Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-02-23

10 day Is legal holiday. Our schools
thruout the country are either TAX
ing vacation or celebrating the birth.
dav of Washington. How many school
children kn Nv or have been taugh, that
LincoIn's birthday. falls in the same
month aud within ten DAYS of Wash
lnpton s We can hardIy expect husv
people 70 dayote two davs so near to-
gether TO the mom0rv Of It's heroes nor
is 1t any more likely th.t the 'wo will
ever be united in u common holiday.
We are scarcely far enuf removed
from the e,iud,ces and passions of war
70 view in dIsl.s.lonatc light. Lln-
coin true place il hiatorH. yet W. he
licva that the intelligence and noh!"r
sentiment OF MARYLAND and o: the entre
south recognize the greatness Of his
character ard hi equal cialm with
Washington, to our grateful reuen-
hIauCe.
Bl Tsi,t cf priority and historical
pre- tm,ucnce WuSh,n@ton's birthday
will perhaps tor another half century,
ovyr3l3dow and obscure ,ha' Of Lin
, coin hur eventually the world AS we'll
as the q S must recognize IN Abraham
Lincol. figure 80 dram, ,tlc, so herolc.
50 unique and suhlme IA 70 commend
universal homage Washington viii
SHINE IN he galaxy Of s;atrsmcn, Grant
in the GALAXY Of generals, but th"le IS
that in the make up OF h. humble rail
splitter that will place him in the cll
en,lar Of saints. The coinirs chNrch Of
humanity viii recognjzs in him the
true prophetic instincts.
lie comh:Nel with the tenderness and
senleness Of woman. a v1gor courage
aud pioneer daring in the realm OF
thought and mogajs, that Will in time
crown him in the hearts Of the people
| with the heroes laurel and with the
flowers Of a grateful love.
HIS biography reple with triumphs
over the bullies and rovdi"s with whom
u pioneer life mu:t perforce bring bin
IN contact. shows ~ u gradnl! prnpara
! ton for the ln,n whp in later years.
struck such s'aiwart anI decisive blows
! for the Right. On his first encounter
with slavery in the city ot New Orleans,
/ he suji to bIs C0mpanion IF ever a
chance is given me, will hit his taiug
| hurd.'
When he gir,led himself ior his great
contest in the political arena with the
little giant Of Illinois" contrary to the
advice of his friends and against the
apparent interests Of his party, he dared
to say in his opening speech A house
| divided against itself cannot stand.
believe .Eis government cannot endure
permanently, half slave and half free.
| do not expect the Union to be dissolved
| Go not expect the house to fall.
When his friends begged him to hide
for while the inevitable issue, he re
Piled: 1T is true, and | will deliver
it as it IS written. am hunting for
larger gains than the .. 5. senatorship.'
This stalwartress at the core of gentle
ness ls the iron in the watchSpring. the
subtest thing for human nature to ap-
precate. Strength always goes with
tenderness.
Along with that inlomitable strength
of purpose, was Il sense Of justice, keen
er than which never thrnboed in human
breast. With a woman's intuition, he
recognized the ini Justice Of taking from
a helpless people, source Of wealth
which our gov eminent, thru century
Of di5honor, had helped to acquire and
legalize, aud lie prepared and urged be