The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-08
i THE STANDARD: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1903

and truly loved the girl and think often
of her now, and have loved the name
of Rutledsc to this day"
II Is said that SORROW Is the vast
ing process OF the SOUL" The strong
spirit rebuilds these wastel parts. and
emerges from the strain loftier and
diviner being 1t was so with Lincoln
This experience and others of like
character that came into his life exalt.
cd his soul, and made him equal to the
greatest trials that ever tugged at a
mans heart strings. 4
The development Of his intellect was
as natural as that of his emotional
nature. He had only one years
schooling In his whole life. and the
branches taught were "Readin. writ
In and ciphern' to the rule of three. y
He loved books, and read almost con
stantly, often neglecting his business
in New Salem to read law.
? He prepared himself as deputy sur
veyor to John Calhoun, surveyor for
the government, in the almost incredi
BILE period Of six weeks, and his work
in surveying has never been ques
toned.
A man once recommended him 10
study grammar. Lincoln walked SIX
miles to the house Of a man who
owned one, "collared" the book, as he
expressed 1t, and mastered 1t In six
days.
AS an illustration OF his ingenuity
let me relate circumstance that hap
pened on the Sagamon river. Lincoln
and two boys were employed TO take
a cargo of merchandise to New Or
leans. When they were opposite New
Salem. the raft struck a mill dam and
stuck. Lincoln rolled up his trousers
"fve feet, more or less" and amidst
a laughing crowd on the shore, In
vented device by which he lifted the
boat off the shoals and was soon float
ing down the river without having
asked or received aid from anyone.
When Lincoln was made president
he had a well-deflned purpose In view
TO preserve the Union. and restrict
slavery. The country became impa
tient for him to act. to do something
and a man of weaker will would have
yielded to popular clamor. AT this
time Mr.. Herndon, Lincoln's law part
ner, wrote as follows:
q lbNh VI iCoitp dyt o.
gentle as woman's and as tender
but he has will as strong as Iron. He
therefore. loves all mankind. hates
slavery and every form of despotism
Lincoln will fail here, namely, If q
question of political economy-if any
question comes up which is doubtful
questionable, which no man can dem
onstrate. then his friends can rule
him; but, when on justice, right lib
erty, the government, the Constitu
tion, and the Union. then you may AL
stand aside; he will rule them. and nc
man can rule him-no set of men can
do 1t. There Is no fail here. This Is
Lincoln, and you mark my prediction
You and must keep the people right
God will keep Lincoln right"
But we have not yet struck the rich.
est treasure in this great mans ideals
The nearer man can live in harmony
with the attributes of his maker, the
greater must he become. In Abraham
Lincolns life were exemplified Jus
tice, Mercy, Love and Truth.
In his law practice he always fought
for justice. and he would never make
use of a technicality for the purpose
of thwarting justice. He tried never
to get on the wrong side OF case
"Yes, there is no reasonable doubt,
he said to one who offered him such a
case, but that | can win the case for
at loggerheads; ] can distress wild
owed mother and her six fatherless
children, and thereby get for you six
hundred dollars. which rightfully be-
longs. 1t appears to me, as much to
them as 1t does to you. I shall not
take your case. but will give a little
advice for nothing. You seem a
sprlghtly, energetic man. | would ad-
wise you to try your hand at making
six hundred dollars in some other
way"
Sometimes, after having entered on
a case. he discovered that his clients
had imposed on him. In his indigna.
tion he has even left the court room.
Once when the Judge sent for him he
refused to return. Tell the judge my
hands are dirty; l came over to wash
them"
AS a soldier In the Black Hawk war,
he saved from death the only Indian
he and his comrades saw Through the
camp one day there passed an old In
dian who had pass that he was a
friend to the whites Most of the sol
diers believed him spy. and prepared
to Kill him. Lincoln In mercy pleaded
for the natives life. Seeing his plead.
ings were in vain, this great man
threw himself between the Indian and
the muskets, thus Offering his own life
for poor Indians. or rather preferring
death to participation In injustice.
The only fault attributed to him by
his friends was that in pardoning con-
denmed men. he was guided by mercy,
rather than judgment or Justice DO
you know" he would sometimes say.
"how hard 1t is to let human being
die when the scratch Of your pen will
save him."
Lincoln loved everything and every
body. There was no malice In his
heart, even for an enemy He never
suffered the spirit Of retaliation to en-
ter his mind. Once when he gave a
man a note of introduction to the sec.
retary, the former returned in great
haste. and said the secretary had an