The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-14
SCRANTON TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER H. 1900

the manufacturing cehters hy the very opera.
tivcs upon. whom the war bore the hardest, cN.
pressing the most enthusiastic sympathy With
the proclamation, while they bore with heroic
iortiiudc the srievous privaticns which the war
entailed upon them. Mr.. Lincoln's expectation
when he announced to the world that all slaves
in all states then in rebellion set free. must
have been that the avowed position Of his gcv.
ernincnt, that the continuance of the war now
meant the annihilation Of slavery. would make
intervention impossible for any foreign nation
whose people were lovers Of liberty so the
result proved
The growth and development Of I.incolns men.
tai power and moral force. Of his intense , and
tics Of government were thrown upon him at tie
age Of hfty.two, furnish a rare and striking H.
l,s!ration OF the marvellous capacity and ndap,,
ability OF the human intcllcct--of the sound
mind In the sound liody. lie came TO the dis
charge Of the great duties OF the presidency with
absolutely no experience in the administration
9 foreign ana a. domestic policy which mon mime, hI
during the rest OF his life but he mastered eaol,
as II came. apparently with the facility of q
trained and experienced ruler. As Clarendon sad
the demands Of great station" His life through
IL all was one Of intense labor anxiety and d's'
trcss without one hour Of peaceful rcpcsc from
first to last. But he rose to every occasion. Ne
lied public opinion, but did not march so far IN
advance Of It as to fail of it's effective support In
every great emergency. He knew the heart ana
thought Of the people, as no man not in co,l,
stant and absolute sympathy with them could
have known it, and 80, holding their confidence,
he trumphed through and with them. Not only
was there this steady growth OF intellect, hut
for refinement developed also, as exhibited in the
purity and perfection Of his language and style
Of speech. The rough backwoodsman. who had
never seen the inse Of university, became N IN n
own powers Of mind. heart and soul, master OF
style--and some Of his utteranrcs will rank with
the best the most perfectly adapted 10 the oc'
casion which produced them.
Gettysburg Speech.
Have you time TO listen TO his two minutes
speech at Gettysburg. at the dedication az the
Soldiers cemetery? Ills whole soul was in it.:
-Four score and seven years ago. our fathers
brought forth OIL this continent new nation
conceived in liberty and dedicated TO- the proro'
are engaged in great civil war, testing whclhci
that nation, or any nation so conceived and 50
dedicated. can long endure. We are Wel on u
great battlefield Of that war. We have CONE l"
dedicate portion OF that field as a final resting.
place for those who here gave their lives t'a'
that nation might live. II is altogether hitting
and proper that we should do this But in a
larger sense we cannot dedicate-wc cannot con.
secrate-we cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men. living and dead, who struggled here
have consecrated 1t far abouve our ponr power
to add TO or detract. The world will little note.
nor long remember, what We say liere-but 1t can
never forget what they did here. II is for ~,
the living. rather, to be dedicated here to the
M finished work which they who fought here
US to tc here dedicated to the great task rs:
maining before ustfat from these honored dead
We take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of dcvc.
ticn--that We here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain-that this IA.
tion under God shall have q new birth Of free.
dom--and that government Of the people. by Tie
people and for the people, shall not perish from
the earth"
Second Inaugural.
lie lived to see his work indorsed by over.
wlielming majority Of his countrymen. In his
second inaugural address. pronounced just forty
which we'll displays his indomable will and at
the sane time his deep religious feeling. his
sublime charity TO the enemies of his country
and his broad and catholic humanity:
''1f we shall suppose that American slavery
10 one Of those offenses Svhich in the Providence
Of God must needs come, but which, having con
tinucd through the appointed time. He now wills
south this terrible war, as the woe due to- those
by whSm the offence came. shall We discern
therein any. departure, from those divine at;
always astribe to Him? Fondly do we hope. ferv.
emily do we pray, that this mighty scoirge OF
war may speedily pass away. Yet, il God wills.
that it continue until all the wealth piled BY
unrequited toll shall he sunk. and until every
drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be pail
with another drawn by the sword. as was said
three thousand years ago. still it must be
said, The judgments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether y
''With malice toward none, with charity for
all; with flrmpcss in the right as God gives ns
to see the rightlet lis strive on to finish the
work we are in; to bind UP the nations wounds;
to care for him who shall have borne the battle
and for his widow and his orphan-to do all
which may achieve and cherish Just and lasting
peace among ourselves, and with all nations"
His prayer was answered. The forty days OF
life that remained to him crowned with
great historic events. lie lived to see his proc.
nlent OF the constitution, adopted by congress
and submitted TO the states for ratification. The
mighty soour2c OF war did speedily pass away.
for it was given him to witness the surrender nj
the last rebel army and the fall Of their capital.
and the starry flag that he loved, waving in tri.
umph over every foot OF the national soil When
lie died by the madman's hand in the supreme
hour of victory, the vanquished lost their hest
examples; and all the friends OF freedom and JUS,
tice. in whose cause lie lived and died. joined
hands as mo,liners at his grave.
Many notable persons were in the
audience. and Mr.. Choate vas fire.
quently applauded.
Lord Rosebery. replying to Il vote Of
thanks for presiding. said:
"Lincoln was one of the great fig
ures of the nineteenth century. To
me 1t has also seemed that he was the
second founder of the great republic.
His strength rested on two rocks-un-
tiinching principle and illimitable COM
mon sense. One distinguishing fea"
ture that disassociated him from I'll
the other great men of history, was
his immense fund Of humor."