National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-15
YOU ARE THE CHILDREN

step-chtldren, children by adoption, children by
force Of circumstances and necessity roIyou II
especially belongs TO sound his nraises Ia nre
serve and perDetuate his memory Ia muItinl, hiu
statues to hang his pictures on your walls and
commend his example for TO YOU ne was n treat
and glorious friond and benefactor Instead ot
supplanting you at this altar we would eyhort Won
TO build high his monuments let them be or the
most costly material of the most costly workman.
all nartan, "a, thi " - u IN UesRtiiui
and their SUBMITS lean against HE nncbanSins,
blue oyerhapginV sky and lef them endnre fnr'
ever, But while In The abundance Of yonr vreaitb
aGa Ihe res. OF your Sst and patriotic devo
the humble offering we this day unyeiI 10 view.
for while Abraham lincoln saved for Won \ conn
Jefferson. one hour Of which was worse than s.,es
ofthe oppression your fathers rose IN r.heIiion "a
oppose.
devotion, a thing of the hour. The name nj
Abraham Lincoln was -
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- NEAR AND pEAE TO ORR HEARTS
in the darkest and most perilous hours OF the
Republic. We were no more ashamed Of him
cea when epowSed Wt 81 doubt and
and glory. Our faith in him was often taxed and
strained TO the uttermOst. but II never failed
strangely told us that we were the cause Of the
war; when he still more strangely told TO leave
the land IN which we were born: when he refused
,sh.,, iat,;.r aonan,t, - w U.s., W INC onioh;
soldiers. he refused 10 retaliate whom we wsra
rSs W fall q
he would save the Union N he coud with sieyerx
when he revoked the proclamation of emaneins :
ton Of General Fremont: when he refused 10 re.
who was more jealous in his efforts Ia nrotacf
slavery than suppress rebellion. when We sa,S
this, and more, We were at times stunned, grieyed
while : -
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Nor this sren =, ,h.t m, ME SLhp n,,.
reasoning superstition. Despite the mist and
haze that surrounded him: despite the tumuIt,
to take n comprehensive view Of Abraham Lin.
coin, and to make reasonable allowance for the
circumstances Of HIS position. We saw him,
ptteranees 10 injudieious and tedious delegations
rho often tried his patience; not by isolated facts
torn from their connection: not by any partial
moments; but by broad survey, In the fight of
I'VE stern logic OF great eyents-and in view Of
That divinity which shapes our ends. rough hew
them as we viii, we came TO the conclusion that
the hour and the man Of our redemption had met
In the person Of Abraham Lincoln. 1t mattered
nttle 10 us What language ne might employ upon
as S,iiv SnsS I'M, whatban S n,ie 70 US wien
n Ms ,oHnmnnts I, as auo,a nc v ~, sWt OF SLOW
ham IinonIn Gas az ,ha heay ~ ioi ~ mat Aora-
nan, aIJ ~ az 1;, te nea1 i VI greal move
with that movement which IN tbe n.s.,pra y,
thin.s AN rs, " ~, "h'eh' in 'ne haere vi
'"Hs'i mus sVoH
TILL SLAVERY sHoCLD BE UTTERLY
and forever abolished in the United States. When.
therefore n shall be asked what we have 10 ~
with the memory Of Abraham Iineoin' or What
Abraham Lincoln had 10 do with ms the answer
Is ready full and complete. ThouRh he loved
Caesar less than Rome. though the Union was
more TO him than our freedom or our future> upder
his wise and beneficent ruIe we saw onrseires
gradually lifted from the denths of sIavery otbe
Heights OF liberty and manhood: Under his wise
and beneficent riile and nv measures annroyeJ
and yiaorously pressed Inv Tim. we saw fibpnt The
handwriting Of sres in The form az, preiudice ard
proscrfptfon. was rapidiy fadino away rom the
lace of our whole eountry. unaer his ruIe ana n,
due time. about as soon amer ali as The eountrr
brave sons and brothers layin9 OF the RAGS V Of
bondage. and being Clothed ali over In the s,ue
uniforms Of the soldiers OF the limited States. nm
der his rule we saw two hundred thousand Of onr
dark and dusky people responding to the call of
Abraham Lincoln, and, with muskets on their
shoulders and eagles on their buttons, timing
their high footsteps to liberty and union under
the national Jag: under his rule we saw the indie
pendence Of the black Republic Of Hsyti the
special object Of slavehoidng aversion and horror
fully recognized. and her minister, q coored gen.
tleman, duly received here in tie city or Wash
ington; under his rule we saw :
THE INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE
which 50 long disuraced the NATHAN ahoIishad and
slaSery ahofishsa IN HE nIstr;., ~ E,, hhu
nnder his rnle we saw far M. NJ, ,;,na IN ,a,
enfnrced AGAINST the f,rci,n s,are ,ad ane ~
rst slayefrader hanged lie any other ira ,e ar
murderer: under his ruie and III ins,drpption we
saw the Confederate States Ia seJ man The idea
that our race must be slaves and slaves forever.
battered to pieces and scattered to the four Winds;
under his rule and In the fuliness Of timd We