The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-02
CONGRESSMAN sULzER ON A5RA-
HAM LINCOLN.
Concluded from rage -

Concluded from rage ID
printed before regarding MIR. Lincoln's
sadness and greatness, and dry wit
and inimitable humor, and in his conf
pcsItion there was much of all these
elements. in the early days OF the
war for the Union. a great body OF
leading bankers and fnanciers of New
, York called AZ the White House to see
Mr. lincoln, and asked him to send
shirs and troops to New York to pro-
tect their treasures. Mr.. Lincoln
listened patiently to all this commit
tee had to say. and when they
finished he said, in his quiet, sad and
simple way: Gentlemen. in answer
to all YOU have said. reply that | am
doing everything in my power with
the forces at nv command to save the
Union. There is no danger to your
treasures in New York City. and in
; stead of asking me to send warships
and troops to New York to protect
them, you should go back home and
lend your money to the Government
I'm order to protect the Constitution
and help save the Union"
The great committee of bankers ana
fnanciers returned to New York wiser
and more patriotic men from these
few words of the immortal martyred
President.
Lincoln loved the Union. and his
first inaugural message proves that
his only desire was to save the Union
from civil strife and dissolution. He
had said many times before that
house divided against itself cannot
stand, and Lincoln was right.
When DIR. Long. an intimate friend
of Lincoln. said to him one day, We'll,
Lincoln. that foolish speech will Kill
you-wim defeat you for all Offices FOE
all time to come" referring to the
House Divided" speech. Mr.. Lincoln
replied:
IF had 90 draw a pen across and
erase my whole life from existence.
and | had one poor gift or choice left,
as to what | should save from the
wreck, | should choose that speech
and leave it to the world INCREASED"
Lincoln died in che prime of his
life. at the summit of his career, in
the zenith of his fame. in the service
CT his country. loved by every friend
Ct man. and mOurned by al the world.
There is reaper whose name is
Death.
And with his sickle keen.
He reaps the bearded grain at a
breath,
And the flowers that grow between.
President Lincoln was perhaps more
abused and caricatured during the
time he was in the White House than
any other man that ever lived in our
country. And yet. when he was
stricken down by the cruel bullet of
an irresponsible lunatic, all the world
bowed down and wept and prayed. and
every government on earth paid him
the homage of his great heart AMI
soul.
No paper in all the world abused
Lincoln more than Punch of London,
and yet. upon the death of Lincoln it
wrote one of the most beautiful odes
that ever was written to the memory
Of man. and James Russell Lowell.
one of Americas greatest poets,
summed 1t all up in a stanza in his
Commemorative Ode when he said of
TIE undying fame of Lincoln:
Great captains with their guns and
drums disturb our judgment for
the hour,
But at last silence comes-these all
are gone.
And standing like a tower our chill
dren's children shall behold the
glory OF his fame.
This kindly, earnest, sad. far-seeing
man,
New birth of our new soil-the first
American"