The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-07

craftsmanship ard in his frailties. Human In his
love for st,ny telling and relaxation, and intense
" filed with the humanity that Will NOT knowing
ly do urkind unjust act.
II * u"i that he perfection IN any of the
walks ot lie in which fate turned his steps. for
tltre We're better lawyers in his time there were
even better story teiIers than Lincoln. surely 1t
would not he difficult TO name better military Off
GERS tan Lincoln wns. more learned men and
ere;iier orators than he. But Lincoln WAS man
OF the people and Americans like that kind of man.
writes Joseph Jackson in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger
They hoard every scrap of writing that the
eyer wrote. His Walking sticks. his dilapi
Gated old law books, his brokendown bookcase,
everything that belonged him in which
he had set his NAME is treasured.
Not long ago in New York they sold at auction
a slip of paper which he showed that good
politician he thought to be, be was poor
hand i'll guessing results of presidential elec-
tion. Yet this slip OF paper brought Slo25, aud
Lincoln had not signed it, but it known
Ia hare been, written by him.
II might be mentioned here that Lincoln proved
himself to be very poor prophet. and overesli-
mated the strength of General Mcclellan. his po-
lliic,i opponent in the election of 1861 Accord
In. I.ncon's estimate he felt SURE OF the New
l.aeland states and few others. totnling 40
vofes in the electoral college and he set down rs
.he supposed Comprehend vote" the states of
New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Delaware.
Maryland. Missouri kentucky and Illinois, aud
their ia votes he Believed would be cast for Gem
cr Mcclellan. AS nintte.' of fact however, only
Ncw Jersey. Delaware and Kentucky went agnnst
I.im, and he carried the election by a vote of
212 10 ~.
There were lrensoBs for Lincons belief that
the stntes he had set down "Ccpperhead"
would "a against him. The drafts of men had
been resisted in less energetic form In
innny of These commemorative notably New York
nnd Illinois. and the large number of synipatz-
ers there might easlf, lead to his conclusion But
what he had not taken into the fullest account
WAS that the majority OF in the North were
loyal the Union. regardless OF politics or their
natural symputles and they stood by Lincoln to
the end.
Was Real scIf-Made Man. ,
If anyone asked 10 name the most ius-'
trious example of whnt have called the self
nude man In America there would Instantly occur
the name of Lincoln. In country of self-mnde
men he stands In high relief. There is no one to
tale.a place beside him. for not only did he over
come every natural difficulty placed In his way In
his dcferminationN TO achieve an education and
thcs .aere numerous. but along with II awuys
went shnt equally strong determination not to
achieve success by any unfair means
He admitted that his education was defective
and That was weak word for 1t. Many men
will great den more have been failures And
Lincoln lnd every opportunity OF becoming n fail
urc but he realized his educational weaknesses
and sirove 10 them. That he did remove
tien seems to he testified to by many writer's
Al one time probably II is TO be seen there vel
-siiere was exhibited in of the colleges nj