Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-02-25
AT LlNCOLN,S TOMB.
Appropriate Peroratior to a Round
 RrifIi,nt Snaac;,as

Appropriate PeroratioE to a Round ot
 Brilliant Speeches
 At the Lincoln monument in Springfield,
 Ills, the president spoke as follows:
 '"The interest of this journey culminates today, as we stand here for few moments about the tomb of Lincoln. As ! passed through tine southern states, and noticed those great centers Of busy industry which have been bu,is since the war, as l saw uOw the fires of furnaces had been kindleo where there was once a solitude, could nOi then out think and say that it was the hand that now lies beneath these stones that kindled and inspired all that We behold
 All those fires of industry were lighted al che funeral pyre of slavery. Ihe proclama tiOn of Abraham Lincoln can be read Op III those mountain sides, where freemen are now bending their energies to the de veloyment Of states that have been long under the paralysis of human slavery.
 ''I come today to this cOnsecrated and sacred spot with heart filled with emo GOns Of gratitude that God, who wisely turued tOwarI Oureastern shOres a body of GOd fearing and liberty loving men to fOUnd this republic, did not fail to find for Us in the hour of our extremity one who was competent to lead the hearts and sym 2athles and hold up the courage of our peo pie in the time of our greatest national peril The life of Abraham Lincoln teaches more useful lessons than any other charGe- Ger in American history. WashingtOH stands remote from us. We think of him as digniied and as reserved, but we think of Lincoln as one whose tender touch the children, She poor, all classes of our peO- pie, felt as their friend and loved. So the love of our people is drawn to him because he had such q great heart-such human keart. The asperities and hardships of his .ariy life did not dull, but broadened and enlivened his sympathies. That sense of justice, that love of human liberty which dominated all his life is another character tstic that our people will always love.
 You have here in keeping a most pre- cIous trust. Toward this spot the feet of the reverent patriots of the years to come will bend their way. As the story of Lin coins life iS read, his virtues will mold and inspire many lives. 1 have studied it, and been filled with wonder and admiration lis life was an American product; To OSner soil could have produced it. The greatness of 1t has not get been fully dis covered or measured. As the inner hi5- tory of the times in which he lived is writ ten, We find how his great mind turned and moved in time of peril and delicacy the af fairs of our country in their home and for eign relation with that marvellous tact. with that never failing common sense, which characterized this man of the peo- pie. And that impressive lessor we have here this morning. see in the military uniforms of our country, standing as guards about this tomb, the sons of a race that had been condemned to slavery and was emancipated by his immortal procla- nation.
 And what an appropriate thing it is that these whose civil rights were cur tailed even in this state are now the trusted, guards of the tomb in which he sleeps. We will again and again read 1 the story of LincOln's life, and will find | our hearts and minds enlarged, our lives | and characters brOadened and our devO. ton to the constitution, the flag and the free government which he preserved to us 1 intensified. And now, my friends, most | cordially thanking you for these kind | words of welcome, 1 shall go from this | tomb impressed with new thoughts as to | those who bear responsibilities, though in | less troublesome times than were those of | that man to whose memory my soul bOWs this morning."