The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-31

nat Lincoln was the Icdl AcdOCt u Ills
! period becomes clearer TO US since the
recovery and publication OF his speech
| at Bloomington, III. on May q. lS56.
| Those who believe in divine rule in the
affairs Of men ind support for their be-
eff in the fact that this speech was lost
and not printed until the conflict wss
over for its radical and far-reachins
! sentiments would have tended 10 defeat
his nomination and election for President
a few sentences viii show its import
We are in asSrying time; il ranges
above mere party; and this movement
TO call halt and turn our steps back
ward needs all the help and good counsel
ii can get; for unless popular opinion
makes itself very strongly felt. and
change is made in our present course.
blood will flow on account Of Nehras-
ka and brothers hand viii be raised
against brother
We have made d good beginning here
| today As ii now stands we must appeal
10 the sober sense and patriotism OF the
people We will make converts day by
| day we will grow strong by calmneSs
and moderation: We will grow strong
| by the violence and injustice Of our ad-
versaries And unless truth be a mock
| cry and Justice a hallow lie We will be in
The majority after while, and then the
revolution we Will accomplish will be
none the less radical from being the re-
suit Of pacific measures. The battle OF
freedom is 10 be fought out on principle.
Slavery is a violation OF the eternal right
We have temporized with il from the
necessities OF our condition; but as sure
as God reigns ana school children read
that black foul lie can never he conse-
Grated into Gods hallowed truth
The conclusion of it all is. that we
must restore the Missouri Compromise.
We must highly resolve that Kansas
must be free. We must make this
land Of liberty in fact. as il is in name
But in seeking to attain these results.
So indispensable if the liberty which i
our pride and boast shall endure. We VIII
be loyal 10 the constitution and TO the
flag of the Union: and no matter what
our grievances. even though Kansas
shall come in as d slave State; and no
matter what theirs. even if we shah re-
store the Compromise, we Will say 10 the
Southern disunionists. We won't go out
OF the union. and you shan't
But let us, meanwhile. appeal TO the
sense and patriotism of the people and
rot 10 their prejudices: let us spread the
floods Of enthusiasm here aroused all over
these vast prairies. SO suggestive of free
dom. There is both a power and magic
in popular opinion. To that let US now
appeal: and while in all probability no
resort 70 force will be needed. our mod
Grafton and forbearance will stand Us in
good stead. when. if ever. We must make
an appeal to battle and 10 the God of
hosts
Whether the publication OF this speech
within ten days after Brooks assault
upon Sumner in the senate chamber,
would have done Lincoln good or harm.
must be left to speculation. but its pub
LEGATION for the first time within the last
five years increases his growing fame.
But beyond the greatness Of any in
dividual stand the glory and the grandeur
OF our reunited country. Soldiers of the
Union you conquered more than YOU
thought: you builded better than you
knew. Our nation has now passes to
unassaiIable pre-eminence, and is the
center of the worlds hope and the world S
desire The victory of the Union army
saved us from being half-doZen war
ring petty, discordant powers. and made
US one nation worth preserving. and
worth the price that il cost 4 half
million lives six billion treasure, and
wounds which are painful yet. make
price beyond estimate. but more ines
Unable is the nation that was made. the
the greatest force OF the twentieth cen
tury. foremost in the files of time Rid
ding itself of its wrong toward one race
l.. ID cr-n fnxrr
APPROXIMATION was an end and a begin
ring; the conclusion of the old and the
commencement of the new; where the
star OF Union went up and the star Of
secession went down: where war became
victory and peace became triumph: hence
forth one flag. one people. and one coun-
try: the greatest price ever paid secured
the greatest return. and that return is
our inheritance. The altar of every
Grand Army Post is cOnsecrated to fra
ternity. charity and loyalty; every re-
lief corps is instructive with the life of
our country. for these women are the
sisters and daughters OF the BiCkerdykes
and LiverInores Of that terrible time
when limbs were shattered and hearts
were broken The carnage Of forty years
ago fell quite as heavily upon the women
as on the men. and the letter written by
President Lincoln 10 Mrs. BiXby is the
most tender and touching ever penned.
Dear Madsm:-I have been shown in
the files Of the War Department a state
ment of the Adjutant General OF Msssa
chusetts that YOU are the mother Of five
sons who have died gloriously on the
field Of battle I feel how weak and fruit
less must be any words OF mine which
should attempt 70 beguile you from a
loss so overwhelming. but ] cannot re-
frain from teuderins 70 you the conso-
lstion that may be found In the thank
Of the Republic they died 10 save.
pray that our Heavenly Father may
assuage the anguish OF your bereavement
and leave you only the cherished memory
OF the loved and lost. and the solemn
pride that must be ycurs To have laid
50 costly a sacrifice upon the altar q
freedom
On this annual memorial day We re-
member their graves. whether in our own
beautiful cemeteries. or AZ Chicamauga
OF Vicksburg. ar Antietam or Anderson
vile. or Kenesaw Mountain or in The
wilderness. whether in the savanas II
Carolina OF on virginia's Unkenpt hills
From the Capitol az Washington sou look
across the uox Guiet Potomac. a stream
~ one country and not the boundary q
tao ard see The cemetery az Arlington.
whs-e seventeen thousand soldiers sleeD.
each in the wio1ovless palace % rest
The most Impressive monument there 81
a. .--..--f--- .--ers-e -,fia 1ra~rrG over The