The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-02


brilliant things that this most bril-
liant Of eulogists said were the SEN
tences which follow: ION the 18th OF
Fubruary. 1907" Mr.. Ingersoll began.
| two babes were born, one in the woods
OF Kentucky. amid the hardships of
poverty, and pioneers; one in England.
surrounded by wealth and culture. One
was educated In the university OF ma
ture; the other at Cambridge. One as
sociated his name with the enfran-
chisement OF labor, with the emancipa-
tion OF millions, with the salvation Of
the republic. He Is known to US as
Abraham Lincoln. The other con-
quered darkness and flooded the world
with Intellectual light. and he is known
to US as Charles Darwin. Both these
men were born on the same day, and
on account OF these men the nineteenth
century Is illustrious. A nation Is not
great because 1t covers vast territory,
because Its ships cover the sea, be-
cause Its flags float In all lands, nor
yet because Of great wealth. A ma
tion to be great must produce men
and women OF genius.
And, after all, 1t requires but few
men and few women OF genius to
make o nation great. Shakespeare i'm
mortal'zed England. and II no other
san nau ever written ine'
~ 49, m vi 'nat man .he Ehgiisn
ou @ wou,u oe tonlsht tne pest NJ
cray Ciooo OF the world: Voitalre CIV
illzed and humanized France; Goethe
and Schiller and Humboldt lifted Ger
many into the light. Angelo. Raphael,
Gil!leo and Bruno crowned with fade
less laurel the Italian brow; and, II
the roster OF nations Is called, Scotland
can ahswer because OF Robert Burns;
anu tonight the most precious treas
ure OF the great republic Is Abraham
LihcoIn.
| Elected President.
The lecturer then TRACED tho rarno rro :
BILE and varied career of lincoln the
trials of his early vouth h,a sinre,Jtv ~
as a man, his love OF the mercirnI Ne
Kindness. patience and tenderness his
humor and his s,nreme strength in tha
hour when his cnmntrv needsd :" y" ae ,ne
to guide and lead He told NJ his rnn,f :.
nation for the legislature In I,iirois
OF his speech on tha tariff IN which 4, a
sowed the seeds Of statesmanshin ~
his contest with Stenhen A Dm,~,as
and of his foresight and deternin tio n
when the crisis ~ $3.50 w,s ~ hand
"In that supreme moment" Mr. Tn"
rersoll said "Itnco,n used thssa ,yords
"a mouse DIVIDED against itse,f can.
/ nnf stand I haliava fhic Up1,a,,y n, o.
cannot permanently endure half slave,
half free. / do not expect the Union
to be dissolved; do not expect the
house to fall; hut I do expect 1t will
cease to be divided This declaration
made Lincoln the natural leader of tha.
vast host by which he was supported.
In this great crisis Lincoln uttered the
victorious truth that made him the
foremost man In the republic. The Re-
publican party nominated him for the
| presidency. and the people decided at
the polls that a house divided against
itself could not stand, and that slavery
had cursed soul and soil enough. 1t is
not a common thing to elect a really
great man president. l do not say
that presidents have been chosen by
accident: Probably Vt would be better
10 say that they were the favorites OF
a happy chance. The average man Is
a1raid OF genius. he reels as an lg-
norant man feels In the presence Of a
sleight or nand performer. He ad-
mires. put ne suspects. Genius appears
70 carry 100 much san, TO lack pru-
| uence; II mas 100 much courage: Tne
Daliast OF guinness inspires commence.
ny happy cnance. L'hcoih was erect
ed In spite OF n:s ntness ana tne pa
uence, Just, gentle and loving man was
caiieo upon 10 oear as great puroeh
as man mas ever porne.
The Crisis OF Secession.
Next Mr.. Ingersoll dealt with the Sec
ond crisis which Lincoln had to face
the crisis Of secession. He quoted the
inaugural address. in which so pathetic
an appeal was made to the south,
which he described as one Of the finest
passages In literature, He continued:
These noble words, these touching,
these pathetic words, were delivered In
| the presence of rebellion, in the midst
Of spies and conspn,ators, surrounded
by but few friends, most of whom were
unknown, and some Of whom were wa
yering In their fidelity-at n time when
secession was arrogant and organized,
when patriotism was silent, and when.
| to quote the expressive words of Lin
coin himself, sinners were calling the
righteous to repentance When Lin
| coin became president he was held In
contempt by the south, underrated by
| the north and east-not appreciated
even by his own cabinet, and yet he was
| rot only one OF the wisest but one OF the
shrewdest of mankind" Having
glanced AT the various acts which
proved his craftsmanship, even his
power of feeling tine political pulse, he
read a letter which he had written to
the convention held at Springfield, ILL.,,
in 1Sc3 From this he quoted this line,
"rhe fathers of waters again flows un-
waved n the sea /" which ne said was
worthv of Shakeepeare as was this line.
"Smnn1 free mer, there can he no euc-
cessSui anpeal from the ballot to the
bullet" "Ijlncoln." he went on, "al-
ways saw the end. He was unmoved
by the storms and currents OF the
times. he auvAnceu too iapIuy ,,,,
the conservIlve poL..I.s' p,nt III no",,
lor eme rauIoas nat., 80 hoE bv hi.
PIED the line OF satety, aho neM w s.is
personal---very. uhe iorce VI n.s stsa'
character. Dy ms cnslins s ,,,.n " =
the masses on ms sue. al AZ. who s. 'na 30 :
| lOSt tUSiT SOHS III otbttic ASIt sho s'A'