Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-10-22
LlNcoLN'S STORIES.
How the Great President Managed to
Conciliate Contendlng Factions.

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How the Great President Managed to
Conclliate Contendlng Factions.
President Lincoln knew human
nature. Long intercourse with the
people and with politicians, practice as
jury lawyer and experience as a
legislator. made him familiar with the
weakness and strength Of men. On
one occasion the Governor of North
ern State rushed to Washington. brst-
ling with complaints against the War
Department. He had Il stormy inter-
view with Mr.. Stanton, and then went
over to the White House to lay his
grievances before the President.
In the course of few hours, the
Governor was seen vending his way to
the railroad station, wearing pleasant
smile, and only anxious to go home by
the next train, '-.;..
"Mr, President. how did yod dispose
OF the GOVERNOR" asked friend ALE
went to you in towering rage, and
came out smiling. suppose you found
it necessary to make large concessions
to his dcmandsp"
80 no, didn't concede any thing"
replied the President. "You know how
that Illinois farmer managed the big
log which lay in the middle of his feldP
10 the question of his neighbors as to
how he was getting along with it, he
replied, I've got rid of that logr
"'Got rid of it? How did you do itt
1t was too Big to haul out. too knotty
to split, and too soggy to burn What
did you doP
well now, boys, if you won tell tho
secret I'll tell you how l got rid of it;
plowed around it,
''Now, said the President, don't tell
anybody, but that's the way got rid
of the Governor. plowed around
him"
Another Governor, though able, pat
riotic and untiring in raising troops,
always wanted his own way, and was
very exacting in his intercourse with
tho General Government. Once his
complaints and protests were so bitter
that it was feared he would refuse to
cooperate. The Secretary of War,
therefore, laid the dispatches before tho
President.
"Never mind, never mind" said Mr..
Lincoln, after reading them. "These
dispatches don't mean any thing. Just
% right ahead. The Governor is like
4 boy saw once alta launching. When
everything was ready they picked out
a boy and sent him under the ship to
knock away the trigger and let her 90.
"At the critical moment every thing
depended on the boy. He had to do
the Job by direct, vigorous blow, and
and then lie flat and keep still while
the ship slid over him. The boy did
every thing right. but he yelled us if
he was being murdered from tho time
he got under the keel until he got out.
Il thought the skin was all scrapcd
off his back, but he wasn't hurt at all.
The master of the yard told me that
this boy was always chosen for that
job, that he did his work well, and had
never been hurt. But he would always
squeal.
That's just the way with the Gov
ernOr. He only wants to make you
understand how hard his task is. and
that he is on hand performing it. :"
During the war there arose conflict
of authority between the military and
civil powers. civil officers would grant
permits to bring out cotton from GER
tain districts in a state of insurrection.
The military officers, however, be-
lieving that the cotton spectators in
terfered with army operations, nulli-
fled the permits issued by the Treasury
Department. The cotton spectators
brought the matter before President
Lincoln, and through one of his friends
from Illinois. asked what would be the
probable result of the contest.
"By the way, what has become Of
our old friend, Bob LewisP' asked the
President, referring to the clerk of the
circuit court of Dewitt County.
"Whcn Bob became of age" said
the President, 'he found among his
fathers papers n number of land-war-
rants. As the land was located in
Northeast Missouri, he went there to
investigate, going on horseback, with
1 p'tlL WI
ARRIVING at the locality, he hitched
his horse and went into log-cabin,
standing near the road. The proprie-
tor-a lean, lanky, lcathery-looking
man--w;ls casting hullets, preparatory
to hunt.
81 am lookingup some lands which
belong to my father said Lewis, by
way OF introducing himself What is
the number of this section?'
without waiting for the settler to
answer, Lewis exhibited his title-pa-
pcrs and then said:
a. That is my title. What is yoursP'
"Thc pioneer pointed his long finger
to the rifle, which was suspended on
two buck horns above the fireplace,
and said:
"'Young man, do you see that gun;
Well, that is my title, and if you don't
get out of here quick you will feel the
force of it.
"Lewis put his title-papers in his
saddle-bags, mounted his horse and
gallOped down the road.
"Now, my friend" said the Presi-
dent, "the military authorities have
the same title against the civil authori
ties. You must Judge what may bt
J. the result. y Youth's Companion.
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