Perhaps in another hundred years, they will discover the folly of most of the words they are currently writing.
Sadly, the editorial they ‘retracted’ showed more sense and bravery than the current editors display. The Gettysburg Address was meant to have, and did have, a political purpose with which the publishers at the time disagreed. To dismiss their legitimate concerns as the product of strong drink displays not only historical ignorance, but lack of empathy.
Lincoln’s detractors may have been cynical, but their heirs seem to be foolish and heartless.