New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-13
MEMORY OF LINCOLN.
CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY.


TENTH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE LINCOLN CLUB OF
THE WITH ASSEMBLY Observation-Disclosures BY
PROFESSOR DWIGHT, DIR. NEWMAN AND OTHERS.
The Lincoln Club of the With Assembly District
ate it's tenth annual dinner at Seghortners restau-
rant, No. 80 Lafayette-pace, last evening.
About ono hundred covers were laid and the
tables were handsomely decorated with ho"ers.
Last evening was selected as 1t was tho seventy
second birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The presld-
ing officer was ex-COngressman j. ID. LAWSON On
his right were Theodore W. Dwight. the Rev. DR.. j.
p Newman and State Senator Strahan. On his l. t
wero Mahlon Chance, Of Ohio. Edwards Pierre
pcnt and Dr. Isaac J. Hayes. Among the
others present were Cornelius Van Colt, John
]. o. Brien Roswell d. Hatch, John A. Osborn. So
lon B. Smith, Jacob NJ. Patterson, Abraham Lent,
John J. Morris, Michael Cregan, Bernard Big'm,
Professor George w. Clarke. Alderman Waite and
George Parker.
After the cloth had been removed letters OF regret
were read from Vice Presidentelect Arthur Senator
Conkliug, Levi P. Morton, Thomas C. Platt. Gov
ernor Cornell, Stewart L.. WoodfOrd, Daniel G. Ro-
Inns, George Ii. Sharpe, j. H. Ketcham and Salem
II. Wales. Senator-elect Plat wrote:
Itgrieves me say that unexpected business compi
cations call out Of town ond compel me w deny my
self tue pleasure OF meeting the jlcon Club rs prom
ised The disappointment Is grea er than VIII atteup!
to express for had counted upon the occasion as one or
the delightful OF the year Please EXPRESS to the
club my profound regrets, and say that VIII De
spirit anc that yield TO no man In respect aud
for the memory OF the great man whose name
they bear.
Roscoe Conkling, in regretting his inability to
attend. wrote:
You need no assurance Of the hearty qualification II
would give 70 meet fends 80 valued apI cners9ea
and with them do homage TO great memory ana W
the purposes and principles that memory Illustrates
The Chairman after few Introductory words.
called upon Professor Dwight to speak of the char
acter and the memory Of Abraham Lincoln. Profess
sor Dwight was received with applause. He said
that it was impossible to do In fifteen minutes what
it took biographers fifteen volumes to, sketch
Lincoln VS. man Of thorough character
What lie did he did thoroughly. He. was
also man of much tenderness II heart
of deep religious sentiment and exquisite
humor. Fortunately for AMERICA 1t had always
found man sufficiently great to I'LL any gap winch
t had encountered. Lincoln was one OF them
lie was. child of the people and knew
had his heart close to that Of the people and he felt
it's tbrobs. He was q Republican and nothing else.
HIS whole object Tes the preservation q the Unio1
al all he ,'' spread a tender yell Of melancholy.
He was really the Hanlet OF the R9p1 tb nson He
overwhelmed him. AS self-made man he
did not have any OF ., til. the defects u so,
think he could do things IN which Others failed
simply because lie was a self-Dade man. Although
the people made him Commander-ln,C Chief he was
aware that he was not q great General. The
Of Lincoln and Grant" the speaker said;
lustre Oh the other. Lincoln was sue
cessiul temporarily He freed the Ma
ton from tho grasp of men who were
4 It's throat But was he truly successful Did he
save the Nation i'll order that IL might die slowly Dy
iraudf 1t should never be forgotten that
the suffrage Is the life of the Republic,
aud it must be protected and kept pure. Let us IN
The presence of his immortal shade lift up our hands
and swear that the suffrage shall be pure and free.
so that Government ~ the people shall not perish
from the earth" lApplause.l
lhe R,v. DIR. Newman WAS next introduced. He
spoke .rchy OF what Lincoln had accomplished,
and said that if ne died for anything II was for the
freedom of the sullIagc
Edwards PleTrepOnt was introduced !, one of the
"3O6' lie said that Lincoln was the most purely
representative American since the foundation OF the
Republic Subsequently he spoke OF the financial
position OF tie country ard dwelt on tho silver
question ut considerable length.
Mahon Chance. Robert II. Stralan. Cornelius
Van Colt and several others also made addresses
In the course Of the evening an excelleDt portrait
of Senator Conkiing. by Sarony, was presumed BY
the members OF the club to Cornelius Van Colt,
their Dre3ilPuC,