Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-22
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

There are landmarks in the his
tory of nations which stand out
badly from the great pathway OF
vents. and leave their impress upon
tbe page of history, vivid from their
nncllliar brilliance, or dark frcm
the overwhelming sorrow they ere
ated. When years shall have rolled
over this majestic continent, and
TIE history been written of those
who fought for the independence
and the glory of land destined to
he the most hourishing and pro-
oressive upon the face OF the earth,
children shall read with enthus-
iasln the triumphs of Washington,
and shudder with horror over the
tragic fate of Abraham Lincoln
Through the Magma Charta OF King
John. and the blood-stainel sod Of
Bosworth field; through the Conn
nonwealth, and Restoration, and
the iudicious laws of good Queen
Bess. the mother land strobe step
Ivy step to that Constitution which
now commands the admiration and
respect of kindred nations. The
Young Republic had not lived a
century of her history when from
the teachings of her forefathers,
and the preiudices of caste and
cline, there came a storm, darker
than the war of roses, more d. ably
than the strife OF kings. From the
Southern swamp there rose a cry
for help, aud the hour arrived when
another Tell should deliver his
countrymen from the hand of the
oppressor. From the great West
ern land he came, from the setting
of the sun, from the hope of sinewy
labor. A new, gaunt figure bore
> this great Deliverer. No carpet
knight was he, no fawning syco-
phant. He came to save, strong in
his will and mighty in his honesty.
How he performed his part the
nation knows; how he struck the
shackles from the limbs of slavery,
is it not impressed on the tablets OF
Immortality 1t was the will OF the
Almighty that this great and good
man should fall a martyr to the
cause OF justice, that his name might
stand forth as a beacon light to
coming generations. The night OF
18th of April, 1865, is vivid to-day
as when the news went flashing
from city to city that the noble, the
just, the generous heart had ceased
to throb. The assassination was a
deed which sent a thrill of horror
from the rising to the going down
of the sun-a deed to call down a
universal curse upon the memory OF
the instigators and OF the perpetra-
tors forever and forever. Nine
wears, six months, and three days
have rolled away since that never
to-be- forgotten night, and in the
city which best knew the patriot
of the people of a grateful country
gathered together to unveil the
sculptured image of him they loved
so well. 1t was but a trihing trib-
ute. Alas! that it should be all
which frail mortality can give to
him who gave his life.
In the account Of the ceremony
the public. read The noble tribute tC
the iilustlious dead spoken above
his ashes by Senator Oglesby. In
the busy whirl of life we are apt tc
forget the services even Of oul
greatest, iu our concern for the
living present But there is nc
man, unless he be a traitor to the
flag which keeps him free, or a SOU
incapable of approaching that which
is good or great, who did not JOIN in
spirit the celebration which it was
our pleasure to record. The spirit
OF Lincoln sleeps, but his word will
live forever; aud the best tribute
we can pay to his noble memory is
IN raising our voices in support Of
the cause for which he fell il
shielding with all our strength the
amended Constitution which was
the pillar OF his faith and in advo.
cacy OF the rights of that oppressed
people whom it was his glorious
mission to aid in liberating, enfran-
chising, and elevating.-,S0turldy'
Inter- Oceu3l.
PEARL.-At Winona, on Wednes