The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-07
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The Florida Review comes to the
desk charming in its attire of creRs1
and blue Nothing could be more ar
tistic than its dainty cover, iIIUstTa-
tive OF the fruits and flowers. lakes
and groves OF our sunny state. Its
purpose IS expressed on every page
heIpfuIness, by bringing each section
in touch with the other, stimulating
all to greater endeavOF and telling
the story OF our progress and our pos
sibilities to the world outside There
is a field for just such a publication,
and We predict great usefulness for
this modest magazine.
Twenty-Five days were consumed
in selecting a qualified jury in the
trial Of Col. Cooper and his son for
the murder of L. =. Senator CarmaCk.
Here are some of the qualifications:
-Four can neither read nor write.
and two others have but imperfect
knowledge Of the English language.
Six had not read a newspaper since
the murder was committed and sew
eTal had not polished their mentality
on the press for ten years. From B.
019 citizens, twelve of these flowers
Of American manhood were disCov-
cred and captured Great is the jury
system when ilIiteraCy and ignorance
are the star requisites to sit on the
throne Of Justice!
When Nassa WattersOn speaks the
final word Is said. So one feels in
reading his Lincoln in the March
Cosmopolitan. A great writer with
a great theme! One must ever look
with gratitude on the blessed work
of Gen. Gordon as he went from
north TO south pTOCIaimiDg the glad
tidings Of good will and bTotheTIy
love SO it IS with Col. Geo. Balm
and DR.. Lamar. Wherever they go
there IS sweetness and light. and
Ciasping of hands. and sectiOnalism
hides away in shame before the
glory Of the new and better day No
writer living, to my mind, has ever
touched the hem Of the sad. and
great, and tragic lite of Lincoln, ex-
CCpt this gifted son of the South. He
understands him and he understands
the forces that shook this new re
public in those yeI-S of sorrow. Read
this:
The war of sections, inevitable to
the conflict OF systems. but long de
layed BY the compromises of patriot
ism, did two things which eurpasS
in Importance and value all other
things: It confirmed the federal
union as a nation and 1t brought the
American nation to the fTuition of
their manhood Before that We we're
= buddIc Of petty SOYereiEuiteS, held
together By a rope of sand. We we're
a community of children playing at
government Hamilton felt it, Mar
shall feared It, Clay ignored it, Web
Ster cVaded IL. Their passionate
to the constitution and the
flag, bond and symbol of an impcr-
feet. if not tentative compact, con-
fessed it. They were the intellectual
prOgenitOTs of Abraham Lincoln He
became the incarnation OF the brain
and soul of the union We are
apt TO forget that 1t was not a local
IZed labor system but institutional
freedom that was at stake; that
african slavery was the merest relic
Of semi-barbaTism shared in the
beginning by all the people, but al
length driven by certain laws Of ma
tuTe and trade INFO 4 corner where It /
was making d stubborn and futile !
stand; that the real issue was free
government, made possible by the /
Declaration Of independence and the !
constitution of the United States. and !
iuseparabIe from the main Uenance OF /
the union. If the Union failed. free /
Dom failed
So he speaks. this man OF vision /
this greatest editor of the old school, |
r-E school living. Let all young !
people read his masterpieces, many
OF which viii go down as classics in I
the years 10 come. And let all. OLD 4
and young read him for he gives a /
message 10 the larger man chiseled |
from the history Of movements and /
nations.
The following incident in the Lin /