, 1879-04-17
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Tie Annlsaraary of His DcatI, tho Occasion
of Walt Whltnan'a Ftrst Leotute.


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hntiVc poet, appeared Tor Tic first ttno ~ pub
Tie lecturer On thr platform Of Steckts Hall, NJ.
II Eust Fourteenth strcct. Mr, Whitman uas
t1r,..cd In a .nit ~ ,w1,,tt,h r~.n m. t I'll,
oeafa hf"i LoWfll? hair arc snow.whlte. hut biz
lace has the rudy glow uf health. After re-
fn!ntling his audience of tic public conditions
which preceded The t,{yt, Var. hc rctttea HI,
..a.Ji.a't..s ~ w 'as ~ ''
'sto'..e.o"" ~ ~ Ap'aham ,'heolh as 'o''o"S'
III tEic hight ut all thia chaos, hovernE on
The edge at tIrst mud then merged Ia its yery
midst, appears a strnngc aud awkward figure. /
e,u.' us 1asn, tusI. .s n'st tne ever ea@
Abfahafti i''nc"lf' IL was pleasant AFTERNOON
1t he arrived here from tho West, to remain n
few hours nn,l tl,rn pass onlo his Inauguration,
lie canu tluwn from CauaI street to tie Astor
Hu,,sc. The hrpad SPACES, sidewalks, md streets
we're crowded With t1,nase4 Of pcopIe. Tie on.
ufbuaes nsu otfrr vehicles Ind pet, t,trnul piI
having an unusual lush Presently two Or three
at,sI,by hack barouchcs made thcsr war WITH
tt1ne difficulty through thr crowd and drew Ut,
nj tale Astnr House ENTRANCE. 4 tail tjcurc
steppet1 ont Ut tic centre Of tjcsc l,aro,lccs,
t,ained lefs,rtlY On the sidewalk, Ioukc,l In nj
thG lark granite walls ul, looming arcl,ltur
Of lin rrntl Oil tsotei, then, after relieving.
strctci, Of arms un,l legs, turned r1IuJ for 4
minute to slowty and rooi.HumnrcIty arm
tic appearance Of HE vast uu,i silent crowt,t,
Tl,rrc were 10 spcechcs, no cotnplt1nents, np
welcome. rs lar rs cuulti l,ear,-int n Wortl
salt. Stt1,, muci, nuxlc,y w. rol,ccacI Iu .,t
oiiirt, 'raltt,,,lts Irfsfins Ind frarrl knt,,r
tnnrkcd Iu1utt vr inJlrntty TO Tie rresIIe1l:
picct, for Lr possesssI ut ncJsonnl uut,uIarlty
Vi al In Nov York City, n,1 yrry iiltlc rulttcai.
hut It VIVA cyidrntfp tavtIy anrcci tttat II In.
new ppfitcal slIpw,tcrs Of Mr, LjnrIn urcsent
ypt,ld c,t1rc1y ,ltst ain Itutn any trmunstratIun
on Ifrlr lille lis Immense riaiprity. Win were
anything but supporters, wuul.i abslaiu u. trIr
stfit. Mlst,. Tile result was n sltlkY. tIubrulEu
silence. such as cvrtnuly tcycr lpf5ru cl,aruu-
teyjzel 10 g,cst u New Yurk crowd.
Almost Ii, thu same 1,eIRhborAuo! distinctly
remembered sccnE Lafayette On his visit to
America tu 18.i = l had alsp pptsona1Iy acrr,
mi l,eMrl how Andrew Juekso.., CIay, Wcbstrf,
Hungarian kussuth, FtIltustcrrr Wn;kcr. In.
lrinr uf Wnlcs ots Ills viii, u,rl otlwr ccjehres
uatlyc a.d foreign. s,atl been welcomed there
roar and magnetism, tlnItku auY other sound In
Ilt: universe, tt!r rta1 cxnlttDE t!undcr-sho1fts
y! countless 1snIuoyct! tlroats Of nIr1t. But on
thts orcasfou not rutcc, not Il soun,1.
nIIu u,ul blocked hy tc cl,rhstone md crowds
Il Il eu,t,l yIc,y VI 1t nlt, a.ul csucriajr Of Mr.
Lincoln, ILLS tnUk nuu quit. his rcrfcyt eunt,s.
1lre and cooIllcss. hia unusual AMI upruutl,
hight Ills dress Ut cuuulctu !,luck storruipc hat
p!slq,i back un tic bend, l!s Iark-bru,s, con-.
plexio1t, scarnc1 aud wr.nl;lel yet runuy-ltJk.
I'M. Intr. hs hIuck. bu.hy lunIl IN hajr t,fsn1n.
portunately long ncrk, and his lIatls held be-.
luokcd with crivstt, unut, lint in,t,,anse kca nf
iaces. AMI Inc sra Of faccs returned lie io,,k
Win smijnr curiosity. In bo.il t,ers WINK ,,nat,
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w"rs thc frr1rnts of the li,cI ,nany ~ NJ, assrs.
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