New-York tribune., 1895-02-13

who. though unknown. excited interest because the
Kepupiean X party IN MS state deemed him worthy worthy
which made Illinois the battle-ground OF freedom
moral princip!e-if he had been actuated by the
same motives which governed Dougas-if his God
fare of the race or the Presidency pa
riotism,he would have defeated Douglas. Inc ere re,
the territories of the great Northwest TO slavery;
the people of the territory to decide whether thel
of the supreme Court in the Dred Scott case had
shown that this alleged principle Was msy pre- Pre-
South was committed TO slavery and regarded It's
@ as the H ne Srh Was bound up in
the preservation OF slavery me press ana she bu
pir MsIe sd their readers Abeont
Of reproach and opproeTum aa so epyh
the Union and to touch the Union was to imperl
stone sne Hef"Phe Of the Repubc The Declaration
pendence an empty sound Tor tourth OF July
systems of other countries Lincoln wrote his
speech He read it 10 the leaders of his party; 1t
Words woT A house divided against itself cannot stand
entity half slave and half free. do not expect the
Union to be dissolved do not expect the hoYSe TO
become all one thing or all the other. Either the
in the belief that IT is in the course of ultimate
it shall become alike lawful in all the States.old
as we'll as new North as well as south The The
speech defeats You and elects Douglas" "Ahi'
said Lincoln Il know that. but am looking be-
sentiment appeals to the conscience of the North
against the extension Of slavery in the Territories
gauntlet b Of er ga nsa into into M me %hcs
the Proclamation of Emancipation.
A UNIQUE CHARACTER.
There never such President-never such
a ruler as Abraham Lincoln. He did not represent
hereditary privileges for he came from the plaines
of the plain people; he did not represent heredity
for he had none; he did not represent the colleges
or the universities. for he knew them not he did
not represent capital and great accumulations. for
he had neither; but he did represent the toiler
upon the farm in the workshop, upon the highway.
in the factory. anywhere. everywhere where honest
conditions and illustrate the dignity Of labor and
the nobility of American citizenship Without this
would % have m made him distrusted for it may be
taken AZ almost an axiom that there is no career
for great genius by popular vote He knew the
country the limitations of his power how far and
how fast the Administration could go in the great
struggle, better than the Cabinet. or Congress. or
or advsers b er ,ppIps 10 SUP
the Northern pulpit and the representati%ves YES IN Con,
FOR the Constitution and its strict Interpretation,
and for the Union. and with the dread there Is OF
response can be had. Against the advice of every
member of his Cabinet he said Let us seni pro- pro
heroically defending the nag In Charleston liarbor
| flag fired upon. the fort was captured. the plain
| people who were his constituents understood then
the situation, and millions Of soldiers responded to
Mr.. Greeley thundered in The Tribune Mr.. Sum
ner in the Senate the clergymen in their pulpi-.
and the orators upon the PLATFORM that ne shouli
destroy the Confederaey at once by freeing me me
| slaves He knew as no other man did the strength
| and power of the feeling which had grown up in
about property in slaves. But when defeat after
defeat came when there was despair OF the result.
the people had been edoeated to- to regard the ne1
other rulers have deemed their full duty performed
in their annual communications to their congresses
or their parllaments. but Lincoln every day was ad
| dressing letters by which he was counseing and
hour the pers Of the county p and % H e. duties and I'd
ter now the workingmen Of New-York. now to
men: but always to the people OF the United States.
Whenever his great brain ana his greaI heart
Gated by the difficulties OF the situation and by the
mpossiny OF solving MS probis r. ifnGon P9ured
| and asked for their sympathy. their advice and
| their support The appeal was never made in vain
| Politicians raved against him. and said that his
utterances were unwise and his actions indiscreet
conventions to prevent his denomination. and then
to defeat him for Te,eeeton but the Plain people
| friends. whose homes he had entered. at whose
taked in 'S whose @ nmost & circles and in the midst Of
| whose family prayers he had been. responded with
the Presidency, and The Presidency by practically
ncG RSes SGe OF d e b Bso9 Ssnv SO far
| is expressed in manner and dress. which belongs
to high station. The instructive sense Of proprety
and Consciousness Of superiority and greatness which
! hedged Washgton was absent In him. In our
scintlllations Of electricity rendering brilliant every
| nook and corner and Granny Of a public mans ex-
istence and thought, the temptations to enlarge TIE
| wreath which the people place upon his head are
n be bs n ei I ihe m
| ined two-hirds OF the generals in the war. II has
nencement of our Republic until now. into OBJ
| scury. But LINCOLN was never troubled to the
| estimated who he was, what he was nor what he
represented He never forget where he came from.
accident of position he was neither better nor
chair He possessed what no other ruler ever DID,
| or. If he did, no other ruler dared 10 use.
| OF public men pervades our political atmos-
phere. even to depressing melancholy. The less the
| or his head the more owlish his bearing. 4 Prcs-
| can ever succeed in this country who gives rein to
his hunor his fun. The people no longer look
| upon him serious man. and only serious men
are recognized in tho consideration OF public af-
SELECTING A CABINET.
| When Mr.. Lincoln to Washington he was
unknown to the great leaders Of the party lie had
| the courage which only very great man can have.
| OF summoning them all into his Cabinet The rule
| has been growing to summon only lesser men into
the Cabinet. In modern times as soon as the Presi-
| dent has selected his constitutional adv@er5 the
| whole detective agency OF the newspapers Is set
| TO work to find out who they are. where they come
| from and what they have done. The village at
torney. the village scribe, the local Philosopher
| bound upon the National platform win uhrorics as
broad as their environment and as useful The proc
| ess has the merit OF cleyating the chief by the
| depreciation OF his subOrinatcs. Lincoln believe
| In more harmonious pictures Napoleon, surrounded
| by the Marshas OF France, every one OF them a
| hero Of a great battle, every one or them the
demonstrated leader OF mighty army. himself the
acknowledged chief and leader OF them all formed
a picture that commanded the admiration Of his
time and has arrested the attention OF posterity
This Illinois lawyer, orator and statesman called To
nis aid the men who had demonstrated In the Sen
ate, in the House and In the Courts that they were
| the leaders of men. What a spectaclei This un-
| gainly giant Of the Wcst. angular ana awkward.
uncouth CT manner. melegant of address. WIN tne
| courtly Seward for Secretary OF State the stately
| Chase for Secretary OF the Treasury me wofldIy;