The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16

At the annual banquet Of the District
OF columbia COmmandery Of the Loyal
Legion last night, in honor Of LincOln's
1lrlhday, says the New FORK Suns Wash
lngtOn letter Of Feb. 12, a new orator was
discovered and a new story of Lincoln
sYt9- ne orator who spoke TO the toast,
Abraham Lincoln, % was George l.. Vel
iington. "a young republican, who has
been elected TO congress from the Mary
land district adjoining the city of Wash
ington- lie has a. voice much like that
OF Joe Blackburn and his rhetoric and
manner or speaking remind one of Sena-
lot MolcOlt- His eulOgy Of Lincoln was
literally burst of elOquence, and aroused
the coInmamdery, composed Of some fam
ous soidlerss 10 the highest pitch Of en-
thuslasm.
There were only two set speeches on
me programme after that Of Mr. yelling
ton, one by Senator Henderson and the
other by Prof Tousley Of Harvard u hose
themc was Patriotism In Peace" In the
course OF his speech Prof TOusley said
thdl popullsin and the other new political
groWths Of recent years fores hadoW a
great upheaval of AFFAIRS and a new force
IN the abstract, but said that the A.1eri-
can people should not make the mistake
OF Judging the cause by its unworthy
leaders, who had come 10 the front. He
referred to the result of the recent cleo
uon Ia New York. the defeat OF bossism.
as an evidence of the power of the peo-
sis of affairs
After the set speeches Gen. Daniel +.
oickies was. forced to his feet BIZ the
clamors of the veterans around him. and
made one of his characteristic speeches.
ne bFeIdced II with a goOd-natured reply
10 frot. TOusley TO the effect that the
people Of New York had simply repudiated
BOSS croker and raised up Boss Plat a
Ieliaih tlat caused burst Of laughter
..iu applause ~ the expense of the learned
Hrolessor. Then Gen. Sckles dropped
INTO reminiscenses of Lincoln. and related
an auectlnS incident, demons trating the.
intensely deVOut character of that great
man, which was listened to in breathless
silence; A. the conclusion Of his story
n t~.gF
told TO amy man. This new Lincoln story
Is as follows:
., IT was on the 9TH day of July. 1865"
SAID Gen. Siclles, chat T was brought to
Washington Oh a stretcher from the field
oL gettysburg. Hearing of my arrival.
PRESIDENT Lincoln came to my room and
sat down by my bedside He asked me
ABOUT the great battle, and when / told
nm OF TIE terrible slaughter the tears
strealned from his eyes. L asked him If b,,
mo doubted the result. He said No
Ihen he continued:
e IT This may seem stranve to you. but
rev Gays ago, when the opposing armies
We're converRing, I felt as never before INV
utter helnlessness N the treat crisis that
was 10 come upon the country I went info
my own room and locked the door Then
khFlt down and prayed. as / had never
prayed before. 1 tod God that he had
caIed me to this position, that / had done
al that l could do, and that the result
no" was IN his Hands that 1 felt my own
I Meakhess ana lack of power, and that
hheW lnat II the country was to be saved
II was because He 10 wiIied II When I
Went down from nv room 7 felt That there
could be no Doubt of the issue THO
burden seemed to have rolled off nv shout
ueis' my intense anxiety was relieved
eHi IN us place came great sense of
doubt the result ut Gsttvsburg. And
what is more, Sickles.' he continued
ntheee tfSt we may hear at any NO
lnent OF great success bv Grant who
mas been pegeing away at VickshIlrpr for
SO many months. BY tomorrow Won win
hear that he has won a victory n innor-
taant TO us in the west as Gettysburg is in
Then, turnin@ 70 me. he said: 'Sfcktes
am ~ a prophetic mood to-day and I
know that Won viii Pet well
,r.. ne doctors DO not give me that hone.
cheerfullv; 4 know YOU will get v,cU'
Sickles'" VIZ SCI "eli'