The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

sorely. tried and his courage proven. He
neither too severe nor too forgiving He
was divinely-chosen leader. We crown
him as the emancipation OF a race. a
preserver OF the Union, as hero, conqueror,
martyr.
so he grew up a destined work TO do.
And lived TO do It; four long years Of
ul-fate. iIl-feeling. nl-report. lived through.
And then he heard the Kisses turned to
JUDGE GAvIN's TOPIC.
Judge Frank z. Gavin followed Governor
Mount. speaking on the subject, The HUI
nsnitarian." he spoke. In part. as follows:
THE controlling power OF this tenderness
OF heart was eXemplified when. after his
election 10 the presidency, but while still
at home, party of eminent Hcosiers and
Buckeyes, led by Colonel Farquhar, OF
this State, paid Lincoln visit TO consult
over affairs of state. They were invited TO
remain sor supper and through the evening
TO complete the consultation. While en-
gagged in discussing the various matters
der consideration. his youngest boy came
IN and climbed into his fathers lap. Soon
he tucked his head over the shoulder and
then gently laid him In the arms OF SER
want, who carried him off to bed; Soon
was rocked TO dreamland in his fathers
arms Last the oldest boy, Robert. sidled
in. but his father smile and said: Robert.
my man. 1 believe you too big TO wish
TO be put TO sleep. aren't you" The boy an
swered with sheepish smile. Yes. father
Thus with all the perplexities of n ma
tional administration and surrounded by
the Nations leaders gathered about him. he
could stop TO crafty the childish desires
the love in his heart which. however. went
out not TO his kindred alone, but was 50
farreaching as to embrace within il every
thing which could appeal to him for aid.
The heart which stopped the Jonrnsying
lawyer to save robins brood could hard
ly fail TO answer the mothers prayer as
she pleaded for her wayward boy. was new
er closed to the cry of the wife who sought
from him her husbands life. Although
the generals insisted that he was destroy
ing the discipline OF the army by his leni-
ency and demanded his approval OF the
that there were already far too many Weep
ing widows and childless mothers; that he
could not add TO the number.
with this heart attuned To answer the
cry OF any living thing in distress, with a
soul which ever rose IN anger , hsaih h ep
should not be dulled to the cry of millions
of human beings who in this land of free
Upon a hatboat. trip in early days he
heard the clanking OF the chains as
the the black nib,an man was he-e carried h haboS
some of those scenes which inspired the
pen of Harriet Beecher Stowe and touched
as with celestial fire the life OF Wendell
Phillips, Up from the fields OF Virginia,
from the glades of the Carolinas and the
fertile valleys of the Mississippi there was
waited to his ears this wall which arose
from a nation in bondage AS he listened
he could hear the beatings of mothers
heart she took the last look at the
child she had nursed at her breast. He
could hear the cry of terror as the maiden
was borne away TO worse than death. the
| agonized call Of the little one and her who
had gone from it forever There came
pressing I'm upon him the realization OF that
unutterable sorrow which comes from the
| forceful severing Of those hottest ties
which bind men and women together.
swer this peoples prayer There came a
| time when. amidst the dangers OF revoiu-
| ton. the perplexities and difficulties OF saw
| ing greater people the way was open to
1 liberate this people. and by one stroke OF
| the pen the deed was done, and thus the
stars and stripes to-day float over more
| than seventy millions OF people, every one
| Of whom is free Individual acts of kind
| ness are as thickly strewn along the path
| way OF Lincoln's life as the wild flowers
| which bloom and blossom i'm California's
most beautious valleys. But, however
| much these prove the character OF the man
and bespeak him TO have been endowed
with so large portion Oh Gods divinest
Snop Which rests s bis conceded claim "a iny
| mortality consists i'm the consummate wis
dom with which. he guided the destinies
| of the Nation and steered the ship OF state
| safe through the storms of rebellion.
| browning his labors with the cap sheet OF
| emancipation.
| mo greater service to humanity could
| have been rendered than to save the Union
and prove to the world thai our fathers
| had not wholly failed in the solution OF
| the problem of self-government. Our Ma
| ton stood as a beacon light set on high for
| the OeINeTdnce OF StruBBilnS humanity.
| Had 1t gone out i'm the darkness of rebel
| lion. then the hopes of many races would
| have been shipwrecked upon the uplifted
reefs of perpetual kingcraft. The tri-
| umph of the stars and stripes was not
| ours alone but il was the victory of lib
| erty-loving people the world over"
MR.. WEEK AN AUTHORITY.
| Jesse w. Weik, OF Greencastle. spoke last
| on THE Real Lincoln" Mr.. Weik is rec
| ognizcd in historical and literary circles as
| probably the best existing authority on
matters pertaining TO the life of Lincoln.
| He has followed Lincolns footsteps 10 al
| parts of the country where the martyr
| President has been and has accumulated a
| vast fund OF knowledge about his subject
as well as many valuable relics. He has
collection OF nearly 1900 papers and docu-
| ments relstive to the life OF Lincoln and
| his talk last night was a treat from the
| historical point OF view. He exhibited a
| little book which Lincoln carried with him
| during the Lincoln-Douglas campaign. 1t
| is much-worn blank book and has pasted
| on its pages little scraps of printed mat
| ter from which Mr.. Lincoln procured most
| OF the data for his speeches.