The Pensacola journal., 1907-06-05
Drainage---A Project ASSURED
Claude LEng1e n Tallahassee Sun
Claude L'Engle, In Tallahassee Sun

Lincoln, the great war president
spent many restless days and sleep
less nights trying to find a man to
lead his armies, with that fixedness
! of purpose and determination of ef-
fort that would accomplish results.
His difficulty has been the difficulty
experienced by men of action in all
ages. Those who have responsibility
placed upon them, find much difficulty
in getting their purposes carried out
on account of the lack of men in the
world.
Worried and fretted and almost out
done by the vacillation and incompe-
tency around him, Napoleon once
passionately exclaimed. ''Oh, that l
could find a man" Napoleon did find
some men, and as long as he was
able 10 find them, he accomplished
results that halted the destiny of ma
! tons and changed the map Of the
world.
Lincoln, too, found man.
He was not the brilliant strdtegiSt
| that Lee was. He was not the dash
ing cavalier nor the beau ideal of the
soldier He was silent, grim and not
much TO look at, but he had the quail
ity that Lincoln wanted, and when he
was placed in command of the union
armies to face Lee. he displayed at
once the possession of those qualities
that Lincoln had up to that time
sought in vain among Union COM
manders.
Grant decided on a course, and pur-
sued it to the bitter end He was sub
jected to the meddlesome interference
of jealous men in court and camp. He
was advised that the plan of campaign
laid down by him was all wrong, and
great pressure was brought to bear
upon him to make him change it
When in pursuance of his policy TO
wear out his enemy, he would ham,
mer away at Lees breastworils, and
find his forces reeling back from the
unsuccessful assault. this pleasure to
desist or change his plan became
greater and greater.
One day the silent man opened his
mouth and delivered himself thus: Il
will fight it out on this line if it takes
all summer"
In that sentence was the knell of
the Confederacy uttered.
Possessed of limitless resources of
men and money. it required but the
pursuance of this fixed plan of detail
to bring the result.
Grant did fight it out on that line
ana IL look MIN more than all sum-
mer, but he ended the war.
Drainage Opposition.
When opposition to the drainage
proposition began soon after Brow
ards Inauguration, he said: L am
right and | will carry out my pre-elec-
ton promises"
Hhe proceeded with the work and
the opposition increased in force and
determination and bitterness in
geOmetrical proportion to the progress
of work of drainage. The opposition
to BToward had the money with which
it hired men who infiamed the state
and threatened TO swamp the man.
who stood out against IL.
He met his enemies boldly and de-
family, but they were too many for
him, and a seeming victory was gained
when his constitutional amendment
TO fix forever the status of the drain
age proposition by putting it into the
constitution. failed. Flushed with vic
tory, the opposition took new courage
and began to hammer away at the
legislature. Great predictions were
made as TO what the Legislature would
do to BrOward as soon as the ''ides
of April came. With tiresome repeti-
ton did Immutable George launch his
paper thUnderbOltS at the now seem
ingly devoted head of this man Brow