New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
.JTDGE HOYT on LINCOLN.
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS DELIVERED De-
FORE THE NEWARK REPUBLICAN CLUB

rha po,vh,ic,n Cluh Of Newark celebrated Lin
CONC Rirtbdav by a dinner In the Essex Lyceum'
The guest Of the evening was Judge James IL
Hoyt. Of Cleveland. Ohio. Judge Hoyt delivered d"
eloquent address. saying In part:
Those who have made the most proionhI ' d nna
lasting impressions the race have not only noi,e
great ones have captured not hione ,le ,an,id They
but have aroused the sympathy OF me wottu h,
mainly. on the shining and enduring tablet when
Fame has set up I'm her temple In honor OF tle
cut deeply by the keen chisel Of sef-sacrihce. To
such one belongs the distinctive glory OF pe'is
or did passionaely love his own but because aus
he did so much and endured so much ior all MT"
Abraham Lincoln is reverenced and counted as
he was the great war President but also because
he fell martyr 10 the cause for which ne IdDoivu
hour of triumph, a few mortal years; but; IN MS
own despite. he gave to his INDUSTRIOUS Victim ,a q
When Lincoln was stricken down. the heart OF all
humanity was wounded and bled ,. .o.,o1
on the patient shoulders of Mr. Lincoln re S
the mighty burden of nations fate Inc iree
dom or thradom Of race depended upon mn, MN
unanimous. gentle. but persi stent and ineAorap,,e
He. more than any other, bore The strain OF , tne
conflict. Tor upon him more than upon any o'' IT,
rested the success. or failure OF the outcome; ne
welded more than despotic power his sihp's
word meant life or deaih TO thouSanos i,e ali
the ablest OF assistants; but he dominated theW an
and conroed them ALL Grant ran y waS ha Welded
ii: Sheridan the thUnderbolt, but Lincoln the JoIe
who hurled IL. With him to cOunsel ana support
they performed wonders; but without MS patlehii
and sublime courage and uniaerng aoyay a tbe
simple trust who can even conjecture what 'he
result might have been?
So, upon him was visited the deepest wrath of Of
the foes OF the Republic. His the name OF All
mos! cxecrated and scorned. lie was the OBJECT
Of abuse without a parallel. OF hatred the mos aos
ship. the cause he championed at last trlumphed
the anguish of defeat made the revenseful hatred
households blamed him for the loss OF dear ones.
Those who had lived in affuence and were then
iag1 nv l4i
door. There was treachery. also. even III the
North and those on whom he leaned betrayed
But when, at last. this feeling OF bitterness
stirred the brain and nerved the arm OF a half
down, then eyes which had been dimmed before
men en- on both sides saw With distnciness the tow
ering mountain with the eternal sunshine bathing
lowed dust was aid to res, in the tomb which it
for all time will make sacred then ii was that all
remembered his greatness, his magnannity, his
gent.eness and his grandeur. then ii was that all
missed his firm and steady grasp upon the helm
Of the battered Ship Of State and from then his
name became and forever after will remain. an in
spration to all who put country before self and
Tonight. though many are still living who bore
arms against the cause he died for there IS no one
~ the world too great 10 DO his memory reverence
and none who have any word to say Of him except
in solemn praise only a few short years ago this
man had millions of enemies. but now such OF
them ar are living have all become his friends,
ms memory. II the undevout astronomer Is mao.
surely the undevout student of the life and labors
OF ADlandH Lincoln - mao also. Zoo indbe MIN
what he was to do the work he did. and permitted
him TO be taken at time and in way TO make
that work the most impressive and far-reaching in
its results.
More than four hundred prominent men were
present Judge J. Franklin Fort, Of the Court Of
Common Pleas. POSTMASTER
The president Of the club. a. .. rage. delivered
an address Of welcome. The toast Republican
Party" was responded by Charles II. Grosyenor,
OF Ohio Thomas y. McCsrter Of Newark; spoke
on "A National Spirit" The Sacrament OF Mem
ory' was the subject Of the address Of the Rev.
Dwight GallOupe.