The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-08

Having been produced by this spirit
OF the square deal, he In turn ex.
cmplifled 1t and idealized 1t He ex-
empliiied It in that he tried in all his
life to see that he gaye.a square deal
His legal life was one In which he
fought TO stand On the side OF right
and that only. He could see the vital
point OF the Issue. and the tricks uf
the trade we're avoided. In his cabi-
net were the men who had opposed
and even insulted him. But he recog-
nlzed their worth and insisted that
they should have the place to which
they were entitled. He meant to give
the South square deal on the slay-
cry question, and did not make 1t an
issue until he found 1t necessary as a
war measure. Hr
Having thus been the product OF
this American policy and having stood
for 1t, he Is the ideal about which our
understanding Of 1t centers. "Justice
to all, special privilege TO none," is
our modern putting OF 1t by our pres
ent great President Roosevelt. but 1t
finds its best Interpretation In Abra-
ham Lincoln.
1.-THE American Honor: There
was much of dishonor In our national
I'll the millennium. Our part is to d.
lDinish 1t little so that our nation
shall be better after we are gone
There Is moreover much OF honor,
very much. There has always been
and there always will be- Lincoln Is
e product Of the frontier honor OF
his time While there was much OF
Gishonor In which he was reared. yet
there was peculiar type of real wortE
rugged honor and transparent
goodness 1t was not simply conven-
tional. 1t was real. In a peculiar
way this was exemplif1ed in Lincoln.
He was honest. inconveniently so. lie
hated show and meanness. He loved
and IN his legal practice was strictly
upright. He was fair in all his deal
ings and was. therefore. greatly loved.
lie had no bitter enemies He Is a
type of conscience as Is Jean Valjean
IN another realm. He was conscienti-
Gus and. therefore. worked hard ~
develop himself, to do his work in tie
world When suddenly called to the
Presidency. he was ready. master
of ideals. a master OF men. master
OF nations, because a master OF honor
and worth Because he knew sham
and hated 1t and yet was tender and
humble IN the simplicity of his life. He
Is an Ideal Of American honor.
"And so he came
From prairie cabin up to Capitol,
One fair Ideal led our chieftain on.
For evermore he burned to do mis-
deed
With the fine stroke and gesture OF
a king.
He built the rail-pile as he built the
State.
Pouring his splendid strength through
every blow, ff-
The conscience of him testing every
stroke,
To make his deed the measure OF a
man.
This honor made him hate slavery
as an institution, but he hated also
the evil of intemperance. He had
temperance pledge which he signed
and urged others TO sign. AT time
when nearly all INDUCED in drink.
Lincoln was not ashamed TO own thar
he was a teetotaler. In at least one
address he linked 1t with slavery.
And when the victory shall be CON-
plcte-when there shall be neither y
slave nor drunkard on the earth
now proud the title OF that Land
which may truly claim to be the birth
place of and the cradle Of both those
revolutions that shall have ended in
that victory How nobly distinguished
that people who shall have planted
and nurtured to maturity both the po-
li;ical and moral freedom OF Their
species,'
1II.-The American Religious Life.
AS to the religious development OF
Lincoln there seems to be clearly de-
fined evidence that in this he was
product and an ideal, too.
His youth sees him using his Lately
acquired knowledge OF writing TO ask
a preacher, friend of his mother, 20
come across from Kentucky and hold
a religious service at the grave OF his
mother. though she had died nine
Iaonths before. II seems then that
he accepted the prevalent religious
teachings OF his time. Evidence OF his
later life goes to show that may have
been affected by some of the current
inf1delity. which was prevalent in
Springfield In his day We who sell
dom hear any one make a claim Of
agnosticism can hardly realize that
men once boasted of It. 1t may be
that there was a time when Lincoln
was led away into Its darkness. But
no one with his honesty and candor In
investigation could long continue
therein. We find him gradually
breaking one fetter after another As
aew responsibilities were pressed up
on him. he felt the need of guidance.
He saw the mistakes of some Chris
slavery was contrary to the teachings
of Jesus Christ, but ne soon saw that
it was taking time for the leaven 10
leaven the lump and while president,
thanked God for the churches. When
ne came TO assume the burdens OF
the presidency. 1t was with a con-
sciousness that he would need gu,d
once. He asked his people oil Sprlug
field to pray for him and all along the
inaugural journey, he continued to eX
press confidence in Divine guidance.
Amidst the crushing problems OF his
great office his little boy. Willie, died, !
il drove him 10 severer melancholy
Inf In hn a