St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

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inaugural. where he says, "Fondly do we hope,
fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge
| OF war may speedily pass away yet If God
| wills that it continue until all the wealth
! piled up by the bondman's $50 years of unre-
| Quilted toll shall be sunk, and until every drop
| of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid
by another drawn with the sword, as was
said 900 years ago, so still must it be said,
the judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.
Either Abraham Lincoln was the most skill
Iul theatrical performer ever on the political
stage. or he was a profoundly honest man;
and IL he was an honest man, these words
confess consciousness of the providence of
God as deep as that of Job or Paul.
Better than all the fiery sons of Massachu-
sets, he understood the dangers that lay in
the border states Of Kentucky, Maryland and
Held could control the border states and un-
til the rising tide of opinion in the North
rolled with resistless power, and when at
length the necessities Of the struggle, the
conditions OF public opinion and his high
sense or duty combined to bring conscience
and Judgment into harmonious action, he felt
that the hour Of God had struck, and with
me pen OF emancipation he touched the fet-
teTs OF the slave, and in the clangor Of their
falling they made the psalm of the nation
and the music of the world!
AND what think you? When the bullet of a
half-crazed assassin in abject folly worse
than any wickedness. struck down this man
unto his death. think you that he persisted
forever from Gods universe? Think you that
life developed by such infinite labor. and
SORROWS was of no more worth than to mingle
with the unthinkng dust from whence it
s sprang? | cannot believe it: I cannot be-
lieve that nature, so difficult in her process
and so parsimonious in her materials. should
end at last, in the ruthless destruction of
what Is noblest and best in the realization Of
her aims and her purposes. No, the great
drama of life could not possibly have so alb
Ject meaning and denoument. This man
was immortal and with the mighty spirits
of all time he rose out of his pain and strug-
gle to the thrones of the universe
where the immortal sons of God live on for
ever and forever.
And not only Abraham Lincoln but the
company of all our sainted and heroic dead
crowd thick upon memory. They fill the
air round about us. They indeed as a
cloud OF witnesses urging us to take up their
tasks and complete their triumphs. Let me
close therefore with the words of nations
greatest hero remaining for us a blessing
and perpetual inspiration:
IL is rather for US to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before u.s. that from
these honored dead, we take increased devo-
ton to the cause for which they here gave
their last full measure of DEVOTION that we
here highly resolve that the dead shall not
have died in vain. that the nation shall, un-
der God. have a new birth of freedom and
that government Of the people by the people
and for the people shall not perish from the
earth"
Commander Castle at this juncture
spoke feelingly of the late General Glib
bon, who had accepted the invitation to
be present at the gathering and meet
his friends and companions in Mime
sofa.
This is not the first Lincoln celebra-
ton by this order" he said, which has
been marred by the untimeIy loss OF
some member. On former occasions
the Loyal Legion has been called upon
to pay a last tribute to ex-President
Hayes and later to it's commander, Col
Benton, and at this time to Gen. Glib
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stances like these, do as we would in
battle, close ranks, and do our duty.
AT the next regular meeting a MEM
ortal will be offered and I will now
name the gentlemen who will form a
committee for its preparation: Gen.
Brooke, Gen. Mason, Major Heffel-
finger, Capt. Harries, and Lieut.. John
SOM"
JUDGE FLANDRAU'S EULOGY.
Capt. Castle next introduced Judge
Flandrau, whose guest Gen. Gibbon
was to have been while in this city.
Judge Flandrau made a brief but ex-
ceedingly graceful eulogy on the dead
man, whose absence was fittingly
marked by a simple black line on the
programme.
After relating the circumstances con-
nected with Gen. Gibbons proposed
visit to ST. Paul, the speaker pointed
out that the late soldier had almost
filled out the prescribed span of life,
which was replete with honorable
achievements. His death was a nat
ural and social calamity and must be
accepted as one Of the events in the
scheme of life, and the fact cannot be
ignored that this life Is for the living
He pointed out the necessity of illun-
mating and not enshrouding the lives
of illustrious men, and especially when
they were soldiers.
He was, the judge said, possessed of
noble, manly attributes, and the en-
bodiment of justice for the sake of
justice. He was socially attractive,
genial, full Of humor, generous to q
fault, and endowed to the last degree
with good fellowship. His many liter
airy contributions left behind will serve
as monument to his ability, and the
crowning tribute to his worth and
commander of the Loyal Legion.
Graduating at the age of twenty from
the military academy in 1847, he forth
with was called to participate in the
Mexican war, and has fought, and al
ways with great credit in every bat
tie since then both civil and savage,
sometimes shedding his blood for his
country.
Gen. Grant" was the subject as
signed to Gen. John R. Brooke, and
although he prefaced his remarks with
the statement that it was a most diff
f1cult subject to talk on owing to the
general knowledge of the famous pres
ident-general, he gave an interesting
resume of some Of the incidents in
the warriors life born Of a personal
friendship with linn. His remarks were
garnished with several anecdotes con-
corning the hero of Vicksburg, which
were listened to with much pleasure.
Gen. Brooke said very truly that the
name Of Grant was a household name,
but added some personal "reminiscences
which perhaps have not ever before
found their way into print. Grant, he
said, was unwilling to go to West
Point and be a soldier, but his father
thought he would go and the boy final
ly thought so too. This served to IL
lustrate the discipline which was hand
ed to the son who afterWard turned it
to good account He recounted in in
tereSting fashion several incidents In
Grants brilliant campaigns, and con-
cluded by referring to the supreme I'M
selfshness of the man as strongly
shown by his solicitude for those in
whom he left behind, when on Mount
McGregor he realized that his days on
this earth were numbered.
Senator Gilbert A. Pierce rose when
called upon and remarked that he had
been asked to say something about
Sherman, but that his confreres who
had gone before had stolen away most
Of his thunder. One point he thought
had not been covered, and that was the
speech made by Sherman to his men,
to whom he said: You shall all have
your reward; not in houses and lands,
but in the consciousness Of a proud
duty we'll done"
Very few men, he explained, had the
proud distinction of having heard the
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