The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-12

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! munity. Y they ere not guided ana
controlled by q fine ana hsgh moreg
sense
We of thls day must ir3 Do solve
many social ard Industrial problems,
requiring 10 an especial de6ree me
combination OF inAomltable resolution
with co0l-headed sanity We can profit
NJ tbo way III which Lincoln used ho:n
these trails as be strore for reform,
We eah learn much Of value from the
very ntlacks which following that
COURSE brought upcn his head attacks
ailko bv the axtremials nf revolution
and by The extremists OF reaction, He
never wayered IA devotion 10 his nrln-
clpies IT, his love for the uNion. and
M hts anhorreuce OF slavery timid
end lnkewafm people were always De-
nounWag him because he was too ex.
tremc. aul as q matter OF fact be new,
Y went 10 eSiremeS. be worked step
by sten; and b0eaase Of this the ex.
iremlss hated ana denounced him
Nith a fervOr which now seems 10 us
fantastic IN its dedication cf ihe nn.
real and The impossible. Al the very
time when one side Nna holding him
up ar the APOSTLE OF ,he social reyO.
luton because he WAS against slavery
the leading aholitlnnist denounced him
se the slave hound Of illinois. When
he was the second time candidate for
President the majority Of his oppun'
ents atlaeked him because ol what
ihev termed hls extreme rgdlcallsm.
while a minority threatened 20 bolt
ais nomination because ne WAS not
radical crough lie had continually
10 check those who wished 10 go fut'
ward TOO fast. al the very Time That
H. ovefrode the opposition OF those
yho wished not 10 90 forward Al all
THE goai was never dim before his
glsl0le ls's be <dafen HIS way caus
iiously Nlih0uf either hnlf or hurry
as ho strobe toward II. through sucf
mOrass of difficulty taat 30 man Of
less courage would have attempted It.
Whila Il would surely have over
whelmad amy man Of Judgment less
serene.
Vsllsnt Fiahter Aaainat Wrong.
Yet perhaps the NEST wonderful
thing If an aud. from the standpoint
Is lhe American oi iaday and of the
future. the most vitality lSa0Want vas
iHa extraordinary way 10 which Lin.
eoln uauld fehi ealianlly against what
! he deemed wrong and yet preserve
landimInishea bis love and respect for
'he brother from whom he alfefed ln
the hoW of 4 triumph chat would have
lumad ang weaker mana head IN the
hpatol struggle which spuTea many
good man to dreadful gindlcllvenesa
ha sala truihiuHg iaat So leDg as Ne
I had been in his office he hsd never
/ lllimgly planted q thorn IN any mlne
/ nasom. and nesqnghl his supporters 10
study lhf Incidents uf inc trial through
hlch ihep we're passing as philosophy
ieFm which @ learn wisdom aud moi
wrong g he averaged ending WIN
the solemn exhoriatlpn laat rs lnu
strife was ever all should rclulte In
common eNou Ia save choir com
non country
he lived III days NE were srert and
terrible, when brother fought against
brother tor ghai eacn sincerely
deemed % be toa right a q ennteAi
sq grim The strong men who alone
can carry Il through are rarely able
/ 10 al justice 10 the deep convictions
81 lhose with whom lhey grapple in
mortal strife. III such times men see
through 4 glass daritly: to only The
rarest and lofliest spirits Is vouch-
safed hal nlear Vision which gfhduah
s. crme3 q III. even 70 d elesser,
as the struggle fades into distance,
and wounds are forgotten and neace
feeps beck TO the hearts that were
hurt Bu 10 lincoln was given this
upreme vision Re did not hate the
man from whom be differed Weak
ness was as foreign as wickedness 70
hia slr0nE gentle nature. but bis c1ut
age was cf 4 quality 40 high fhai Il
aeded nq bolalerlng ol dark passion
i3c saw elearlv thai lhs same high
qualities he same courage aud viii
| lngness ZOE aclf.eacrIilee and devotion
70 Tie right Us Il was given them g
see ghe right belonged 10 both the
men 81 he North and ID the men ol
ihe south AS the years roll bY and
as MI If rs. wherever We dwell grow
ITO feel az eaual pride IA lhe valor and
/ ksltdatoiIoii. allie Of he men wiz
l2m'c ihp blae and die men whe wort
Tho gray. So tfi whole nation vii
mo- 10 feel 4 ppeullar asnan of brittle
II lha mlshllest Of ihc mighty :. II
ahO iaaate--A the sllyh.f daFsN tbs
lover af hIa letrs and Of al man
Kind ne Mss whose blood Was she1
Tor the uniuA a his people and sol
: the Freedom ai race AbrehAa
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