National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-04-15
GLORY OF LINCOLN.
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men Of tho country are sent to devise the policy
| enact the laws and shape the destiny Of the Re
\ public; we are here with the stately pillars and
majestic dome Of the Capitol of the nation look
/ ing down upon us; we are here with the broad
earth freshly adorned with he foliage and flowers
OF spring for our church, and all races colOrs and
conditions Of men for our congregation: In a word
we are here to express, as best we may by appro.
pirate forms and ceremonies our grateful sense Of
the vast. high and pre-eminent services rendered
to ourselves to our race, to our country and to the
| whole world -
BIZ ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The sentiment that brings US here to-dayis one
heart. II has crowned and made glorious the
high places OF all civilized nations, with the
grandest and most enduring works of art, de-
memories Of great public men Il Il the senti g
ment which from year to year adorns with fra.
Snd gSsrs the Of
Tense OF the Union and liberty. II is the senti-
ment Of gratitude and appreciation, which often
wonder heights of Arlington with the eIoouence
of eulogy and the sublime enthusiasm of poetry
and song; sentiment which can never die while
the Republic lives. For the first time In the his
tory Of our people, and in the history Of the whole
American people, we join in this high worship
and march eonspie1ously In the line Of this time
honored custom. First things are always inter-
estfng, and this is one of our first things 1t Is
the first time that, in this form and manner, we
have sought TODD honor to any American great
man, however deserving and fllustrious I com
mend the fact to notice. Let II be told in every
part Of the Republic; let men of all parties and
than those who respect US, know that now and
here, in the spirit of
LIBERTY, LOYALTY, and GRATITUDE,
let 1t be known everywhere and by everybody
who takes an interest in human progress and in
the ameliOration Of the condition Of mankind that
in the presence and with the approval of the
members of the American House 81 Representa-
tiSes, rejecting the general sentiment of the
country: that inthe presence Of that august body
the American Senate, representing the highest
intelligence and the calmest judgment OF the
country; in presence of the Supreme Court and
Chief Justice of the United States TO whose de-
cisions we all periodically bow; in the presence
trusted President Of the United States, we the
colered people, newly emancipated and rejoicing
In our blOod-bought freedom, near the close of the
first century in the life of this Republic, have now
and here unveiled, set apart, and dedicated
monument of enduring granite and bronze, in
every line, feature, and figure OF which the men
Of this generation may read-and those Of after
coming generations may read.-sOmethnx of the
Liacoln, the FIRST martyr President Of the United
States.
l Fellow citizens: In what we have said and
hereafter, We disclaIm everything like
ARROGANCE AND ASSUMPTION.
We claim for ourselves no superior devotion to the
Character. history and memory Of the ilustrious
name those monument we. have here dedicated
to-day. We fully comprehend the relation of
Abraham Lincoln, both to, ourselves and the
white people Of the United States. Truth Is
piOpcI anu all tlncS anu IN all places.
and il is never more proper and beautiful in any
case than when speaking off great public man
whose example Is likely to he commended for
honor and imitation long after his departure to
the solemn shades, the silent continents of eter-
nifty. 1t must be admitted, truth compels me TO
admit, even here in the presence of the monument
we have erected to his memory. Abraham Lin
coin was not, i'm the fullest sense of the word.
either our man or car model. In his interests
In his associations, in his habits of thought and
in his preludceS, he was white man. He was
prominently the white mans President en-
tirely devoted to the welfare Of white men He
was ready and willing at any time during the
,<st years OF his administration TO deny post
po1iS and sacrifice the rights of humanity in the
sy ,oI people, to promote the welfare of the
Wnlte Peorle of this country. In all his c,luca
uoh ana ieeERgs he was an
ANERIeA y OF THE AMERICANS.
nc came into the Presidential chair upon one
Prlhclple alone, nalners. opposition to the extern
sion Of slavery. His araSments in fnrtherance or
TINS policy had their motive and mainspring in his
patriotic devotion to the of his own race
10 protect, defend and perpetsate slavery in The
states where II existed, Abrahah Lincoln was NOT
less ready than any other President 10 draw The
sword OF the nation. He was ready To execute ali
Constitution In favor Of the slave system anywhere
inside the Slave States. He was willing to pursue
recapture. and send back the fugitive slave TO his
master, and to suppress a slave rising for liberty
though his guilty master were already in arms
against the Government. The race TO which we
bslong were not the special objects of his consider
alton. Knowing this. cOncede to you NV white
once full and supreme. First, midst and last you
and yours were the object of his deepest fiection
adj his most earnest sOlicitude. -