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

on the campaigns objective, he seized every
instrumentality and drove lit forward with
fmperious will to the contamination. In or
ganizing power, swift intelligence and daunt-
less courage all marshaIed by sound judg-
ment and viyified by personal magnetism, he
will stand peerless among the princes of the
kingdom of liberty.
The fiery spirit of him who saved the day
at Winchester, and who made AppomattoX
possible, rides into our affections with the
fury of his own cavalry charge He was the
red right arm OF ayenging patriotism, adding
to the infexible precision of resistless
martial instinct and insight of a guiding in
teliectuality. His intuitions were tempered,
his impulse was annealed, his tremendous
energies were disciplined; his will was thus
modified into effective strength and his dis
cernment sublimated into lofty genius. He
was not the accident of a day. He was one
OF the great generals of all time; a proud
ngure in our radiant pantheon.
high IN our generation and regard, fresh
in our grateful recollection lives the COM
mander at Gettysburg strong, scholarly,
self-poised and self-centered. No duty ever
found him unprepared; in no emergency did
he waver or quail. Under him the old Poto-
mac army, often before bafied but never dis
mayed, won its crown of rejoicing and gave
10 treason's staggering cohorts the final
death-blow of hope.
Brave among the bravest the victor at
Nashville and bulwark of Chicamauea Loved
and trusted perhaps beyond any of our great
captains he was above all a sufficient man,
ever equal to his position and it's contingent
cles. lie conquered in every conflict where
he fought and led the gallant army of the
Cumberland to deeds that rival the luster of
knighthoods golden age.
Unforgotten forever the name Of
princeliest volunteer! Sturdily with his
sword path was carved from the command
of a regiment to that Of the army of the
Tennessee. Every step was sprinkled with
martyr blood, and all his battle laurels
sprang from that scarlet dew. While valor
and earnestness are priced by men the MEM
DRY of Logan will be treasured among the
jewels Of a nation redeemed.
And all the rest-Hancock and Mcpherson,
Hooker, Reynolds. Terry, Burnside, Farr@'
gut, Dahlgren and a hundred more! And th5
countless thousands who fought and died. fr
fought and lived to illustrate the virtues of
loyal citizenship. On them immortal In
coin leaned. From him their inspiration
was drawn, and the humblest private in the
ranks stands luminous today in the gloty Of
his exaltaton From highest to lowest they
were soldiers of the Union; one in purpose
and one in glory On land and sea they bore
the flag Respondent. - The story Of their
achievements will gid the traditions of our
shining epoch. The legacy of their sacri-
fee will be priceless possession of Ameri-
cas- successive generations. Their cause was
sublime. Their devotion was perfect. They
did not live in vain. The blood and tears
and prayers Of the bitter conflict were not
lost. They have been crystalized in Gods
alembic into gem of purest ray. and fixed
for an eternal beacon in the zenith of the
republics deathless diadem.
At the conclusion of Commander Cas-
ties address, all joined in singing
Marching Through Georgia" Com
mander Castle then introduced Rev.
Samuel G.. Smith, who delivered a
glowing and beautiful tribute to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. In sub
stance, Rev. Mr.. Smith said:
At your bidding, surviving heroes of the
war for the Union. 1 come with a handful OF
violets to pay tribute to memory, already
honored by lavish gifts from hand and brain
richer far than mine, but may l say, none
have come from the devotion more reverent
or heart more loyal.
AS epochs of human history become remote,
there is visible to the eyes of those who see,
the figure of some man who is recognized as
their greatest product. The golden age OF
Greece gave us Pericles. Julius Caesar was
the supreme product of an age OF power and
law The great Cromwell interpreted the
English protest against all forms OF despot-
ism. And we get further away from the
sixties it becomes apparent that the colossal
figure arising above all others is the weird
form of Abraham Lincoln.
Who and what was our hero? name him
the last, supremest expression or humanity.
Homer gathered unto himself the heroic his
tories of Greece, and was the worlds great
est poet. Michael Angelo, master of all arts,
became the incarnation of the worlds beauty.
Greater than these, the Isaiah of the captiv-
lty in the midst of darkness and despair,
cried out: Every valley shall be exalted
and every mountain and hill shall be made
low,' and he is known as the worlds I'M
Quenchable prophet of hope But born on the
soil of the first free nation of earth. nursed
by its growth. rocked by its storms, could be
found, and only here, the incarnation of
was born and developed the worlds greatest
patriot, Abraham Lincoln. He belongs to the
school of Kossuth. MaZzini and Garibald1.
but beyond these in heroic mold. and better
he far surpasses them and all men OF his
class in human history, because to patriots
heart he united the sagacious judgment OF
the man of affairs, and the mighty hand
gifted to bear rule
But Mr. Lincoln cannot be understood with
out reference to that broad quality which for
manity. 1t shows not alone in acts of char
ity, but it was also a receptive power by
which he was able to receive impressions OF
men and understand them, to comprehend the
motives of the human soul and to predict its
action, and to do this not for one class alone,
but for all classes. 1t was this capacity which
made it possible for him to receive and en-
body all the better forces OF the nations life
and experience. 1t was this quality which
manifested itself in his grotesque humor and
grim Dathos Human life is both tragedy
and comedy; he felt 1t in its completeness
Nor, if we read human character deeply, is
this anything strange. Mirth and melancholy
are twins, light and dark, Graded In every
great soul. 1t was so with Carlyle, with Mira
beau with Caesar, with Shakespeare, with
Abraham Lincoln. In his later years his hu-
NOR was not joy but weapon. Men saw
a flash of light and only knew 1t had been
sword when some falsehood lay pierced at his
feet.
Mr. Lincoln must be regarded as having
been gifted beyond measure with receptive
sympathy. He embodied every condition in
which he was placed, and so became the lead
WERE This was equally true whether he
wrestled in the backwoods with the boys from
Cleary's Grove until they measured their
length upon the ground, or whether in after
years. he strove successfully with statesmen
and diplomats at the nations capital It is
a mistake to speak of Abraham Lincoln
having ever been an obscure man. He may
have been obscure from the provincial point
of view of New York or Boston, but he was
never obscure. Oaughter) He was always
a leader. He was always as great as his
situation, and this was as true of him IN
Illinois as in Washington. He lived under a
constantly widening horoscope. He sprang
full armed to meet his career. His life was
a constant evolution and manifestation of in
hereNt greatness.
Tracing briefly the career of Lincoln from
early manhood until his nomination at
Springfield for United States senator, the
speaker referred to his famous speech upon
that occasion.
That speech is familiar to you all, and that
which is said to have defeated
him for senator and to have elected him as
president, the utterance not only of
clear vision, but of a strong SOUL "A house
divided against itself cannot stand. I be-
lieve this government. cannot permanently
endure hal1-SlaVe ana naiI-free. DO not eX-
pect the Union to be dissolved I do not ex-
pect the house to fall, but I do expect it will
cease to be divided. 1t will become all one
thing or all the other But the most note
worthy scene was not the meeting at the con-
ventior where this speech delivered, but
it was in that far more significant gathering
held the night before in the library of the
state house, where, in a little conference,
the nature of which is well known to men in
practical politics, he read his speech to a
dozen political and personal friends to ask
their judgment upon it's wisdom. When he
finished the first paragraph one of them re-
marked, with great deal more emphasis
than polish, THAT is damn fool utterance,"