The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-05-21
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On Thursday. when the presIden-
tial train was at Springfield, III,
where the body Of Abraham Lincoln
IL buried, the president made the
following remarks:
The interest Of my journey eulmi-
mates to-day - we stand here for q
few moments about the tomb of
Lincoln. As passed through the
Southern states aud noticed those
great eenters Of busy industry which
have been builded since the war, a.
I saw how the fires OF furnaces had
been kindled where there wss once q
solitude, could not then bat think
and say Il was the hand that now
lies beneath these stones thst kindled
and inspired all that we bebeld. All
these fires OF industry were lighted
at the funeral pyre Of slavery. The
proclamation OF Abraham Lincoln
can be read on all those mountain
sides where free men are now bend
ing their energies to the develop
ment Of states that had long been
under the paralysis OF human slav-
cry.
come to-day TO this eonsecrated
and sacred spot with q heart filed
with emotions Of gratitude that God,
who wisely turned toward our East
ern shores Q body of God fearing and
liberty loving men TO found this re-
public, did not fall TO find for Us, In
the hour Of our extremity, one who
was competent to lead the hearts
and sympathies and hold up the
courage Of our people In the time Of
our greatest national peril.
The life OF Abraham Lincoln
teaches more useful lessons than
any other character In American
history. Washington stands remote
from us. We think Of him M dig
nified and reserved, but we think Of
Lincoln ~ one whose tender touch
the children, the poor all classes Of
our people, felt at their flresides and
loved. The love of our people 10
drawn 10 him because he hsd such
great heart, such q human heart.
The asperities and hardships of his
early life did not dull, but hroadened
and enlivened his sympathies. That
sense Of justice, that love Of human
liberty, which dominated all his life,
IL another characteristic that our
people will always love. You have
here In keeping q most precious
trust. Toward this spot the feet Of
the reverent a'riots Of the years To
come will bend their way as the
story OF LIncoln's life l. read, his
virtues will mould and inspires
many lives. have studied u and
been filled with wonder and admira-
Ia A In.
duct: no other soil could have pro-
duced u. The greatness OF II has
not yet been fully discovered nor
measured. As the inner history Of
the times I'm which he lived In writ
ten, we find how his great mind
turned aud moved, in time Of peril
and delieacy, the affairs Of our
country In their home and foreign
relation with that marvellous tact,
with that never-faiiing common
sense, which characterized this man
Of the people.
That impressive lesson we have
here this morning. I see In the mil
itary uniform OF our country, stand
ing as guards about this tomb. the
sons Of a race that had been con-
demned TO slavery and was emanei-
pated by his immOrtal proclamation,
and what an appropriate thing Il 10
that these whose civil rights were
curtailed, even I'm this state, and
now the trusted, affectionate guards
Of the tomb I'm which he sleeps. We
will all again and again read the
story Of Lincoln's life and will find
our hearts and minds enlarged, our
lives aud our charities broadened,
and our devotion 10 the constitution,
the flag aud the free government,
which he preserved 70 US, intensified.