New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
LINCOLN WENT HIMSELF.

authority will bad influence am sorry
that Mr. Lincoln cannot have the interview
LINCOLN WENT HIMSELF
or this President Lincoln said TO CongreSs IS, mr.
iorye. .sav 70 the gentlemen ! will meet them per-
sonsIly at Fortress Monroe as soon as can get
And he did get there and at once. and the whole
story Of that conference in the rolling waters of
Hampton Roads within hailing distance OF me
counter Of the Monitor and the Merrimac. affords
the most interesting recital of our unwritten MIS-
i have heard from Mr.. stephenss own lips how
The Southern commoner dwarf in stature but
giant in intellect, upon reaching tle cabin OF Ie
boat stopped to unwind the coverings which pro-
how after gloves and comforters and scarfs and
greateoats were removed, he was met by President
Lincoln with the characteristic greeting, We'll
stephens that's the littest nubbin ever saw from
i have seen the hsIf regretful pathos in his won
derful ewes he told how Lincoln animated by his
strong loEf oi me Writs the one word Union at
the head of agreement and you may supply the
rest"
The conference was fruitless of practical results
prescribing the conditions of peace. But MI
Stephens believed the day or his death that had
neace would have been accomplished on a basis
OF union. and OF mutual concessions in other de-
Perhaps so: perhaps not! Perhaps il, was hest
its tragic elimination Perhaps il was best that
issue born almost with the republic he se 5oa ane o
brothers. should find its fitting death only on the
But long after the echoes of war have died away
and the efforts Of conference are forgotten the
OF the great soldier who almost On the eve OF
FINAL victory sheathed his + dread swofa hand ana 70
strive for peace, In the midst Of the mad lust or
cohorts drunk with victory himself to gain all by
proongng the conflict for pronounced eofldest5 ms S
pesce so 49, '''e' - '''N '
GREETING ECHOED FROM THE SOUTH
As % Mr. Chairman while the battle SCARED
bosoms of our Southern valleys bear unwilling I
sqehed beneath the nag Of Mars every hill
trembled to the thunder of his guns gIves PACK me
peace -. oo,,u.. .ns hold
the inspiration of the clarion call OF feiIowsniyp y
and union which growing in stFgngI9 a ana of oPi
When the recent call 10 arms brought volunteers
TO offer their lives in the common cause of the
Union against Spain. the patriotism OF our people
20 The drum heat of the Republic. and the sons of
federals and confederates alike poured out their
hearts blood in the common cause None cues
toned the LOYALTY and patriotism Of ms comra9e b
marched shoulder to SHOULDER ~Inder Stars and
Stripes the mingled strains of Dixie ana
and The Philinpnes they have borne between them
fhe sacred ark Of the nations covenant, brave and
true and patriots alike moved by the common
impulse of their country's love and the eternal
TIE peace thai General Grant commanded has
at last. and it Is an abiding peace l. per
rjon in its holy glow Mason and Dixon's line
marks no more trace in the geography Of our
common country than does the equator mark the
silvery surface of our Southern seas
Those who offered their bullet riddled bodies as
h,Ilwarks in the vain effort the conquering
tide of Grants cohorts bore testimony his genius
rnentarv ranks Of the heaten heroes who wore
the gray a single soldier who would raise his arm
above the din of successful arms, beneath the gar
lands Of glorious victories. beyond the glad huzzas
eT n9e nrropd e hurled their sbandoned homes With
0SF Il
of that momentous life to another that is not
rrumpeted by the raucous blast Of war. but which
IS sounded in the sweet and soothing songs of
peace
common country. in his most brilliant military
achievements. can equal the great good accom-
practical peace. # there genius in the pen
that wrote the terms of unconditional surrender
Was greater genius still eXemplifed in the letter
ton. Roads. If there was grandeur in the scorch-
ing sword that swept Virginia of flame.
II ttere eorv in the tbnder of tbe Toice that
threw the columns of A mighty army into the
shock OF war. far greater the glory of the
tongue that framed the message born of love cry
ing to discovered people, Let us have peace"'
In the living reality of practical reunion and Of
perfect peace. no man can measure the mighty
power that fraternal message wrought in shaping
the destiny Of a country then emerging from the
union States welded in the forge of war and held
together only by the sword
EA-sENAIOR CHANDLER'S Address.
The next speaker was ex-senator William E.
Chandler who spoke TO the toast National
Hopefulness" He said in part
memory Of the Great soldier and President to Only
three Of his most notable traits l them
viii / bring 10 YOUR consideration. His first
characteristic seemed TO 10 be his simplicity
land include within this word his common sense
and his directness of speech. He absolutely
without guile in his Intercourse with his fellow
men He could not construct involved sentences
He had Daniel Webster's gift of concise treatment.
His thoughts and his speech were plain, straight
forward and intelligible TO every listener. He