The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-13

the times.
The pens of our historians and of our poets
have been very busy since April Of 1865 all
over the land thousands of orators have in
ceasless emulation told the story l am telling
you y tonight; from the capitol to the borders
or the seas Phidian genius has reared monu-
ments and affections told in bronzeSsnd gran
lite the claims Of Lincoln for remembrance;
not on one lip; not in one line; not on one
tablet, rests that fame needless slaughter:
but always frcm the accessory pictures of con-
tlct and the sounding tales of brothers bat
Ties, the assumptions and the love to one
| great tgure which, even in the midst Of strug-
giles, toWoTed aloft with sad glance and tear
Qlmmed eyes, mourning the stricken CT the
| hosts, consoling the woeful homes touched
| by war; striking the chains from human limbs
| preserving ever with the tenacity of devoted
love, the union of the states; the figure, not of
| conqueror or partisan or chief, but Of
FATHER ABRAHAM
wish | could recall to you. veterans, or
! tell to you, friends, all that those two words
meant in the camps-and to the fighting men:
| the army knew that while Father Abraham
was in Washington all the energies of the
American nation were at their backs: that
| while Father Abraham was commander in
| chlet the volunteer had a friend and the
regular a merciful chief; each officer knew
| tnat ne was expected to do his best and to i'm
Phcltly trust for recognition and support to
| rather Abraham. And so they came by mill
| mons And while one vast host of the union
! on land and sea survives there will be found
| man who cherishes loves and honors the
name, the work and the glory of Father Abb
| raham.
But those days are memories; we are in
! new presence, among people who were not
porn When we were soldiers. Let us teach
S1 tnem the story OF our chief that it may be
hearo forever No origin was ever more hon
orable or humber, not even that Of the camel
! uflVer or Arabia, or, let me speak 1t reyer-
entity the stable-mangered babe of Bethle-
Hem' Yet when l look over the array Of the
sons or men, whose influence endures forever
IL occurs to me that those who have greatly
benef1ted mankind have always been those
frOn fha he
world and grown upward through all pres
| sure with tremendous native power until
raa, wnen IN their full stature, they part and
parcel OF all mat is beneath them; to do the
worlds work man must know the world
from those depths. which we rarely see: to the
surface brilliant with foliage and flowers
will not try to trace the develonment of
@ @tle inner young man; let it suffice that ON
MS humble head and into his humble heart
Gearoi %ere poured ny turns the passions of love-
despair, ambition; the wish for appreciation
tne worthy desire to rise in the world: at
last the longing to exercise the full meas
@ uI9 pl leaoersnlp among men. And to this
emu ne enoered the law; that broad but steep
ana dangerous highway over which so MANY
nave passed on to ruin or to fame It was
turthg tbat ms practice Of this chosen profession
tnat then boy-frst saw and knew him
ana | ask your indulgence while I briefly
sketcn MS surroundings.
THE EARLY COURTS.
Inc annual session of the circuit courts
oreW TO the court houses of the resnective
circuits; they rode with the court on it's
ROUNDS; they were in constant forensic Struo
SIe WIN each other; and studied the common
& Jaw, tnat perennial stream from whose rich
4t uoss comes constitutions and statutes and
Ine Ine varied safeguards of property person and
tLperty. 1hey Journeyed by the old stage or
oy private conveyance, often on horseback
II was matter of universal moment that the
court should be treated whit all honors. its
great lawyers sharing the respect rendered to
i tne Judge yet hom simple and unpretend-
ySfn %o1r1
When the great assze day arrived the indoa
came and the lawyers in his company. each
@ hnoWn even to youthful eyes and conspicuous
among them Mr.. Lincoln in simD1e garh
often linen coat and rusty b1ack oermants
oeneatn rough boots, and a SLOUGH hat to
complete his attire, greeting every passer hv
peasantIr itP speech mingng familiarly and
OF IN the hotels or in the court rooms
most VlvidIy recall him as figure in tho
booLt booi1 roo room: Wien, with slow stride he moved
e pach ana iorth, outside the bar but in the
view OF ALL his tall form STONED his hand
Denlnd his back grasping the opposite elhow
ms.eldng' reag' OBSERVING, thinking; known of all
regarded of all, and years before the 6rst
| thought OF great honors turned towards him
called Honest Abe powerful then alike heforas
Goart ana jury for his honesty his ability his
thnoWleoge OF the people and their law and
| taxing that place in the common heart fran1
WHICH ne was never to be driven
DOUGLASS AND TRUMBITIJ,
| AZ !enIemDer well other great actors on
me. ne ciEll side OF that period Judge TrumbuIi
vJlu1 paSSloniess an impersonated intellect
winning Dy the mere force of brain. nnver
uear 10 the people, yet always regarded hI,
Iiieni, i ahu whose high fortune it became after
ramTo1n snn,I1d an9 douglass had passed away. to
secure 70 the world, but the framing oF +bo
Iourteentn amendment and the civil riohts
A. an the results of their struggles. Judge
DoSqsoIss, anS aIs, whose massy head, broad bosom
o!Iu eiecCI-c eyes presented him to the fas
clnated glance of men as a mighty r,IIar. .'S
ullaA IN struggle, measureless force in az
tioil' his name was familiar in all our .houco
| uoIos and known to thinkers eyervwhere Ee
| too, lives forever i "i1ere' ne
.b6 but not yet did these two men or either NJ
the4 are measure the majesty of the careers
stand that was opening to them, or under
s staII "a taat IN the near future they were to
| De the foremost figures of a great era tbe15 ~
were at work in the same state. each loving
for 1r ana ms fellowmen, each striving
oI lot pIelernent and honor, each a rival of the
Utner. douglas was easily the first man of
ene Ainerlcan senate, he was the great con-
nH SeIvaove leaoer OF the time; he was re-
noWneu at nome and abroad; it recalls tha
! stories OF chivalry to hear how in 1885 and in
looo the country-bred lawyer, whom | have
Pc. R1ctureo & to you, challenged him to a contest
tn&I Shoulo De mortal to the supremacy and
the ldeas OF one or the other
But the times were out Of Joint The ir
FesIstlole f conflict was forcing it's way to the
| Iront. waxing hercer and fiercer as opposine
civilizations under one flag stretched oTf
their joining borders into new lands until
an al! citizens were irresistibly drawn into hos
WiSI0 dSplrdnLS Tor the dis
unctlon OF leadership arose. In the congress
! II 1eil to Seward, but the people, not satisfied
| Wlthne!d the baton, awaiting the coming
man, they knew not and they cared not who
out ne must be a as wide in his nur,
pose as their own, as instinct with humanity.
as resoIute for the prevalence of right as
! devoted to the union Of the states He must
be man who could plead at the bar of the
| eternal for Justice, who could know and feel
| all that he said, could cry up from sorrows
| with voice that should carry to the Lord
Gcd OF Sabbath the whole infinite crv of the
| oppressed, and yet be so loving that the op-
| pressors should go unharmed. Who was This
man and whence would he come and what
should give him opportunity? And to this
| the answer OF the people came.
Lincoln, an every day man; not in front of
his company, but on its right preserving the
| alignment of the people; abreast of them:
| touching elbow with them; moving and halt
ing with them; rejoicing and mourning.
shouting and crying with them; all but
| d1yinely wise to their needs and wishes and
| SO their highest oracle and the best instru-
| ment for the designs of providence; so plain
| so simple, tall and STOPPING with sad force
| and earnest eyes. An American a pioneer
| backwoodsman, a most tender and earnest
| and eloquent man.
Behold, then, the occasion and note the
| leader to be, but all unconscious of the wait
| ing majesty and glory. When the campaign
of 1858 closed Mr.. Lincoln, though beaten
was easily one Of the foremist men in the
Union, because he had recognized the ire
pressible because he had proclaimed the