The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-14

spirit in which he did the infinitely greater and more terrible tasks allotted to him.
 Generous and Not Vindictive.
 Let us be steadfa>t for the right; but let Us err on the side of generosity rather than on the side of vindictiveness toward those who differ from us as to the method of attaining the right. Let us never forget our duty to help in uplifting the lowly, to shield from wrong the hum ble; and let us likewise act in q spirit of tho broadest and franlle-t generosity toward all our brothers, all our fellow countrymen; in a spirit proceeding not from weakness but from strength. q spirit which takes no more account of locality than 1t does Of class or of creed; a spirit which is resolutely bent on see ing that the union which Washington founded and which Llneom saved from destruction shall grow nobler and greater throughout the ages.
 'I believe ia this country with all my heart and soul believe that our people will in the end rise level to every ned, will in the end triumph over every diff eulty that rises before them. ] could not have such confident faith In the destiny of this mighty people if l h2d it merely as regards one portion Of that people. Throughout our land things on the whole have grown better and not worse, and this is as true of one part of the coun- try as it is of another. l belieYe in the southerner as believe in the northerner. I claim the right to feel pride in his great qualities and in his great deeds exactly as l feel pride in the great qualities and deeds of every other American. For veal or for woe ve are knit together, and ve shall go up or go down together;
 i-4s 1.II erA md not down, that pe shall go forward in- stead of halting and falling back, be- cause 1 have sn abiding faith in the gen. erosity, the courage, the resolution, and the common sense of all my country men.
 Face Difficult Problems.
 "The southern states face difficult problems; and so do the northern states. Some of the problems are the same for the entire country Others exist in greater intensity in one section; and yet others exist in greater intensity in as- other section. But in the erd they will all be solved; for fundamentally our people are the same Throughout this land; the same in the qualities of heart and brain and hand which have made this republic what 1t is in the great to- day: which will make it what it IS to be in the infinitely greater tomorrow. l ad- mire and respect and believe in and have faith in the mon and women of the south as I admire and respect and be- lieve in and have faith in the men and women of the north All Of us alike, nortnerners and southerners, customers and westerners. can best prove our fealty to the nations past by the way m "hlch we do the nations work in the present, for only thus can ve be sure that our chidrens children shall inherit hbraham A<rra n great unchansina creed that rishteous- ness erslteth . nation.
 Senator Deliver Speaks. Following the President. Senator Dolll- yer of Iowa responded to the toast "Abra- ham Lincoln" Mir George A. Knight Of California spoke on "The Republican Party" and James M. Peek, former as- sistant nttoney general H the Chiteu States on "The Unity of the Republic The dinner vas held in the main ban quet hall of the Wsldorf-A-toria, ana m the number of guests and elsboroeehesS | of decorations is believed to have ex- ceeded any function of It's character ever l held in New York.
 Tho guests numbered more than thirteen hundred and not only crowded the main | banquet hall, but the Astor gallery the Myrtle room. and even the foyer on the second f,oor. the whole of which was used. | Amona the guests were tf6 women "ho dined in the A-tor gallery.
 | Tn the main banquet hall the galleries were almost entirely hidden by torsytnla and laurel and the tables were laden with sunset. La France. general Jacqui- mont and American beauty roses. On the walls were festoons of American nags' and the coat of arms of the states. Back of the speakers table was large oil painting of Lincoln, draped with Amer can flags and surmounted in electric lfohts with inc famous r.oft@