The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-13
PAY TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN
LOYAL LEGION CELEBRATES ANNL-
VERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
Gen. e. S. Bragg Testifies In Flo
quent Terms to the Character and
worth of the Great Presidcnt-
rev. Pleasant Hunter Discusses
the Duties of Citizenship.

The military order of the Lcval Le-
gion of the United States Commanderv
OF the state of Minnesota, celebrated
| the anniversary of Mr.. Lincoln's birth
py banquet at the Ryan last night.
IN wnlcn 20 men and women partici-
| pated: Ihere was preliminary meet
| ing OF the order at O'Clock.
The banquet began at o'clock. The
ADDRESS of the evening was by Gen.
| EdWard ). Bragg, of Wisconsin IF
was magnificent tribute to the char
acter and worth of the great president.
Ihe commander of the order. Robert
N Adams, of Minneapolis, presided.
and made the opening address. Arch
Dishop ireland made the invocation.
kew DR.. Pleasant Hunter. of Vest
| minister church, Minneapolis. delivered
prlef address on the duties of Ameri
can citizenship. The committee on ar
rangements consisted of Col r. NJ.
Newport, Lieut.. Ell Terrence, Mai w,
- Hale, Col j. II. Baker, Col John
n. Page, Capt. e. S. Dudley. Capt. w.
n. Harries, Maj A. c. Wedge and Eric
| B. Dahlgren.
The main table extended along the
south side of the dining hall and theirs
were three tables below extending the
full length of the room
Inc Third United States infantry
band, under the leadership of Charles
Graves, supplied the music
Durlng the progress of the dinner
number OF old war songs We're sung.
among them being America" ;" Battle
hymn of the Republic" Marching
Through Georgia." THE Vacant
Chair Aud Lang Lyme" Just Be.
fore the Battle, Mother" RED. White
and @ Blue" Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
renting on the Old Camp Ground"
and When Johnny Comes Marching
Home"
The decorations consisted only of the
American flags, singly and in groups.
ana pictures of Washington and Lin
coin, just back of the chair of the com.
| mander.
Commander Adams Address.
1t was $50 o'clock when Commander
Adams made the opening address He
concluded brief address as follows:
Permit me. before introducing the first
speaker, to call your attention to a single
incident which | once heard related and
which believe has never been published
A few days after the birth of that child
OF glorious destiny, a neighbor of the fam
tly called to see the proud mother and her
chlia. In the course of conversation the
given a name to the child.
'Oh, yes" she responded, I'VE named
him before he was born"
=, And what do you call hm?" inquired
the visitor.
Abraham"
''Abraham!" exclaimed the visitor and
then added, What name for a babyn'
Why said she, "It seems to me the name
Is bigger than the boy"
How is 1t now? There is such a thing as
making name and there is such a thing
also as growing up into a name, and in
this Instance how marvellous the ascent.
From deepest poverty to the highest hon
and emoluments OF the nation that
we believe the greatest From almost ab-
solute obscurity to worldwide fame.
through honeEt industry In the way Of
common toll to glorious immortality. Who
now questions that the child, the by, the
man, the statesman, the martyred presi-
dent the sainted and crowned king has not
grown up into the greatness OF the name2
I Abraham! Father Of the multitude Saw
ior of a natont Emanciuator OF an on
pressed people! Child of nature and OF
God The grandest exponent of popular
liberty, OF any mere man whose glor-
Ines the pages OF human history.
Gen. RrRGS's Tribute.
Gen. Bragg was accorded a hearty
welcome and the patriotic and eloquent
points in his address were warmly ap-
plauded. This was what he said:
Sir Commander and Companions Ladies
and Other Guests: There be
semblage in America more fitting and op-
perfume than this in celebration of the birth
day of the martyr president whose brain and
nerve guided the helm of state when the
explosive dynamite Of treason shook the
Union to its center, and made a hundred
fields, rich in natures blossoms and YER
dure, when kissed by the sun with his morn
ing rays, at nightfal but the bloody bvouac
of the dead.
1t is most meet and fitting for this or
der, as representative of the brain and
Drawn Of the people, on whose shoulder the
Union rests, and who went down TO the
jaws Of very hell to proclaim to the
world that the American republic was not
failure, that in peace and in there
would always spring forward in defense Of
her honor, her integrity and the flag OF an
undivided nation patriotic sons from the
howell and the palace, from the city and
, the hamlet from her valleys and mountain
sides, singing as they did before when they
went to death, to prison and to fetid hos
pltal:
We're coming, Father Abraham, three
hundred thousand morei''
1t is not only the birthday OF Abraham
Lincoln that we commemorate but 1t Is TO
us the birth Of the great commander-n-
chief of the army and navy OF the United
States whose children we were during the
dark days from 81 to 80, bearing arms
for the integrity of the Union, and ulti-
mately wiping from the flag of a free peo-
pie the foul stain Of human slavery pro-
tested and conserved by constitutional law
There is another propriety in this place Of
commemoration peculiarly applicable. We
are dwellers in and children OF the West
Mr. Lincoln was a child Of the West a boy
OF the West man of the West type
OF character too fast fading from view be
fore the pushing advance Of a class whose
god is in their bank account, and whose
polished address and manner OF speech is
too often acquired at the expense Of the
sacrifice of the hickory. rough though il
might be, which the "sine qui nom
at the base OF the character Of men like
Lincoln, and the early pioneer Of his type
They will stand in American history as
representatives OF Gods manhood not need
ing the conventional polish of society or the
agnosticism bred from too much school to
mark them as men worthy of the trust and
confidence OF people deserving to be free
Hero worship stands out as prominent
attribute in American character and next
in close proximity to it, on the chart OF
deineation OF our character, is a marked
tendency to Athenian fickleness-bays and
! NJ NJ ryofuO
for the morrow.
Mr. Lincoln died when his glory was I'm
apogee-when every loyal American and
every lover Of manhood and freedom where
ever Gods sunlight shed it's rays in sorrow
and mourning bowed its head in reverence
almost In worship, as the body was given
back to It's mother earth, and the spirit
freed from care and sorrow. sped away
from Its earthly tenement and nestled with
the souls OF the just made perfect in the
| bosom of It's God
| Do not shudder at my words, but
use the language Of one of the dead
martyrs bosom friends and admirers, in
idea | have endeavored to give you-'AIr
Lincoln was fortunate in the opportunity
OF his death" He escaped the politicians
intrigue and filthy smirch, that. made the
name Of his successor and fellow-worker
a Kissing and a by-word" upon the
tongues OF the pOpulace, harped on by a
partisan press, infamed to advance the
ends of unscrupulous cabal.
Spirit of His inaugural.
The story of his life. mis- education, his
character, his virtues. his peculiarlties, and
Of his great big tender heart, overhowing
with kindness without stint making at