New-York tribune., 1908-02-13

in the dark davs of 1864 after through years of
trouble he had sustained burden wnicn % wouiu 10
have broken down ordinary man. He said IN
August of that year that it seemed there were
no friends and he looked forward to the next ext
election as almost certain TO go against the
party which he represented.
MAN OF GRIEF.
Without saerlege I may say he was a man
of sorrows and acquainted with grief And'
frequently alone, without the SUSTAINING en-
co,rage1nent of even those who were close TO
him in his official family, he endeavored to ex-
ercise that judgment which history cofnlilenus
and that extraordinary talent Tor analyZlhs uiI-
fcult situations when is the IlarVel VI oui is'A
day. .,. .h .r,or
jcan Republic is capable Of, and in one person,
ality typjies what we have accomplished. ana
what we reasonably nope ,.,o,
whicb he never allowed to control his reason; a
man of sentiment. of deep feeling. He was a
iowly man, never asserted himself as superior
TO his fellows, but he could rise In the oigny
of his manhood to a majesty that has seldom
been eGualled by any ruler of any people under
anv form of government. When Lee sent to
Grant and suggested that there might be some
talk with regard to the disposition that nnsnI
be made of public affairs In the interest Oh
peace and Grant forwarded the communications
or the substance of 1t. t0 the President. the
President without moments hesitation OF
without consultation with any one, said, IN
effect: you shall confne your communication
with General Lee TO the matter or capltuia'loli,
or minor military subjects You snaii al ro.
discuss with him any political affairs Ine
President reserves to himself the control of those
questions and will not submit them to any MILL
tary convention.
ON LEVEL WITH ALL MEN.
1t was not an assertion of any superiority
which he felt above his brother man. IL was
simply the realization of the dignity or ms oliice
and its responsibility In q supreme Crisis anu
the willingness to assume that responslolilty pc
fore the American people with that innate con
fdence Of which his supreme 1ntehect eouio
never deprive him. .
NV friends we see in Lincoln patience. the
humanity,
timent patient consideration. all combined; and
We may well learn from him the lesson which
at every hour of history We should wen
study There may be those who look with un-
certainty upon future, who feel oppressed
with the problems of the day. 1 am not one OF
why" said Lincoln. should we not have
patient confidence in the ultimate justice OF the
American peopleT'
Why not, indeed? Who are the American
people? They the most intelligent people
organized into any civil society on the face OF
this broad earth They have abundant opportu-
mites for education. They are keen and alert
They are those whom you meet in every walk
milton among all the people OF the world Why
not have patient confidence In the ultimate
justice of the American people? If we could
only feel Lincoln felt and derive our political
sentiments from a study of the principles of the
Declaration of Independence and proceed as
Lincoln did, with remorseless logic. to the con-
sideration of the demands OF every eXigencV,
! there be question but what each problem
viii be solved and that every decade of AHleri-
that the prosperity of the future will far tran
scend anything that we have realized in the
past.
ABUSES MUST BE CURED.
Undoubtedly abuses exist; undoubtedly abuses
must be cured If there is any man who does
things, or any set of men who think that by any
astuteness they may stand in the way of prog
Tess, and may prevent the correction of evils
that exist, let them beware; they will find them
selves impotent. Progress will take no account
Of them The American people will advance
step by step surely and inevitably TO a realza-
ton Of their ideals, and nothing whatever will
stand in the way in the course of time of that
equality of opportunity and Of equal rights be-
fore the law which the Declaration of Independ-
ence announced and which the Constitution was
intended to conserve.
What We need to-day is a definition of evils
What need to-day Is delimiting of abuses
and let the whole power and strength of the re-
public. represented by those who are naturally
its leaders, be devoted to the careful and calm
consideration OF remedies In order that may
save our prosperity and at the same time render
and powerless because the will of the people, in
the interest of the people the deliberate ex-
preston OF the popular judgment. must in the
country at all times be supreme There rs
plenty of coal on board. Every is at his
post; steam is up and the only question is as
TO the direction and to avoid the sandbars and
shoals. 1t Is a question of the selection OF the
right course. 81 believe most thoroughly in the
judgment of the American people. Every man
in this country worthy Of his citizenship desires
10 work
A GRAND INHERITANCE.
He desires to get fair opport unity to show
what is in him. He desires to have the adyan-
tages which from boyhood he has been taught
that this American Republic affords. He de-
sires to have hurdles and obstacles which may
have been put in his way by special partiality
or by perversion of government removed He
desires to have no disadvantage created bv any
fll-considered interference with government re-
latlons. But on the other hand, he intends to
have the fullest advantage and opportunity for
the exercise of his individual power with rec
ognition Of the equal right of every other man
10 the exercise of his individual power: so thu
all may be prosperous and ali may succeed. snd
all that we need IS to put a stop TO those fbings
which are fnimical to our common ADVANTAGE