The Republican journal., 1909-02-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

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the world, homage will be paid to his
memory. The life of Lincoln is, or
should be, familiar to every American,
and nothing can be said now in the way
of eulogy or appreciation that has not
been better said before. William McKin-
ley, another martyred president, said Of
him: Lincoln was a man Of moderation.
He was neither an autocrat nor tyrant.
He was the greatest man Of his time,
especially approved of God for the work
He gave him to do History abundantly
proved his superiority as leader and es-
tabhshed his constant reliance upon
higher power for guidance and support. "
John B. Cough has said: abraham
Lincoln, one of the grandest men this
country or the world has ever produced,
pure in life and motive, infieXlble IN his
ourpose to do right as he understood It,
of undaunted courage in carrying out the
pripciples he believed to be true, large
hearted and tender in his sympathles
with human suffering
Bold as lion and gentle as child
He lived to bless the world
He broke no promise, served no private emo,
He gained no title and he lost no friend
This is the tribute of James G. Blaine:
Whatever is remembered or Whatever
lost, We ought never to forget that Abra-
ham Lincoln, one of the Enghtiest mas
ters of state craft that history has ever
known. was also one of the most devot-
ed and faithful servants of Almighty
God who has ever sat in the high places
.,f fine world" U. S. Grant: ''His fame
will grow brighter as time passes and
his great work is better understood.
Charles A. Dana: He was patriot and
wise man. The fundamental ideas OF
the American Republican system con-
5rolle5 his mind and dictated his action.
His wisdom carried the United States
safejv through the war of secession and
abolished slavery His death was
calamity 10 the country, but it left his
fame without fault or criticism.
Furane Ferris, il an article written for
the American Press Association, says:
.Tincoln's fame has grown with every
bour since his death and is yet growing.
His holl on the hearts of men comes not
alone from his acts. These but brought
him into the public eye. 1t was the
sweetness of his character, his mercy
and simplicity, his loyalty to truth, his
hofnely common sense, his literary quail
ltv and his perfect democracy that have
piven MIN second, if not first, place
among the great men of his own land
and won him the affection of all lands: -
Arabian Lincoln's wonderful sympathy
for the soldiers of the Civil War is
brought out by Ida NJ Tarbell in story
Of Lincoln. called Father Abraham, -
published in the February American
Magazine. It is q story told to Miss
Tarbell by Billy Brown, a druggist, in
Springfield, III, who knew Lincoln we'll.
Following is brief extract;
Seemed as if hardly anybody at the
start had any idea of how important
twas to take good care of the boys and
keen EN- from gettin' sick, or if they did
get sick to cure EN-. | remember Leon
ard SWEET was in here one day long back
in 81 and he says Billy, Mr.. Lincoln
knows more about how the soldiers in
the Army of the Potomac cook f1apjacks
than you do about putin up quinine.
There amt blamed thing they do in
that army that he amt interested in. |
went down to camp with him one day
and | never see an old hunter in the
woods quicker to spot rabbits track
than he was every little kink about the
housekeepin' When we got back to
town he Just sat and talked and talked
about the way the soldiers was Twin,
seemed to know all about 'em every
ways; where they were short Of shoes,
where the rations was poor, where they
had camp fever worst; told me how hard
tack was made, what good thing qui-
nine and onions are to have handy-best
cure for diarrhpa, sore feet, home-sick-
ness, everything. | never heard any,
thing like it. '"
Under the shock Of Lincoln's assassin
alton E. L. Godllin, whose life and let
tiers We're recently published, wrote to
the London Daily News: ''The loss of
Mr. Lincoln at this juncture would under
any circumstances have been a terrible
blow to the North 1t is doubly terrible
now. when the soldier has almost finish
ed his work, and that of the pacificator
has to begin. Those who hate freedom
and government, who desire to bring
both one cause and the other to confu-
sion, could hardly have served their pur
pose better than by killing him." Four
days later came this from Mr.. Godkin' S
pen:
lone thing is certain, that no monarch
mas ever had half as many tears shed over
his bier as have fallen on Abraham Lin
coin s. More hearts, | venture to say,
throbbed with genuine human grief and
rage over the news of his fall on Friday
last than the disappearance of whole
line of kings has ever been able to rouse.
Opposition orators and journals have
since Wed with each other in paying hon.
age to his memory. None now venture
to deny his honesty, his integrity, his
single minded loyalty to the country and
to freedom. All his little defects, the
want of grace, of imagination, for in
stance, which sorely tried so many here,
are forgotten. Everybody seems to feel
profoundly sensible that great man has
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