated
wagon, was run from ST. Paul to ST. An
thony, by Messrs. Willoughby " Powers, in
the year 1919. In the fall they added a four
horse spring wagon that would carry fourteen
passengers, and in 1851 introduced tie first
stage coach ever run in Minnesota. 1t is
still in existence, and is ''as sound as a
nut" In the fall Of 1851 Benson 81 Patti
son entered into competition with Willoughby
IL Powers, ard two lines of stages were es-
tabshed between st. Paul and st. Anthony,
one the Red iine'' and one the ''Ycllow,'
md the regular price of seventy-fve cents a
trip was reduced TO twenty-five cents. The
opposition line went WillOughby 81 Powers
one better and reduced the fare to ten cents,
and then the FUN commenced.
A SQUARE DRINK AND FREE RIDE.
One day Willoughby 81 Powers coaches,
allied with twenty passengers at ten cents per
head, were refined up in front of the old
American house, where pay was usually
taken, when one Of the passengers wanted a
drink. Wiloughby who was present, and
who felt remarkably good over
obtaining all the passengers
for the Falls, away from his competitors that
day, treated the thirsty individual, when
nineteen more passengers bounced upon the
unfortunate proprietor, who, in the goodness
of his heart, set them up to the tune of just
$500, and as the aggregated fare for the
twenty was only $780, the stage company
not only furnished the ride to st. Anthony
for nothing, but gave each passenger q good
square drink and five cents piece besides |!
After the drinks the first man treated slap
ped Wiloughby on the back, and exclaimed
''You are just the man for Il new county
you must succeed, " and he did succeed the
wrong way, for subsequently both lines sold
out to Col. Allen, now of the Merchants
hotel and the firm became Allen II Chase,
and then Burbank, Blakeley IL Merriam, and
now it is Bakeev IL Carpenter.
~ THE SWEARING CAR.
We well remember, after returning from
Washington in 1861, where we had been to
receive the appointment of postmaster of st.
Paul, tbut where we had been politically sold,
with many other good men, we say we
wen remember the smiling face and twink
ling yes of Col. Allen at Lacrosse, who,
after pokiug us up with Buffalo robes aud
shutting the stage door, broke out into a
hearty "ha hal han'
''What's the mattcr}" we enquired.
"O-hon said the Colonel, ''the-them fe-
fellows are go-going h-ho-home in the s-we-
swearing c-carln and he again burst forth
into one of the most unearthly laughs that
was ever evoked from human stomach.
which so frightened the horses that it set us
whirliug over the road at a very rapid speed,
10 the imminent danger of our lives The
colonel runs tirst-class hotel quite as well
as the ran stage line, but he can laugh like
ten-horSe steam engine!
TUE OLD STAGE TINES.
Who does not remember the good old stage
times Of years agol The preparation, the re
atty, the trip! With what delight one
mounted the rocking vehicle! With what
ecstasy ne suulTcd the morning air! with
what joy he hailed the country and its beau
usul scenery. With what pride he gazed on
the leaders. as they lifted their proud heads
and capered ON their wayl And then, the
driyerl how he held the ribbons, and cracked
his whip, and grew big with Importance, and
Dragged Of his team, and came
in ahead of time! The landlord
Of the little country inn shook his sides
with extreme pleasure, as he saw the crowded
stage CALAMITY making its way to his door
And then such meals of salt pork, and fried
potatoes, and boiled ham, and fried eggs, and
stale bread, and pea cotreel Nobody grum-
hed; the charges were moderate, and even
If the passenger didn't sleep the night before
he could dozc away in the good old stage IS
It went rafting along to its destination
The song, the joke, the story, the new ac-
Quaiutance,- all goue-how they come back
10 memory And that good dear old stage
and that garralous driver, aud those glorious
leaders, with blue ribbons in their head gear,
and the lovely country. and the running
streams, and the crude bridges, and the blue
eyed girl, SO angelic in the eyes of youth,
and the way side stopping places, and the