The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-05

equally brilliant movements on the part OF
federal soldiers but the great value of
Picketts charge lies in the fact that it
brings IL home TO US OF younger years that
the foe was a. worthy one. and that the
men in gray were. like the men in blue.
brave Americans. With picture like this
before US We must be touched with pity
and admiration for such intrepidity as
theirs. Here was no, foreign foe; here
were no puppets of kings. but men of our
own faith. battling with terrible earnest
ness for a cause which was supported by
neither conscience nor equity.
Twenty years ago the horror of the
death of Lincoln still lay fresh upon the
country. In spite of the changes of the
years its shadow may still be said TO be
upon us. And ii is good sign that We OF
the new generation still feel the spell of one
who died before we were born, or before we
bgan 10 take note of affairs, and that his
greatness loses none of It's tmpressiveness.
His name carries with II an increasing force,
and the suggestion or something-a spirit.
not a man. or a man so endowed with
prophetic vision, so f1rfn. SO patient and gen.
tle-that We think OF him as OF something
beautiful that vanished away from the
world after having given proof of the posses
sion of every. good and perfect gift which
God may give to man. Here, in the calm of
a Sunday morning, we are handful OF God S
people brought together by an occasion
that inspires reverent thought We admire
and love the great CAPTAINS who won our
battles but out of the past rises Lin
coins figure. majestic in its simplicity, so
serene, so poised. so zbenignant, that all
others become weak and insignificant in
comparison. He is not like any other man
in bistory-more nearly. in my own, thought,
does he approach those great spirits among
the ancient Hebrews, who walked and
talked with the Most High.
Lowell helps us to a measure of his
full height among men. A civilian during
times of the most captivating military
the lower technicalities of manners, he left
behind him fame beyond that of any con-
aueror. the memory Of grace higher than
that of outward person and OF a gentle
manlness deeper than mere breeding
THE IMMORTAL LINCOLN.
cit is a notable thing that one for whom
the schools and environment did so little
should have been such master of lam
guage. Young men and women in the
schools study the great productions of the
masters of English. but this man from
the countryside. who knew but few books
and had not given conscious thought TO
composition, employed our Anglo-Saxon
speech as few men before or since have
handled it. We hear much of the Gettys-
burg speech, but more eloquent, more char
acteristic of the man, rejecting better that
tenderness and gentleness which are SO
eminent among his traits, is the sacred
poem which is found in his second in
augural. Truly, as Carl Schurz says of it.
it had all the solemnity of a fathers last
admonition and blessing to his children
before he lay down to die. Here are the
closing words: 'Fondly do we hope fervent-
ly do We pray. that this scourge of war
may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills
that 1T continue until all the wealth piled
up. by the bondsman's 25O years of unre-
drop of blood drawn with the lash shall
be paid by another drawn with the sword.
as as, was said three thousand years ago. so
still it must be said, The judgments of
the Lord are true ana righteous aitogetherr'
with malice toward none, with charity for
al, with hrmness in the. right as God
gives us TO see the right, let us strive to
finish the work we are into bind up the
Nations wounds to care for him who
snail have borne the. battle. and for his
achieve and cherish1ea a just and lastIne
peace among ourselves land with all ma
tions You and might strive as we may,
with full command of all that is taught
by retoricians and grammarans, and we
could not produce writings like those of
this unassuming and unpretending country
lawyer.
~ sSss = Yes this is he:
That brow all wisdom, all benignity
That human humorous mouth; these cheeks
Like some harsh landscape all the sum-
mers gold;
That spirit fit for sorrow. as the sea
For storms to beat on; the lone agony
Those silent, patient lips too we'll foretold.
Yes, this is he who ruled world of men
ssooaipn ss mgt sSs soms Pgsphst Of the elder day
With deep-eyed thought and more than
mortal ken. s., -
power was his beyond the touch of art
Or armed strength: His pure and mighty
heart II
"Friendliness between the people of the
North and South is rapidly growing more
cordial. Last Memorial day the blue and
ex-Confederates dedicated a memorial 10
their dead buried in that city. Within a
Few days you have read in the newspapers
4 q g yya IN hrril6 etc ot,,r
TO General Hancock at New Orleans In
time they may forget about the spoons
ana come around TO proper recognition
or BENJAMIN Butler.
THE next Grand Army Encampment /.
to be held In Statecthat was half Union
and half rebel. InSohth Carolina a former
ment in memory OF the black men whom
the South once held as bondmen. Recon
struction is like vaccination Sometimes
it's a little slow about taking hold, and
there are instances where Ii never takes
at ALL In almost every Southern city and
town there is an unreconstructed Confed-
crate who still wears. the gray and ne
has never heard about Appomattox at all
About once month the Charleston (S. c.
News and Courier kicks out of the Union
out 1t really never means it. 1t hardly
stays out over night. Last summer when
Mr.. Eugene Debs went to war against ILL
no.s and the United States newspaper
Editorial on fhe subject in conclusion iine al #
sa.d We advise Mr.. Debs not to go Ia
war against the United States of America
We have tried it. 1t don't pay. We do
not ask the people of the South to forget
On the other hand, We want all the people
of the Nation to remember. When cer-
tain wlld-eyed politicians living out beyond
the Mississippi river threaten secession it's
a good thing for them to get out the rec
ords OF the war of the rebellion and see
what that kind OF thing costs. It's lops
way from Sumter to- Appomattox, and
travelling along that way Is expensive.
"A good many uncomplimentary things
are said of the young men of to-day Per-
haps we are a little oyersersitive to criti-
cism. But ii is interesting and encourag-
ing to know that the young men of thirty
with some dIstrust., A belief in American
abroad. but in this country some of our
most stalwart patriots held the same
views. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote on
an OCCASION: Il am sure that such a set OF
black-coated, stiff-jointed youth as We can
boast of in our Atlantic cities never before
sprang from loins of Anglo-Saxon lineage.
George William Curtis, than whom nc
truer American ever lived, spoke of the
typical American as 'lantern-jawed lean
sickly and serious of aspect Emerson re-
ferred to the invalid habits OF the coun-
try But the men thus described became
the heroes of Gettysburg and Chckasnau-
ga Ninety-five sons of Harvard perished
i'm the rebellion. You can see that they are
remembered by al visit 10 Memorial Hall
on the campus at Cambridge. 1t is the
most inspiring thing to be seen about G,s-
ton. The Indiana soldier boys who were
in camp at Fairview the other day may
have seemed a little pale and tame as they
marched down Washington street, but we
,,uet remember that the Young men who