Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-08
institute speech with its famous end.


institute speech with its famous end.
ing,
LET us have faith that makes right.
| and in that faith let US to the end dare
to do our duty as We understand it."
are fairly well known by name. and
sometimes read.
But there are so many wise. tender.
! magnificent things from the pen Of
Lincoln, which, though they are with.
In the reach OF all. remain practically
unread. We doff our hats to them.
when they are referred to. and take
them as a matter of course. Matter
Of course" really spells indifference.
Let us make a journey to tho we'll
ourselves.
What OF that famous II would save
the Union" letter that he sent to Hor.
ace Greeley. in which he rlddled the
the most delicious satire? Do you
know It?
What Of his reply to the working.
men OF Manchester. the letters to Nc
Clellan, Grant. Seward, the note to
Thurlow Weed. in which, referring to
his recent inaugural address. he says:
Men are not lattered by being shown
that there has been a difference Of
purpose between the Almighty and
them. To deny 1t, however. in this case
Ia to deny that there is a God govern.
ing the world. 1t is a truth which !
thought needed to be told" Do you
catch the sublime simplicity and mod.
esty Of this last?
What of that masterpiece to Gen.
eral Hooker?
General: I have placed you at the head
OF the Army OF the Potomac. or course,
/ have done this upon what appear to
me to be sufficient reasons. and yet I
think It best for you to know that there
are some things In regard to which I am
not quite satisfied with you. ...I have
heard In such a way as to believe It. OF
your recently saying that both the army
and the government needed a dictator,
OF course. It was not for this. but in spite
OF It. that I have given you the command
Only those generals who gain successes
can set up dictators. What ] now ask OF
you Is military success. and l will risk
the dictatorship.
What of that letter to Mrs. Bixby.
tho mother OF i've sons who have
died gloriously on the field OF battle?"
He ended this note to an obscure
woman. Yours very sincerely and re-
specially. Abraham Lincoln" where
las to the powerful Greeley he did not
deign the courtesy OF his full namo:
Yours, A. Lincoln"
One likes to see that down in black
and white.
What OF his Lost Speech" made a
Bloomington. ILL.,. In 1856, at the or
g%anization OF the Republican party
and socalled because all the reporters
conquered by his eloquence. forgot Il
take notes? One young lawyer KEEP
his head better than tho others and
managed to get ZONE shorthand notes
From these and from q remarkable
memory he wrote down years aftel
what all surviving hearers unite II
calling an accurate rendering OF TIL:
unique speech.
Much has been written Of Lincoln'i
humor-as though he were a mere
jokemaker.
To me this humor was a far bigger
and grander thing than his fooling
His anecdotes. brilliant and illum
mating as they were. like SUMMED
lighting, merely indicated tho remot,
storm below the horizon. His hume,
was his sanity-his balance. lie knew
/ how to do the right AZ he saw tn,
i, right and bide the well done" OF tn,
future.
This Illinois railsplitter reminds m,
OF no one so much a. Jesus. the son O
} the Nazarene carpenter. Lincoln Wal
l.. second only to one In being the tallest
saddest, wisest. most humorous maj
since time was.
Read the Cooper institute address
and try to ind Q single statement tina
: could have been made palmer. Yol
!. will b. doomed to failure. ! think. bu
such . failure II . delight-Exchangs