The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11

bons, fitted up and down the steps and
along the sidewalk, happier than had
ever seen them before. =
At the church service that night, nv
father, who had served as chaplain Of
the Twenty-sixth regiment, New Jersey
volunteers, told how he had met MI.
Lincoln personally, and how great and
good he had been. 80 =
n Tasn a snd ESs 6 eg fnsa at Wash r.
Springfield. Our city was like a Gene.
terry. Every wheel in the big factory
town was still. The streets were black
with people. Flags were half-mast;
bells tolled. I followed the crowds to
Railroad avenue; but was too small
to see over their heads, so climbed on
a fat coal car. .~.rr s +
~. The engine came ringing requiem.
The train moved slowly-the car with
flags, guarded by soldiers; and the
coffin was covered with flowers.
Years after, visited Ford's theater,
where Lincoln was shot, and the house
across the street in which he breathed
his last. 2 While living in Illinois, /
went to Springfield where he resided
when elected president, and drove out
to beautiful Oak Ridge cemetery, where
he lies buried, waiting the reveille Of
luc ISSuTIccC1Ou.
AS a resident of Kentucky, I made a
trip to Hardin county, where Lincoln
was born in 1909; and with some friends
who revered the martyrs memory, I
crossed. the Ohio river into Spencer
county, Indiana, where he moved with
his parents in 1916. -
Dear to my heart are some Of these
scenes Of former years, which fond
recollection brings back to my view.
Abraham Lincoln is name mothers
love and teach their children to pro-
nounce with admiration and devotion.
Born in humility, he lived honorably,
and died high in the nation g love.
! Washington gave us independence.
Lincoln gave us union. His sad face
was chapter Of the wars history. His
homely hand signed the proclamation by
which three million slaves entered the
temple of liberty.
I met ex-President U. S. Grant in
Chicago at a reception. 1t was this
immortal hero who said:
"Lincoln' g fame will ever grow
brighter as time passes and his great
work is understood sS.:..
The south has learned to accept Lin
coin as the best friend it ever, had.
In lecture, I heard Henry Waiter
son of Kentucky say:
-, emo tragedy or epic poem will bee
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BY mankind with deeper feeling thar
that which tells the story Of his life
and DEATH 1 .Es@s :
Standing by Henry W. Grady's monu
ment in Atlanta, Ga, I recalled his elo
:quent tribute to Lincoln:
"He was greater than Puritan
greater than Cavalier. in that he was
/ American;- in that in his homely form
were gathered all the vast and. thrill
j Of fhicE idea suOvornTn n
ours charging it with such tremendous
meaning, and so elevating it above #hu
! man suffering, that martyrdom, tho in
1 famously aimed, came as a fitting crown
tosa life. consecrated from it's cradle t.
human liberty.
In his lecture on ;Iincoln, I heart
! Colonel Robert G. IngersoH declare:
the fercest civil war. He is the gent
Hest memory Of oursworl ID 4 53t:ts
Il Years ago / made a pilgrimage t
4 Gettysburg, w here 1T was decided tina
8 1.-the government could not endur
half slave, half free. # 1865
Nature s harry est had hid the horror
i Of war. Instead of, shot, smoke an
8 and sweet with the song Of birds :S
Thinking Of the Black past and .brigh
II future, Lincoln s. form rose before IN
d as with the inspira tion of a. Hebre,
prophet he repeated the inmorta
words: a.
The nation, under God, shall have,
new birth Of freedom, and that COY
eminent Of the people, by the peopl.
and for the people shall not perish frol
Il the earth. = 81.
& There was "a pause, and from b,
meath the sod where rest the Blue an
tile. Gray, + seemed ito hear the word
& /! s. Amen Amen. s s.
ierance 10 the captives, to set at i'll
f erty them that are bruised. g