The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-20

pamphlet to read, called The Real
Lincoln" (from which all my quota
tions are made) by Charles Minos
and Lyon G. Tyke. 1t was edited by
Kate Mason Rowland, of Richmond,
and l presume the authors were also
Virginians. The facts compiled were
seemingly most carefully gathered,
and every statement was painstaklng-
ly verified and chapter and verse CIV
en- in every instance so that those
who doubt the evidence of Lincoln's
shortcomings will have to refute the
testimony of those who were nearest
to him. and those who were we'll
known to the world as Republicans
of the deepest dye and in perfect &C
cord with him, politically, if not So
cially. In the back of this little
pamphlet there is an appendix, which
includes the names Of the most prom
inent men of that time with short
sketches of each, who are quoted In
those pages and>a partial list of them
will prove exclusive evidence that
from their prominence, political proc
liyities and intimate association with
Lincoln, none were more fitted to
testify as to the character of the real
man. specially ask you to note that
not one Southern authority is quoted
in all the evidence against the char
acter of this man This goes to prove
his unfitness for the hero worship
which is lavished on him above Ma
son and Dixon line in greater degree
each year that passes.
Criticised by Cabinet.
Some of his critics who are quoted
are his cabinet ministers, Seward
Chase and Stanton. The latter was
his secretary of war and one of his
bitterest critics. He often spoke OF
Lincoln with withering sneers and
he wrote many letters to President
Buchanan since published in Carriers
{ life Of Buchanan in which he not
only spoke of Lincoln with the utmost
contempt but criticised his painful
imbecility'' and the ''venality and cor
ruption of the government and it is
an open secret that he advised the
revolutionary overthrow of the Lin
coin government, to be replaced by
Mcclellan as dictator. These publish
ed letters of Stanton are. by nc, means
the worst written; some of them were
so violent in their expressions against
Lincoln that they were charitably
withheld from the public. Stanton
summed up Lincoln on one occasion
as a low, cunning clown Ida Tar
bell, one of Lincoln's greatest ad-
mirers, says Chase was never able
to realize his greatness and was one
OF the most bitter, contemptuous and
persistent of all Lincoln's critics.
Seward treated him with conde-
scension and superiority, but was
not as open and bitter in his criti-
cisms as the other two cabinet minis
ters; he, however, accused the presi-
dent of cunning that amounted to
genius.
Wendell Phillips says of Lincoln:
who is this huckster in politics?'
and historians record that he was
most severe in his censures. Thad-
deus Stevens was an unmerciful cri->
bic. and Ida Tarbell calls Charles
Sumner, Ben Wade and other con-
7temporaneous Republicans, who were
powers in the political world, ma
/, licious foes of Lincoln" and further
makes the remarkable concession that
about all the prominent leaders of
that day were actively opposed to
him and mentions Horace Greeley as
their chief. The latter criticised the
president boldly and bitterly and
tried most faithfully to accomplish
his overthrow in his struggle for re-
election in 1854. Not even Lincoln's
tragic death abated for day Gree
ley's hatred of him. The authors.
OF The Real Lincoln" call attention
to the fact at this juncture that Lin
coins first four years term was near
aly over, so that all this bitter CEN
sHre from his associates was based
on full knowledge of his character"
q Not Religious Man.
AS to Lincoln's religion, one his
torian (Holland) says that in Spring
field, Ill.,, his home town, 20 out Of
23 ministers of different denomina-
tions of Christians, and a large ma
. jority of the prominent members of
! their churches cast their votes
against him for president because he
was not religious man, and the
pious utterances in his farewell ad-
dress to his fellow citizens were
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