The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-31
F9RaERr "a LLNeoLN.s WoRK.

Carl Schurz recently delivered a
speech at Peoria, Illinois. in which he
said:
"This IS the state Of Abraham Lin
coin. fills name is its greatest glory in
the past. His grave is in its soil, being
q monument Of all that is most patri-
otto, Wisest, and nobIest in American
manhood. knew him well. / loved
him, and was his faithful adherent,
and it is the pride Of my life to have
possessed his personal friendship. Let
me tell you that it makes my blood
boil to witness the scandalous game
the repudiators and the meters of
class hatred in this campaign play with
his name In claiming him as their spir-
itual ally. / will give you an example.
They are circulating among the people
q spuriOus quotation, purporting to be
from some speech or message of Abra-
ham Lincoln. It is this:
"'As result ofthe war, corporations
have been enthroned and an era of cor
ruption in high places will follow, and
the money power Of the country will
endeavor to prolong its run by working
upon the prejudice of the people until
all wealth is aggregated in few hands
and the republic is destroyed. / feel
at this moment more anxiety for the
safety Of my country than ever before,
even in the midst of war. God grant
that my suspicious may prove ground
less
81 have the authority of two of his
private secretaries, Hay and Nicolay,
who we're almost constantly in the
presence Of Abraham Lincoln during
his presidency until the day of his
death, and who have scanned every
word he wrote during that period, and
every report made Of his utterances,
for saying that this quotation is false;
that Mr.. Lincoln never said or wrote
anything in the least resembling it.
Mr.. Bryan goes about the country
quoted from one of the messages of
Abraham Lincoln this sentence:
/" Labor is prior to and independent
Of capital; capital is only the fruit of
labor and could never have existed if
labor had not first existed. Labor is
the superior of capital, and deserves
much the higher consideration
she stops there instead of reciting
the next sentence, too: Capital has its
rights, which are as worthy Of protec-
ton as any other rights"
"No silver apostle ever thinks of re-
peating speech made by Abraham
Lincoln to delegation Of workingmen,
addressing them as workingmen, he
himself being their truest friend. 1t
was on the 2lst day of March, 1864, and
these were his words
"'rhe strongest bond of human sym
pathy outside the family relation
should be one uniting all working PEG.
pie OF all nations and tongues and kin
dreds. Nor should this lead to a war
upon property or the owners of prop
erty. Property is the fruit of labor;
property is desirable--is a positive
good in the world. That some should
be rich shows that others may become
rich, and hence is just encouragement
to. industry and enterprise. Let him
not who is houseless pull down the
house Of another, but let him labor
diligently and build one for himself.
thus, by example, assuring that his
own shall be safe from violence when
built
This Is Abraham Lincoln as history
knows him and as his great image is
engraved upon the American heart.
And now they seek to make him an
ally Of reputation, of class hatred, and
OF the spoliation of the poor.
s"Whstl Abraham Lincoin-honest
old Abe-assent to a policy that will
create false values by law; rob the
toiler for long time to come of part
Of his wage, and stripping him of half
OF his sayingsl Abraham Lincoln an
ally of men who strive to cut in half
the value of the pensions of those who
once went to battle singing, we Are
Coming, Father AbrahamP Abraham
Lincoln favor policy that will open
the way to fraud and trickery in every
transaction between man and man,
and make business reckless gamble,
giving the pittiless blood sucker the
best chancel Abraham Lincoln favor
a policy that will despoil the poor!
Abraham Lincoln join in an effor: to
array the West and South against the
East and North and incite bitterness
in the heart of one class of society
against anotherl Abraham Lincoln
seek to supplant the impulse of gener.
GUS pleasure at the success of Others
and of cheerful emulation among men
by envy and hatred of everybody who
has risen in the world Abraham Lin
eoln ally himself to this crusade of de-
CeptiOn, greed, and malignity against