Show n Z d JJ l rnA C ou M r jj a F r 11 j f z 1 r fT Uj iT t 1 1 a I ih T t that Tei e H Was AI Always ays N Moved by Distress E of the thc old fashioned mud wagon mud wagon O stage coaches was tas swaying from side dc to 10 side over ove the corduroy bridge that 1 p panned angled a It wide vide slough when one aile of its two tto e passengers g griver Abraham Lincoln called to thee the river Can Ca you JOli Olt stop a rT minute I u kin kill cf ef the ilic other feller dory don't object 1 was teas the strictly just rep reply l jYo objections called the other r Ieli tel fel Vcr Colonel E. E D. D Baker who perished at Wails Balls f Bluff during the Civil The coach stopped Jl Mr r. r Lincoln Linco step- step r peel out and razz ran back to 10 the slough There f. f Ire he lifted out a fl number o of f little pigs while the sow that had been fairly shrieking in in ill i For o over er their danger of drowning r ran rail to 10 the them mas as ilc f as' as a as ever human It 1 all mother other did to 10 lIe rescued offspring ti Lincoln returned to the tire coach and aud the journey m proceeded Now rr fJ Abe be be demanded Colonel Baker a weve reVe been arguing over your cussed inborn selfishness ellis for the last half hat hour and youve you've t 1 beers been trying to convince mc me that humanity Ji knows no exception c. to the rule of selfishness L Inhere does your your selfishness come in i int on that thai r dirty dirt little job of charity charity- Q i 1111 roan man returned the ilic disputatious 1 ver rr Ivan Ivan- of o i f selfish selfish- fl ness 1 J couldn't have had hat all an any peace of mind mint r r. r r 1 if Id I'd gone gOlle one on and left let that Zat old sow JOW to worry I x r r about her pigs Cant Can't you see sec I 1 did it il to f ease casc my OVi mind The Ibe quality of or m mercy rcy is not It a ae aa tho gentle rain from heaven en Upon the place pIa-co ben beneath ath It Is twice blest It him that gives elves and him that takes taku t It U la le An 10 attribute of or God himself And nd earthly V power r doth loth th then n how show Itself lt God Godi When mercy seasons justice Shakespeare arc F THERE was as one trait of ot Lincoln that wore on IF the equanimity of ot the lesser great men who surf surrounded surrounded sur sur- f 1 rounded him during the war ar it was his habit of ot oti i s upsetting all precedent all aU martial court-martial verdicts nil all rules and regulations when even cven the faintest opportunity opportunity opened for the tempering o of cruel Justice with Ith ten gentle tie merc mercy I It The mans man's depth of ot distress when reports reached J 4 him of ot such losses as occurred at Fredericksburg and moved to the tho profoundest sympathy those thoe who witnessed ed the misery that looked out from his I grave rave sad ee eyes But those occasions did not BO so generally gen gen- en- en awaken the J popular appreciation of or his kindness of oC heart as did the tho widely circulated reports of Individual Indi lodl- vidual cases where executive clemency saved from the k J hadow shadow of ot death some homes whose soldier son in the army had incurred the tho extreme penalty penally J During the tile wars war's long years there were many such 4 l salvations that were known but how bow many remained 1 unknown even Lincoln himself could not have estimated It T would have been easy cagy er very easy to select some lome Impressive incident of ot Lincoln's quality of ot mercy for forbis L J bis kind as an introduction to any study of ot his lon lone list of pardons But Dut tho nigh tor forgotten wayfaring f tr rescue of or the animals most despised of men showed rV J rescue precisely the broad humaneness that lay back of or all allf f Lincoln's mercies I I 4 No o creature lived or moved that was too low In the scale scale cale of creation to be beneath his With Ith him z it was not merely natural that he should be merciful to tomen men it was Inevitable He lie was waa so 80 constituted th that Lt he could have no peace o of mind 1 If others suffered when ho he could relieve them i 1 COMFORTED A DYING BOY BOYI I His Ills visits to the military hospitals made as frequently frequently fre fre- as his arduous duties would would permit oftentimes brought out traits trails of or tenderness that called for fOl a a. heart J continuously alive to tho call caU o of pit pity during a time when all Sill Washington had so 10 learned tho the bitter lesson of war that men were ero no longer men men but mere mero units useful or ort t u useless ole s for tho the prosecution of or the the- war and nothing snore more In Ma May 1863 IS 63 I. I during a hospital visit the President came to the bedside of or H. H bo boy of or 16 mortally wounded I. I dying even e then He asked My Iy poor boy what can I do for Cor you k The lad had only one ono request Wont you you write ou write to m my mother molher for me mc Indeed I will exclaimed the tho President Ho Ito wrote at tho rho boys boy's dictation to the mother In I t distant Vermont rote Yermont wrote and wrote one of those thoe farewell t ti l letters such as might well weB havo wearied even a pro- pro penman When It was wan finished h he rose rope I I will post this UI myself tiel Is there thero anything else I Ican Ican Ican can do m The dying hoy boy looked at him his soul in his eye eyes cyca I do llo want to hold on to your our hand ho sa said Lincoln silently resumed his hh scat seat and took the thin wasted asted hand For two tWI full hours he sat at with tho the dying dying- boys boy's hand In to Ids his until the cut end c came Ho Ile bent nt over eros crossed ed the dead boy boys hands upon tho the still breast and left the hospital tears on his cheeks checks oven even after he ha had passed d beyond the doors Published among amon- the articles that appeared mme mme- after Lincoln Lincoln's ai assassination was peas ono one that In Included In eluded various recollections recollections' of ot him g gained during a J I six elx months months' Intimacy b by F. F B B. Carpenter the artist who painted the signing of oC the tho Km Emancipation thou There Is preserved an anecdote which shows n at t once onre the tho heart and tho time wit of or tho the man who could find a 3 laugh auh In the midst of sonic some of or the tho most bitter biller reverses of oC the war In which every fiber of his hla being was concerned Lieutenant Governor Ford o of Ohio arriving at time White House at 6 o'clock In III tho time evening for tor au an Important appointment with lh the President saw aw In the vestibule a girl 1 poorly but neatly clad who wax was sobbing an as though her heart was break breaking In J hers Hera ler was tho abandon abandonment me lit o of complete despair The visitor had a heart in him Ho Bo asked her trouble The girl Irl told toM how she and aud her brother cain camo to the d States as Immigrants come pome e years ears With the outbreak ak of ot the war her brother little moreth more morn th than n a boy volunteered In la tho the army dissolute corn com pantone led him further and further from the path of discipline until finally finally he deserted de Captured ho was sentenced to bo be s shot lotTlE lot The TlE slater olster at word of ot that fearful doom induced some omo few people oho nho knew to sign n a a. petition for tor hi hia pardon ardon an and and with no Influence whatever hurried to the capital capital to implore mercy of oC the President For two to days she employed emp ov every ry means mans m ann her Inexperience could de de- vl Iro o to tr cure cure the fateful Interview Inter But Dut work ork enough I EP 1 m tit r l r ii I f v S b-S r ayd C f rr t Ji 1 i Sex R j. j lO CU ParO n r 6 23 ozLe e a C I J ro br 7 r tt r h 5 Sf Q A t e no oa er- er f o 0 o rb 3 p d'-p r sues TC arId and I r b I for half haIr a dozen ozen Presidents had left Mr Ir Lincoln under the necessity of or being beau almost as strictly guarded from innocent petitioners as from dan dangerous cr cranks The White House attendants had hall f k bidden her any nearer approach under penalty of ot arrest 1 Mr Fords Ford's sympathy t d. d 4 Come with mo he told her ber I 0 ye f His Ills name and appointment carried him him with her tier to time the office room reserved for tor such confidential meet meet- logs ings Mr Ir Lincoln would see him within a few tew minutes Now my child said the visitor muster all aU your courage Sit back in to this corner until fir Mr Ir Lincoln en enters enters en- en lers and greets me Then push In bet between een us liS and place your OUr petition In his hand When hen the tho President entered and spoke to his visitor the girl visibly trembling at her daring followed tollo her I Instructions Lincoln drew back for tor an instant at the rude intrusion but a glance lance at her tear tear-s tear stained face race Instantly induced a a. glance at her petition Excuse me inc he said to the Ohioan but there la is dire need here NEEDED NO INFLUENCE He lie sat ant and read eat the petition petition carefully while th the tho condemned soldiers soldier's sister unable to hear bear ar the strain be beGan began began be- be gan to sob afresh The case was clear enough h to 10 the IMo executive from Crom the grave nature o of the tho offense to the character of the causes causes causes' that led up to It AS AShe s she he concluded his reading Mr Ir Lincoln looked the weeping weep weep- l Ins ing- og girl over long Ions and carefully noting noUns her neat but Jut poor dressM dressM dress M M 1 poor girl he said at I length you ou have havo come ome hero here with with no governor governor no senator no member of or Congress Con Con- Congress Gon- Gon gress to plead your our cause You seem eem honest and antl truthful truthful truthful truth truth- ful and his and his dr dry quaint smile edging his wide wille mouth mouth- I sec see you oU dont don't wear hoops So So Ill I'll be switched If I dont don't pardon your our brother this minute Which he straightway did dIll It II was Lincoln's practice often orten to go to the War Val Department De Ve- for Cor such dispatches as ns ml might ht have ha come In ht up to midnight and when anything Important could be b expected the weather made no difference to him An Any one who has been In the tho capital when a genuine cold wave strikes the East during the winter will recall that Washington can do pretty well as aa a refrigerator for or all aU its balmy reputation It was waa one ono of oC the coldest or Washington nights when the President wearing the shawl that was so 60 well weB known as hl favorite protection against the weathers weather's stepped from the HIP While House Bouse door and saw a sentry pacing back and forth This Is a L cold joB for lor you tonight hl remarked the President Better Belter step Inside You can stand guard I there here t I Ii It i t Y t q 1 1 j If a r t Y PYS r 7 S Part arr for r D Pace A c u l fred sherd 7 G GLA LA QT coLroN O fly My orders arc lu to stand guard 1 here sir rc responded pon the sentry Well tal said Lincoln you can do your dut duty Just jUIl as aswell aswell w well ll Inside as out You will oblige me by going going- In My Iy orders are for outside an answered the incorruptible incorruptible sentry and ho resumed his tramp Lincoln halted hailed him peremptorily while a grim smile upon his hla face told of some iome curious circumstance that tail had occurred lo to lily his hl mind Seems to lo me I 1 remember that I am commander commander- chief In of or the army of or these United States I order you to go 0 Inside Which In the VAt way of exercising his authority wn wasas was wasas as small an occasion as one other i evocation c of oJ order orders was a great one Secretary Stanton Stanlon was foremost Coremo t in In insisting upon absolutely strict discipline In the army arm and there were plenty of of commanders who knew how needful that discipline was But the stern Stanton Stanlon cn- cn countered in Lincoln as firm a n friend nd of ot mercy as howaN ho lie was waN of justice Durin During th the last year of or Ih time the war the T President one once remarked T o 1 heard of lIC th tin tin- wi wa Wd the cat eat bell shell shellfish fish Ii The They cat eat and eat cat and throw the hells shells out of or tho the window until the time pile of shells Is so 50 high they cantsee cant can't cantsee see ee out o of their houses Placing a hand upon a huge stack of or pardons Ivo 1 been saving ins these shells shella until they say I see anything but pardons I feel that like the like the Id I'd like to move move and and begin bebin all over again Such an nn executive was bound boun 1 sooner rather than later to come Into direct conflict with colleagues who immediately concerned with the dire consequences a of ot condoning grave rave military rn II Ita r offenses discerned only tho the urgent need of or discipline After Arter charges were brought u against several men Joen who failed Called lo to march starch Into battlo battle when hell every man In their reg regiments regiments regi regi- ments was 1 desperately needs needed u Ma Stanlon told Joseph Holt judge o advocate ad general of ot the theMa ann army that the e rim time va Wl v e t at hand hand when Mr Ir Lincoln must give wn way to their combined opinion Judge Holt Bolt went to the President with wilh the thc papers In all tho the cases perfectly clear and with arguments for or the meting out of strict justice e that seemed unanswerable He Ill reviewed the ar arguments mind and delivered the pap papers rs Tho The President nt rea read t lm carefully y thou thought ht for Cor aThe a- a 1111 Mlle and turned to Jud Judge e Holt with t a a. face as grave grav and sad as was hi his voice You admit Holt that these men have r records dJ for bravery The They have proved pro their courage and now for this first time they havo quailed They should not be he shot for tor a a. first offense Holt knew know that Stanton would explode with wrath If It he lie returned with a report that the President had again overturned the thc verdicts of oC the courts martial and nd that at a time when examples were urgently needed for tor the lie whole arm He army resumed his hiD argument and Lincoln as before heard him In gravo Bravo sad silence As 1 Molt Holt finished the Prel President ent ro rode roo o and turning upon him eyeS eyes that s seemed to pc penetrate tc D him him- have 1 lave you ou ever er been cn to n n bat bath batti i No 0 I have havo not Has Ilas Stanton ever marched In the front rank n u as those men have to bo ho fired upon by the enemy No I think not Well Hell said Lincoln I hI I have I tried in the Black Hawk war I remember that once I grew s-rew so weak oak in th the knees when the bullets whistled around me ins ant and antI I saw the tho enem enemy enemy- in front of or mo me that I cannot now no tell how my nw legs lees carried me forward I thought every minute minute min min- minute ute that thaL I would WOud sink to the time ground These men here were probably not able lo to march Into battle Who Vho knows whether hethel they were able to march I am lIn opposed and opposed and his face was as grave a as thou thought though h ho he were not uttering as curious an apothegm m mas as was ever cor heard on the art of ot war to war to having having- soldier soldiers shot for or not facing danger er when It t Isn't known whether their legs les would C carry irr them into H It Send this dispatch It orders them to be lie set free tree In Philadelphia a a. married man whose wife ICe had bad x II bab baby provided pro a substitute for Cor tho army but subsequently subsequently became Intoxicated and while In that condition was persuaded to enlist lIe Ho thought it all over after he reached tho the arm army concluded that ha having vinE furnished his substitute he was square with tho the government and deserted The government government o thought very vory differently it hunted him out at his home |