Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-10
MANY STORIES OF LINCOLN.
IilUstra;iv- III Ills Nobility Of Character
ana Tenderness ot Heart.


one If Mr.. L.nc1lu's characteristics
was his iaeuab,c tenderness toward 9TH
crs He wrote injuries iu the sand. ben
ctitS on marble. The broad mantl. of his
enduring charity covered multitude q
sins in soldier. lie loved justice with
undyinG ana Splicitous affection. but he
hated every G-Serter from the great army
o. humanity. He was lowered with the
love IF love
lie EAs always equal - the occasion.
whether saving q sleeping sentinel by
one stroke " the pcn from Il dishpnorrd
grave or writing That bold ana steady
signature t. the Proclamation Of Einan-
cipation which mad, tine black race give
hin a crown Of immurtrlles. As the ne
grb preacher in Nick.Eurg said ~ him.
.Mdss4 Linkun. he cbcrYwhaI; hc know
rhcryt ing; Ac walk a. talt like lc
Lord
Abraham Lincoln uld say trua things
when just resentment required CcuSure.
He released some prisoners ~ the other
SIDE III the divide. III 1853. The wi'e NJ
one " these Insisted "tnat MR. husband
was religious man. wen il ne was Il
rehel" Mr.. Lincoln wrote the release
slowly a if in doubt, and without smil-
ing handed II 10 the now happy wife, but
sand. with Keen irony:
"Yuu WY Your husband ~ religious
man. Tel him when You meet him that
say 1 am not much of judge Of re-
ligi0n, but that. in my OPINION. the re
liEion that sets men 70 rebel ana llght
against their government. because. AZ
they think. that government does not
suftCicntlN help some men to cat their
bread in the sweat OF ether mems ihceT
is not the sort Of religion upon which
people can get to heaven.
Mr.. Lincoln once told Horace DrminS.
Il Connecticut congressman, when he
had been importuned To ION church.
its altar as its sole GuIiihcauon the
SaviOur's condensed statement Of the
substance OF law and gospel, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with All thy. soul.
and THY neighbCr as thySelf'-that church
will | ioin with All my heart
His great good sense WAS shown i'll his
making Dick Cover lieutenant in the
regular army Dick hau shown his BRAY
Indians but was rejected hy the board Of
military mdrtinets at Washington be
cause ne did not know what an abatti>.
We'll" sharply said the dlIcttante Of
ficer with Single cycglass. what would
you DO win your command # The cayyal-
Jesse. that's what | would do; and I'd
make Il hollow square in every mothers
son Of them" Lincoln signed his com
mission. and Dick made 4 famous sol
der
That excellent B.urhon Democrat, con
gresham ,auX OF Philadelphia. in his
later years changed his views about
President Lincoln. lie told an interest
ing story about the Proclamation or
Emancipation. The classic and scholarly
NauX had been making speeches in CON
necticut and came home with Frank F.
Blair of Missouri, who was very close tn
the mdny-sided patriot President while
tnc war lasted. Gen. Blair told Richard
Naux This story:
Mr.. Lincoln had become impatient at
zen. Mctlellnn's delay on the Peninsula,
anu asked Frank Blair to 90 with him
to see the commanding general The d s.
tlngMshed visitors arrived on hot day,
ana went straight to McClelans head
quHflerf lhey We're received with scant
courtesy, ana the commanding general
d9id not ask the President to eat or drink.
Lincoln sat in his white linen buster. I'M
ninIortably silent, with his long and
'"e"S hihps doubled up like a jack