Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-02-12

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Great Civil War
President
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TT = one OF the anomalies Of hi.
= tosy that Tie thing which was
considsred during Abraham LIN.
colu's administration H. eh3sf
scurcs' - wShknsis has beeome bic
greatest strength. His cabinet and zen.
erals complained bitterly Of biz nuuer.
oue pardons To them his inability %
rofuse requests wac the one 6aw u hls
character. 70 10 It seems the brikhtost
5swel IN hi crown.
The wo9,d will not Soon eorIst III
ssevics n prsserving the Union ana
ltbsratinS sacs. but svsn n Il should
y could nsvsf forget his sentiment
with malice toward nGne. WITH c1af.
~ Tor all" Men never ~ have nsls
ursd ~ coDquerins powpr " love
ThGs = nothins % strong . meek.
neoA nothing % enduring . mercy.
1naem1ch o. Lincoln embodied thons
principleA they VIII rsndde ~ metnoey
Esttooe aA6 sndurine. The wosid WIN
couei6ef him mightier ear having saved
ME- than we're Ill those Who dsedpged
IT, that ~ kindliDess was qioJD poteat
than ~ cannon and that Wh)lo hi
.aFypiee coaQuersd The soutA I'D md
~ lo4Ie. BIZ humanitI.vo tGspolpnt
~ S0t3ueptng he rieer1E6 ~ nS6g
IN nations. Sympathy wins dne8 IN.
awarss. elsmsncy b mishtier than pow.
dee and ball. and the VICTORIES eaios6
~ forgiveness are permanent
K L1ncoin was On. elemental betne.
Thew were no shams o. arti6cialit3es
about him. He was what be appeared
to b, even % the oak Or rock y what
Il appeaS to b. His drst characters.
dc was love OF truth He was plain
because plalnness does not deceive
Having nothing to conceal. be was IN
affected. He was willing to honor the
handiwork Of God BY letting himself
shine forth 40 God made him. He was
unpretentious. for pretense would but
have dimmed his luster. He did not
accept mere authority. but dug to the
original sources of knowledge for him
self. He thought much and read little.
but what he did read was of the best
and was thoroughly digested He was
so utterly logical that be had to be
honest. for dishonesty is the most Il.
logical thing in the universe. He was
weak in wrong position. but no man
was stronger in the right He made
little profession Of religion. but lived it.
His second quality was love of man
he could not resist an appeal to his
compassion. But he could be immova.
bic when q question Of principle was
involved. Having made up his mind
that thing was right. no power on
earth could bulge him. Where no
moral issue was at stake no man was
more pliable. His heart was tender.
and he was eahily moved to laughter q
t0 tear. His sense Of, justice was
strong, but bio charity was stronger
yet. Loyal to BIZ friends. forsivine to
his enemies. mighty In his wrath. but
mightier sun In Biz patience ana for
bearante. Abraham Lincoln was the
best exponent Of the tsachings Of the
Nasarene that has appeared In our
times. t
In December. 1853. lady called on
President Lincoln In behalf Of Can
tain Ross. grandson OF one whom she
termed the greatest Of American
emancipators. placing ei :. basis on the
word greatest" It appears that the
grandfather. Captain Isaac Ross. freed
all his own slaves and sent them to
Liberia at great expense to himsek
All this the lady recounted. dra wing
attention to the fact that Mr.. Lincoln
was only freeing other peoples slaves.
So far from being offended at the
woman's invidious comparisons. the
great war president evinced the most
lively interest in the story. granted the
request, and showed great good nature
concerning the incident
0SuSIau Au6Oks WI So AZ SVuSAA4doO W
the defenses at Washington. caught
spy whom he regarded as peculiarly
obnoxious specimen Of his tribe. There
was no question Of guilt apd quick
work was made Of court martial and
conviction. The spy was to be hang
ed the next morning. and General An
CUR went to the war department to
have the papers approved. 1t happen
ed that Lincoln and Stanton were both
absent from the city. and Charles A.
Dana was left in charge. He promptly
signed the papers. and Augur and he
congratulated each other that this one
spy would trouble the Union cause no
more. The next morning Dana met
Augur and asked about the execution.
In disguised manner the general said
there had been no execution.
Lincoln had reached home at mid
night. and before he went to bed the
accused mans friends got around the
president and secured pardon. Gen
eral Angur could never refer to the in
cident without showing anger.
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