The Idaho recorder., 1922-02-10


"i'.e ms reverent expressions of trust In the AL
mighty without personal sense of relationship.
Inc TWO men OF the Nineteenth century who
nave drawn and held the most intense admiration
OF the civilized world are Napoleon Bonaparte and
Aoraham Lincoln. Both great leaders, great
executives. Both had the power of binding their
lo'owers to them with personal loyalty stronger
than the ties Of blood Both appeal to the imag-
nation of millions who never saw them
but as the Evening Sun pointed out on the
anniversary OF Waterloo, 1t Is the downfall of Ma.
poieon that the world remembers, the ong-deferred
but Inevitable defeat of ambition Lincoln died
victorious, not alone In the circumstance OF tr
umphant arms and n nation reunited but In the
victory OF unselhsh devotion to the cause of human
freedom He Identified his life with the progress
of mankind, and In losing himself he found I'm.
ortality.-( Editorial In New York SUM- 1919).
The assertion THAT all ,nEn are created equal'
was OF no practical use In effectng separation
from Great Britain and 1t was placed In the Dec.
laration not for that but for future use Its au.
thors meant II to be--as, thank God, II Is now
proving itself-a stumblingblock to all those who
In aftertlmes might seek to turn free people
back into the hateful paths of despotism They
knew the proneness OF prosperity to breed tyrants
and they meant, when such should reappear IN
this fair land and commence their vocation they
should find left for them at least one hard nut to
crnck. (Speech at Springfield Ill.,, June % 1871
Think nothing of me-; take thought for the
political fate of any man whomsoever but come
back TO the truths that are In the Declaration or
Independence, While pretending no Indifference
to earthly honors do claim to be actuated In this
contest by something higher than an anxiety for
office. l charge you to drop every paltry and in
significant thought for any mans success n Ia
nothing; Judge Douglas Is nothing But do nor
destroy that immortal emblem OF humanity-the
Declaration of Independence. (Speech mt Bards
town, Ill. Aug IL, 1851
l have often inquired of myself what great prin
ciple or Idea It that kept this confeeeracy so
long together II was not the mere matter of the
separation of the colonies from the motherland
but that sentiment In the Declaration OF Indepen
dence which gave liberty. not alone to the people
of this country but hope, to the world for all
future time. II was that which gave promise thar
In due time the weight would be lifted from the
shoulders Of all men, tSpeech at Independence
Hall. Philadelphia. Feb, 80. 1s6I)
But soberly 1t is now chds play to save
the principles of jefferson from total overthrow
In this nation. This Is world of com
pensation and he who would be no slave must
consent tn have no slave, Those who deny free.
dom to others deserve u not for themselves and
under just God. cannot long retain IL. All honor
to Jefferson-to the who. In the concrete
pressure of struggle for national Independence
by a single people. had the coolness. forecast anu
capacity To introduce into merely revolutionary
document an abstract truth applicable To all men
and all times, and so To embalm It there that to-
day. and In all coming days, Il shall be u rehuke
and stumblinghlcck To the very harbingers of
reappearing tyranny and oppression. CLetter to
Republicans of Boston. April q. 1859, In reply To
an invitation to attend u celebration In honor ot
Jefersons birthday
This declared Indifference hut as I must think
covert zeal, for the spread of slavery l cannot
but hate, hate Il because OF the msustrous In.
justice OF slavery itself. hate Il because it de-
priyes our republican example OF its Just innu
ence In the world, enables the enemies OF free
institutions, with piausibiity to taunt us as hypo.
critics, the real friends OF freedom to doubt
our sincerity. and especially because II forces SO