The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-17
CARTOON AND ANARCHIST.
The Day Of Inc incendiar, Cartoon Has
Passed Away. Never to Return.

To THr EbIroE or THF SUN-Sir The other
evening. CHANGING 10 be- passing through
the old brick house on Tenth street Ia Wash
lngton where Lincoln died. In the hall
approaching the chamber Nhere this good
msn met his fate. Was panied beyond
expression o. sss haugiug on tho walls ths
dreadful cartoons Of Honest Abe which
appeared In 30 many papers In the dark
days of the COS or course I had a FAINT
recollection Of those wartime caricEtuF",
but here before me IN ELL their hideous aud
horrible distortion 81 truth. feature and
character. these grotespus and detestahls
things scoNled down from the walls
10 brought back the PAST II recalled the
persecution and defamation which -stiuu-
lated. iu~t,gatcd the murder ~ the foremost
man In ell the tide u tune ~ There we're To
homcly honest features barely visible In Tia
gro,esque cartoons on the wall. which rep
resented him ~ An Ape as Half Niger
and Hair Monkey. a. a -ryrsnt.- RIDING
a Rail-Tar and Feathers and all that
malignlty and menda,,ty could devise and
portray Of n d"spot. tyrant. mnunt"bank.
hypocrlte and fool. FOR portraits Of Abraham
iiucolnl | knew. hs all tho world knows.
thnt IN the press 81 tho ~purlieus Abraham
Lincoln never lived g. zee a decent portrait
OF himself. The same Il literally true OF
Mckiuley-word for word. only Mckinley
was even worse Vil,ncd and caricatured
down 60 the very day whom tho samo nendish
literature caused his assassination.
~ the fret thought | did not see. hut |
nov do. that those cartoons in tho hall lead
ing o. the chamber Of death were In historic
harmouy with all that followed
In the old war days millions Of peopls
20, the only ides they ever had ~ lincoln.
a. Ia these later days millions got their ouly
Idea Of Mckinley from these dsmnable ar
tcons
In the cos | know respectable peopl,
who actually believed Lincoln was 4 vulgar
blackboard. an i~lliterE'e and brutal tvrsut
half negro. and all that aud they hated him
accordingly IL created = false character
for han Ia the mind, ~ ~" mob. unit. "a
Was hv a fun Lalf Of tho American people
until it caused hl- murder The cafi'.h-
are httingly displayed nov IN th" halvHy
leading up 20 the chamber where lac bfsath'd
since tina, hour no cartoons Of Lincoln.
NOT for on. moment tolerate any caricaturing
Of tho gent and Saintcd lluvulu now
,.so I'm TT.eSsg l. T. MT 'risht rct 70 represent
llncoln a. a hrut" ana fool a. was done
ssyaSsiy :yGr{ ss Sni ,ri' h" fsSHh'' in "1 iysosTs' TTSs
question points a moral u answers Itself
IL l. significant lust nov,
man who j. mourned nov by more people
that ever wcpt at any grave saw. only that
g. ssos SstN ar, nrs ~ f himself or Of hts friends
In the press 81 ~" cutters and seNcrs from
,he day he .~gaP' i.S, on OF Ohio until
Let u. he plan Let US tacs the fact
II, me not mlncs words u y was ny.
NtpUl.on and tyrAnt. a. willie Looking
20 hi- Papa. th" Trusts q. an Emperor
a ap l. . se1pf, 0 Z. 1901. What made Il wTcns ,hes''
play that little boy booking up 10 tho bs
psSpic would not Tolerate It Natarally''
therefore, not from shame or rem9rse hut