The National tribune., 1907-04-11

Chief Magistrate Of the United States.
Martin Van Bsre&
Martin Van Buren,. his successor, had
but little Of the demonstratfve pugnaci-
ty. For a man of his Dutch parentage
he was singularly courtiar-like and dip
lomatie, and avoided Iantngonisms as
much as possible, while pursuing I'M
flinchingly the bent of his ambition.
william Henry Harrison.
William Henry Harrison. who was
carried into the Presidentialt chair upon
the campaign slogan xof ..Tippecanoe
and Tyler too" didar not live long
enough to indicate his course as Presi-
dent. In his youth hesilad been suffi-
GENTLY pugnacious; had been success
full Indian fighter; had won the signal
victory of Tippecanoe, and then gained
the only decided success We had on the
Detroit frontier in the War of 1912. At
the battle of the Thames. where Tecum-
sch was killed, he completely overthrow
the much-dreaded Proctor with his
army of British regulars, Canadian mil
tia and Indian auxiliaries. At the same
time he incurred the strong enmity of
the Secretary of War. who relieved him
of his command on the heels of his VIC
tory. Vice President John Tyler, who
succeeded him, was an accident in the
Presidential chair and not worth dis
cuSSion.
James X. Polk.
James K. Polk was the beginning of
a new practice in the Democracy when
the arrogant Slave Lords were putting
into the Presidential chair men who
would be subservient to them, as Polk,
Perez and Buchanan.
Polk and Pierce were men of moder-
ate abilities and force of character.
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tician, who had made good Senator
and Secretary Of State and creditable
Foreign Minister. The three were mere
figureheads and color sergeants for the
fierce fighting men that lined up on
them. The pugnaciouSneSs and agrees
siveness- were all in the prO-slavery
cabal which made them President, such
as Davis, Toombs, Cobb, Wigfall, Ma
son and Floyd.
Gen. Taylor was pugnaciOus as a sol
der, but died too early to develop his
qualities as an administrator.
Willard Fillmore, who succeeded him,
was under the embarrassment Of that
fact, and wisely RETAINED going farther
in any direction than a strict interpreta-
ton of his duties demanded.
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln has passed into his
seeking, the least. personal ambition, the
least rancor and hatred toward his ma
lignant enemies, was yet the center Of
the fiercest storm Of bitterness and
that the world has ever
known. Since Him who died on CAL
vary human annals do not show more
perfect character. He stood for the
right as Goo gave him to see the right
stood for it most absolutely, with
malice toward none; with charity for
ALL" If he had personal resentment.
a selfish animosity, an actual hatred
against any man, there is nowhere any
evidence of it, yet he was pursued with
a malignity that now seems appalling.
Millions were taught to execrate his
name as the symbol of all that was dia-
bolical. The blood of hundreds Of thou
storm center around which ragged the
fercest and bloodiest' war of modern
history. Yet there never lived a man
more averse to strife and bloOdshed
than he. For peace he. was willing to
give up everything but principle. He
was utterly devoid Of any liking for
battle or lust for victory., He as alb
to himself, so long as the right sue
ceeded. He called 1000, 900 men into
the field, and saw half a million of them
perish, together with an equal number
of their foemen, grieNed intensely for
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