Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln wasa conservative of the most pro-nounced type, an uncompromisingprotectionist, and an American. Congressman Charles H. Sloan ofNebraska, speaking on Lincoln as anorator, said of Lincolns Gettysburg He spoke as man had not spokensince Paul addressed the Athenianson Mars Hill. Lincoln spoke withthe boldness of Paul, and the author-ity of the Nazarene. It was the thirdin point of time of the three greatshort speeches of earth—Hebrew,Greek, American. I us isS C r. WASHINGTON, 1862—President Lincoln announced today his inten-tion to free the slaves in those st
Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln wasa conservative of the most pro-nounced type, an uncompromisingprotectionist, and an American. Congressman Charles H. Sloan ofNebraska, speaking on Lincoln as anorator, said of Lincolns Gettysburg He spoke as man had not spokensince Paul addressed the Athenianson Mars Hill. Lincoln spoke withthe boldness of Paul, and the author-ity of the Nazarene. It was the thirdin point of time of the three greatshort speeches of earth—Hebrew,Greek, American. I us isS C r. WASHINGTON, 1862—President Lincoln announced today his inten-tion to free the slaves in those statesstill in rebellion as of Jan. 1, House aides referred to thepress handout as an EmancipationProclamation and characterized itas a major statement. A fictionalroundup of comment: By a Mary McGrory So the word finally crashed thruthe barrier erected by his secretar-ies, Nicolai and Hay, to the wise-cracking warrior that cartoonistshave come to know and love as thebig baboon, that the Civil War isnot being fought about preservationof the Union after all, but about theabolition of slavery. Its about time. Lincolns name may be on thedocument, but the real authors areWendell Phillips and William LloydGarrison, who were out marching inthe streets while Honest Abe wasdoffing his stovepipe to the gangwho tried to tag copperhead on thepeople who believe in peace and hu-man freedom. . By an Evans and Novak At a stormy, secret Cabinet meet-ing two months before the Emanci-pation Prtributestoabrahasashalinc
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