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Show TI..N AMI TMK Millltll. tub m.ii ijriKiius nirxnisfliu ix a iititiii nv Sill. UMAX. The folluwlng teller, written by (lentrnl Hhmuiii while In command bfllioarmy tuayouugedltoriif II rook-Ijn, rook-Ijn, will tn read wltli partlcuhr In-tent In-tent now that the doughty old wart lor Is dead' "lllAIXJt'AltTIIU of Till' Anuv, lM.rusryu, issn. 1 Dtnr Mr. IM: Vourtritcome letter of the till I before be-fore me, I pied r not to maku scra ol senllmt tital williug. "When I wrltuautthlng I want It to lrealnnd tviiintcttsl lu (urm, as, for ImlAiice, In Jcur niiotiilon from lord I.JtlMl's play of Itltliellcul 'Tho I ills mightier Ihan IbesworJ.' Ixird liy'.lon would iievtrliavupiil hi signature sig-nature to so jiaked Aiciitlnu nt. Hurtli , I will not. "InlheiiextllicruwA a prefix or qualiflcAilom ll.sr ,ih lbs tats nt eirs ealli.lr rrssl, TS i .o I miaauer Umii Is isord. "Now, this doe hot often frtselit the condition of fact herein dcecrlbnl. 'Men entirely great' aro vtry rare Hide, Hi-de, d, and even Washington, who op-proAchetl op-proAchetl greatness a lit ar as any mortal, mor-tal, found good ti-e for the sword nud Ihe is.li each lu It proper tphtre. "Vounnd I hAVeseetl Hie day when a great and a good man ruled this country (Lincoln), wliu wlelled n IDMtrful and proline u, and yet had o c.ill to Ills auliuuce a million of naming swords. "No, I cannot subscribe to your sen-llinent, sen-llinent, The n la mightier thiu the awor I,' which you rrsvtlfiilly ask me tit w rile, because It la trot tme. Hither, III thu provlJence of (lod, thtre la a lluieforallllllni:.; tlmu when the word may tut the (lonllau knot aud ttt frm thu prim Iplca of right and Justice, Jus-tice, hound up In the mesbea of hatred, revenge and tyranny, thai the wu of mighty men like Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Cal-houn, Crittenden aud Ihe Imniorut Lincoln were uiiaIIu lo disentangle. "WMilugyou all succasa through life, I llevu me, with kind regards, jourfrlend, "W. T. Hiiiiiman, deuiral." c.uuc. |