"The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat, and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to foreigners as the President of United States....Is [The President] less refined than a savage? It was a perversion of history so flagrant that the most extended charity cannot view it as otherwise than willful." (Chicago Times)
"We pass over the silly remarks of the President: for the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of." (Patriot-Times)
"The ceremony was rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President. Anything more dull and commonplace it would not be easy to produce." (London Times)
"Right to the point, but I don't think there was anything remarkable about it." (Civilian Observation)
Kings are
usually made to speak in the magniloquent language supposed to be
suited to their elevated position. On the present occasion [The President] acted the clown. (Richmond Examiner)
Really, the
ignorance and coarseness of this man would repel and disgust any other people than the
Yankees . . . What a commentary is this on the character of our enemies." (The Virginian)
The preceding remarks are press reactions to President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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