The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
WELLINGTON ON LINCOLN.
The Maryland Senator Pays Il Glowing
Triubte TO She Memory OF the War
President.-Gov. Lowndes Also
Mnkes Il SI,eecE.


night at the Union League Club,
Baltimore, Senator George L. Wei
lington, of Maryland, spoke on Lin
coin. In his speech the Senator
paid high compliment to the mem
DRY of the Nations greatest Presi-
dent, as follows:
1.-The homely face chat looks down
upon you belonged to one OF the ma
tions great men, direct of speech and
cunning with the pen. lie went
straight to his mark-the human
heart. Wise, too, for what he could
not break. he bent. On his shoulders
he bore more than atlas load. 10 my
mind, Abraham Lincoln was the most
wonderful man this country has ever
produced.
.Go back to the foundations OF the
Government. There yon viii find
one man who dwarfs all Others, and
he was George Washington. He was
the representative of his age and time.
He was great for the things he did,
and greater for the things he did not
do. Around him were gathered Illus
trious men, who in the course of time
passed away. Only a few of them es-
caped the fate of being forgotten.
"Then we come to name that will
shine with illustrious letters on the
temple of fame. He is the only eX-
emplar of the possibilities of Ameri-
can citizenship. BY his own will he
assembled the ladder of life until he
reached the highest possible rung-
the Chief Executive of this great
country. He was born so years ago
tonight in log cabin in Kentucky.
He was from the common people,
but he was one of those destined to
rise above the mass. He follows the
fortunes of his shiftless father because
he was taught that was one of his du-
ties. He always did his duty until he
died by the assassin's hand. He was
Ignorant, and yet there was working
inNhim the spirit which was to make
him the greatest man of the century.
He hired a flatboad to go down the
river, and on that trip hinges the fate
of this people. On that trip was born
the determination that the doctrine
of the Declaration of Independence
should be placed in the constitution.
If Lincoln were living he would say:
"You have the great privilege OF liber-
ty; you are free; you cannot detact
from the lowest person who lives, an
iota of his liberty without detacting
from your own. (Applause.)
when the Republican party was
formed he joined it. Lincoln had in
him that which when defeat came
told him it was an admonitiOn to
work for the future. He was defeat
ed as a candidate for Senator. His
election to the Presidency meant the
uprising of one section against an
other. When the war came this man,
ignorant, awkward, described as
boor, carried on his shoulders the
burden of that strife. 1t was the in
SEPARATION of God which enabled him
to do it. The war over, Lincoln came
out of it bearing inSone hand the
charter of the American Government,
in the other the emancipation of
race. He was taken away while his
hand was on the helm after having
guided the nation into a safe port.
He stands now, and will thousand
years hence, as the one American
whose character is Incompatible"
In responding to the toast MARY
land,n Governor Lowndcs said:
| came here tonight under the i'm
preston that | had read that there
were discussions existing i'll the re-
publican party of Baltimore City, and
that they were of such a character
that party success was in danger
From the assembly gathered around
these tables, | am convinced that |
must have been dreaming, and the
dreams go by. contraries. There are
no discussions in our ranks, and we
do not propose there shall be any
that will cause us to lose the results
of the victories which have followed
our banner since 1895.
| see before me men VINO have la
bored for years to accomplish repub-
lican success; who have the progress
of our State and city too much at
heart to allow personal ambitions or
jealousies to come in the way OF CON
timing the republican party in power
which party has given our people Il
government which may have fallen
short of the ideal, yet which has been
so far superior to that of our prede-
cessor that those who helped to put
it in power have not much to com
plain about. 1t has done much for
- advancement of the State and
city, and we have learned much dur
ing the past three years, which will
benefit us for the future. We have
been weighed in the balance and have
not been found wanting.
l see men here, some of whom diff
fer with each other on the non-essen-
tials, but all agree upon the great es
sential, which is that good govern
ment can only be had at the hands of
the republican party, and, therefore,
it is most essential that all good citi-
Zens devote their energies to main
tain the supremacy of that party.
This is fit occasion, when we have
gathered to pay tribute to him who
chad charity for all and malice to-
ward none,' to forget our individu-
ality, and remember we are citizens
of a great State, that has been rich
in great men and great deeds. We
remember with pride our statesman
and soldier who in 1776, helped to
make this country possible, and in
the war with Spain Maryland was the
first to respond to the call of the Pres
ident, and, while our soldiers did not
have an opportunity to go abroad,
yet their loyalty and devotion are
such as to deserve the praise of every
Maryland citizen, and one can't say
too much for our Naval Reserve, who
did see service, and were awarded
commentator for their conduct. To