Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-02-21

that came from ~, otcAlsc you Afc hrAfil
all familiar with IL. Sii,l there Is new
generation that vas 10, then born. who
nigh, be instructed aad who might re.
e,i,e moie light a, 10 the duty Which
We ors 10 the government under which
they live. bu, | pas. ,h, by and come To
Asy = very few word, e Mr.. Linc,ln and
his administration.
Mr. Lincoln ws elected unlef ,hi.
condition Of lhing, thu, have alIe,dy
stated. Nobody can spprshsnd the q.
.pon,ibiliy iha, rested on him No
such responsibility ever rested upon any
other maa. BIT We bad from this vir
learned some ,hlng,. We h,d learned
lh,. and I think all vri,sr. upon Poliii.
cal governments lay II dosn .s rule
that gov,rnmsnt 90 establish i's s,Abil'
10y aud psim,heaey nus, pas. through
three grades. Firi, there mus, be 'ufii.
eisn, power - found and establish =
government That 4, The fret ihins
The ,c)ad thing to s,,arc the psfm..
asfey Of glVsrnmsni i' i' ability 10
m.iai.ia foreign var, and the third
ard Ia, ihius. the ability 20 suppress
rebellion. Tha, !, The vofl. lftheis
/, any Magsump here -ho dos no, Ike
the word. l,t him hun, up /. better oae.
L,ugti,r and applause ll'bellioa i'
III. word. We'll. our fathers gave vs.
the evidence Of the h',, poser. They
established this government. wiser .ni
better than they knev. No, Apsff'ei
so,,famsa,, bat the best govtfnmsni
that the ,ua in heaven ever 'hone down
upln. They speak Of rsPablle. They
speak q the republics of Greece .nd
Rome. Why. they we're not republics
The oae vas military rePablie, 80 call.
sd. whtfc psihap. ose man IN ten bad
the rish, q suffrage. and the other vas
a. olis.rchy. Oan ". a Republican
eov,rnmsn, foani,d upon the consent o'
the governed. ard embracing ,lmo',
evtfy adal, male eiiifsn within i,s bJi.
der. a, Participating ia L. They found
"a iAs government. .ni. | repeat. ii w,'
q wiser government than they knew.
The .,cini ,e,, Of the ps;mansneJ Of out
sovernmsn, WAS demonstrated In our
var -ilh Mexico. Though Odd forbid
that | should ever s,,nd anywhere 20
iu,,ib shat war. Not |. though stood
bravely by my eoaa,iy when ii Va, IA
~m Applause n, n,iional ode Of
Dnks h,i 10 be rewritten IN those
slavery times. and iasis.d Of u,ins the
ir,2iiiag language of Drake. Ne had to
rad u,
Forever naat that stAniAfi shsc'. where pfcs'
ths 20 ani fall b.for- ne.
Win siavcry's soil beneath out feet. and ,la'
cry's banner streaming o''r us'
The second ,s,, Of the psrmansney Of
cur government, va, Ia The aggressive
var as..n,; Mexico. and ii w.' .'uecs''.
ThA, Dag Of the brave VA, a,I,'d IN ,r.
umpA over the hall, Of the Moaitrum'
in Mexico. The la,, ts,, which IL h
..id 10 be Necessary TO establish the po"-
er aad psrmAHsney Of a government vas
Ia our rebsllioa. And such rebellion
the world has never seen. the world has
never knosu. l, nush, u, ln,'h'f zig
nih.lni less)n. that that governmsn,
which /. the i1e., !, the govefnmsn,
which I, the strongest. No other n,,ioa
upon the earth could have ,figmphsd over
such rebellion A. thA, which We con.
qasrsd. 40 other people could have
doae Il. l, rsduirei free people /,
required fee people. with warm hearts
,nd willing hands. They ave the bal
vark Of our county and our frsedom.
Applause Then. ,hink -e may
CONS TO a pretty satisfactory conclusion
,kl, We will no, call ,hl, goVernmeni Of
our. any longer an experiment. Bat IL
is uiamphAn, success. l, has passed
All the crucial tests, and We have to-day
a nation respected a. none other ., with
sixty million. Of people. ffeemen. within
IL, borders, Applause.
NJ. Lincoln assumed the position Of
Pre,ilsn, 10 response 20 the demands Of {.
free people. Ani while | will no, 70 Into
a minute history Of hi, almini,ui,ion,
there .ie some thing, which wish 10 say
,bou, l.. and I wish TO sAy, df',. that
Abraham Lincoln was President OF the
Uni,ed States. Now, II you think ,h.,
ell over. /, !, very comprehensive. Whea
be had such men in hi, Cabine, n VIII
liam II. Seslrl and salmon L. Chase,
thA, lowered above al Others and doml.
mated them al. you will ge, little idea
Of ,h. meaning Of the fac, that Abraham
Lineoln Wa. President, and no, bis C,bi-
net will call 10 your minds hi'ior-
ieAl fac, almost in the very hr,t day. OF
the organization Of hi, Administration.
The question was presented TO bis Clbi.
net whether For, Sumter should be sur.
rendered or not. and the C.binst voted
yes" but Abraham Lincoln voted no.
and IL wasn't done. Applause
state that fac, because /, has not been
stated historically. Bat know, l eau.
no, say how many, but, a great mlny.
other instances. where the whole dirse-
ton Of the governmsh, va, controlled aud
directed by Abraham Lincoln, With his
Cabinet no, In harmony With hin. The
result proved ,ha, Abraham lineoln vas
right. and iha, the C,bine, was wrong
Mr.. Lincoln Was hamorisi. Every
body know. IL. lie told stories that had
poin,, all over, and they were 90 el'aI
and 50 plain that anyone who listened to
them could no, fail to see the Poih,s. II
wa, remarkable. and ,hink that. with
the terrible responsibility resting upon
him, hi, humor saved hi, life. No msn
could have endured 30 much without
some recreation. and be employed thai
humor to relieve himself, as 1t ". "a
him What ,afeiy valve !, 10 an sngiEe,
That va. ih, grsa, gOoi ,h,, It produced
to him. lie va, brave, morally snt
physically, and . gehtls a. woman
Oh. how many mothers Ia this int
have reason 20 bls.. hi. memory that h'
relieved some poor boy ia blue Who had
trsn.srs.,ed the simple rule Of military
discipline without, any real crime. How
many mo,hsrs will ble., hi, memory that
he relieved them from shs Psa,l,ls' aa
the terror. Of the ls~.
The most severe dependency ia Pfe'i
den, Lincoln Of which had Any knoHl'