St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
EULOGIES OF THE MARTYRED
PRESIDENT.
NATION HoN0Rs THE HERO
IN CAUSING THE ANNIVERSARY OF,
HIS BIRTH TO BE MADE
HOLIDAY.
THE MISSION OF LINCOLN
Described i'm Eloquent Terms by
Rev. DIR. Shutter-Dr. FOIweiDs
Address.

The celebration Of Lincoln's birthday
by the united political clubs Of the
State university last evening proved
decided success. The meeting was
held in the library building, presided
over by DR.. w. w. Folwell, and an
audience of 500 students listened to a
patriotic address by Dr.. Marion Shutter
In calling the meeting to order, DR..
Folwell spoke of the Significance of the
day, which had been made a national
holiday in Minnesota. 1t was, he said,
the highest honor the nation could pay
a departed hero to give up one day
of every year to concentrating his
life. He wished, however, that the day
Of Lincolns death, rather than of his
birth, had been taken as the day to be
observed. His birthday was unim-
portant to the nation as compared with
the terrible tragedy of his death. He
suggested that it would be proper to
change Memorial day from May to
the day Of Lincoln's death in April,
and then give up his birthday as a holi-
day. Two legal holidays the same
month would too much interfere with
affairs of the business world.
DR.. Shutters topic was, 1.-The Place
Of Lincoln in History and his address
was of an historical nature throughout.
There IS much to be gained said the
speaker, "by studying the lives of the
great ones Of the past. Personal in
SEPARATION is received, as well as train
ing in patriotism. We cannot appre-
ciate the conquests Of today unless we
know something Of the struggles of
yesterday. American history presents
several colossal figures. Washington
piloted the colonies through their war
for independence, and led them through
the period Of the formation of the con-
stitution. Daniel Webster first applied
the principles Of constitutional govern
ment, rendering the government a
Union and not league Of safes. He
did much toward preparing the mind of
the North for the mission Of Abraham
Lincoln, 1.-THE Union must be pre-
served" Lincoln stood in the awful
crisis OF rebellion, justly receiving the
name of the savior Of the Union and
the emancipation of the slave. His first
object was to save the Union, and CIV
ing freedom to the slaves was
measure rendered necessary by the first.
It was a stormy time when Mr.. Lincoln
assumed the helm of government. The
administration of Buchanan had been
imbecile, If not reasonable. The slave
power, when no longer able to dominate
the government, had determined to ruin
it. The party Of Lincoln had been es-
tablished to limit the extension of
slavery, and he became the champion
of his party. He was brought to
public notice in his debates with
Douglas. His election to the presidency
was the signal for the revolt Of the dis
affected states. Lincoln's prime object
was the preservation Of the Union, and
the only avowed policy he had was to
be equal to the duties and demands of
a single day at. a. time. Legislative
acts forbidding the holding Of salves in
the District of Columbia, and in the
was proclaimed to slaves of masters
in rebellion The emancipation pro-
clamation was prepared in July of 1862,
but was held back for a victory before
being published. The battle of Antietam
was regarded as the opportune time
and the proclamation went into effect
the first of the following year. It's i'm
mediate effect was the loss of several
elections, but in the main the adj
ministration lost no ground. The step
broke up slave labor on the plantations
making it harder for the Southern
armies to procure supplies. 1t united
the North and gave new life to it's
armies, and caused England to abandon
the cause Of the Confederacy. 1t was
followed by series of important