The Monitor., 1884-12-19
Abraham Lincoln ON temperance.

Abraham Lincoln ON Temperance
T1s fels5zsa NJ j. A eztrzes from sE.seeb
delivered ~ Abraham Lineala ever forty
ysar. zEe. before tie 3yzsaiastllzzn -
e5z,y a Springfield. H.
--Al-A0zzh t3se Temperance z7ause hzs
bsea IN progress many ye4zS II : apparent
- al that II !. just Haw b=lus erowgled
zlth degree q Success hitherto Hugsr-
szg4Ied
Tie l-s- of frisIssl> :. daily swgIled by
lie z5l.,zs.. af fifszss. o[ LaHdFsds- and Il
ta.a1sz-.d~. Tie ezuse nself seems sud
d=nly transformed fr5ga c5.d. abstract
tor. - . s54ins. br4z-lza-. eetlre. and
Es17FerilI el5=ft2in. going for1a conquer
ia. ard - conquer. TIE citadel. of Il
gsez- adversary sfe daily lein- stermed
ard dlsEnzatle3. lis temples ard his altar.
7.1ere 1s.s rites q ldo-ztrous worship have
long b-eu performed. and where human
sz-sr7fzes Azs Isn- bsea e5n, 10 b made.
az daily dz~eerate3 and deserted Wat
a4e u us 1sut can call u mind sozae re.a-
,1re. more promising IN youth than al Lis
f4ll9~s- who "a, fallen a sacrifice 10 liz
rzgzclry3 He ever seems to haye gone
:g-rl Ike The Egyptian angel Of death.
commissioned % sl&y. + not the first. tie
iz.-a.t bon q every family Shall he n9T
u. arrested in lis de>olzting c4reer2 In
that arrest. al can give aid that VIII. and
sEs shall b. excused that can aud viii
us-9 Far zrgHnd a. human breatA las
ever blown, he keeps onr fathers. our
br5tl4r-. or ~ons. and oar friends pros
t-a.s IN ti.e ellafn, Of moral d.ata. To all
1ae living. everywisere. we crE. Come
sound The moral trump. that they may rise
and stand up an e1eaeGinelF great army
Come fr5ga the fJHr winds. o breath. and
breathe upon 1he,e slain that they may
live. Il tie relative grandeur Of aeyoiu-
tf9as stall beestlnated b tie great amount
Of human misery they alternate. and tie
small amount they infi.ct then. indeed.
viii tbs De tie eraHdest the world shall
ever have seen.
-.Of ouT political revolution Of 1G We are
justly proud It has given Is d degree Of
political freedom far exceeding that Of any
other nation Of the earth. In ii the world
has found a solution of the loug-mooted
problem as 10 the capab.lity u man TO goy-
ern himself In it was the germ which has
vegetated. and still Is 10 grow and expand
into the universal liberty Of mankind.
But with all these glorious results.
past. present. and 10 come. It has It's evils
too. Il breathed forth famine, swan in
blood. and rode in fire. and long long after.
the orphans cry and the widows wall con-
tiuued to break the sad silence that ensued.
These were the price. the Inevitable price,
paid for the blessings it brought.
Turn now to the Temperance revolution.
In it We shall find a stronger bondage bro
ken. a viler slavery manumitted, a greater
tvrant deposed: in ii. more Of want sup
Piled. more disease healed. more sorrow as
suaged BY il. no orphans starving, no
widows weeping; b. it. none wounded in
feeling. none wounded in earnest. even the
dran-maker and dram-sellcr will have
glided into other occupations 50 gradually
as never to have felt the change. and Will
stand ready to join all others in the uniyer-
sal song Of gladness. And what noble ally
this to the cause OF political freedom
With such an aid, its march cannot fail to
DE on and on, till every son Of earth shall
drink in rich frution the -quenching
draughts OF perfect liberty. Happy day.
when all appetites controlled, all passion
subdued. all matter subjected; mind. all
conquering mind. shall live and move the
monarch Of the world, Glorious consum-
nation! Hail, fall of fury. Reign Of rea
son, all hail
And when victory shall be complete
when there shall be neither slave nor
drunkard on the earth-how proud the
title Of that land which may truly claim to
be tie birthplace and the cradle Of both
those revolutions that shall have ended in
that victory. How nobly distinguished
that people WHO shall have planted and
nurtured to maturity both the political and
moral freedom Of their species.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.