New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-10-20
The Presldent,s Speech.


fellow citizens in foreign lands.
The President's Speech.
At the unvailing of the statue OF the late
President Lincoln. at Springfield. recently.
President Grant was present as an inter.
ested spectator. In answer to the call Of
the multitude for speech he came forward
and said:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen
On an occasion like the present. it is duty
on my part to bear testimony to the great
and good qualities Of the patriotic man
whose earthly RENAME now rest beneath
this dedicated monument. 1t was not my
fortune to make the personal acquaintance
of Mr.. Lincoln till the beginning of the last
year OF the great struggle Ior national
existence.
During these years Of doubling and de-
spondency among the many striotic men
OF the country, Abraham Lincoln never for
a moment doubted the final result OF peace
and freedom to every race in this broad
land. HIS faith in allvise providence di.
recting our arms to this final result vas the
faith Of the Christian that his Redeemer
liveth. Amid oblOquy, personal abuse and
hate undisguised. and which was given vent
70 without restraint through the press,
upon the stump and in Drivata circles, he
remained the same stauncn, unyielding SER
want OF the people, never exhibiting re-
vepgeful feelings toward his traducels, but
he rather pitieu them, and hoped for their
own sake and the good name of their
terity that they might : st. For single
moment it did not aprca' to him that the
Inan Lincoln was being assailed, but that a
reasonable spirit, enc waiting to destroy
the freest government the sun ever shone
on, was giving vent to itself on him as chief
executive of the nation only because ne
was such executive.
As a LAWYER in your midst he would have
avoided ali this slander, for his life was .
pure and simple one, and he no doubt would
have been . much happier man. But who
can tell what might have been the fate Of
the nation but for the pure. unselfish and
wise administration of Abraham Lincoln
from March. 1864. ' the day when the hand
OF the assassin opened grave for MIR. Lin.
coin, then President Of the United States.
MY personal relations with him werc as
close and intimate as the nature of our re.
spective duties would permit. TO know him
personally was to love and respect him for
his great qualities OF head and heart and
for his patience and patriotism. With all
his disappOintments from failures on the
part of those to whom he had entrusted
command. and treachery on the part of
those who had gained his confidence but to
betray it. l never heard him utter com.
plant, nor the least censuro for bad con.
duct or bad faith Twas his nature to find
excuses for his adversaries. In his death
the nation lost it's greatest head. In his
death the South lost its most just friend.
No ono has ever accused President Grant
of being an orator. but the above words
are full of thought and sin PIE eloquence.
In its way. considering the subject and the
occasion, it is model speech. Of the Presi.
dent and this speech, the 1ittle-brained
Associated Press agent te1egraphed the
slurrins and insolent words. 'Grant spoke
two sticks full and half. solid minion."
Death OF Mrs. w. X. Spearing.
It is with regret that we observe in the
Davenport, Iowa. Democrat an announce
mene Of the death Of the wife Of W. X.
Spearing. E-9.. proprietor of the Mazeppa
tables. on Gravier street. Mr.. Spearing is
one Of the most esteemed citizens of New
Orleans, and host OF friends will deeply
sympathize with him in his atfiiction.
Mrs. Spearing died at the residence of her
sister. Mrs. G. Colt. at Moline. Iowa. Octo.
Der 6. She was native of Hampden,
Mass achusetts; born February. 1899; mar.
ried November 8. 1919. at Bangor. Maine:
moved to Chicago in 1850 and to Davenport
in 1858. Since 1863 the family has been re.
siding in tho South. for the greater part Of
the time in New Orleans. Mrs. Spearing
being In poor health went North some
months ago in hopes of regaining it. But
a short time before her death she had writ
ten her husband that she was 80 far i'm.
proved as to bo ready to return South. but
died before his arrival. She was buried at
Oakda!e Cemetery in Davenport.
Ten thousand tickets
Ten Thousand tickets
At ten dollars each.
At ten dollars each.
Two hundred and sixty prizes,
Two hundred and sixty prizes,
Amounting to S7O.i0O.
Amounting t. $70.400.
All IN the Louisiana single number lottery.
To be drAwn October "a.
How They do 1t.
Some persous can't be convinced that
some things can be done az vel! a. others,
unless they have demonst,at;ve experience.
ard some of that class do TO. understand
how Governor Bramiet.e manages TO sup.
ply the great demand now made on his
0fics for tickets for tn. next and last gift
eonces: Of tho Public Library Of Kentucky.
The concert comes off November 30, and
there will; be distributed :22,500.O00 to the