Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-04-02
"n~ssVer we may think of its morali,
ABRAHAM LINCoIN N-ru.

AhHAHAM LINCOLN-ruu xu
though the N. Y. World. as late
June l9, 1864, called Lincoln ..., -
900 rant ooorish, third-rate, backvo
u appears that he must h,
noo,n n"3 some qualities that made him Y.
o,,... SUCCESSFUL at the bar. Herndop
n -" partner for twenty years. and fat
oa,. iui oiographer, had a great adm;r.f;
hi, lor Lincoln, both as man and a la
' yer And as able man As Edwin !,
If g stanton, Lincoln's great war-secretar ar
Tin seehs TO have dreaded Lincoln as
no, s"i adversary; for he once said of hi
snat ne had "net him at the bar an
the -0ulo nlm low, cunning clown.u
day. AsRAHAN LINCOLN-rHE OR Arop
uch Aihcoin's reputation as an orato
said must rest mainly on his (1ettvsh,,- :
is p'a',on' for there is little else to judp
ong ~ Ills only speeches in Congress tbs,
les. -, iH ~ nave attracted any attention a,
LIN, ~ were those on the so-called "Snot
resolutions" and they, according -
ain -"oise' seem to have been onlv sutfio;
VIC 0n.iy good to keep him from, ho;n-
m. Ieckoned as ''one Of the nobodiesu 81
" that Congress. '' ol
ID, Tb. g..
in vorn ,:..' 'e''ysourg .oration attracted
w. AZ, 10y n'tie attention at the time of its
= denvery, and like most Of T;noa,I .,s
! ro'S ana words seems to shine with
u ..da" f' thrown back upon it after his
Il asparture y. to the GODS" or apotbeos;.
. o0 Certainly as an orator, Lincoln
"S not distinguished, tho he W..
enectivs pleader at the bar ~
: NooLN-THE EsTATEsMAN /
AND FRRs4D4Nr. 4
lnese two characters may well he 5,
oonsioered together, and perbans ~ .,
Dest way to get an estimate of T';nos,
~ .nese characters, is to compare hin,
win win Washington, to whom m.nv ha1 M
likened him. '' ~ '"iy nave
thu nc one may be said to have created
sne republic; the other to bav. a ohs No
t,o tos, said Aug. II, 'o6): LET ns 'pn pa
the M aoou'i 1t. The day the people of ~ =
W. worth responded to Abraham ~ ie~
s,a H.n call for troops to coerce sovere;an rep
: ;sA'eS' Inc republic died, and tho - lan'
'ion was bornn VIC ha- RAG
Lincoln showed -. per
~ 4ng the state, thus transformer. ar a.,
'o'eon, not the w.sh;. " tAe Ma year.
ing or emperor i, ofoer. No the
dent den ~ mofe pre- absolutely Rhodes IAN sna sud'
~ aens enlogist Of LincoIn) refers to th. u. ana
nd between the .soona = Eng numt
ouis Napoleon. and ~ e e.as OF sons
Abraham Lincojn P etat" person
',r use OF such power, adds: "Ths n marrl
,,as A''orney of Illinois had a. Lof oas ~
aeu 'he power of DICTATOR 49, " nal
aks OF "the enormity of the .ota "omel Oh
lie under his Iincoln,s, 'ne scts The
Isays, che stanas 'e'noflty, at whi
3 sasaing into prison of citizens of tho M - now w
srs as arbitrary as 7 .,.o nos' On represe
'ouis XIV WIZ w. oe eaclet This is
'edure might have - 'iooe OF The d
1t Britain In ho. AS IN recorded
and 1910 Ael crises between
aAu ioo2' ON legal warrantsu y
soln was "wlly politician, ,s iE =
=. ~ 1 oails MIN, a character incon-
- WIN statesmanship of a biob
naa Llncolp been man of to. WHAT
a.on nn t type he would never have wo'
~ 'ne great principledede of the
s ana sought to coerce SOW Hard Il
bav. - ifue craftsmanship ing back.
ire;n;o ~ - -ii'h 70 keep faith with Brings
!. onHoli, and repudi- or at worl
ooefclYe measures urged uno, cause-,h
Ben: Wade and other war men 1s, sick kidr
Notta' Then Virginia and tbe needless "
Io'qef states would have remain Doan,s !
mi-bt .,' ",io Llncoln's great ueys Ma
in q. >. SO guided the endorse tn
sfstoa - 20 "acA 10 time the Mrs. Eli
ssA'es' with, or more probably Front Po,,
= > 'si"Vefy' Tor slavery was already became dc
: ~ was passing away even in 1 can onlv
:, and must have come 7 end,,os
- - uue time, under the nres- tor, wes !,
. neaithy public opinion. had |almost 's nss -
: states been left untramneled I1hronab e ~
from the fanatical threaten 7 consd "s =,
slavery. ' " per weignt. AT
MON tbns . ney Pills an
indeed es'ofeo and preserv- before fell
r ,naeed have been trium ph | pain sood an
nooln 49, ssA a. would have the other syl
,e wa,,d,s 20 oe placed left. I keep
I, with "'es' and best the house at
"ooVe, WASH two now and
pipht ~. good health
I'd. bad 81. nave &C For sale by
n under snas I eailohood and Foster-Milhu
90 VI, nome and social sole agents fo
III. 70 the moral and relip,ou. AXE M -
character? The avoidance o.nei'
r,o. ooi years OF carnage. Don
S, a brotberboad ioh OF The retail d
States, instead of -, - equai a class, are no
ed upon force n.h eSen1 ard Of intellig'
no rights exoen. @neie the ing, but it is a
" them. 'Ae caslonallX you
ghts have thew , try to sell you,
or them ~ o.'il Ior remet
BERKELEY M, tion. He forg
private in RooLh0:, more importan
llery, StonewalI p.: Fer example,
"oe' kllmers Swan
hey, Liver and
W - 70 Oe spent to develop let any druggis
'er 100 miles from Rutte keeper persuade