Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-16
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Thsar.s insssllmsnt q Ne Ions pEeas-
fnsa biauFarsy 81 Ahrahan Lineala p ]
geha q. Nisoias and John Hay apgela
II ne Csnfsrr fos Novembsr- rs
ousuina eAaptsrs fnIly Justify ne hlah
erpss,ntlons which had haen faEnaa
- fhs publio il anticlpation q ne
wark. Ths horstoioss sbasufs saesets
81 shs anussiFy. bayhosd and eaEiy
manhood q Ifacoin are trsaled = 3
unaunsx e brlahi sn1 snteEtzinius - i
Is instructive. There = 8 marked tand
eusy 70 bsing on he hsEols sids Of ne
character % fhe maEiyrsd Prsaidsni,
bat ihis 4 pafdonabia. eaoh hsoeEa-
phers e. Hioolay and Hay could not AL
- bring stFOHRig 0ul ihs liRhts sna
shadows Of that uonderfui ehaEsessa.
Indssd. Il Is Questionable whstasF Az
bsearaphas, however pEsaaie nnd unfo-
maasio his nafare mieht BE-, could fail
e east halo o. ramanos aEound The
aKandIy plain character Of Iansoln.
10 enc ssuld staay that charseteE With
cut bsaomlnq a. enthusiast, and 20 Sns
sould wFito Of Il without impartinR BE
snthasiasu 20 others
Idnsoln l. one - tbs few hgures 10
American history which grows noEe In
posiue With ths lapse Of tins. He hes
bssn described By 3 resent vFiieF e
'sahs arst Amsrsoan % Eeaeh the lonsly
height u Immortal fame" and tasrs
d much 81 truth IN The description. He
YES she HEst 10 rise stFaiRht fEoan tha
level 81 she common people - The
hiahest pinaacle Of fame, and be boEe
lie popalar Impulses and the popular
fssiinas with him IN bis rise. His heaFt.
even ID ths fuinsss Of bis fame, VS.
profoundly AmeEiosn-was typieaily
AusEiean. The heart which heat h The
white Heass daring Ne stoFmy days Of
ths var uas ths heart o. The Amenoan
people. The people knew this then,
and a. they siady TIE wondsrful ehaE-
.assar Of Lincoln 10 the light o. Seoent
history, they feel more and moro that
tha man uho ross, almost before theiF
ayes, ir0m she lewosf depths Of poverty
10 ihs psoudesl Insight d fame vaa The
very Incarnation Of The spirit Of AmaFi-
eanism. They feel mora and m0Eo THAI
Be above ail others u sntitlsd e tbs
place Of hsnos e. The truly National
hero Of Amerioa.
We have no true Washineioa, for our
Waahingion Il q strange blending Of
ifalh end romance. Tie poopls have
faksn che real Washingtoe 81 frame
work and have east aFoHnd Il field after
fold Of oonfasing Fomanas uatii 4 Is
impomibls 70 distinguish the real pro
portions and features Of The man. Our
Washington h Godlka, bat be IA not
maniika Even the features. which We
have eeme 70 look upon as bic. ere the
stern. hard features q Joye rather
than the ineamsnss Of man Who
hoped and loved and suffered. He Is
hard and cold. He Il . suulpiafed mar
be hguFe In The highest niche Of our
panlheon. We can worship him bat We
canuot love him. We can no more love
with him, grisve with him. suffer with
him and rejoice With him, than We oaa
love, GROVE, suffer aud rejoice with ca
nar. He iu TIE worlds bus be is not oar
ewn.
Idncoln is orr own. He is net God,
bus 10 la q man. He Is heroic, but be
Il heroic In bis tsnderness, his love, bic
compassion. he Is intensely human.
He q not only an example fer the Amer
ioans Of lhe present and The future. bal
be II their friend as veil Lincoln, the
man, e not loal sight Of ia Linooln. tie
hero. No halo Gao hide the tender, ooni.
passionate lines Of that hemely faes.
No web Of r0manoa can conceal that ae-
aFe. Lincoln ia one Of "a, and he will
Be enc Of a. 10 the uttsrmaat verge Of
tlaae. In his story We read ths story.
net Of the American Nation, bat Of tbs
American people. Our image Of Lin
coin il an Image from the American
heara not an image from the American
brain.