The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-13

1t was protected by the broad shield of the
constitution, and without vielati-n Of or
ganic law, it. though an. evil, could not be
reached but by the consent OF those whose
property would be Affected by its abolit on
His Position Stated.
He states his position and that Of his
party, in his first inaugural address. in
these explicit words3s Il have no pur-
pose, directly or indirectly, to interfere
with the institution of slavety in the states
where it exists. l believe have nc law
full right to do So andaI have no inclination
to do so. Those who nominated me and
elected me did so with the full knowledge
lar declarations, and have never recanted
Them and more than this. they placed i'm
the platform for my acceptance, and as a
law 70 tn themselves and to me- the clear and
Resolved, That the maintenance inyfo-
late of the rights of the states, and especial
~ the right Of each state, to order and con-
troll its own domestic institutions accord
ing to its own judgment exclusiveIy, is
essential to that balance OF power on
which the perfection and endurance OF our
political fabric depends; and we denoupca
the lawless invasion by armed forces of
any state or territory. no matter under
what pretext, as among the greatest Of
Having thus announced the faith and
purpose Of himself and his party, he bodily
and clearly declares:
ment proper, but an association OF s:a.es
In the nature of a contract merely, can it as
a contract peaceably be unmade by less
than all the parties who made il? - In
legal contemplation the Union is perpetual.
confirmed by the history of the Union
ITSELF
man TO save the Union he loved and
for which he gave his life In his letter
Of Aug. p, 1862, to his friend Horace
Greeley who at one time spoke Of the
following the dictates of an impracticabie
philanthropy; as "erring sisters and add
ed, depart in peace he says:
My paramount object is to save the
Union, and not either to. save or destroy
slavery. 4" What. I do about slavery
ard the colored race do because l be-
lieve 1t helps to save this Union: and what
| forbear l forbear because do not be-
lieve 1t would hep to save the Union"
When the time came, when this silent
thoughtful. conservative man reached in
his own mind the conclusion that the day
for the harvest was nigh, that the life Of
the Union depended upon the execution OF
the moral law against human bondage he
shrank not from his duty, as current events
marked out that duty on clearly unmis ak
able lines. He sounded the rote Of warn
ing on Sept. %, 1862 TO the inhabitants of
the states IN rebellion, by proclamation
rendering the olive branch IN one hand for
their acceptance. with the preservation of
their property, upon their resuming again
their position in the Union before the fir:
on that day the proclamation Of freed ma 10
the slaves would be made. Vaing. or.ous in
their pride, deviiish in the purpo OF their
leaders, supported by the ignorance of the
masses, the inevitable result OF the slave
system, they scoffed and rallied at the
warning of their friend. many wondering
In the density of their ignorance whether
the Yankee president was even a white
mag! The emancipation proclamation
came, and war without gloves followed;
blow after blow in quick succession was
given They fought. as men of our own
blood only can fight; sometimes victory
upon one side and then again uDon the
other but the sturdy Mortimer, children
of free men, faltered not,
I'VE come, Father Abraham SIX hundred
thousand more" was the cry and at last
victory perched upon the eagles of the
Republic and depOpulated country with
villages laid waste blackened chimneys
standing to mark where the bosom of war
had swept, desolate homes, cries of the
widows and the fatherless and thousands
OF hillocks showing the resting places OF
their dead, was all that was left to repre-
sent the great government, with slavery for
its chief cornerstone. that was to have
been.
Old Abe, God Bless Him.
"Old Abel God bless him." was the
ejaculation that went from mouth to mouth
Of every lover of the Unionl But. 10
there came as a thunder clap in a clear
sky the news of the assassination OF the
president, and the heavens were hung with
black, and the voice of mourning filed the
landi The murderer was not Southerner,
but was imbued with their ideas and con-
victions, and fired the fatal shot that sent
to his grave the man whom the peop,e Of
the North were fast learning to call 1.-The
second Washington not the father of
but the savior of his eountryy shouting
as he did 80. in his deviiish frenzy. sic
semper tyranis." ,----f.r-... ~ s,,.
1t was the last blow Of slavery, but it
struck shining mark.
The character OF Mr.. Lincoln without the
embellishments OF word painting should
be the study Of every young American
him for his battle of life. His capital was
honesty, integrity, truthfulness and con-
tlnufty OF purpose TO do we'll what was
given him ID do, and with a firm trust In
God that justice. right and we:l-doing
would sooner or later meet its reward. He
recognized from earliest boyheod the dig
nifty of honest labor. His opportunities for
mental culture were few but what they
were he seized with aVidty.
When asked for incidents of his early life,
he replied: You find the whole OF my
early life in single line OF Gray's "Elegy":
The short and simple annals of the poor
Poverty has Its advantages well as it's
drawbacks to an education. Success is not
always to him who reads most, but more
usually awaits him who reads we'll. AS
good appetite not clcgg d by over indulgence
in sweets takes with test and assimilates
strong hearty food so; does a vigorous in
tellect not surfeited with variety absorb
Ind adopt what is given for mental food;
not blunted in It's taste. not overfed It
drinks up what 1t finds to feed upon and
makes 1t it's own. H.
The Bible, Pilgrims Progress and
Aesop's Fables" were sI.incolns early text
books, and the impress they made upon his
method and lines Of thought, are perceptible