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Show How Unlike LincbLn. i The election returns are evident that after the 4th of next March both houses of Congress will be Republican, Republi-can, and now that the country is settling down to its sober sob-er thought again, it is also evident that President Wilson's Wil-son's appeal to his "fellow countrymen" was a great mistake. mis-take. During the campaign much was said about precedents pre-cedents and Lincoln was referred to many times. As a matter of fact there were no precedents, and further more the incident was decidedly unlike Lincoln. For instance, in-stance, Lincoln in speaking to a delegation in 1864, wheh I was urging him to separate the sheep from the goats, those for him as were the delegation, and those against him, at a time when it might mean his own defeat for reelection, re-election, uttered these lofty sentiments: You have spoken of the consideration which you think I should pay to my friends as contradistinguished from my enemies, I suppose, of course, that you mean by that that those who agree or disagree with me in my views of public policy. I recognise no such thing as a political friendship friend-ship personal to myself Now, when you see a man loyally In favor ot the union, willing to vote men and money, spondlng his time and money and throwing his lnfluenco jnto the recruitment -of our armies, I think it ungenerous, unjust and Impolite to make his views on abstract political questions a test ot loyalty. Ivwlli not bo a party to this application appli-cation of a pocket lnqulslton. i'have"no right to act the tyrant to mere political opponents. If a man votes for supplies of men and money, encourages enlistments, discourages desertions, docs all In his power to carry the war to a successful Issue, I havo i no right to question htm for his abstract political opinions. I must ' make'r'tf dividing lino somewhero bo-tweon bo-tweon thoso who are tho opponents of thovornmont and those who only oppose peculiar features of my admldnvJUlon whllo they sustain the government. $ ' Again when the postmaster of Philadelphia was accused ac-cused of interference against William D. Kelley, President Presi-dent Lincoln sent for him, and following his custom in grave matters, read to him a reprimand which he had committee! to cv2r in the following words. Complaint Is made to me that you nro using your olTlclnl power to defeat Judge Kellysronomlnntlon, to.oBgrwJvm wellSatlstled with -Judgj) Kelly as a.meinber of Congresx, ,nnd I do not know that- tho iman who might supplant him would bo satisfactory; but tho correct princlplo, I think, Is that all our friends should havo absolute freedom of cliolco among. our friends. My wish, therefore, Is thnt you will do Just as you tllnk fit with your own suffrage In the case, 'and not constmitn any of yo.ur subordinates to do other than as ho thinks fit with his. How unlike Lincoln is the recent act of tho President when he descended so far from his high estate, to ask that Democrats only be elected to Congress. I |