The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-02-09

ZION OIL emancipation WHICH Eldue the
black race give him a crow Of i'm
mortelles. AS the negro preacher in
Vicksburg said of him: "Massa Lin
KUN, he eberywhere; he know cherry
ting; he walk de earf like de Lord"
His Keen Irony.
Abraham Lincoln could say true
things when just resentment required
censure. He released some prisoners
on the other side of the divide" in
1863. The wife of one of these insisted
that her husband was a religious
man, ven if he was a rebel" Mr..
Lincoln wrote the release slowly, as If
in doubt, and, without smiling, handed
it to the now happy wife, but said,
with keen irony:
You say your husband is a relig-
ious nan. Tell him when you meet
him that I say l am not much of q
judge of religion, but in my opinion
the religion that sets men to rebel and
fight against their government because,
as they think, that government does
not sufficiently help some men to eat
their bread in the sweat of other mems
faces is not the sort of religion upon
which people can get to heaven"
Dick Covers Appointments.
Mr.. Lincoln once told Horace Dem
ing, a Connecticut congressman, when
he had been importuned to join a
church, that when any church will
inscribe over it's altar al it's sole quail
fication the Savior's condensed state
ment of the substance of law and Cos
pei, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy soul, and thy neighbor as
thyself-that church will l join with
all my heart"
His great good n was shown In
his making Dick Cover a lieutenant
in the regular army. Dick had shown
his bravery and his capacity among
the western Indians, but was rejected
by the board of military martinets at
Washington because he did not know
what an abatis, or echelon, or hollow
square was" Well" sharply said tL.o
dilettante officer with a single eye
glass, what would you do with your
command if the cavalry should charge
on you?"
"Td give them Jesse, that's what l
would do; and I'd make a hollow
square in every mothers son of them"
Lincoln signed his commission and
Dick made a famous soldier.
BEAD the Letter.
Mcclellan then requested his chief
of staff to find a copy of the letter. 1t
was speedily produced, and Gen. Nc
Clellan proceeded to crush Mr.. Lincoln
by reading his vi~tuperative attack on
Stanton, with reflections on Lincoln's
conduct of the war. Lincoln's peace
full smile vanished. When the letter
ended he rose quickly, looking neither
to the right nor left-not waiting for
any farewell to Gen. Mcclellan.
He seemed oppressed with the on
seriousness of the dangers of the mill
tary as well as the political situation
of things. He drove slowly with Gen.
Blair over to the boat, which was to
convey them from Harrison's landing
back to Washington. When the vessel
ldu ICu, NIL -illNOih " III 81
time since leaving McClellan's tent,
broke the silence and said to Gen.
Blair:
Frank, l now understand this man.
That letter is Gen. McClellan's bid for
the presidency. l will stop that game.
Now is the time to issue the proclama-
ton emancipating the slaves"
He forthwith issued the proclama-
ton of emancipation. Within a week
after the world was startled by a new
charter of freedom for the slave.
Gen. McCIeiIan's Mistake.
Congressman Vaux of Philadelphia,
in his late years changed his views
about President Lincoln. He told an
interesting story about the proclama-
ton Of emancipation. The classic
and scholarly Vaux had been making
speeches in Connecticut. ard came
home with Frank P. Blair of Missouri,
who was very close to the many-sided
patriot president while the war lasted.