The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10


English's opera house was packed from
gallery to pit Thursday 70 hear Americas
greatest orator in hls famous lecture,
Abraham Lincoln" Col Ingersoll has
lost none of his great personal magnet
ISM that enables him 10 move
his audience to the feeling OF his
every emotion. One could not help COM
pairing him with his own description OF
good orator when ne said: a good orator
must be clear. sincere, natural. He must
not pretend; he must not say what others
think. but what he thinks. To be SUBJ
lime one must be natural-must be close
TO the grass. lie must 81, by the Preside of
the heart; above the clouds it is
too cold. lie must bs simple;
too much polish suggests insincerity.
He must not depend. as does the
elocution let. on the virtue OF the voice
the majesty of long sentences aud tho
genius OF gesture"
The speaker was frequently interrupted
with applause, but the rapt. hushed at
tention which he commanded spoke
greater praise than any outward demon
stration could have done, and was the
most eloquent tribute be could have been
paid. lie neld the audience spellbound
throughout the near,ey two hours which
be spoke. The following is the lecture
IN part:
"EightY-four wears ago two babes we're
born, one in the woods Of kentucky amid
the hardshipS and poverty of pioneers;
one in England surrounded bv wealth
nd Cd in 10
university of nature, the other az Oxford.
One associated his maine with the enfran-
chisement OF labor, with the emancipation
OF millions. with the salvation oil the re-
public Ho is known to Us as Abraham
Lincoln. The other broke the chains Of
superstition and filled the world with in
tellectual light and he is known as Charles
Darwin. Because of those two men the
nineteenth century is iliustriOus.
The sYmpathies Of Lincoln, his ties, his
kindred were with the South. His con-
victions his sense OF justice and HE ideals
were with the North. He knew the hor-
rors of slavery, and he felt the unspeaka-
bic ecstasies and gl0ries OF freedom. lie
| had the kindness, the gentleness OF true
| greatness. and he could nos have
a master; ne had the manhood and indie
| pendence OF true greatness and he could
| not have been a slave. He was Just, aud
was incapable OF putting burden
upon others that he himself would not
willingly bear. lie was merciiul and
profound, and il was not necessary for
him TO read the history OF the world TO
know that liberty and slavery could not
live in the same nation, nor in the same
| brain. Lincoln wes a statesman. And
there is difference between a politician
and a statesman. a politician schemes
ufarx in Ia "a a
PIE do something for him. statesman
wishes 10 do something for the people.
| With him place and power are the means
10 an end, and the end is the good of ais
country.
During all the years of the war Lincoln
stood between discipline and death. lie
pitied the imprisoned aud condemned.
He took the unfortunate in his arms and
was the friend even of the convict. lie
knew temptations strength. the weakness
of the will and how, in furious sudden
flame, judgment drops the scales. and
passions, blind and deaf, usurp the throne.
Lincoln had the keenest sense OF humor.
and always saw the laughable side even
| of disaster. In his humor there was logic
and the best of sense. No matter how
complicated the question. or how en-
| baTrAssIng the situation, his humor fur
nished the answer or opened door OF
escape.
"Iincoln's political prophecies were all
| fulfilled. In passion storm he stood I'M
moved, patient just, candid. In his brain
was no cloud, and in his heart no hate.
Tie longed TO save the South as well as
the North. TO see the nation one and free.
lie lived until the end was known. He
lived until the confederacy was dead-un-
til Lee surrendered, until Davis fled. until
| ~ 4 q hhts
until the republic was supreme. He lived
| until Lincoln and liberty were united
forever. He lived TO cross the desert, to
reach the plains OF victory, 10 hear the
murmured music OF the welcome waves.
| He lived until all loyal hearts were his
| until the history OF his deeds made music
in the souls of men-until he knew that
on Columbia's calendar OF worth and fame
his name stood irst.
"And then tho horror came. Night fell
on noon. The savior OF the republic. the
breaker OF chains, the liberaiUr OF mill
| ions. he who had assured freedom TO the
slave, was dead. Upon his immortal brow
fame placed the immortal wreath. For
the fret time in the history of the world a
nation bowed and wept. The memory of
Lincoln is the strongest. tenderest tie that
| binds all hearts together now. and holds
| all states beneath n nations tag.
at is the glory of Lincoln. that having
almost absolute power. he never abused
it except on the side of mercy. Wealth
could not purchase, power could not awe,
this divine, this loving man. lie knew
no fear, except the fear of doing wrong.
Hating slavery, plying the master. seek
| ing 10 conquer. not persons, but preJucices
he was the embodiment Of seli-denial.
the courage, the hope and the nobility of
the nation. He spoke not 10 inflame. not
to upbraid, but to convince. he raised
his hands not to strike, but in benedic-
ton. He longed TO pardon. He loved to
see the pearls of jov on the cheeks of a
wife whose husband he had rescued from
death. Lincoln was the grRndest figure of
the fercest civil war. He was the gentlest
memory OF our word"
American Killed in Chill.
| SAN Francisco, May ga letter from Chill