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Show REPUBLICAN, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1909 - SS =~ INTER-MOUNTAIN = * EN RIES : --> -- . = Vertbiug atetterlor & Lyle Poy Solaer. i j ho = eet | es ~Y F THE UW Was Always Moved by Distress NE of the old-fashioned, mud-wagon stage coaches was swaying from side © to side over the corduroy bridge that spanned a wide slough when one of tts two passengers, Abraham Lincoln, called to the river: "Can you stop a minute?" "T kin, ef the other feller don't object," the strictly just reply. "No objections," called the other "‘felGer," Colonel E. D. Baker, who perished at ‘Rall's Bluff during the Creil War. The coach stopped. Mr. Lincoln stepped out and ran back to the slough. There he lifted out a number of little pigs, while the sow, that had been fairly shrieking wm terror over their danger of drowning, ran to them as fondly as ever human mother did to her rescued offspring. Lincoln returned to the coach, and the journey proceeded' "Now, Abe," demanded Colonel Baker, mas : As lurove Viewed 41=./Tercy -- Are cre lhe Faves, A vosler- "cve've been arguing over your cussed inborn selfishness for the last half hour; and you've been trying to convince me that Where does your selfishness come in, on that dirty little job of charity?" "Why, man," returned the disputatious trot -"that was-the very-essence of selfishness. 1 couldn't have had any peace of mind if Ud gone on and left that old sow to worry about her pigs. case my Vhe Can't you see I did it to own mind?" quality of mercy is not strain'd m that t takes 8 And earthivy When mercy power doth then show itself seasons justice-Shakespeare likest God's, fF THERE was one trait of Lincoln that wore on the equanimity of the lesser great men who surrounded him during the war, it was his habit of upsetting all precedent, all court-martial verdicts, all rules and regulations, when even the faintest opportunity opened for the tempering of cruel justice with gentle mercy. The man's depth of distress, when reports reached him of such losses as occurred at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, moved to the profoundest sympathy those who witnessed the misery that locked out from his grave, sad eyes. But those occasiong did not so generally awaken the popular appreciation of his kindness of heart ag did the widely circulated reports of individual cases, where executive clemency saved from the shadow of death some homes whose soldier son, in the army, had incurred the extreme penalty. During the war's long years there were many such salvations that were known; but how many remained unknown even Lincoln himself could not have estimated. It would have been easy, very easy, to select some impressive incident of Lincoln's quality of mercy for bis kind as an introduction to any study of his long list of pardons, But the.well-nigh forgotten, wayfaring rescue animals most despised of showed recisely the broad humaneness that lay back of all incoln's mercies. o creature lived or moved that was too | ow in the acale of creation to be beneath his pitifulness, it was not merely natural that he should it was Inevitable. e was so constituted that he ve no peace of mind" if others suffered when he could relieve them. 1 COMFORTED A DYING DY exblisped in Freacrce "Ne 277 and d BOY shot for half a dozen Presidents had left Mr. Lincoln dying boy looked at him, his soul in his eyes. do want to hold on to your hand," he said. Lincoln silently resumed his seat and took wasted hand. For two fu yours he sat with ; the end came. oy's hands upon the still br and tears on his cheeks even after h e hac passed beyond doors. _ Publitshed among the articles that appeared imime- diately after Lincoln's assassination was one that' ineluded yarious recollections im, six months' intimacy, by F. the necessity of being almost as strictly guarded from innocent petitioners as from dangerous cranks. The White House attendants had f{ "bidden her any nearer approach, under penalty of arrest. Mr. Ford's sympathy was enlisted. "Come with me," he told her. His name and appointment carried him, with = her, to the office room reserved for such confidential meetings. Mr. Lincoln would see him within a few minutes "Now, my child, said the visitor, "‘muster all your courage. Sit back in this corner until Mr, Linco!n enters and greets me. Then push in between us and place your petition in his hand." When the President entered and spoke to his visitor, the girl, visibly trembling at her daring, followed ner instructions Lincoln dréw back for an instant at the rude intrusion; but a glance at her tear-stained face instantly induced a glance at her petition Excuse me,' he said to the Ohioan but there is dire need here NEEDED He sat condemned NO and read the soldier's sister, | INFLUENCE While strain. the be- don't pardon Which he your brother straightway this his be \ . /ezré For 2 < 47S wide mouth switehed if JW lor , : A : ee rs ure to sland sentry Well sald Lincoln he well inside a& - x WBC EES COLES SAA I KezZce 7 oUublesied OBC minute. did lt was Lincoln's practice often to go to the War Department for such dispatches as might have come in up to midnight, and, when anything important could be ex ted, the weather made no difference to him Any one who has been in the capital when a genuine cold wave strikes the East during the winter will recall that Washington can do pretty well as a refrigerator. fo all its balmy reputation was one of the coldest or Washington nights when the President, wearing th: shawl that was so well known as his favorite protection against the weather's inclemencies, stepped from the White House door and saw a sentry pacing back and rt . is a cold job for you tonight remarked the 2 President "Better step inside rou can stand guard there = earl o goicture out : , 177 , (38 C/ : FLOM guard here, 7 wa , exponded sir duty yy just going as In "T've éard ; 0 ist They eat window, until the h va eat, pile and of es and the ee out of their stack of pardons } ; 1 they say I can't. like ‘My orders are for answered he incorruptible sentry, and he : LineolIn halted him e a grim smile upon his face told of some curious circumstance that had vecurred to his mind seems to me [ remember that | am commanderin-chief of the army of the United State | order ou to go inside." Which, .in the way of exercising his authorit wis ‘s small an oceasion as one other revocation of orders ey Breat one. Secretary Stanton was foremost 1n insisting upon absolutely strict discipline in the army ind there we plenty of commanders who knew how needful that discipline was But the stern Stanton oncountered. in 1colIn as firm a friend of merey as he Was of istice During the last vear of the war the President once remarked hou Patagonians, Ud i first with a face Q as grava Holt, that these men have records for have proved their courage for they have quailed. They should not be offense Was evor heard on the art of war-‘‘to having soldiers whether it isn't known facing danger when for not Send this dispatch; into it. them legs would curry it orders them to be set free." a married Philadelphia, In man,whe Se wife had a a substitute provided baby, for the army, but subsequently became intoxicated. and while in‘that condition was persuaded to enlist. He thought it all over after he reached the army; concluded that, having furnished vena oe etd high they ea ha : in ng-@ hand upon a gaving these shells 1 parde feel but pardon like gain Such an execullve iter. to come {nto dir immediatel ONCE NN E Cdr tagoniar tine throw th iells is so , I've been ny anything see s¢ 7 th aereee to move-and besin re huge until 1 all AC over Parental: l N. THE opinion of many BO} rates on plea cee Mest connik ir - ae prteinchos ee 5 Gla i" aie the ry offenses mane ey ha vaallaneulile Ipline ALC 1 See : failed LE iin everal men i oy oe Vhen ey man in th Ack eede d ic Holt, judge * i , * a te ie general ' ae of Weeined r combined opinion. opinion i Tid =eeMErolt poe ( with the papers in al ae : tae perfectly viih arguments for : th aee ing n . ‘ n 5 er i ‘ er of strict ‘ justlee that med unanswerab Ve the arguments delivered paper 2 The Presider and read them theearefully thought for a Address persons, President Sen Lincoln's second inaugural address: deserves to rank almost with the famous Gettysburg vo ae speech An Both example of lofty use of the guage, it- breathes throuchout a and helpfulness that has added author's reputation is the speech: as a man of - 66 pearing aifica to take thera somewhat fitting' and MEN the lac spirit of immensely merey. lan heen charity to the must in of was detail of Now, econd ihe ccmiaian there proper this at,the a at course the an extendcd first. Then to be ef Ssreat contest owhlileh ens rosae the energie could be presented "pie "progressof (ill abserbs the attention of the nation, little thut is IT "On 169, thie wll pending it from occasion thoughts civil While. this war. the our arms, With to it were All anxiously dreaded devoted which address {t; to the this, directed all wa altogether all' been the and new else the public as to satisfactory and high hope for is ventured corresponding Iniueural place, upon as well kKnown-to trust, reasonably four of sought being to future, four to im ayert ‘delivered avis the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the. city eeking to destroy it without war-secking to. dissolve Union and divide the effects by negetiation Woe needs be appointed due to cern than of let neithe has il iave H put in having time He and by therein now as Se the deparkire a thowe) living fervent lo . a must Me : oe un war, cume, | from) in th rere terrible the offense hope, sehline f God, ontinued to this bellever we ere providence will South whom the cribe to Him? "Fondly do ometh! which, North which Almighty suppo whicl but. to those butes The cetion Gee. rather answered-those offens¢ come, gives be war unte ele orld beeause of offense for it that offenses come; bul woe to that man the If we shall those offenses as the shall we woe dl Divine God we stir) alwa pray, 1 that thi mighty eourge of war ma soon pa iw Yot, if God wills that continue unti al the weaith plied by the bondsman''s.two hundred and fifty years of un requited toll shall be sunk. and until every drop of blood drawn still true years an to no not boop came answered. Vio needs a pursued expiration publle declarations | have on every. point and phase depends, 1 and It is, ap presidential for years during which constantly called forth encouraging to all. prediction in regard ' tne could fully . Following of At oath icen address'than Statement English _* ELLOW-COUNTRY 4 et ne . in oo And the war h. drawh by the vith malice firmness rigat,-let bind' the word, lash shall be paid bs as was 210 3000 vears it must be said The judgments and righteous altogether.' With liave by up orphan; ust- and nations." toward in_the us the borne strive to: do Jastin to as snd«for which-may peace among of wiftl God finish wounds; battle all nen right. on nation the lhe government thought very differently It. hunted fimt out at his home, arrested him, tried "him for deseruion, convicted him and sentenced him. to ve shot. he sentence was to be executed on Saturday. On Monduy the heart-broken wife, her baby in her arms, went to Washington wa olm's Flea for Umiversall Charity His pecond Inaugura chiefly myself. I Unite tes 5 migrants some ) previously. With the outbreak of t) war her brother, Uttle more than oy, volunteered the armny dissolute common ed hi further and further from the path of discipline, until, finally, he deserted. Captured, r senten to be shot. rn at word of that fearful doom, induced some few people she knew to sign ition for his pardon, and, with no influence whatever, hurried to the capital to implore mercy of the President. For two days she employed every means her tnexperience could de vise te secure the fateful Interview. But work enough a Holt i} tneir ee edging So, T'll for Judge voice shot e "My poor girl he said at length, "you have come here with no governor, . no senator, no member of Con gress to plead your cause. You seem honest and truthful, and''-his dry, quaint smile ‘L see you don't wear hoops admit, They time, to his as petition carefully unable to bear the dress wag "These men, here, were probably not able to march into battle Who knows. whether they were able to march? T am opposed''-and his face' was as grave as though he were not uttering as curious an apothegm gan to sob afresh The case was clear enough to tne executive mind, from the Grave nature of the offense to the character of the causes that led up to it As he concluded his reading Mr. Lincoln looked the weeping girl over long and carefully, noting her neat but poor turned as S fe if seemed ar heart and the wit of the man w d find a the midst of some of the most bitter reverses of in which every fiber of his be rernor ord, of Ohle, arriving at the k In the evening for an Important President, but neatly clad laugh In the war, Onn FOr ACE Brotjex Holt knew that Stanton would explode with wrath he returned with a report that the President had 'g0ln overturned the verdicts of the courts-martial, and that at a time when examples were urgently needed for the whole army,» He resumed his argument; and Lincoln, as before, heard him In grave, sad silence. As Holt finished, the President rose and, turning upon him to penetrate him, asked eyes that seemed "Itave you ever been In battle?' "No; I have not." "Has Stanton ever marched {n the front Tank, as those men have, to be fired upon by the enemy?' No; I think not." Well said Lincoln, "I have, I tried in the Black Hawk war, I remember that onc e [ grew so weak in the knes when the bullets whistied around' me and T saw the enemy in front of me that I cannot now tell how my legs carried me forward. I thought every minite that T would sink to the ground. under = = eHis visits to the military hospitals. made s uently as his arduous duties would permit, oftentimes brought out traits of tenderness that called for a heart continuously alive to the call of pity, during a time when } vashington had so learned the bitter lesson of war that men were no longer men, b ere units, useful or useless for the prosecution of the war, , and nothing more In May, 188. during a hogplital visit, the President came to the bedside of a ° mortally wounded aviny eyen then. He asked: "My poor boy, what can I do for you?'' d only one request: my mother for © " exclaimed the President. 2 wrote, at to the mother in distant Vermont-wrote se farewell letters such as might wearled even a. professional penman. fhen it was finished rose: a 1 post this myself s there anything else 1 sad You bravery this first Cerra r7. humanity knows no exception to the rule of selfishness. ; Secenriig 8 Pato to the care his, the suuothe: ago. so Lord charity gives ‘us work we. for achleve ourselve to are and al see the in; himewho widow ara for to shall for his and. cherish ja and with all SAVED BY A BABY'S CRY For three days she waited in vain to secure an interWw with the President. It was late in the afternoon o he third day that Mr. Lincoln went through the back passageway to his private rooms and ‘heard: the ery or the baby, Tired as he was from along siege of work, Ne returned at once to: his office and ‘rang for Daniel the doorkeepe: : Daniel," he demanded, "isn't! there 4 woman out a baby?" with "And I think Daniel. sir,"' answered Yes, to her It's life or death. Src ae onee." to rm her Send W oman went In. remained a fow minutes and came out, the mother' with tears of gratituds treaming from. her es and her lips moving-in prayer rhe esident had pardoned her husband. _ it Ww that ime wee that a woman, in a fuded : ind hood, secured admission to Mr, Lincoln Her hu bar lL and her three sons bad enlisted . 'M : sband has been led." she told him. "Won't you release my oldest son' ats F ; world but those three Neeys : > pe yeast DS eae ee Madame answered the Prosident, "if your prop eee a been taken away, you are justly e " justly entitled to one of She took the release and hastened to the army. But there she found that ‘the: son ‘for whose release her pe ealled had. been wounded and. even the n, was dyir in a hospital le died, and the attending surgeon made 4 memorandum of the acts: on the ) « the real lent's order She returned to Washington and went tra ght to the White. House Mr. Lineoln reac the surscons comment and heard her ‘tragic stor . 1 he sald oy I know what you have come for' ant our cond son released."' ae = He wrote it out.: 5 then and the re, while she stood bv with tears welling £ in her) era eye s gave her : the release, Ile, * gave Tel ; "Now, of the two that are left you have one and [ ave the other," Thaddeus Stevens called om the Preeident one day, ac companied by an elderly woman ¥ whose3 son a ¥ ‘army had been court-martialedyw i ; oa the army "Mr is,"' asked President, "do yo i this is a case that warrants my rnc serene you think With necerned, Srant : the heu my knowledge ofthe "‘T facts'and Was tho answer, shor pardon ; sald 4 Lincoln rould Will pardon of thea5 persona ‘ not hesitate to him,' e made outould thenot pardon and she gave ft to thit.1e nen s mother, SI. speak . aa recelyed ae she able to utter a word: until-she and Mr. Stevens we well on their w Ly he: street T S were 1en she turned on her companion vehemence, exclaiming I knew {ft wa % copperhead Hel" What was a lie?" they told me he was an ugly man. Fe { « airef walfiatin - my Hfe."* ave itever ; enyi: t eRe was man selfishne ss, wae seen in all selfishn In j ess . that tn Schuyler Col to him for one of them at nisht. when he was a went with exhaustione of a trvin day } aya the Story." wrote the respite, ore and MGlooking it his v ‘ , . Some of our generals complain } that T r i{ibibor, -ala pline by my pardons and reaspites But {( tank 7 after a hard him and his joyous s family the and 89 to bed happy as 1 signing of ny name will makes fk his friends. |
