Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-04-02
LINCOLN.


* ,uaa io'io"ing estimate of Lin
4 was prepared at the courteous rso
y oi gentleman of Springfield m r's
e republican, and admirer of 1;na
q hero: VIC" OF
~ You will note, however, .h.. :.
q based entirelyon the restimo.v =, = :
x Gums most intimate friends and :
- tisans. anu
81 ia like to have it pnblisbad 20.
S benefit of the young people of tbi. IL, =
Il I'VE truth about Lincoln is mn
\ needed; for if but.half of what ;s 80 :
q oi MIN in this his centenn;.I
Q srue' we Confederates were yerv wro,
D opp0Se MN as.we did in the 81 xtie
s AN ESTIMATE OF App.
THE MAN.
LAY oeen often said that Iinoo,
I was very remarkable man ~.
might almost say that he was an -,
posSiDie man. What he Accomplished
ana the changes wrought by him !,
the Government of the n IN II
ing, considering his very low oria;n
~no tne environment of his cbildbo.a
you'n and early manhood. 9th,
e..a' men have risen from very humble
ofigln' but what great man has coms
from such base and sorded s,,rro,,
ings as Lincoln?
See what Lamon and Herndon. ,;f.-
sor1y rs trends ne and admirers, say Of hi.
carry LIE. Says Herndon, "I,inco,n,s
nishest delight was to be in tho no;,.
oi - a crowd of rowdy men, engaged ' ~ "
with some man, whils H.
'lo~a oetted on the result Mo.su
" knives, tobacco. ali sort.
anail nl'' properties were at stake. Lin.
Jln was pncommonly muscular Tf@ t
'.a'ea tnat ne could lift a barrel - 9
,in, mlskey' and drink out fits bung-hole T
'n $ next highest delight was in Fl
over these fst-fights. n Il
says Lamon; "When Linoo,, ct
church, he went to mock, and coma s S,
'Ay 10 mimic. When he went to til
wv Salem, he consorted with fr.s, ~
mixers, and Joined with them j., ~ in
ing the Gospel story of Jesus. Hs bu
ote labored book on the snbiso. po
!, ,ch ms friend, Hill, put In the stow ki,
: burned up. Not until after NJ rul
lcoln's death were these facts deni ard
Con
., ~ 'he social and moral tone of his Ian
: -! in Gentryville, see Aou
: FIRST Chronicle of Reuben, u writ M of 1
Wy Lincoln when he was aho,. tho
''y one 1T is much too indecont Cou
0'ilcatlon. sum
ansef still Is the fact that tbouoh spea
ana other lifelong friends GO. done
lVeiy mat Lincoln lived and died and
intideI,u land n. the C
no says that twenty ont of ~. U. s.
y -tnree ministers of the diffaro,,. order
of Christians, and q OF Lo
majority of the prominent mem proee
u Inc churches in his bono Great
'nela, ILL.,, opposed him for pros 1893 a
~ ~ mas been possible for his Lin
rs alter his death to convince Lamo
'iiu that he was Christian sistan,
u MS intimate friend Lew order.
ifowS some light.on this. ..yvh;. Washi
ar' says he, "that Mr.. Lincoln given ,
al times an infidel. it 10 o,a. Declar
7af mat he was not at all t;n,.- ereign
willing that everybody should would
he never offered to purp. ~ the Vir
ne ne was willy politician, and ate the
aisdain to regulate his reli,ious him by
'atlons with reference to bis in the 4
interest. He saw theimmen.. Other bo
nenting power of the churches, ed in the
tlmes past had felt If ~ talents n
u inhdelity had seriously in Republic
m In several Of his earlier. mol; seeeded {
lpaisns. Aspiring to leod without,
'onl unlties, he saw he must doomed;
u an enemy within their gates South Al
. reason for changing his con- to an end
ous nc saw many great and sure OF
'S0nS Tor not making them " W slave ..
as been said of Lincoln,S to lngs, whi,
aeart' Yet, says Gen. Dom Petuate al
ardent admirer of Lincoln Inc Uni
popular belief that Lincoln ed would
Ina and forgiving a nature VI statesm
Sentier impulses interfered mage Lin
lty. The belief is erronaors among the
neither Mr. Lincoln had o, statesmen,
forgiving nature ington.
nay well doubt it. when NJ. What mi
egram to Sheridan conprat- complished
ON his ''month' IS onerat,on youth been
loah Valley, especially. for influences 8
work, " of devastation and development
Nhen suffering came in his side OF his {
IS kind and sympatbet;o. OF that drea
d to be seen to be felt. Lin. and the peri
nan of the Charles II tvne our fathers,
by visible pain and snf sovereign ST
hAfely callous to it other onon baset
'ould let his soldiers die bv weak have u
military prisons in the strong allow
ng exchange, refusing to "What rig
es and food to the sick bv not strike fol
cons, and even refusing to
TX, when offered withou, Sometime
The Confederate autbori. Artill
Mt of inability to care for
Five million
,0oAN7zzfHh POLITICIAN a water-powe
iully endorse Lannon's Mont. The el
willy Politician as an in the mines n
n. Lincoln was one .,
politicians thot A recent Ere
sa;d u"' ever humidifier T