The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-12

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In and would have done mos. for ii
sec ion which had suffered so muo
from the deyastations, Of war.
Recently there was considerabl
: discussion in the public print as {
u whether or not Lincoln was really tn
author DC tie famous saying whlc
has Ing been attributed to him, tha
b You can tool all he people some c
I he time, and some of the people al
The time, but you can't fool all tn
people all the time" Ii seems to b
aew wal iassa5l'sh.N that athe rie
iuah - 20 lines was MT Lincoln
but PIN cas- T. Barnum, the show
man. Bat j has been Well said tha
the American people would rattle
continue 70 credit the expression t.
Lincoln, because as much or more
than any other public man of our pc
litical history, he loved and trustee
the pc pie. He used TO say that God
Almighty loved the plain people or he
wouldh' have made so many oil
them He was one Of them himself:
anl his every public utteranee breath.
t e. q deep patriotism and devotion to
heir interests II is a question if
this country has ever produced a
lgreater man,
In the CommoEer of this week, VIII
Lam ~ Bryan draws some pertinen.
lessons from the martyred presidents
writings which in this commercial
age should be read and pondered.
Says Mr.. Bryan:
The American people can not too
cften dwell upon the sound advice
which this man of the people gave to
bis countrymen and it is eminently
ftting that the Lincoln anniversary
he made an occasion for recalling
srme OF the wise suggestions made by
tlis distinguished American,
Lincoln was nor a man Of one idea.
His thoughts were not entirely center
cd upon the slavery question. He
knew thu, aside from the insti ution
Of slavery. there were other deep
seated problems with which the PEG
PIE ef republic must graphic and his 1
writings and speeches are full of
statements which have direct bearing 1
upon the great contest in which the 1
American people are now engageda /
con est wherein 1t is TO be determined I
whether a plutocraey or the people /
shall govern IN this great republic
Il hold" said Mr.. Lincoln, IF the |
Almighty had ever made a set of men
that should do all the eating and none
of the work, he would have made
them with mouths only and no hands;
and ii he had ever made another class
nat he intended should do all the
work, and none of the eating, he
would have made them without
mouths and with all hands. But mas
much as he has chosen to make men
in that way. If anything is proved it
is that those hands and mouths are to
he cooperative through life and no. to
lie interferei WITH. That they are TO /
10 forth ana Improve thnir conditions,
as | have been trying to Illustrate is
he inherent right gwen I'd mankind /
directly by the Maker"
Many Of The things written and said
by Mr.. Lincoln. seem TO have been
written fcr this very time It. wpnld
be we'll If every American citizen
,ould ponder tbon these utterances
and profit by item, On one occasion
he said:
The resources advantages and pow
ers of the American people are very
great. and they have consequently sue. '
,eeded to equally great responsible I
seg Y geec1s 10 hive devolved no 7
N them to test whether a government 2
established on the principles Of hu ,
man freedom can be maintained
against an effort TO build one upon !
he exclusive foundation Of human {
.ondage r.
No alcment made by Mr. Lincoln 6
s more appropr ate today than his
lefui'i n Of liberty He said; +
The world is In want Of a good def
milton Of the word liberty. we all 7
leclare ourselves to be for liberty; ,
out we do not all mean the same
ming. Some mean that man can do 1
Is he pleases with himself and his y
property With hers il means shat a
'ome men can do as they please with I 4
ther men and other mems labor IN
Zach Ct these things is called liberty, Q
although they are entirely different. h
70 give an illustration A shepherd p
lriyes wolf from the throat of his g
heep when attacked by him. and the II
heep, of course thanks the shepherd +"
or the preservation of his life; but
he wolf denounces him as despoiling 5
ne wolf Of his liberty; especially If Il n
G black sheep. =,
On another occasion he declared: b
| have never had a feeling. political II
= lhat did not spring from the senti- II
ients embodied in the Declare ion of n
On another occasion
e rebuked hose who. in the discus |.
ion of public questions. gave no con. 81
ern whatever TO the rights Of men. Il
Re said: u
Why this deliberate pressing out Of @
lew the rights of men and the AN. O.
1ority of the people? This is essen. X
ally peoples contest On the side 7;
I the union, it Is a struggle for main "
aiming In the world that form and @;
ubstance of government whose lead. g
1g object is to elevate the condition r.