Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-10-22

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The Following BRIEF but excellent res
marks.
"On an occasion the like prS1ent, / feel
It q duty on my part to bear testimony
to the Sttat ana a6ed Qualitt Sofs Ne
now rest beneath thu dedicated mon
ument. It VA not my fOrtunAto make
tho 4ersonal aequAiH eance IT 4r. Linz
colk IN the beginning ofths last year
of the great struggle for national ex-
istence. During those years Of doubt
ing and dependency among many pat
riotic men of the country, Abraham
Lincoln never for moment doubted
bat that the final result would he in
favor Of peace, union and freedom to
every race in the broad land. His.
faith in an allwise Providence direct
Ing our armsfo khiaS AfAl rSeuit. was
the faith 0fthe christian that his Re.
deemer liveth. Under sobloouy. per-
soAal Abuse and hate undisenised and
which was given yeAt to without re-
strAint through the press, upon the
stump, and In private circles, he re.
MANNED tho same staunch, unyielding
servant Of the people, never exhibiting
Q rexenguful feeling towards his ira.
ducerh but he rather pltied them and
hoped for their own cake and the good
name Of their posterity, they might de-
sists Il did mot occur to him thst the
man Lincoln was being Assailed, but
tAat the reasonable Apir1t Which was
willing to deetroy the freost govern.
i0ent tho suareyer shone on WAS Giving
vent 10 itself on him % the chief exec
sutive Of the nation, only because he
Was such executive. As . lawyer, In
your midst no would have avoided Ill
this slander. for his life was . purs md
simple one, and no doubt no would
have bean Q much happier man; hut
who can tell what might have been the
fate Of tho nation but for The pure, un-
selfish and wise administration of
Abraham Lincoln. From March, 1854,
TO the day when the hand of IN Asoatsin
opened the grave for Mr.. Lincoln, then
PgDsideut Of the Unitod States, nay
personal relations with him wesd n
close and intimate o. the nature Of1nr
respectives duties would permit. 20
know him personally was to- love And
respect him for his good qualities of
heart and head, and for h1s patience
and patriotism amid oil aissppOidel
ments from The failures on the psrt III
those to whom he had. entrusted CONF
mand, and the treaohery ON tbs part oi
those who had gainedl his oen6dehce
but to betray it. l never heard him
utter . complaint, nor oast - censure
for bad conduct or bad faith. IL ~
his nature to find excuses for hiss Ia.
versarics. In his death the SoatA) losa
It's most just friend "a sstiA $50
10 this eulogium BY The Presfdsnt
we cannot refrain from adding ~
touching eloqueAt eulogy Of Gsnsrl
Hurlbut Of Illinois on 4 Mr.. Lincoln
which wss . part Of the address aeliv.
cred by him on the l4fh Inst, Z bSfpes
the Society Of the Army Of the Ter!
nessee. He spoke - follower 70 I,
tsBensath ? yosder just coasptetsa
monument rest the remelussof o man
90 great, yetlso simplc; thas ths world
bntnoW begins ito realize the strons
and rough-heWa power OF Tie deed,
90 full o. homssy wisdom, 10 pa4ieni
TO wait, 90 discetning Of the popular
will, soapt Mt strong parallels contain.
ing tho wealth of sound thoufAk %
persistent In believing eetter OF SNeu
than they seemed to deeefve, % Aa.
name sud tender ins his feelings %
faithfni to convictions when oncO fully
ulaborted In HE own mind after psan'
ful and hesitating elf-QuestioniuE q
apt 70 WELD with equal facility Oh,
high faculty of severe logic or the easy
play Of natural humof. The grea,
President Was . Citizen In his lif6 ,O
iathis city; and the vast glory Of the -
lsiot, statesman, and martyr 11lls III
this scene to-day. Tomorrow Oh
tnohument'will be unveiled, and 1ron
the eloquent lips Of Vour 3 comfod, bill
old and tried friend, you will learn ths
outlines Of life and, character wholly
and Bingnlarly American, assketch .0
. man who by no possibility could hsv,
been the product ofany other nation
and scarcely Of any other period IN q
life OF this nation. His work The WdrI
appointed for him to do. was thorough
" done before tie bullet Of the assassiI
l pierced the large brain, and those ~
l eou poU0nt 0yO1 ciOo00 IOr0veE VpOl
\ the country he loved. Just coming FORT
sfained with the smoke Of battle, bu
i glorious all over with the light oil .
God-given triumph. Friend % be va
Of oil, yet specially, and with singulai
tenderness, was'he the friend OF ths
soldier ;and therefore this reunioa IL
fortunate % to time, In that Il bcoonael
portion Of the great ceTemonis
1 which'shall give fitting honor to h,
martyr President. s'Ea aR''ss1's