The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-23
HIS BIRTHDAY.
The Father Of His Country Honored,
Yesterday Observed as a Holiday
in the Large Cities.
Celebrations at New York, Chicago,
Washington and Cincinnati.
Chauncey Depew Addresses tho
Chicago Union League.
He Makes Pleasing References to tho
Soldity of the Union, Abraham Lin
coin and the Settlement OF Sec
tional Animosities.

CmcAoo H., Feb. a2.-Ccniral Music
hall contained 1900 people this afternoon
10 listen 10 Chauncey M. Depew, OF New
York, vino was invited 90 address the
Union League club, OF this city, at their
celebration of Washington's br,hday. The
platform Of the hail was handsomely dec
omtcd with American flags, in the center
being hung an original painting OF Wash
ington, owned by prominent citizen OF
the city. A noticeable feature OF the audi
encc was the large attendance Of ladies.
Fully one-third OF the listeners were OF the
gcntler sex.
COMPLETENESS or uNcoLNs WORK.
Mr. Lincoln consolidated the northwest
by declaring that the Mississippi shall flow
invoked to the sea. In the great debate
with Douglas, his challenge rang through
the whole land, a summons 10 battle. "a
house divided against itself" he said
"cannol stand. believe this government
cannot endure permanently hall slave and
half free. | do not expect the Union 10
y
fill but | do expect IL will cease 20 bc
divided 10 enforce that expectation he
called 900, 900 men 10 arms, he enamel
pated 1900, 600 slaves by presidential proc
lamaiion, and when the victory was won
for libcry and unity, this mos, majestic tig
urc ui or time. clothed With the unlimited
powers OF triumphant government, stood
between tho passions of the strife
al .l..I t.t.s III
ness. When hc fell by the hands OF
the assassin the 100 years struggle
for national existence was ended. lie
throtiled scctionnlism nlll buried ID. The
republic for which 590,O10 men bnd
died mud q 100000 been wounded was
so firmly bcddcd In the heafts. the minds,
and the blood Of lis people, ,hGt the qucs.
ton OF dissolution will never mOrc form
part OF the schemes of its politicians, or
require the wisdom Of its statesmen and
the patriotism Of It's people.
IN IL impossible 90 estimate the effect
upon our material and moral develop mont
OF the disappearance ui tito dread aud
deadly issue of dissolution pnd civil war
from our politics. Tho nation, cmanci-
pated from the thrilldoin Of perpetual
peril, advanced by lcaIls nsl bounds In
US nff1i Ipll'N NilN niituft|tht IIuftt1's
Our substantial growth in Svcry element
Of national strength, since the war, has
been greater than in all the years which
preceded. But the very conditions OF this
tremendous development and the mighty
forces concentrated and involved, present
grave problems, which mus; he
solved Il we would be safe. Said
De rncquevllc, in 1874, "Icnnnot believe
l.. II ..ttN
task Il to hold together forty different
peoples, spread over surface equal 20 the
hall Of Europe, 10 avoid rivalries, nmbi-
tions aud struggles among them, and 10
unite the action of their independent wills
for the accomplishment of flic same plans.
Unless am greatly mistaken, the Fcdcml
government Of the United States tends Ia
become daily weaker; u draws back from
one kind Of business aitcr another; u
moro ami more restricts the sphev Ut ila
action. Naturally feeble, il abandons even
the appearance Of force"
ANERicANIsN THE roE 90 ANARCHY.
There ~ an intellectual awakening In
this land. and liz stimulanis affect the
well being aud thc safety Of life aud prop.
criy and law. The ir,dcs union u u de-
batting club: session N the knights "a
congress oi labor; the sabbath picnic i q
school. not of divinity, but VI theology.
The questions discussed an vital in their
proper solution Ia the state, society, and
the church. The churches Of NIL crccds
aud men " every faith are doing magnid-
cent work In the conservation 81 the
virtues and habits Of liberty, but tho
preacher has lost his political influence
| aud the priest much Of tie power he pos
Hrsscd in the more primitive period.
The teachers Of disinlcgralion, disiruc.
! ton aud infidcliiy possess The activity of
propamndisls and the aclisacrilcing spir-
II ol martyrs. Their field II ignomnce,
their recruiting scrgcants distress. Only
| faith grounded in knowledge can meet
these dangerous, ccasclcS and conupting
Influences. la the midst Oi these pcrils,
the shcei.nnrhor of the Shin Of State u the
common school. Before tlpp era Of great
cities aud crowded populations, when II
WIS easy both ~ earn lidng aud gain n
competence, when the b,si influences ~
every settlement reached every paH 0l n,
the State met every Requirement in iurn-
ishing, free, fair business education. but
now by far the larger part Of our people
have no common ancestry ia tie kcvolu-
/ iionary war. and gcncmhUn haa come 10
~ majority which knows little OF the re-
bcllion and IT. rcsultS ColonFls from Eu.
rope form communities bDih In city and
country. where they iCiain the language,
customs aud traditions OF iAu faillcrnnd,
aud live aud die In the Ballet that the
| government II their enemy Iomcct these
conditions the State provides an education
which does not educate, bal the prison
aud the poor-h0usc.
Ignorance judges the inyisible by tho
visible. Turn on the lighi.. Teach, first
and last, Americanism. let no youth
leave the school without bang thoroughly
grounded In the history. tho principles
and the incalculable bic sings Of Amcri.
can liberty. Let tho boy be The trained
soldiers of constitutional melon, the girls
the intelligent mothers a lracmen, aud the
sons Of the anarchists will become the
bulwarlss Of the law.
TnE MAJESTIC ENINEScr OF WILMINGTON.
Westward the cour,q % cmplrc lakes ~ way
The llnl four acts already Iasl.
| A hiih shall close the dnluia with ihe daN
Times noblrt ontprlng 4 thc last
AZ the human race have moved along
down the centuries, the vigorous ana am
bilious, tho disscniers IRON blind obedi-
once and the original thinkcr, the col
onisls and State builder, have broken
camp with the morning, and followed tno
sun until the close Of dnv. They have Jar
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