Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-11
I'm GOD WE TRUST TOO
SACRED FOR j. S. COINS
Roosevelt Wrote Sentence Should
be Used With Reverence;
Lincoln His Hero.

New York. Dec IA nnW and inter-
rsting explanation ~ Colonel fOOEGvrif
objection tO the usc of the phrase in
GOd We Trust on the United state
cons Is afforded IN ~ artlcic N the De
ccrnber Scribners by Joecph Buckiin
Bishop the former President biographrr
A letter written bv Air Rooscvel' IN
NoYcubcr 1907 10 q clergyman who
had differed With hin about plarlng hf
Jnotto On the CONS read
When She question u thc urw coinage
came up, we looked nto the law ind found
there was no warrant therein for p'itirR
IN God We Trust On The roins A. ~
custom although without lcgal warrant
he'd grown rp. however, m ght hayr fel
~ liberty ~ keep thc inscription nad
appro ri of f. icing IN The coiua2r lt
as did not appT0vf ~ u, did np. d.Yrr
hat / shouh aZaiu ~ pu' ou. G colrs
the matter ~ thc lav Is aboolu'cly n
hands of Congrf-7 and any direction
Congress IN tbo matter HIJ ~ .r1rneda.o
ohcYrd 81 present, ~ ! nave 4ld f1rrf
j, ~ wafrau. lu law Tor tbr ~ c-ip'ion
Ny own irriing IN thc mater = dur r.
my very firm convection that - prt 71't
a motto On CONS. rr ~ - j. IN ary EW
clrnd manner, mt Only does ~ gord. BIZ
docs positive harm and rFec' n
reverence which comes dange-puaiy cioeT
To aacricge
Dea1tiful and solsun 7eptencc Eucf
IS thr ong b question should r 'restrfi
and uttered only 1.th 'ha' finr ycvcrcnr
which necessarily mpllfS 4 certain az
altati0n Df spirit Any uso whlch 'onds z
chcapeu il, and above aIl any ler vtiri
tends II secure ltg bring frrated II
plrlt % ievity, d from every 'andpoTr
profoundly n be regretted
ftis B motto which ndrad weli -
havr inscribed On ogr great national nor
}iY4cnts sn 0Gr fcynD.r- rf .uvficr T p7rr
legislative halls and II buildings suoh -
those ~ Wr-t Point and Annapolis
hort wherever Il viii tend n arnriar an@
inspire a nifty emotion = those Vim irot
thereon Bit ii snrrns io rne rrnirrrt'~
unggise t0 cheapcn such motto r,T nee or
coins. ti-t as u would ~ to ohraprn lt hv
tg.n on Iyr-tage stamps c~ Il sdvrvT lrr-
mrrt7
among the 10000 lettors vfi.sra rr
Colonel Roosevelt aIrng ar public
career sir Biehop said re forad z rUT-
Der from Rudyard kIpling written + fhaf
famous suthor characteristic 7rav ha-
r. the tinipst chjrograph-
In e letter. written u lNlS III oione
sand Great Heart f rlv avor-f- char
actor ID alleqorv Just a- rhuims pr1
grees rs to U4v mind cnr of tne Zrraie@
books hat was ever written lnf I HH-
that Abraham Lincoln the ldea rrra'
Heart ~ public lite IlE returned t1 fhr
idea about Lincoln from ffne ~ fims
fact whirh explains the origin 2. hIpiIng
memorial poem entitled irrat Hear
written when the Coloncl died.
Colonel Hp0spvplts admiration for inr
grrat emancipator was also shown n
letter which he wrote on March q 1905
fcw day- sitter ms inauguration. ~ rir
George Trgyclvan. the English historian.
and nephew 81 Macauiav sn Which tho
Colonel said
.It has heen peculiarly pleasant - rnr
To find that my supporters are 70 ne tounu
among the overwhelming majority whom
Abraham Lincoln called the llAIn pcOpc
As I suppose vou know. Lincoln = It
hero He was . man 81 the reopie Tra
alwavs felt ulth and for be people -'i
who had not the slightest touch Ot tnr
demagogLe ll nun.