New-York tribune., 1903-01-27
PRAISE FOR LINCOLN.
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lived he would have made this wish efectuai as 1 ne
addressed himself. ne ,,arf.ot
His was the genius of frdm S southern
pedigree and born in the South he knGW 5i; ali
sRG DGuf its tne bcuaes iGGt us He an old line Wg Of
the school of Henry Clay With strong sa2ey
be not wrong" he said, nothing IS wro9g, in Iu'
ne baye sSo Sad o nrere aha against the southern
pie. They are just what we would be In liner 1ngg
them they would not introduce it. II it dd now
From rs to- to ast Throughout the angry debates
preceding the war amid all the passions of the the
fell from his tongue or pen, while during its
progress there was scarcely day Wnen ne sone ne
not project his great personality between sole tii
Southern man or woman and danger, ger, Il 3e beor Ie
say og' that this 0 big brained big soued
friend friend at court when If drends were to resee
it from the wolves of brutality and rapine whom nom
f6y fe hSery he very q5 a smell TaFS Of lures from their
hiding to prey upon the helpless, the dying ,a aIaa
dread % DAYS. M Mr. Davis knew this and died doing
full Justice to the ter OF eeb beard iattery
touching what did and did not happen upon the
the Hampton Roads Conference. That M
Lincoln met and conferred co ERR coDfe5erate e5 fhe COW
ernment led by the Vice-President of the
f9oTS n him abs the
the end of its resources is sucien. proor 0t
Yet he went to Fortress Monroe PREPARED not not
restoration of union and peace he had the lawful
authority to make. but to offer some ne. con con
so further at that time than his personal ASSN
ance. His constitutional powers were ~ Fn11.ee et
But he was in himself the embodiment OF great
moral power.
THE HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE.
The story that he offered payment for the the slaves
but a quibble with the actual facts He could not
have made such an offer except tentatively, lack,
the opportunity to make it, because the Confed-
treat solely on the basis Of the recognition Of the
independence Of the Confederacy Inc conIerePTe Rt
there is ample evidence that he went to HAMPTON
Roads resolved to commit himself to @ fhat prope-
refer to it in specific terms having already forne
quires no verifcation. 1t exists, and may be
seen in his own handwriting. It embraced joint int
two houses Of four nHm
Pd R oabepa Sns s. saes cellars n the be
population Of each according to the census ct 1850
President. when this joint resolution had been
honest students of history on this point That
union at the top Of this page and you may write
below it whatever else you please. Is Teferanie fi
sti living. But that he meditated the most lib
eraI I terms. including payment for the slaves:
rests neither upon conjecture nor hearsay: but
argued that he. could not have secured the edoP-
ton Of any such plan but OF his n ahf fbers s
ought to be equivocaton. ~
along I'd bs H 9 M baevsd 3 he Solh equally
guilty with the South for the oTgpal @ t5s rTe
pressible conflict was conflict of systems, not
just stsig man abhorrins D proscrptioh He was
science Whig. who stood in ave OF the c9nstio o
the South no right to claim that The North ind
ing IN m South and Iben turned about and by force
Of arms confscated the property It had thus traf-
The proclamation of emancipation was issued as
w e m h broposed f2 oT the
slaves, celebrating scheme in detail and urging
of the south" said be- addressing war Congress
at that moment in the throes Of bloody A war war with
inal introduction Of this property than are the
how how unhesitatingiy we all use cotton and sugar
and share the profits of dealing in them, 1t may
more responsible than the North for its continu-
The years are gliding swiftly by; Only little
while and there shall be no man Lying g wRo saT o
systems and IDEAS It's passions long ago van
ished from manly bosoms. That has come to & pass s.,
Europe required ages to accomplish There is no
Tv ne a9a sf5 Of theme fairly VS. We
have the North do justice to our heroes w we must
render unto God the things that are Gods. AS
Heaven and the world. we have grown gray with
HtoPS S PnE E fail to 0n e9 when
those that fought M e the battle 5bnca and
viii be shown that the makers Of the cqnstitu77
Government and of the Federal Government to
the States open to a double construction. 1t will
R Re fGG Teo9e e To h pTotabe cutiVaton of
teG erest fhn in the Southern section Of the Union while
in the Northern section respondng to the tgen9
mankind there arose a great moral sentiment
against slavery The conflict, thus established.
as nevtaPs bic ST 1t ad asos i |s
l215nI HpPdma3ox 345 10 It's found us hudde petty
sovereignties. held together. by a rope Of sand
De and left 1ISa 3ti
Mr. Russell, in contrasting Abraham Lincoln
and Jefferson Davis, said;
In brief. the contrast between Lincoln and Davis
Of man. the other in the inalienabe rights Of
in large measure right. 1t was not Lincen; it vas
nc not ID r M the II %aT eaeTs gsn of 'f6 the soh who
made the war inevitable.
17g7 through R the evasions ard compronises Of the
federal constitution and the Federal ConsttHtional
sections a hideous necessity but a necessity of
p4Mea We an @ II 6aq brehrn the
that the conflict was indeed ,'irrepressibe.' and
and was but the frightful afterbirth Of events and
that antedated a. the s American 1 Rsye1on
left for us t. to ght They eVaded it. because for
@ s nee e e6nd not avod %is it, an
for us continued union was inpossi5ls under l5o
jefferson paws vas s as mqGh hc pr9dTit nG ba Of his
in Which he Believed Abraham, Lincoln gave his
M fs6n for as hs Udiea ded a0d poy i snd his
then, when Grant refused the the sword OF Lee at
Cost cause Abraham, Lincoln died amid the
a restored FEDERAL union. ndissouble except by
revolution.
In telling of jefferson Davis's part in the Mexi-
War the speaker said:
II was at Buena Vista The tide of battle was
setting against the Union arms. Regiment after
regiment was broken up; IN disorder retreatlng