TALES TOLD OF LINCOLN a 0 dull lyman ayman trumbulls Trum bulis bulls aponta V VERY ERY ll 11 lincoln 1 story 1 Is a plit U BJ leal feel p parable bl pointing painting aw to t the footit pathway Y leading n to right reason and righteous us judgment writes smith D pry fry in the philadelphia ledger be senator ator shelby 31 call cullom of illinois whose when e young manhood was enlightened tied elevated illegal I 1 by t the 11 friendship 1 e daup of lin cid coin end and was 0 in S his oi I 1 later ter years I 1 an enlightening and elevating indue Df luene a pan the young manhood of the writer murin narrated an experience which bebee has never been 1 in print it an beema to have been bee lost last I 1 la a the mass and it maze flum of in stories concerning that wonderful erfal at rd nobleman who iliad and it died a aisom mortal men in a our r own come land with me malice allm toward rd romi none and with chanh fe for ra all 8 senator ter trumbull bull accompanied id me a to the white honse on one afternoon I 1 said d senator cullom dark dead clouds were hovering over file I 1 borl on disasters and ad defeats defeat its developed v eloped discouragements discourage ments day after do day over the minds infinite of a statesmen it at in the capital apprehension alim brooded blooded fry from the rising of IS the e sun to the going down of the same with the purpose of encouraging the serious minded careworn care cure worn wern a Is why should the spirit of motto mortal be proud T dent who rented us senator trumbull cheerfully grouted greeted president lt lincoln coln aag saving sir me president I 1 hope that you are looking on the bright ado of af affairs fadis on capitol bill we all wonder that you yen to can do so well in these trying cimei ahme especially as you yoo have ham no DO precedent to guide you in anything judicial civil or military source of hr his precedents heartily grasping the hand of sen sell star ator trumbull and also clasping mine abraham lincoln looked straight I 1 into the eyes of the senator and squarely turned toward we me and I 1 wor saw upon the face of that grand man a smile of contentment t tent ment peace and ad hope such its as fe few men eer law faw and lincoln thrilled me with his manner and his bis words been now the memory of his word bordi his wonderful am smile Is his bis confident manner thrill me an Us he very cry earnestly fly f mid ald thank vou senator tor for are every word of encouragement but please tell the boys boya on en capitol lull hill that file I 1 hes hae precedents tor for everything tell the them all that hot I 1 commit it no an dangerous dang err error r that 1 I shall hall not at bill blunder because 1 I 1 he have pieced precedents ts rod and I 1 carefully follow them I 1 get my precedents t a trumbull by my bedside at night agot I 1 apt them wd while aa I 1 am on roy my knees I 1 seek lack my primed earn th then and ad there than suit and they come came to in me fr from am source of all wisdom 1 I have always felt and believed that I 1 ilaw saw and heard beard abraham lin red coln in I 1 one of his greatest armrest moments when hit h I 1 spirit cirit was la in touch witti the great spirit that sent cut him to I 1 us his bis superb command oLEng of english luh Lan language galm G the house ban a of rep addressing a of 0 the american america coD gresa on a spi sin cial occasion representative fass said who la in Ws jilin man that he be could theor peak and write here bora la in a hilt hat in biuk KI kentucky uk at the age of woven seven lie accompanied his bis par to and hit hito indiana where they lived one winter in an open comp camp with but three thoe sides side to it and yet without having burial vona pone to school more than six months month a all told according to ill hta own statement at here I 1 is a man thus starting with no an conven enk kace who he has reached a plane an ability to speak file eug eng ll it h Is not reached by uny any of the llie scholars of his day where is the a secret c cret I 1 that it maht be found in the sort of books banks he read ad the one me book with fill which he be was I 1 quite familiar was ring king jumes james vern bion of 0 the bible I 1 once heard parks forks cadham pastor ot of the g greatest con car onal in the world sav that abraham lincoln Liu colna verbal sic edge I 1 of the bible w as not net equaled by be lorms I 1 would not at say that upon p n an my os own authority till but its cite it a upon his authority he knew shakespeare and 1 in the hours of the life of the notion nation tn the midst of great depression often galibs then when the cabinet was in session Beasi oo mr lin lincoln no in would quote page after pace nf if shakespeare until ill toe the scholarly leous tribute to his leader constant perusal of worlds finest CU literature gave him his command of language LI lincoln W great not heart old and wonderful wondern of shrewdness shown show 1 in his hi piled pardon of deserting soldos soldier dars dara devil acts of raider mor mae garn gan won admiration seward himself well known knew tor far his admiration of and ad knowledge of the knowledge weLt writings lege of 0 th the lm immortal ortal william unable castle to control but bis admiration would turn to the president an and it say any 1 mr president our understanding underlined a he has been that you have never go gone to school and it yet you quote shakespeare I 1 as a 2 ido do not and I 1 am regarded soia what as a shakespearean scholar bunyan s pilgrims pilgrim 5 progress was wall another book that he read mad feed ft grow at wing ing mind upon the english of these texts and you will w ill have he a choice in of anglish Ln glish the scholarly congressman also said mid 1 I concede the speeches opossum before but mentioned as at a high rank ram of espres sion man but I 1 think that the high water mark was reached when looking back four of altol he said oer years war both read rs the t same im bible and pray to we the same god and one each earn love chiq nd aid against the other the prayers of 0 both could not be answered that of neither he baa bren been answered fully the almighty has his own purposes blessed with adversity fondly do we hope fervently berv antly do wo we pray that this thin mighty scourge of war may speedily pa pasa away yet let tt if god cod wills that it can continua conti ti us until amid all 11 the th wealth piled up by the bondman a too tw hundred and fifty years of unrequited toll toil shall be wall sunk and until evera rv drop ol of blood drawn by th tb last lash shall he be paid by another drawn by the sord evord as was said three thre 6 thousand the and yeara year ego ago so ea still it must be baid ind the judgments of the lord or are true tron and righteous altogether altage thelle from the cradle to the grave gr abra ali hum ham lincoln was blessed with adversity try and misfortune sufficient to ill con 7 tautly stoutly compel bis in best efforts at all times time that he was not only blessed with sufficient poverty to compel his best beat efforts but that he was also cheerful 1 blessed with poverty to compel hi his best beat efforts and content with his lot ts Is well blue tested by an incident of his career camer which was narrated to the writer by the som sometime famous parti unit taril an confirm congressman william M springer sf springfield ligh eld ili one woo who was waa for many Y eura a leader of thought and inhale dial discussion aci the procedures of the af house of representatives ol of the nation thin ul 1 con congress glang one 01 paramount to 0 save the union STANTON came to the th ohita house one afternoon is I 1 to 0 protest against a pardon will which h president lincoln had issued for a soldier sentenced to be shot hot got foi dener tion bar brunton said bald chilt I 1 at mother anthel flir in law win caus to you yoa this morning was we only imly shedding tito odile tears fear aba con care for far that BO I 1 I 1 im told tha he deml merely came as t is a matter of duty to be io mils cause she had s d jilin iol the marriage of her daughter dagit d agit to at man nud ad to refuse to plead tor for his hia life would have ban been almost unpardonable but she he dlan didat t rare care for the pardon and dida t expect it all of that was very my clear to me St estinto into was the reply of the wonderful I 1 only looked at t her once and lie then patiently listened to her I 1 tied had made up P my mind to issue the pardon be fore fare that mother in ID law began ing n to talk lint weep I 1 did not cot look at her a second time nor pay any heed to what she was allying th the pardon we was iwed ia la in my mind as soon ision BB as I 1 looked at that poor frail tear leaa leal madonna the girl who would soon be a will widow but for to me I 1 led her to a beat arote T tes and placed the pardon in her hanla hands 1 hade bade her good by but the tears that fell ell on in my hand annd were ee from this eyes at f the child wife whose grief had been an n deep that she tied been bee tearless fearless nn III 11 she san he held it that pardon Ih coln chief P purpose pm even BO a strong and ad portfolio patriotic st a man as is 1 horace I greeley published on iia pan open letter etter to lincoln 1 in 1863 callico ca calling llimo the resident president an opportunist and dimmon ing ng his policies in his reply my mr lincol oln plainly stated that he did not want rant to be known in history as the emancipator but that hla his chief pup pm pow lose was t to a anve the union here ham ire are his sincere words 0 do my paramount t object is to save the he un union ion and not either to sive save or ar destroy slavery if I 1 could save the union gala without freeing any slave I 1 would do it if I 1 could save it by f alg all the alove I 1 would do it v I 1 1 the girl who would soon a I 1 be 4 W widow dw but it for me 1 I ime am ready to accept any ny new ae views re as soon lle as they are proved I 1 to ta be true views well by the course w which he pursued led the U union ime was saved and today it ts is the gibraltar of the democracy of the world great no as was the tims cause of emancipation for the enslaved ad people greater was wag the mum cause or of saving this union and malting making it the great nation that tt it Is today me DUG rod and ur to ili ep gambla arable admired Brav bravado autt of morgan the raid sender S SAMUEL 8 congressman COX GO long in aglia time famous la in the halls bal of congress a told the 11 to 1 of I a visit sit which be hurriedly paid at the white house one morning when alum the carded confederate at rad raider dear john Nj morgan organ was camerl careering as over ohio doing doas in great damage and ad seemingly in capable of defeat it cut or r replace capture congress C greas gressman gress grem maa seen cox went w ant to the file white house for information saying baying substantially gat ertme bially M mr president ibe I 1 have how been to the I 1 war department but ce can aget gt no an I 1 information format to conce concerning r ning john morgan can ml you yen tell me anything about him whom where Is he hel will he capture colum line bue will he he has not told me yet replied M mr lincoln but I 1 would be vv willing illing to make a bet that he be will capture auto ve fo lumbia tt I he ran can and carry off your live i in stock and fancy chick chickens ii mr me cox ft t he can get thren them no we dont know this morning just where lie he la I 1 but you may be pretty sure sur a that our hoya y aiu ili catch him a soon when they min d do a get him I 1 want to see him u one I 1 I 1 of law tricks trick I 1 like ilke t that t sell mr cox col ilk ilka hue him very much w h continued an ed M mr IA lin s coin john has a denae a of 1 humor which thoroughly humanizes him he ha millions captures mall 1 tiaona 1 a are examines I 1 ass a all I 1 1 of the letter mall mail lets ordinary correspondence spon pd P d dence a 9 go right eight along but the big envelopes with the war department imprint he takes take possession PI of examines and ad for his own a military purposes only this morning I 1 heard of if a one of his tricks and what do you suppose it a in one of the big envelopes tape there than was a commission promoting a second lieutenant to be major of his regiment the a promotion proceed was we made ad to or merit meril ind and courage down la in one me corner conner of I 1 A me he mo hi not net told me MB yet vet IS hi ajob john read ad the write worda approved A lincoln lincolm right underneath he wrote approved by me am also john morson nn and he forwarded that w colmia ia alar ion 1 to the worthy officer boffl I 1 tell youl you friend coi co I 1 like john and ana hope to ft we asse him one of these them dof dayss very try bacri www