The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-06-14
A rRInrrE Id LINcoLN


By a suuthcruer- Az fatract finm Afr.
Grady. spceUn hefurc the New
England speiel2 90 New York.
.sGrcat types. like valuable plants.
are slow 30 flower and fruit But
from the union oil these colonists. from
the strengthening Of theirpuposcs and
the crossing of their blood. slow per-
iccting through a century, came De
who stands as the FIRST typical Amer
lean, the first who comprchendod
within himself an the strength and
genueness. an the majesty aud grace
of this Republic-Abraham Lincoln.
lie was the sum Of Puritan and Caga-
lier, for IN bis ardent nature were fus-
ed the virtues of both, and in the depths
of bis great soul the faults Of both
We're lost lie was greater than Pu-
ritan, greater than Cavalier, IN thathe
was American. and that in his hOmely
form We're first gathered the vast aud
I thrilling forces Of this ideal govern
ment. charging il with such trcmen-
dous meaning aud 20 elevating IL above
human suffering that martyrdom,
though UNANIMOUSLY aimed, came as a
/ fitting crown TO life cOnsecrated from
It's cradle 10 liberty. Let us, each
cherishing his traditions and h0noring
Z his fathers, build with reverent hands
to tine type of this simple but sub
lime life, in which AL types are
/ honored. and in the COM
mon glory we shall win as Americans
there viii be plenty and to spare for
your forefathers aud for mine"
The Century in its notice Of the
Speech says:
"Thc eloquence of Mr.. Grady still
revcrberates throughout the country.
The brilliant young journalist turned
a pleasant social occasion sntO a nation
al event. The scene was indeed a
notable one. Near President Russell
on one side sat the Union conquerei
of Georgia, ON on the other stood the
young orator from GeOrgia-the first
representative Of the South to address
the Society since the close Of the civi
war Nr Grady had just that sens,
ofanxiety and that necessity for daring
) which gives the orator his opportunity
for failure or for distinguished success
, In his manly statement Of the present
. relations of the two sections, as h,
cOnceives them to be. he staked hi
: standing at home upon the intelligence
and patriotism Of his own people anC
= he threw himself fearlessly at the saml
time upon the generosity and goo,
raith Of an untried Northern audience
, an audience Of hereditary adherents q
ideas once the most inimical 10 thos
! of his own section. The enthusiast
reception of his sentiments by hi
, Northern audience and the warn
Endorsement of them by his Southern
! fellow-citizens prove that he made ~
| mistake in either direction
When Mr.. Grady heard the New
r England Society cheering hisallusion
TO the Cavalier. and 10 be beaten bll
r not crushed or disheartened COnfedeT
( ate soldier who turned his charger in
{ 70 a plOw-horse and went 10 work {
+, create a prosperity more firm and de
{ sirable than that which was based W
on human slavery, and when he hear
D from Delmonico's gallery the familia
] and inspiring strains Of "Dixie,' hi
r surprise at the New North may hav
been quite as great as that Of any 9
, his audience at the New South pictui
ed in his own fervent and patriot
: OratOIy"