New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
RosToN,s TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN.
e,r,,curs At THE MDpLEsEx CLUB DINNER
BY GENERAL TRACY LIEUTENANl-'''
rD~op ,vooDpr-rr AND OTHERS.

SPEECHES At THE MIDDLESEX CLUB Di-'''"
BY GENERAL TRACY. LIEUTENANT-GoN-
ERNoR WOODRUFF AID OTHERS
pos,o, Fob % Members OF the Mddiesex cluo
celebrated Lincoln Day at the Brunswick to-"ie".'
About ono hundred and fifty persons "eic - 80.
There was a distinguished list OF speakers 80
other States Governor Hastings beins p'e2e ,ui.
Pennsylvania General j. T. henderson Ho"'
nois General BENJAMIN +. Tracy and Lieo'e,,"".
cov,rnor Tir,o.bv + Woodruff from New-forX'
and Cong-essman Charles b. Lands from I'',r,''
Ex-Governor j. O. A. Bracket presided. nc
speakers all got enthusiastic greetings "'
speeches were OF a high order ta.
In the course of his remarks GeneraI iiao'
The annexation Of the Hawaiian lslands anu rouin
bcpinninp OF me Nicaragua Canal SHOULD c I,o,
achievements In the present cent? "a, is 90
destiny awaits the Nation in the cenSui 10 81 AZ
come ii Is not given 10 10 know bu, paneys
faith In the future Of my country: d,i ns John
bright uttered during the most dscouraslte Jri i
Of Civil War will then be rea,la aeio ~ Glad
stone that the restoration of the Union was iinPo e
sble and that the cause of the North was h'pe''''
he said .h. srcb q fac
will befaii that fair land stricken though II now ~
Utilization IN It's Journey with Inc will sink
endless night in order crafty b the another
and far brighter vision before my eyes IL may " -,
eo 1 Stretching from the frozen north in
unbroken line TO the glowing south ana ION a r rn
waters of the Pacific mainland / see one peop1S5
and one language and one law, and one faltn anu,
all that wide continent, the nome OF IleeeUiI
and refuge for the oppressed OF every race am
OF every cline -
To the memory OF John Bright. orator statesna =
and phllanthropist. the friend Of the United states
in its darkest hour there should be erected IN tns
capital Of the Nation a monument having inscribed
thereon the words which ] have quoted. N ne
history Of the war the preservation or the
Union the Of John Bright VIII ever De con-
necte9 by every patriotic American with that other
name immortal-Abraham Lincoln.
Lieutenant-Govesnor Woodruff closed his speech
follows.
Il is enough that the requiem OF Lincoln. OF Grant,
OF the men Of 81 is chanted by the voices Of nature
is humnci By the brook that moistened the
leaves OF the Wilderness. Though the artillery or
time is still further declma ting the ranks OF the
Grand Army Lincoln loyed--thOugh the boys In blue
the gray Of LIES winter, echoed from
the long years OF d cherished past. comes again,
clear and distinct, the music OF the dear refrain
We are coming, Father Abraham" Coming, yes,
coming II with the lusty boyish step OF long
ago. still with the holy love Of country burn
ing in the old hearts that made possible a nation
united, glorious. immortal In the annals or time
Many Of THE heroes are dead they are al rest
they sleep in the land they made free. under the
stately pines, the sad hemlocks. the fearful will
lows and the embracing vines: they sleep. beneath
the shadows Of the clouds, careless alike OF the
sunlight the storm. each in a windowless palace
of rest. Garth may run red with Other wars, they
are al peace in the midst Of battle. In the roar OF
conflict they found the serenity OF death. The a1-
vance guard-a noble phalanX, already more tnan
three hundred thousand strong-are now with LIN
and died for and under the color they loveG-the
blue OF the Union sky.