New Britain herald., 1926-02-08

ficd his conscience with him into
 tho discussion, He made no state
 mcnt that he did not believe to be
 true, He took no position which he
 was uoi able to defend, So scrupu-
 lously just was he in argument that.
 while hr did not always come of
 inc victor on tho particular point of
 tho debate, nevertheless ho sill
 gained tho ndyau'age iu rhc rnn-
 silcra'ion of thoughrmI mpn
 "Nredorick Douglas, llnck man,
 torn Il siuy, and lu',r on orator
 7nI puhlic.s'. went often fo iha
 Whit. House in 'hr Lincoln ad-
 nln,suaiiJn, In writing or 'hr
 presidents genuine d,mocmry and
 dtsira 'o hear aIl mou justly he
 says: 'lu all my interviews with
 Mr. Lincoln l Va, impressed with
 lis entire freedom from pro0udice
 agai0S' 'No colorrd race II" was
 'lr first great man l talked 70 in
 '1, l'ujrl States fr.r'v, "no--ln
 ro single ,us'auo.--remnj,l wr of Tho dfrrrrcn hp'N"a tnns V and
 myself. of 'ho difference In colnr
 "With Mr. Lincoln ,Npr. Vns no
 justice Hpar' rom 'hr truth. When ha. made his Famous address at the republican, convention in inc @a',. us iHleoiy in tN,S that speech h'. aau with 'h" paragraph A house divided against itself cannot stand .. I believe this gov'rumcn; can not permanently endure half s,avr end half frc"'
 "fIis friends advised linn 'n omit ell mention or slavery, Bu to" him conviction gave courarG After rs delivery Inc spjd: 'You may think 'ho' speech wae mistake. nU' I nrrnr have believed i' wNs nrl you will san 'hr day when ,ou will con silr' it 'hr Hia"s' thing ever sail.'
 "Of course, fNo great papers on which Lincolns .1mn will ha car rirl along The ag,s arr 'h" Em"nci- ration Proclamation, his oratiou at Garrysburg. and his second innugu- lal adlross. That address at Gctlys- burg, ranks with the uOblost produc- lions and antiquity, with the works of Pcriclrs. Domosthcncs and Cato. r rivals the finest passages of Burke and Webster. But lct us remember this; That, if all that Mir. Lincoln said auI vas should fail to carry his name and character 10 distant future ages, the emancipation Of four million human beings by his single official act Is a passport 10 all immortality this earth can give, No other individual act performed upon this continent has had such consequences. The of Independence and the Constitution were each the work of bodies of men. The Emancipation Proclamation in this respect stands alone. The responsibility was wholly upon Mr. Lincoln. The glory IS very largely his. Which of these .hrce documents was the greatest gift to the country and 10 humanity we may not here attempt 10 say. But m the presence of slavery, the of Independence had lost ts power. was made practically Ii" md we were fast becoming 10 the est Of mankind and to ourselves. q l nation of hyprocitcs. I.incoln's gift ,f freedom to four million negroes vas not more valuable to th"m than o us, And not more valuable to IS than 10 the friends of liberty in . other parts Of the world. Whatever 1t cost him, Abraham Lincoln Was lnnnchingly just.
 "Thc delight which Mir. Lincoln took. as commandcr-in-Ch Of lh" ! army, in pardoning soldiers and paroling rebels, is provcrbial. So ! many instances of his clemcncy in hose matters abound. we scarcely ! need to mention one in passing Al ! ,no time General Butler brought ! lim inc record of some poor fellow, ! whom he GutIer) had ordered shot . 1t sunrise in strict accordance with :