The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
BROOKLYN HoNoRs LINCOLN.
Dshop Fowlor's speech at the Union League
Club banquet.

BROOKLYN HONORs LINCOLN.
bishop Fovior's speech at the Union League
Club Banquet.
In q banquet hall profusely decorated with
American flags tho members of the Brooklyn
Union League Club honored the memory Of
Abraham Lincoln last night. Three hundred
Sat down to the dinner given by the club to cele-
brate the birthday of the war President and
greeted every mention Of his name with cheers
and huzzas that made the building shake and
glasses tinkle on the tables.
President John s.. McKeon presided. and with
him at the head table sat Bishop Charles Fl.
Fowler. Senator John NJ. Thurston of Nebraska,
Supreme Court Justices wilmot NJ. Smith, vii.
liam w. Goodrich and Edward w. Hatch, Sena-
tor julius c. Burrows OF Michigan. ex-Mayors
Frederick w. Wurster and Charles A. Schicren,
James A.. Roberts and DR.. George L. Porter.
After o brief speech of welcome to the guests
and In eulogy OF Abraham Lincoln, President
McKeon introduced Bishop Fowler. who re-
sponded to the toast Lincoln" He said:
Mankind will never forget Abraham,
Moses. Richelieu, Cromwell. and Washing
whom we add to that list. Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln had a good physique and 1
believe as much in q mans body az
in his brains; sometimes more, because
there is more to believe In. When his
first Inauguration speech appeared. many
said, William II. Seward. but Jerry Black,
the brains Of Buchanan's Cabinet. read the doc
ument and said: w have underestimate the
man from Illinois. There is but one man in
America that can write that paper. and that is
not William H.. Seward. We shall find Mr.. Lin.
coin the brainiest man on the continent And
we d No n,no was Assistant socretarv Of War
x,-IA. tarf1 GnpnA nnnnth ADn he nm ~ ms
this illustration of my point. He said that
during the war we received a telegram from
Der Of the Confederate Cabinet. had landed, evil
IDENTITY with the intention OF making his way
bIn = sts SSasds sa tG E15Gpe COURSE ,soa We we viii aFrs sr.
rest him. but wait q minute; go and ask Mr..
lincoln, Dana said: II went over to the
e Mn,'f lie a sSid. What VI Mf does e'n Stanton ans sa s. !" ft old
him stanton said; Q course we will arrest
you have nm elephant by the leg and he is try
ing to get away from you. hadn't you better
II remember when one of our Captains held
specimens OF rebels. Mason and slidell. or
their surrender. But I remember how on
that m S% Ing we ~,s.rInish teG9 ed t g1r bel belts wo and
light SESte but we " would never give them up.
Mr.; Lincoln, almost alone in the great North.
S11Si We NJ r fSaSS, We fSr will IN 1s s1ye ana aaf is,5 up and i m Is
will drink our own tea. won't wef
Mr.: Lincoln Is SO much like a sphere that he
IN the way. God Almighty mixed The
%as n out made 81 % cat Of any hs T fooi mud made to be-
gin with. He asked first concerning everything.
1t 4; right His moral Ti. sense nnT, was .1sn the beginning gin Ing
reason. He was not an i%ntuitiye man.. By an
i~ntuitive man ! mean one who jumps at a con-
who has In religious matters O private wire.
Don't You know that you can never reason
last &,an wo %r from @'i heaaq 1shzsss %fS can a beat att y e%e
He runs his wire up, to the summit Of
links sbi tss0fsl s is Aa ealkl II is w, e l sos, 's 6as he
Is not. Mr.. Lincoln Was not that kind. He
was q reasoning man. He tested his premises;
ssre'f Il made " him ''S What Mr. e Cough sdn' called
p ,rTtal the sst' Lord to en eve Mr.. DEffia aseia bS %ae
bone, when no had tho stoutest old spinal
column that ever stood perpendicular to tho
T next element of his character was his
common sense. the most uncommon thing to be
sense. his reason, and his common sense, are
tho three fixed points through which the
Had he lacked ono ofthcse no would have failed
and WI should have been buried beneath the
f5si Would IL t ssv eee bssn 1 lila ne Hsd &c sh 1sc assi
lacked the third no would have been a dreamer.
speaker. He was the greatest stump speaker
oads. He answered a. lawyer in Illinois
who had great pFCdigsiity Of Language and
what kSs boon EEG 81 on; s for he Encw, moth:
and down the sangamon River. It had
a boiler five feet long and q whistle
stopped. So 1t Is with this gentleman. He
seems to be = man OF integrity when, he keeps
he shuts his intellect, so he knows nothing what
Ii was the most magnanimous man the sun
because Chase aspired to be- Preside nt. Lincoln
said: Nj. Chase has Just as good a right to
and if the people want Chase to be President
then / want him to DO President,
of a p Christian Sa'' man ma00ii" s SS ~ en "sss iessdiHf n
public life. It was ar open secret in the
Whit SSlasGDI House Sss whsn bI they n,s sHw o Mr.. LineSln
for his private room they know that somewhere
in the wide armies of the republic q battle was
Lincoln praying 81 nightly to God to bless H the men nai
about to die for the republic.
James Murdoch was q guest in the Whit;
went into the hall. heard a strange moaning,
i HGaes f.SSs aaI in nfl saw \ i NJ. hS aSSh o lsins On 3
his face ON tho floor praying nightly 70 God
visited him. Gen. Rushing Was present At the
By sisEios. Gen. S'8 sIcf fie'' said anu . fSpsISS
hSoV Gs,ty Tsr1 y days not Lin stHn~s said dn !sss
SS wSsld conc SSop out ali light ' Sickle!
alarmed. Lincoln said: Gentlemen. now You
have asked me ! win tell you; went into