The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-14
Lincoln n Vice President G. A. Hobart
who wrote as follows
TuE pRESTDENTS CHAMBER.

PRESIDENTS
Washington.
To the members of the Lincoln As
ISOLATION, Mr.. Thomas Millburn Cop
sill, Secretary
MY Dear Sir-I have received the
Invitation of your association to at
tend the banquet in honor of Abraham
Lincoln. on February u. If it were
possible for me to be with my Jersey
City friends on that occasion, IL woulu
give me great pleasure, but 1 nave
already explained to your President,
Col. Fuller, that a previous engage
ment here will prevent my doing so.
1t ish eminently appropriate That the
good citizens of New Jersey, as We'll
as of other States, should cherish the
memory of our great American by
these annual gatherings, n | am
sure that every Jerseyman is proud OF
the fact hat our State was one OF the
first, if not the first, to set apart as a
holiday the birthday of our martyr
imperishable Lincoln will no doubt
eventually develop into a national
commemoration, when every State,
forgetting the bitterness and the trials
of the past shall see in its proper per-
spective the grand and glorious
character of Lincoln.
The Republican party has no prouder
boast and can have no prouder hertz
age han that it is the party of the
great Lincoln. Nothing can take away
that inestimable possession, and this
heritage in itself should be an in
ED1r2LlOn ana Il STIMULUS lOT the NE
publican party to give and to MAIN
tain what President Lincoln described
as ga government of the people"
/ am sure that the inspiration will
not fail to influence the Republicans
of New Jersey. Please convey to such
of them as are at your meeting my
thanks for the honor they have done
me in inviting me, and believe me-,
with sincere regret that | cannot be
Yours very truly.
GARRETT A. HOBART.
January 81, 1898.
Colonel Charles w. Fuller, much to the
general disappointment, made no opening
address. but in the most formal terms in
troduce as the first speaker, after the
toast of Lincoln had been drunk standing
and in silence, Senator Daniel, whose rising
was greeted with loud cheers. His toast
was Abraham Lincoln from a Southern
Standpoint He said that it was a great
honor for him to be present and it made
him feel at home Immediately his foot
touched the soil of old Jersey. He said
nice things about Colonel Fuller and of
Vice President Hobart, whom he described
as the Crown Prince of good fellows.
There was a marked difference between
the body over which Colonel Fuller pre-
sided that night and the one over which
the Vice President presided, which was
generally known as the M~illionaires Club.
So far as his membership in that club
was concerned he begged to diselaim the
title of millionaire.
sIn that club" continued Mr.. Daniel,
you see differences of opinion, while
here you are happy in unities. 1t is well
to remember our unities of opinion, and
80 7n,a, oJ,n
aspirations. In comparing these I am re-
minded of the saying that a grasshopper
on the fence makes more noise than a
whole herd of cattle in the shade.
Gaughter.) Our past differences have
been settled and those in the future will
be settled with less friction. We now
have not only union but unity-(ap-
plause)-and it is well to recall how we
won our independence together in these
grand old days with one eye on liberty
and the other on George the Thirds
hempen rope and the comfort that boys
we win hang together or separately.
Laughter.) I shall supplement these
sweet recollections of Aud Lang Syne,
and moo that we ave dined together, to-
gether we will pledge ourselves in the
Loving Cup. 1t ds a comforting and re-
assuring reflection to every man to know
that we have one constitution, one law,
one people and over all one f~iag-(cheers)-
which bears on its folds a star for every
State and a fine State for every star.
Renewed cheers.)
.I recall the noble words of Lincoln
tina we are not enemies, but friends.
The chords of memory stretching from
the battlefield and the grave will appeal
to the better angels of our nature. In
the declaration of these principles there
lies a platform broad enough for me to
stand upon and for any American. Cap
plause.) And tonight as that mystic chord
of memory stretches back methinks the
better angels of your nature hav touched
that chord and my voice shall mingle
with yours and swell the chorus of liberty
and union one n indivisible. loud
cheers.)
II want to tell you IN anecdote of
Lincoln and Governor Held of Kentucky,
who, descended from Revolutionary stock,
had been exhibiting too ardently a. reyo-
lutionary tendency. He was put in Jail,
but his friends went to Washington to
intercede for him. Lincoln took up the
papers and wrote on the back: I hereby
pardon Governor Held of Kentucky for
all that he has done against the Govern
ment of the United States and for all he
ever may do (Laughter.) That intro
duces the sunny side of mis- character and
breaks the ice myself ano
Abraham Lincoln. l doubt If emperor
king. prince, duke or pope ever had q
carte blanche to do what he blankety
BANKED pleased. So you will please par
don me tonight for what ] may say and
what 1 may say in the future. Laughter.)
If the Confederate side had had half g
million Lincolns to help it out and If We
had-everyone of you here in Virginia to
night. giving you canvas-back with oyster
trimmings. we might be able then tf
explain how you got the worst OF it
cloud laughter.) President Lincoln after
the war uttered a philosophic thought
when he said: r. haven't controlled
| events. but 1 confess events have con
tro1led me-, I am in the same predicamen1
as Lincoln
Mr.. Daniel graphically ~sketched Lin
! coins character, his bravery, uprightness
| and said that it did not matter whether 9
man came from the South. the North, the
| East or the West, he must admire Lincoln
who struck from the shoulder and tool
what came. 1t had been well said o.
Lincoln that he had a heart full of kind
mess and a head full Of sense. Speaking
| Of Appomatox Mr.. Daniel told a story g
the meeting Of Generals Meade AM