The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

ing reaching like penetrating light tue
inteuects oG"aI the land and conse
quently at his beck and bidding stool
the grandest army ever organized up.
on the earth from civil life-the Grand
Army Of the Union,
Showing the practical turn Of Mr.
LineolnS mind, Mr.. Cousins showed
conclusiyely that he was one of the
first promoters of the ironclad; that
he anticipated the victory of the moni
tor which he had characterized as
the veritaclc sling with the stone
that should yet smitc the Merrimac
Philllstine in the forehead" Then
came some of Mr. Cousins character
istlc philosophy introduced by the
statement, there seems to be sort
of affinity In great minds for the sea
and for sea craft. No nation has ever
become great in the world of nations
that has not taken its place fearless
ly and permanently as cotestant o.
the ocean. Queen Elizabeth used to
inquire, 'quid mihi Maris Scribit--
what does the sea say or write to me?
On that memorable Sunday night,
March 8. 1862. the sea said to Abra,
ham Lincoln 'henceforth we shall be
friends, the monitor has become the
mastor of the mighty deep"
Mr.. Cousins made no allusions 70
politics except in single, strong sen
tencc: Abraham Lincoln was the
ideal of Republicanism and, in my
Judgment, the greatest Republican that
ever lived. lie sometimes epotimlzed
his political creed in three terse and
simple proositions: The general in
ternal Improvement system, the ma
tional bank and high protective
tariff He believed that this coun
try, with its institutions and It's mark
cts. and It's privileges, belong to the
people who inhabit it.
Among the strongest features of the
speech was the allusion of Mr.. Cous
in's to Lincoln's recognition of the
ability of General Grant. Being him
self great. Abraham Lincoln was Q
Judge of greatness. Therefore, the
greatest military genius Of the cen
tury did not escape his keen observ
ing eyes. He saw the army OF the
Tennessee with the hope of all the cen
turies trying to find way to cross
river with no place to embark ant
and no place to land He saw the ina
triumph at vicksburg and with th'
millions of Americans he called 10
General Grant to take command OF al
the Union forces. And within tive
years from the time America reall,
Knew she had Grant, the banner o
the stars were shining on the cont
nnnt. the stars and stripes were float
ing over Richmond
The Gettysburg speech was charac
torlzed by the speaker as ''the match
less gem of concentrated speech in
all our literature
abraham Lincoln sa% that ilnal
triumph, He witnessed the fulfill
ment Of his mission With stockingei
feet before the White House CRATE
he watched the ilickering fire on many
an anxious night, Just as he had done
in Old Kentucky and in Indiana and
in Illinois. in youth time and In early
manhood, and In fancy saw fantastic
figures sometimes droll, amusing him
in lonely hours, and then sometimes
he saw ambition in its selfish form
and hated 1t. He saw the widowed
mother and her hungry child; he saw
the lover dying ON the battlefield for
his country's sake, and then he saw
the face of bis betrothed in agony at
home. He saw the charge OF cavalry
and heard the crash Of death; he saw
the steady lines of infantry starting
for the cannoned crest and felt the
shot and she'll that mangied human
forms. And there In the last dim
pickering light, he saw the emblem of
the Union carried to the eternal
heights. With sad and hopeful heart,
he laid his head upon the pillow In
the mansion where Washington had
slept At early dawn he awoke from
troubled sleep from day to day until
twas done-the mission Of a mighty
soul"
Closing Mr.. Cousins said: "Abra-
ham Lincoln was chosen president by
the better judgment Of the populace
which his reason had convinced before
the actual strife began. Called again
by the unanimous voice Of loyalty,
when the contest had practically end.
ed. he sat securly In the seat of tri-
umph and of glory when the most
tremendous tragedy of fact or fiction
in the annals of our tragic world took
him from the vision of man and the
Bringing into existence
and out of il. this great character on