Show STANTON S IllllnldlS IUT1I I As the figures of men who directed the affairs of the nation during the Civil War nre more plainly thrown upon the screen of history a process requiring the lupse ot time It becomes mora on moro uplrnt 1101 nt 80m o Ihm wr mmla an plrltu1 giants and that faith In God was their best support under the strain and pres lure that were upon them That Edwin Ed-win M Stanton secretary of war In not heretofore credited to him namely I ability to comprehend how nations conquer con-quer their enemies Is shown by the following extract taken from the war emlnlscences of Charles A Dana now tinning In McClures Magazine I Itnl nv rlh ckn fr nan with a very large head and a nass of black hair His nature was In tn and he wn on oC tha mut 10 quent men that 1 ever met Stanton was entirely absorbed In his duties and his energy In prosecuting them was almost I al-most superhuman When he took hold of the war department the arml seemed to grow nnd they certainly gained In force and Mm and thoruuh One of the first things which struck mo In Mr Stanlon was his deep r llglous feeling and his familiarity with the Blbl II nust havo studied the llIul II grnt da il when he was a loj II hael the nrmt conviction that the Lord ellrectd our armies Over nov n-ov nln hD I hnm 101m expr Ih n B opinion which he wrote 10 the Trlhuna oltr Donlon llIch Ion e olllly hn 01 oC mllltnry omhln lIone nn orgnlzlng Iory I har uh phra with npprehenslon They 0mmcn1 In InlldI Prnn with 110 Itallin campaign and resulted In Waterloo Wa-terloo Who can organize victory Who Bn omhln th Imnl oC uec on the hotUnld Wo ow our ronl Itorle 10 tho Fplrll oC the Lorol tht moeI our soldiers 10 uh Inlo hBIII nnJ nll1 the hllrl f our onml lth dlmy Tho Inlrnllon Iht on nuercd In buttle was In the hearts or Iha oololler nn lrom on high nnol wherer there Is I the same Insplrntlc thoro will be the same results Thei wn lIwr nny nl In IInlon re llglous feeling H was tllO stralghtfo wnrol expression of what he believed nnd lived and was as simile nnd een Uln nnd real to him as the prlnclplei of hi buln < |