Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08
"sER. Do0LEYu IS
WRITING ENGLISH


F. p. Dunno, now one of the edit,
ors of the American Magazine, is pre-
senting his buoyant, kind philosophy
to the world in plain English as Wen
as In the dialect of "Mr. Dooley. Hs
is frequently a contributor to ihe
Interpreters House." the STANDING
little under which the new editors o.
the American Magazine are pupiisn-
ing their editorial expressions. IN
deed, according to an announceme1
made some weeks ago, Mr.. Duane
influence is particularly felt IN TINS
department of the periodical.
In the February number his entire
department of the magazine IS occu,
| pied by "A Talk About Lincoln,
which though unsigned is unmistak-
ably from the pen of Mr.. Dunno. II
Is a piece of writing which will cen
firm the propriety of the Saturday
Evening Posts recent mention OF Pc
ter Dunno as a philosopher worthy OF
a place beside Emerson and Addison.
Following is a brief extract from
the talk about Lincoln
WAS there ever such a triumph
for a Human Soul? Did a heart ever
continue to beat so long after the
body that held it had melted? Did
any other heart,=yes, there was one
compel the rhythmic attendance of
Iall true hearts? There was not q
political mathematician in the world
who couldn't prove to you that as a
lstatesman-awful word-Lincoln
was as wild as DR.. Jasper. ConteDl-
porary opinion of him was-I dent
know how to express it. 1t makes
me want to revisit the tombs of Bos-
ton and New York and write things
on certain tombstones.
Everybody bullied, browbeat, Cos
siped about Lincoln as everybody
does about the weather. Horace
Greeley harangued him, Joe Medill
went down from Chicago to tell him
what he ought to do during the Pc
ltersburg campaign. He had to re-
ceive delegations of preachers who
were determined to instruct him or
the conduct of campaigns that made
his heart ache like a woman's. They
we're otherwise womanly moved. They
could talk. He was oppressed by Po-
liceman Stanton and snubbed by the
sensational Seward. There was gen
orally a very moderate opinion of
| ikiLI. ohAnbCi WlOlC ~ hAo III =
friends In 1864-a long time after
the Gettysburg speech-that Lincoln
might not try for reelection; it would
be better If he didn't; while his mo-
ltiyes were good he was incompetent.
Everybody had acceS to him. Da-
ma had a recollection about going to
his private Office after Thompson S
arrest and finding the president with
his coat off rinsing his hairy arms
over a wash bowl. i have aAwarrant
for the arrest and detention of
Thompson which Mr.. Stanton wants
you to sign said Dana. Dana Mr..
Lincoln said, If you had an elephant
by the hind leg and he wanted to get
away, what would you do?' i would
let him co. said Dana. Go back to
Stanton and tell him that said Lin
coin. Everybody who wanted to bad
ly enough got to see him. Secretary
Hay told that once he was called from
an important cabinet meeting and
found a man at the door who had
some trivial complaint to make. Lin
coin, smiling, and indulgent as usual,
attempted to explain. The little man
bristled up. He was not satisfied.
Mr.. President he said, 4 think your
course is decidedly insincere.' The
president said nothing but wheeled
the little man around, grabbed him
by the collar and the seat of his pan
falcons, threw him into the hall and
returned to resume the other neces-
lsary work of the day.
"Not all of those who lived In his
time disparaged him. l find hun
dreds of illusions to him in the news
papers and magazines that show men
cropping for the truth about him.
But l am always struck with the in
adequacy of their expressions. | nev
er could understand why Emerson
had SO little-to say about Lincoln
during Lincoln's life time. (If ever
there were two brothers they were
Lincoln and Emerson.) When Lin
coin was dead they all understood
him. Our tears are the lenses
through which we see God and his
works"
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