The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-13

and thought that everybody was wiser
 than anybody-a fact which has long
 since ceased to be called in question.
 He was always interested in the affairs
 of the people, always wanted to know
 what they were dcing and what they
 were thinking about. He held in con.
 tempt any man who made his money
 at the expense of the common people
 and then married his daughter to soma
 defunct nobleman across the sea. Lin-
 coin had the soul of charity for all peo4
 pie, both of the north and south.
 In closing the speaker said that we
 cannot honor these homely, simple and
 primal virtues too much, as they are
 the staples of the land. They stand
 for the home, the city and the nation,
 create the real power and widen the
 outlines which outstretch all others,
 make glorious the common virtues ofs.
 the common blood of the common peos pie forever more.
 Colonel N. G. Osborn was expected to
 be the next speaker, but by reason of his presence in Hartford he was com- pelled to convey his regrets, which he did by telegraph. He had hoped to be present to respond to the toast "Con- stitutional Convention" but considered that he was doing more for his constit- uents by remaining in Hartford than by being here. In consequence of his absence Rev. George H. Ferris of the Calvary Baptist church. who has gain ed wide reputation as an after-d dinner speaker, was called on for a few re- marks, as Toastmaster Carmichael hap- oily put it, whether they were either "constitutional" or ''conventionap,' made no difference. The speech was characteristic one which bristled with wit and humor and also abounded in bursts of eloquence concerning the man whose memory was being honored, that held his auditors almost spellbound
 Hon. Joseph l.. Barbour, of Hartford, was the last speaker of the evening. He was not confined to any set topic. and his introduction was greeted with a storm of applause. He spoke of the wonderful development of patriotism, 2. and the wonderful uprising of the peo- pie in response to Lincoln's calls to arms in defense of the Union. The men of the great struggle were typified and exemplified by Abraham Lincoln. Now come the amazing and glorious re- suits of that conflict, almost half century ago, and, first of all, is free- dom. Slavery, the peculiar institution of our brethren of the south, has been wiped out. The war was one, not of conquest, but of conscience, and it was not the intention to enslave, but to free, and in this We have suc- needed admirably. so that all the coun- tries across the sea gaze in wonder. The blood of the martyrs has washed away the stain of human bondage, and we stand before the nations of the world with clean white hands, untar- nished and unstained. The war solved she problem of future policy and prov- ed the strength of the republic, and showed that this republican form of government was strong and inflexible. All Europe looked with undisguised because our armies were lot machines, but made up of the com- non people and they, the American people, managing themselves. There vas no sectional advantage, but a tri- lmph over our enemies everywhere
 The banquet closed with the singinr If "America