The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-13

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himself was accomplished: slavery was
| abolished. the Union was saved
Orphaned the Nation.
| "At the very moment. however, when
| the starry banner of freedom was float
| ing over the subdued walls of Petersburg
and Richmond, slavery crushed and
| broken, serpent-like, gathered its remain
| ing strength for one final effort and or
| phaned nation
"Truest among the true, wisest among
| the wise, pressing forward to that prom
| 1sed land Of peace, without turning aside
| from the blood -stained path by which
| alone the goal could be reached, without
faltering even when the clouds lowered
most threateningly, with patriotism as his
| compass and love of humanity his guiding
| star, the noble Lincoln pressed on. His
| feet had barely touched the borders of
that promised land for which his great
heart had so long and earnestly yearned,
and even when the air was yet thrilling
with the echo of his kindly words, with
| charity for all and malice towards none,
he fell
Like Moses. he had marched with his
people through the wilderness, and, with
prophetic vision, beheld in the golden
| light of the-future, the Fipening, waving
| fields of peace and plenty, but It was not
to be his privilege to enter in, and the
people. with bowed heads and aching
hearts. passed on alone into the promised
land"
Tariff Not Sacred.
w. J. fDonahower, assistant attorney
general, was the next speaker. His re-
| marks were informal in character, but
after Analysing Lincoln's character he
took issue with Congressman Davidson
| on the inviolability Of the present tariff
| and declared his belief that We're Lincoln
living he would join with the element in
the Republican party to take from the
sheltering walls of the tariff those indus
| tries which have outgrown its need and
have become the subjects for monopolistic
capitalization and trust exploitation. He
also spoke of the attitude of Minnesota in
| the convention of 1860.
Oscar Hallam, the last speaker on the
| programme, spoke Of Lincoln's charac-
| teristiesi and his faith in the people, He
| devoted the greater part of his address
to an eulogy of the American soldier of
! the Rebellion, who he declared Lincoln
/ never lost confidence in. though he met
with the most violent opposition from the
| great leaders of his party
A number of informal toasts followed,
| the committees of the club and the Dem
| ocratic enemy being proposed. Lincoln
! club members say that the banquet was
| the most successful in the history of the
club.
Opinions may differ as to whether
| there is special Providence that pre-
| sides over the destinies of nations, but
| it is history that in every great crisis of
the worlds progress God has raised up a
man great enough to cope with the situa-
ton. He raised up Cromwell; He raised
up Martin Luther; He raised up Washing
| ton, and he raised up Abraham Lincoln. -
so spoke E. G. Rogers last evening in
| the course of an address before the Ger
! man American Veterans association Mr.
Rogers was the principal orator of the
| evening, and his address dealt with Abra-
ham Lincoln as statesman and as a
| man. -r
Napoleon, said the speaker, sis quot
! ed as having once said that Providence
| fights on the side which has the strong
| est battalion, but that statement is re-
futed by all history beginning with the
| Bible. The power of God was in the arm
| OF the shepherd boy who slew the great
warrior equipped in all the armor known
! TO the soldiers of those days. Providence
| fights on the side of right and Justice
| Mr. Rogers brought out prominently the
| humble origin of Lincoln and his rise to
through his own
worth and his stanch adherence to those
| principles which he believed to be lust.
He dwelt upon Lincoln's long and vigor-
| Gus fight against slavery, and his consist
| ent and answering adherence to the
| course which he had adopted
An impressive Feature.
An impressive feature Of the pro-
! gramme was the presentation of a hand
! some American flag Of silk, a gift to the
association from German-American CIT
| liens OF st. Paul. The ceremony of pre-
| Sehtatlon was introduced by the singing
| OF Inc Star Spangled Banner by Miss
! Edyth Hackney, accompanied on the
piano by Miss MCGOWAN At the close of
| the song Miss "A. d. Sudheimer, CARRYING
] the lag and followed by six little girls,
each bearing a smaller flag, stepped for
| ward to the platform Then, in the name
! OF the donors Miss Sudheimer delivered
! the flag to Capt. Joseph Burger, president
| Of the association.
A. X Klefer, on behalf of the asso-
| citation, expressed the assurance that this
| flag would be priced by the veterans whose
loyalty to the Stars and Stripes had been
| shown in the Civil war.
| In the course of the programme short
addresses were delivered by Samuel r.
| McCulloch, Rev. ]. Berger and William
| Seeger.
| The speeches were interspersed with
musical numbers which included a vocal
solo by Adolph Timm. with piano ac-
Compartment by Miss Margaretha Mich.
ana VIOLIN obligato by Miss Arma S.
Mich; vocal solos by Miss Edyth Hack
ney and Miss Lizzie Burger; singing bv
the Arion society, and an instrumental
! quartette by Mrs. H. Schaettgen. cello:
MISS rosa iSchaettgen, violin; Miss Cook,
violin, and Miss Dora Schaettgen niano
and piano Duet by the Misses Gertrude
smith and Norman MacCloud. AdoIuh
Rank gave a reading.
sons OF Veterans Celebrate.
A Lincoln celebration was held To- Of
nlgnt by st. Paul Camp No. of the Sons
OF veterans at the organizations head
quarters at Central Hall Annex. DR. q
W. Young and H. T. Bevans delivered
short addresses.