ht to supplant the sword with counsel of
reason, to suppress passion by kindness and moderation; who had a sigh
for every human grief and a tear for every human woe, should at last
perish by the hand of a desperate assassin, against whom no thought of
malice had ever entered his heart!"

"LINCOLN GOES IN WHEN THE QUAKERS ARE OUT"

One of the campaign songs of 1860 which will never be forgotten was
Whittier's "The Quakers Are Out:--"

"Give the flags to the winds!
Set the hills all aflame!
Make way for the man with
The Patriarch's name!
Away with misgivings--away
With all doubt,
For Lincoln goes in when the
Quakers are out!"

Speaking of this song (with which he was greatly pleased) one day at
the White House, the President said: "It reminds me of a little story
I heard years ago out in Illinois. A political campaign was on, and the
atmosphere was kept at a high temperature. Several fights had already
occurred, many men having been seriously hurt, and the prospects were
that the result would be close. One of the candidates was a professional
politician with a huge wart on his nose, this disfigurement having
earned for him the nickname of 'Warty.' His opponent was a young lawyer
who wore 'biled' shirts, 'was shaved by a barber, and had his clothes
made to fit him.

"Now, 'Warty' was of Quaker stock, and around election time made a great
parade of the fact. When there were no campaigns in progress he was
anything but Quakerish in his language or actions. The young lawyer
didn't know what the inside of a meeting house looked like.

"Well, the night before election-day the two candidates came together at
a joint debate, both being on the speakers' platform. The young lawyer
had to speak after 'Warty,' and his reputation suffered at the hands of
the Quaker, who told the many Friends present what a wicked fellow the
young man was--never went to church, swore, drank, smoked and gambled.

"After 'Warty' had finished the other arose and faced the audience. 'I'm
not a good man,' said he, 'and what my opponent has said about me is
true enough, but I'm always the same. I don't profess religion when I
run for office, and then turn around and associate with bad people when
the campaign's over. I'm no hypocrite. I don't sing many psalms. Neither
does my opponent; and, talking about singing, I'd just like to hear my
friend who is running against me sing the song--for the b