Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-13
LINCOLN, THE MAN FOR THE HOUR.

-NNNN@NS-s NAAAN etdAo anu q NGlf tury ago. there was born a man-child in a mean Kentucky hoveI-the most remarkable man-child of the new world,-Abraham Lincoln. Of this stock, nothing is known Feetle minded persons have strained them selves, as they always do in eases when one rises from the depth of ob- scurity into the blaze of eminence to prove that there was something in the blood.-to trace his genealogy and in the case of Lincoln. they have fol- lowed an imaginary line back to the landed English gentry
 But, Americans arc not concerted with the origin of Lincoln. No for bear Of his, though clad in purple could add to the luster of his name. l. is only known that his birth was of the lowliest; that nature endowed him with a mighty flame and mighty mental attributes: that circumstances denied him all adventitious aid ant, that thus equipped and handicapped he rose or was raised 10 perform Q service for his country that no other man could have performed.
 4 weaker or less courageous man. in his place might temporarily have prevented disunion by a compromise with it. There were in that crisis o'h- CT strong men but we can think Of none who could have preserved the union permanently.
 So clearly did he seem appointed to do the great work which he performed that skep.ical men renewed the faith of their childhood in an overwhelm- ing providence. Lincoln was to them al instrument of God.
 At the end of the task set for him, when he was stricken. the north though the chief mourner, was not the chief sufferer. The blow fell more grieviously upon the already sorely stricken south, for he had conceived it to be a part of his task to 'bini I'D the nations wounds" Had Lin coln lived, we may believe that there would have been no dark Recon struction period" there would have been no disgraceful carpet bag rule which engcndered d bitterness and hatred which rankles after almost two generations.
 February 12 will always be a day s5cred in American history. Those Of us who are not yet old can remen- her when the anniy ersary was not greatly observed But time has hai- lowed it as it has hallowed the mem ory of Lincoln and will continue to baliow it while the republic shall exist
 To no other American do his coun trvmen now so frequently and per sistenuy turn for justification of their public acts. Patriots take him for their guide and even demagogues tS distortion of hi~ uierances, and now and then fabrication of utter ances which they attribute to hin} attempt to square their doctrines with the beliefs Of LtncoIn.
 As an orator. beginning with DIS debates with Douglas, he was Of the first rank. His first inaugural address and he had a mighty theme-tae pres eryation Of tho Union. was the great est ever delivered by an incoming president
 Rut his Get,ysburg address was ln some respects, the most remarkable utterause of man, occupying spe- c;,1g place in American oratory So nucb hsd never before and has never boon since said iu so few words. Ii
 ,.,. gstd to have been impromp.u Edward Everett. tEe scholarly and the cour,ly, was to be the orator or the day Lincoln was 10 Jc a speaker. r,erett S address. the eaoit of his