Evening star., 1914-02-08

u!g Lincoln as the people saw him. or
imagined they did Md certain papers
ATTACKED him most Fic!ocsly. A the
Congressional Library. where d collection
If cartoons has been made, are many
portfolios containing those pertaining
% the war President They cover three
periods: his administration. the Lincoln
Douglas campaign, and tho Lincoln Nc
Clcllan campaign The two last named
series contain much the same sort %
cartoons as political fight Of toda y
brings forth. 1t is the general coliec-
lion concerning his administration that
contains examples of bitterness anu hate
which in the light OF modern times seems
impossible
Yet. if history is right, Lincoln was one
Of the few men who rose above tn.
SANDER heaped upon him. His attitude
was almost passive. for he expected
eriticism and "ndeavoTci 10 be impervi-
'us to il: that he never stopped TO re-
aiiate Is Likewise indicative % his he
lief in himself and his acts
Many times ne expressed nm>elf .
hat effect An illustration Of tIllS fast is
found III letter ne wrote q rilc cofse4i-
an Hackett. 7, seems tar President h.,!
written 10 the actor lr-rt"u-.s cri'ic.s-
ing Shakespeare. Tins .cit-r was pun
ished SOM time afteivar5. AMI lincoln
saw I He wrote again and expg~seed
surprise AZ seeing AIS FIRST r"Tu,dIlic;i-
ton in print. but vent a., 10 -ay that
ne could not pretend - l. surprised Al
the criticism it had aroused y The press
Il have endured a great deal of fldi-
cule he wrot. without much Tualtre.
and have received q great 4 20 "t kiHu-
ness not quite free from rd.ru.,- I am
used to it And even when much
malice" was intended. presid"ni Lincoln
took il. and never complained
The country TODAY knows Lincoln to
have been a man of great teudcruess. one
TO whom the enormous dcath toll Of the
civil war was horrible tragedy which
he would have avertcd had it been pos
sible. and Yet many, il his time. be
iieved him to be quite the reverse We Of
the present generation recall mis- now
famous letter of sympathy to the mother
of five sons who died during that con-
fict. To her Lincoln wrote:
Il feel how weak and fruitless must
be any word of mine which should at
tempt to beguile you from the grief of
a loss so overwhelming: but I cannot re-
fra1n from rendering to you the conso
lation that may be found in the thanks
of the republic they died to save I prav
that our Heavenly Father may assuast.
the anguish of your bereavement. and
leave only the cherished memory of the
that must be yours to have laid so costly
a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom
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And vet among these old cartoons in
the Congressional Library is one show
ing Columbia standing accusingly be-
fore Lincoln and demanding her 500 $50
sons while Lincoln. one leg over the
arm OF his chair Is scratching his head
in perpexity and exclaiming: We'll.
the fact is-by the way, that reminds me-
Of a story
Nor Is that the only similar thrust made
at Lincoln Another cartoon. which ap-
reared originally in a New York paper.
shows a battlefield, upon which lie the
dead and wounded. Inc the foreground
stands Lincoln in a long cape address
ing Union officer overcome with grief.
Lincoln is pictured saying to him
Now. Marshal. sing us 'Picayun. But
ler' or something else that's funny" The
picture is entitled The Commander in
chief Concil.ating the Soldiers Votes on
The Battlefield.
A peculiarity of the foregoing cartoon Is
that Lincoln's hat. which he holds in his
hand. resembles Scotch cap. a feature
that Is also found in another illuStrat ton
printed hy the same paper
This latter cartoon. entitled - braharn' $
Dream. while showing no particular en-
nifty, illustrates to what Use the cartoon
lists Of that time put Lincols pecliliari-
ties. It is Lincoln Mcclellan campaign
picture and shows Lincoln asleep. with the
happenings in the background as his
dream. These show Columbia. rate. in
a negro's head high in the air. Mcclellan
IS coming toward her, suit case in hand.
while Lincoln. long cape and Scotch cap
again in evidence. i iiuIriedv leaving
with the remark This don't remind me
of any joke.
That Lincoln was in the habit of dream
ing the night before some important event
took place IS a we'll known fact. Gideon
WelleS. Secretary OF the Navy at that
time. in his work on Lincoln and John
SON" refers to this and cites an instance
in which President Lincoln mentioned
having dreaint the night before and de-
clared something important was about to
Happen. When asked what the dream
was Lincoln replied that it was the same
dream he had had before the firing on
Sumter, the battles of Bull Run. Antie-
IAN, Gettysburg. Stone River Nicksburs.
Wilmington and several others. The
dream he said. had TO 90 with water, as
~ seemed 10 be III n singular and inde-
>cribable vessel. moving rapidly toward a
dark. indefinite shore. He related this in
'-ideft To Secretary Welles on The morning
Df April IL ls65 1t was the same even
ing he was assassinated,
Another cartoon is interesting no; only
n itself, but because it brings to mind
= unique dispatch which Lincoln sen;
20 one of his generals during thu war.
The cartoon shows jeff Davis holding
by chain a queer animal entitled t'E..
lary uniforms, attempting, with weapons
,4lled Skill and STRATEGY TO break
he animals backbone. To one side stand
secretary OF War Stanton. with a ham
'ner. draft. and next to him Abe
with an AK. his emancipation procla
nation" th. tuo latter waiting for a
chance to break the back bone On a
p!acard in the background is this: y.
Davis SHOW. Great southern gyascutis.
Stiffest backbone eyer grown. Can't he
broken Only 1o,pW men and Sl,@o,op,
in treasure per crack. Step up and try
your musclt.
The dispatch, sen; 10 Cen Hooker.
.as AS follows: If the head Of Lees
army is at Martinsburg and the tail of 1t
on the Plank Road between Frede:iclis-
burg and Characteristic. the lnima.
must be pretty slim somewhere.
coulGn; yon breal. him y. Lincoln