The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-15

ly filled with the humanity that will not knowing
ly do an unkind or unjust act.
1t is not that he was perfection In any of the
walks of life in which fate turned his steps, for
there were better lawyers in his time; there were
even better story tellers than Lincoln; surely it
would not be difficult to name better military Off
GERS than Lincoln was, more learned men and
greater 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
man ever wrote. His walking sticks his dilapi-
dated old law books, his broken-down bookcase,
everything that once belonged to him or in which
he had set ilfs name. is treasured
Not long ago in New York they sold at auction
a slip of paper which he showed that. good
politician as he was thought to be- he was a poor
hand at guessing results of presidential cleo
ton. Yet-this slip of paper brought ST. OPS ana
Lincoln had not even signed it, but it was known
to have been written by him.
It might be mentioned here that Lincoln proved
himself to be very poor prophet, and overesti-
mated the strength of General Mcclellan his DO
Ideal opponent in the election of 1864. Accord
ing to Lincolns estimate he felt sure of the New
England states and few others, totaling 100
votes in the electoral college, and he set down
''the supposed Copperhead vote" the states of
New York. Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Delaware
Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois, and
their ia votes he believed would be cast for Gen.
eral Mcclellan. AS matter Of fact however only
New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky went against
him, and he carried the election by vote Of
212 to %.
There were reasons for Lncon's belief that
the states he had set down as "Copperhead"
would go against kim. The drafts of men had
been resisted in more or less energetic form in
many Of these commemorative, notably New York
and Illinois, and the large number of sympathz-
ers there might easily lead to his conclusion But
what he had Not taken into the fullest account
was that the majority of men in the North were
loyal to the Union, regardless of politics or their
natural sympathies and they stood by Lincoln to
the end.
Was Real SeIf-Made Man.
If anyone were asked to name the most ilus-i
trious example of what have called the self
made man in America, there would Instantly occur
the name of Lincoln. In a country of self-made
men he stands in high relief. There is no one TO
take place beside him. for not only did he over
come every natural difficulty placed in his way in
his determination to achieve education, and
they numerous, but along with it always
went that equally strong determination not to
achieve success by any unfair means.
He admitted that his education was defective"
and that was weak word for it. MANY men
with great deal more have been failures. And
ure but he realized his educational weaknesses
and strove to remove thtaa. That he did remove
them seems to be testified TO by many writer's.
At one time-probably It is to be seen there yet
there was exhibited in one OF the colleges at