The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-12
LINcoLN.s SEE CONTROL.
His Letter to a Quarrelsone Young Off
cer-Reply to Stanton's Blunt Speech.


The keynote Of the presidents young
liie had been perseyering industry. That
m his mature years was seli -contFol
and generous forgiveness And surely
his remark on the night 81 bis second
election tor president. that he md not
think resentment paid and that M
man had time ia spend half his life IN
guarrels. Was Neli borne out by the fruit
u his action. It was this spirit alone
which made possible much that he was
able to accomplish.
His rule oil conduct toward All men
n summed I'D III letter cf reprlmand
that II became his duty while he was
president to send to one Young officer
accused 81 guarreling with another II
deserves to BE- written IN letters Of gold
on the walls Of every school and coli
lege throughout the land
lhe advice of 4 father to his son.
/ Beware OF an entrance to quarrel, but
heing In, bear II that the opposed may
I beware Of thee. Ii good hut not the best.
tlnarcl not 1T all. No man resolved TO
make the most Of himself can spare
time for personal contention Still less
can he afford to take al the consequences,
! including the yitiating of his temper and
the loss Of self-centrol. Yield larger
things to which you can show lesser
ones though clearly yonr own Better
Ia give your path % dog than be
bitten by him In oonfesting for the right.
Even killing the dog would not cure the
I bite
4 Ii was this willingness Of his To give
up the lesser things" and even tisn
T things t0 Which BE could claim an equal
right, which kept peace in his cabinet,
made up 81 men 81 strong wills and con-
\ dieting Natures Their devotion to the
i Union, great as Il was, would not have
/ suificed in such strangely assorted Off
ciai family, but bis unfailing Kindness
and good sense led him 10 overlook many
8things that another mar might have re-
\ gar,led as deliberate insults, while his
great tact aud knowledge ~ human ma
4 ture enabled him To bring out the best
iii people about him and AZ times to turn
their very weakness into sources oi
strength
Il made it possible for him 10 keep
the regard Of every one 81 them. Be
fore he had been III Office a month Il
had transformed Secretary Seward from
/ his rival To hiA friend. II made warm
\ friend ont III the blunt, positive, hot
tempered Edwin Ms stanton, who be-
came Secretary of War In place a Mr.
4 Cameron. lie was man Of strong will
and great endurance, and gave bis de-
partinent record for hard and effective
labor that Il would be difficult to equal.
/ Many stories are told Of the disrespect
he showed the President and the cross
purposes at which they labored The
truth Il that they understood each other
4 perfectly en- all important matters and
worked together through three busy
4 trying years with ever Increasing alfec.
ti0n and regard
The President 5 kindly humor forgaye
( his secretary many blunt speeches
stanton says | am fools' be is re-
ported 20 have asked busybody who
came feet footed to tell him Of the
secretary's hasts comment on an order
iof little moment stanton says ! am
ia fools Well with whimsical glance
Hat his informant then suppose
must be. stanton i nearly Away
right Knowing that stanton was
nearly always right Il made little
difference 70 his chief what be might
say IN the heat Of fnomentary annoy
ance.-F From st Nicholas.