Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14

ficulties, and so guide and encourage the
weaker race
Surely we can all of us join in express
ing our substantial agreement with the
principles thus laid down by this North
Carolina bishop, this representative of the
Christian thought of the south.
L am speaking on the occasion of the cele-
bration of the birthday Of Abraham Lin
coin, and to men who count ii their peculiar
privilege that they have the right to hold
Lincolns memory dear, and the duty to
strive to work along the lines that he laid
down. We can pay most fitting homage to
his memory by doing the tasks allotted to
us in the spirit which he did the infinitely
greater and more terrible tasks allotted
to him.
Let us be steadfast 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 to the method
sof attaining the right.
Never to Forget Our Duty.
Let US never forget our duty to help In
uplifting the lowly, to shield from wrong
/ the humble; and let US likewise act in a
Esprit of the broadcast and frankest gener-
osty toward all our brothers, all our fell
lowcountrymen; in a spirit proceeding not
from weakness but from strength, spirit
which takes no more account of locality
than it does of class or of creed; spirit
which is resolutely bent on seeing that the
Union which Washington founded and
which Lincoln saved from destruction shall
grow nobler and greater throughout the
ages. -
| I believe in this country with all my heart
and soul l believe that our people Will in
the end rise level to every need will in the
end triumph over every difficulty that rises
before them. l could not have such con-
fident faith in the destiny of this mighty
people if l had it merely as regards one
of hat yhn,,
land things on the whole have grown bet
ter and not worse, and this is true of
one part of the country as it is of another.
L believe in the southerner 1 believe in
the northerner l 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 Ameri-
can. For veal or for woe we are knit to-
gether. and we shall go up or go down to-
gether; and l believe that we shall go up
and not down, that we shall go forward in
stead of hating and falling back, because
have an abiding faith in the generosity, the
courage, the resolution, and the common
sense of all my countrymen.
The southern states face difficult prob
lens; 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 another section. But
in the end they will all be solved; for funda-
mentally our people the same through
out this land: the same in the qualities Of
heart and brain and hand which have made
this republic what it is in the great today:
which will make it what it is to be in the
infinitely greater tomorrow. I admire and
respect and believe in and have faith in
the men and women of the south as l ad-
mlre and respect and believe in and have
faith in the men and women of the north
All of us alike, northerners and southern
ers, fasteners and westerners can best
prove our fealty to the nations past by
the way in which we do the nations work
in the present.; for only thus can we be
sure that our childrens children shall in
herit Abraham Lincoln single-hearted de-
Votlon to the great unchanging creed that
righteousness eXalteth nation
More Than 1900 Guests.
Following the President. Senator Dolliver
OF Iowa responded to the toast abraham
Llncoin; Mr.. George A. Knight of Cali
fornia spoke on THE Republican Party"
and James NJ. Beck. former assistant at
torney general of the United States on
The Unity Of the Republic"
The guests numbered more than 300. and
not only crowded the main banquet hall.
but the gallery the myrtle room and even
the foyer on the second floor of the hotel
the whole of which was used. Among the
guests were 2Io women, who dined in the
Astor gallery.
In the main banquet hall the galleries |
were almost entirely hidden by forsythia |
and laurel and the tables were laden with |
ouHSei, Lid france, General JaCQuemlnOt |
and American Beauty roses On the walls |
were festoons of American flags and the
coat-of-arms of the states. Back of the |
speakers table was large oil painting of !
Lincoln, draped with American flags and |
surmounted in electric lights, with the |
famous motto, with malice toward none:
with charity for all
Distinguished Company.
In the distinguished company attending
the banquet were men prominent in all the |
highest walks of life. Among those who |
sat at the Presidents table were:
Secretary of War Taft. Elihu Root,
Whitelaw Reid, B. B. Odell, jr., Senator ].
P. Dolliver. Joseph B. Bishop. DR.. John |
Huston Finley, president of the College Of |
the City of New York; Oscar s. Straus, |
Bishop c. H rowler Lieutenant Governor |
M. Linn Bruce, Seth Low William Loeb, |
jr.. George A. Knight. Andrew Carnegie,
Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young, retired; Cen |
o. o. Howard, Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant,
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, Surgeon |
Charles F. Stokes. U. 8. N. James M. Beck. |
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of |
Columbia University; Frank 8. Black, Gen.
Granville NJ. Dodge. Rev. Dr. Henry M. |
McCracken, chancellor OF New York Uni |
versity; William Halpin and Rev. DR.. Sill |
verman.
The President was introduced by Louis |
Stern. president OF the Republican Club, In |
brief speech. AS President Roosevelt rose |
In reply tho banQuoters In the adjoining