| Show lincoln was not so mud mild and meek great liberator could bare teeth and fight when necessary by PROF B J CIGRAND in chicago evening american there Is a tendency lu recent writings to picture lincoln so mild and meek that his red aud hla his emphatic methods ot of rebuke are lost and the real value of the giant among men Is destroyed several recent biographies and many orations and magazine articles of late years have given the linare impression that eliat lincoln was not roaster master of his cabinet it is said lie ho often laughed and told stories iben his serious opinion was needed if any president endured intrigue at the cabinet board lincoln did not a single other man who the ever sat in the presidential chair would have permitted the boll bold personal campaigning of his personal associates but lincoln seemed to let those men go on gradually disclosing not only to himself but tho public their selfish ilish personal ambitions and then at the right tinte and in an inimitable way lie he would garb emb the official by the coat collar and aad bring him back to the straight and narrow path of lincoln ideas Lincol ns manner of dealing with men was entirely different from that of any other ether president lie he even arn rn after general mc ilc clellan and permitted offensive correspondence spon dence and no end of slights co to conte come to ti light but lincoln like an indulgent indulgent father fat lier could when the proper moment came call a halt and take some of the officials in the wood bd and dust their trousers ultimatum to plotters to show he was not intimidated I 1 give a copy of a letter which he read at a cabinet meeting during the time when stanton chase and seward were secretly condemning one an another other and suggesting removals so that they might all the better conduct their campaign t to prevent Lincol ns reelection election re and seat themselves S the letter reads 1 I must be the judge how long to retain in and when to remove any ot of you from his position jt it would greatly pain me to discover any oi 01 you endeavoring to procure an others removal or in tiny liny way to prejudice him before the public such endeavor would be a wrong to io ine tn and d much mia worse ri a wrong to the country my wish Is that on this subject no remark be made nor question asked by any of you here gr or elsewhere now or hereafter 1 one day early in Lincol ns administration tra tion mrs lincoln said to him it Is common rumor about the capital that seward and not you will be the president that he will nill rule you ile ho replied I 1 1 I may not rule myself but certainly seward shall not the only ruler 1 I have Is my conscience following god in it and these men will have to learn that yet at another time lincoln was visited by a congressional committee headed by thad steves steven who burst in on lincoln with the accusation the inay ay you sire are running this country Is causing it to be approaching hell and very fast lincoln asked about how tar far from that place are we now stevens sharply replied 1 I would say anile lincoln smiled and ren replied lied about a mile why about from here to ithe capitol and everyone save stevens roared i stopped stepped out of beaten path seward who had for sears tolled to subordinate lincoln finally wrote to hla his wife executive skill and vigor are rare qualities the president la Is the best beset of u 0 on july 80 30 IBM lincoln issued a public letter designed specially for the soldiers and sympathizers ot of the confederacy it Is the duty of every government to give protection to its citizens and especially those who are organized as soldiers la in the public service it Is therefore ordered that for every soldier of the united states killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ad and for becq very one coneen n slaved J a ved or sold into IR 0 sla iia ery R a rebel r erel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works promised glory for all officials I 1 look upon this order as the least representative sentence in Lincol ns entire life story and doubtless it was inspired bythe by the usages of war nud and came as a cabinet measure another I 1 message to his cabinet shows how lie he guided them and constantly reminded them of broad patriotism it reads it will require the utmost skill influence and sag sagacity acety of all of us to save the republic let us forget ourselves and join hands like brothers to save the republic if we succeed there will be glory enough for all and stanton inho ho in the early days 0 of the civil war said lincoln Is a 1 fool a low cunning clown the 1 original gorilla du chaillou Chail lu the net nat 1 1 1 nr alist wandered sill all the way v ay to africa in of when hen lie might have found 1 it in springfield ill litter later said when lincoln was lincoln is the most perfect ruler of men the world lias iia ever seen i |
