Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-03-06
THE Standard, Ogden City, Utah
The War President.

All over the world to-day wherever SEN
timent finds expression In human words,
the name of Abraham Lincoln will be spok-
en- with bowed and Uncovered head. The
winds that watt the fragrance OF mag
nolias' bloom through the open windows
Of Southern homes, or sweep balsamic
odors down Sew England's pne-clad hills.
will hymn a mingled pean and requiem to
one who lived and died the peerless b, n,-
factor OF all mankind In foreign lands the
American pstriot. Of whate, er party or
creed. whether the sojourner of only day
or the permanent neighbor of a strange
people, will feel his heart stir with unwont-
ed prd. AS this day comes round. Voices
will be lifted up from the pulpit, and news
papers will tell in sparkling sentences the
simple story Of this great and incompara-
bic man. And SO to-day the earth will
wear belt of timbrel and song aud elo.
quent speech In honor Of Abraham Lin
coins splendid character.
And yet in the short space Of my life |
can remember when this was not so; when
to speak word In his behalf was to In.
vte the choicest billngsgate from almost
every quarter and orators aud editors v hs,
now exalt him pru>tituted superb intcllects
aud beggared encyclopedias of languages
for base terms aud cruel epithets to huri
at him.
do not now bring these scenes up tu
fresheu prurient memory or to awaken
the recollections Of . pililess time, for
these things are best forgotten; but it l.
our duty to impress upon the coming gen
Grafton of boys and girls that the present
L. safe and the future made secure. only
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however unpopular IN the present, aud b-
ing guided constantly by honest convic-
tions cautiously aud charitably carried out.
though all men wonder because a man has
10 die before his virtues and greatness are
admitted aud admired.
well remember the beam OF his kindly
face while standing at the north purticu
of the White House and we were on oui
Way TO the front. Eluquently did he talk
10 US that day. and though the words he
said or. lost 10 the wears that lie between
now and then, his face and his manner aud
the substance OF his speech remain with
me now and will abide forever. | see him
again at Bsley's Cross Roads In Virginia
when the army Is being reviewed There
il a long line Of" French ambassadors
mounted on horse to look over a serried
hest ready to i'm, .eril life for the land the,
love land there are gentlemen of rank !:ot
England who have seen military service
Egypt and India. and all IN the gay capar
l>on of war and sitting their stcetl- like
Ccntaurs; and, galloping along their midst.
= the mounted form of Lincoln. ridicu
lousy jnluug TO the highest degree ON q
>hambling gated. raw -boned, moose col
ored English cob. With less reverence
for the person, there would have been
suppressed laughter along the whole line,
for the home OF Lincoln MAS evidently no,
IN the saddle. We have seen the awkward
actor mount the stage With little 10 excite
our admiration and much 10 move Us 10
modification; but hen the player thrrw
III the embarrassing mask aud aroused Us
with that which appealed TO true nobility.
we al once bowed before the master and
forgot the way by which he reached our
hearts. Sol Mas with Lincoln. His year,
If hopeful courage and exhibitions Of
wisdom had 50 won our faith in him that
there WAS no room for lc,ity 10 his sub
lime presence. We cnly saw the soul of
thr great man materiaized, and forgot the
rude casket IL wore.
/ cannot better impress this lesson than
its gifted editor, Tom Taylor toward
Abraham Lincoln, living and dead. Few
oi MS contemporaries had tue breeding
ana training aud tremendous genius that
lom layi"r mad Graduating at an earl!
age al cambridge ana then at glasgow be
vas soon elected professor OF languages
ana bei!es lettrr> At University college,
London after which, Tor more than t"eniy
years he held important otiices under we
sOyernn, ut, and va. at the sam t,n'.>.d-
itor Of London Punch the greatest OF Illus