New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-06

M into my mouth, and started down-stairs,
rripssck. should probably find II in the baggage
room Going there saw large pile Of ,gripsackss
and either sagg Is mTusn ON
nothing inside but a few paper collars and mask
Of whiskey. A few moments, afterward ! came anne
across my gripsack, with the document IN IL all
right and now will show it to Won, on your honor;
mindw The inaugural was printed IN clesr.sized i
ana Moua make an @ his
audience. he had preceded it with typographicai
n' A. the inauguration, when Mr. Lincoln came ont
on tle platform in front Of the eastern portco of
the CAPITOL his tall, gaunt figure rose above those
around him. His personal friend senator Ba1Gr
as he bowed Acknowledgements of the somewhat
faint cheers which greeted him. the usual 1 genial
S Sm ~ perpexcd Just then. to know what to do
with his new silk hat and large gold headed cane
The cane he put under the table. but the hat APP
peared to be too good to place on the rough boards
Senator Douglas saw the embarrassment OF his oid
friend. and rising took the shining ha, from ITS s
The inaugural address Mr.. Lincoln was listened to
with great earnestness and evidently desired to con
vince the multitude before him rather than to be
estlv believed every word that he spoke; especially
the concluding paragraphs, one OF when copy
irG en- saI am 10th to close We are not enemies
Int friends. We must not be enemies Ihough
passion may be strained, it must not preak onr
bonds of affection ~ The mystic chords Of mem;
ory which stretch from every battlefield and
natriot grave to every loved heart and hearthstone
ali over onr broad land will yet swell the chorns
Of the Union when again touched, they surely
will be. by the better angels of our nature" 3,
The White House. while Mr.. Lincoln occupied ~,
ready TO give those correspondents IN whom he hau
confdence but the surveillance Of the press,-irst
by Secretary Seward and then by Secretary stan
ton WAS as annoying as il was inehcient cen
sorship of all matter filed at the Washington Once
of the telegraph. for transmission 70 dInerens
Northern cities. was exercised by succession OF
ignorant individuals some of whom had to he
hunted up at whisiey shops when their signaIute
of approval was desired Gongress,onl
their DUTY Innocent sentences which were sup
posed to have a hidden meaning were stricken IRON
paragraphs which were thus rendereo ;nad ~
print from the Washington papers, WHICH ~ was
known regularly found their way into DlxieI
When rate correspondents appealed 10 Air. I'm
colin he wonld good naturcdly declare that he had
no control over his Secretaries. ara woa aI' en-
deavor to %p mory MEM in the winter Of 1852 when
two angry Journalists had undertaKGn % eNpIn,n
rho annoyances of the censorship. Mr. Lincoln WHO
hal listened in his dreamy way. hnally sald Il
don't know much about this censorship but come
downstairs and will show you the origin OF on.
of the pet phrases of yon newspaper ,, io.t"1
ononed the door of n larder. and soemnly pointed
10 the hanging carcass of gigantic sheep mere.
moa,ons' means 1t was raised by Deacon Bufum
at Manchester. up in New Hampshire who can
ssy after looking at it that Ncw-IIampshircs only
prOfuct is grantcp
Often when Mr. Lincoln engaged. correspond
ents would send in their cards. bearing requests
for some desired item OF news or TOT ,,e Uernc n
oSa 81 sG 9hs coVetei nformation or he would
write the back OF the card and SEND y 20 d .ng
iaboriously perfocting his sentences. before ne
placed them on paper. The long sPstles that ne
wrpte to his generals he copied HIMSELF not wishing
anv ono else to see them and these copies were Kept
in pigeon-hoes for reference. his remarks NJ
Gettysburg which have been compared 10 tne EFT h.
wYv from Washington to the battlefield, upon
niece of pasteboard held on his knee. with persons
oftsrwsrd no read them Edward Everett said
q I wonld rather be the author OF those twchy
lines than TO have all the fame my Grafton OF to
us The i" foreien war correspondents who came 70
washn ton quite outshonc MS resident scrihcs by
their pretsnsions and the style in which they lived
1bc most agreeable Of them was Me-. Edward
| Dyce who had written areadaOlc DOCK on 1onnt
| Cavour; the most versatile was tIeorse AUGUSTUS
saIa and tho most brilliant was NiZetelly. whose
| clever pencilskotches were In great demand.
LntbonT Trollope. who visited Washington on
| weekly. was English. you know; and overtop.
n,ng aii tbe others-in his own estimation at least
was DR. Russell OF The london lines lie organ
| zed private theatrcals az tho British iesntioh'
| npnearnc himself rs BombnStes furioso ': md he
| gave pleasant breakfast and supper parties when
the Army of the Potomac was ut last ready 10 move
| he obtained headquaTter pass for hlmself anu MS
| ,yell.stockcd ambulance. Bat when he drove down
| TO the steamer Canonicus. on which ransport,ton
| had
orders ON the War Department; 30 permit him 70
| embark lie fastened To enlist the intercession OF
| Senator Sumner and Lord Lyons. the British Min,
ister who appealed to Secretary stanton but found
| Kim inexorable Secretary Seward said that he
| was pogeress and Mr. Lincoln refused 20 Interfere,
| saving grmly: "This fellow Russclls Bull Run
| letter was not so complimentary rs 10 entltlc him
| to mnch favor" Unable TO accompany the army:
| DR.. Russell sold his expensive ambulance and
horses shook the dust from his feet and returned
" After having signed the famous Emancipaton
| Proclamation on tho LIST OF January, 1869. Mr..
| Lincoln carefully pat away the pen which he had
! used for Mr.. Sumner, VINO had promised ~ 10 Hs
friend George Livermore, Of Cambridge, the author
| of an interesting work on slavery; IL was stee,
| been gnawed by Mr.. Line On,-a habit that he bad
| when composing ythiug that required Thought
| Mr. Lincoln used TO wear at tho White House IN
| dre9sing-gown, Delted around his waist, and slip
| ners His fayorite attitude when istenng-and
| ne was a good listcner-wa9to lean forward. and
clasp his left knee with both hands, as fondlng
| H. and his face would then wear sad, wearied
| Eok Bnt when the time came for him 70 give an
| nninion on what hc had heard, or 10 tell story
| which something said reminded him off, his
| face would tighten mp with ITS honely rugged
| smile and he wOuh run his fingers through his
| hrIstly black hair, which would stand out IN every
direction like that of an electric experiment. doll
| Mr.. LncOn's part in suhduing the rebellion Y;I
he better appreciated time clears away the msts
Of race prejudice and the fogs OF political ntriges
| He was surrounded by ablo men,. widely differing
| in opinion on the negro, but each one hoping that
| he would be President Of the United States. To
| cnrb their ambitions. to humor their preludices,
| and 10 make them. IA he once expressed It, pull
| in the traces" easy task: and required such
a self-sacriicng man, OF large brain ana heart 10
direct public affairs as Abraham Lincoln.
| BEN: PEgLEY POoEE
AN EMANCIPATION CONFERENCE.