The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-13
LINCOLN 5 LIFE A
SHINING BEACON
MYRTYRED PRESIDENT EULO-
GlZED IN A SPEECH BY VICE
PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
Whose Acts Now Serve AS An In
spiration to Us, He Says of
Great Ruler Who Rose BY
His Own Efforts.

Baltimore. Feb 12.--Nice Presiden
Fairbanks delivered an address OF
Lincoln" at The Day banquet in thil
city tonight Mr. Fairbanks in par
said:
"The name of Lincoln rests upor
our land as sweet benediction.
Baltimore was not ALWAYS so hos
p.tahle to the name of Abraham Lin
coin as she is today When the great
| Emancipator went to Washington tc
assume the grave resposib lities Of his
| high office, the plans of his journey
were concealed from this great city
But what a mighty change since
tnen Today there is no place with
! in the limits of our beloved republic
| where the name Of Lincoln is more
| reyered or where It will be more So
cure than in the generous and pa.
triotic harts of the people Of Balti-
| more. and their children forever and
foreves
a Man Of the People.
abraham Lincoln was in the truest
and best sense a man OF the people.
His sympathies We're as broad as the
needs Of humanity. He was born and
tutored amidst those hard conditions
which develop that which is noblest
and best in the human heart. From
the humblest station he rose to the
h CHEST place among men. His birth
was not heralded by pomp and cere
mony, The entire world mourneI at
his bier, He had a high conception of
public duty. He sought to exat his
fellow men, to strengthen the founda-
tions Of American institution He was
inspired neither by the spirit of vain
glory or by mere thought Of self. He
never wavsfed ias~bss allegiahce to
duty-duty to country. He set ah ex-
ample of loyal unselfish devotion to
his fellow men that is unsurpassed in
all the ample history with which we
are familiar.
He loved liberty and SO loved 1t |
that he wished that all men might |
be free. He loved the American flag /
and so loved it that he wished that no
stain should rest upon it and that all
of the children Of men night stand |
mp right the enjoyment of the price
less jewel of freedom He compre-
hended within the ample scope Of his
purpose freedom for all, irrespective
Of race and condition.
Now Claimed BY All.
"He was a partisan because he
knew that beneficient ends could be
accomplished through then instru
of party and not otherwise.
He was elevated to place and power
by the divided judgment Of the
people but all parties and
III peoples now claim him as their
,wn As we recede from the day in
which he lived and wrought his name
loes not diminish II hut grows (
greater and brighter in the reCedng !
ears and stands in full and cverlas !
ne fellowship as one of Americas S
.rcat trinity Of lberators-Georg
Abraham Lincoln and h
William Mckinley. ,
Laid Down the Golden Rule"
Lincoln laid down the Golden Rule \
f American politics. the rule he pro a
essed and the rule he practised, the I
ule of which he was. indeed. the per {
ect carnation-malice towards 4
one: charity for all This was 4 r.
ood code then: il is now good and n
hould guide us in the future There c
ever was an hour when observance g
II was more essential than in the D
resent. BY { men should be gov n
rned IN all of their relations with Fl
ach other. particularly in the con Il
Iteration and determination of those G
reat problems which lie a. the fOun- a
alton of socal aud national progress. e
I the face Of questions which make u
lr the veal or w,s of great people. r.
g should bury forever those shall a
on essential differences which mere ~
tend 10 veN and weaken the great a
my Of tbe people in their contest ri
" the triumph Of justice and The n
ctory of right La
Name outlives His AbUsers'. In.
Lincoln chose With rare disCrimi- =,
alton men suited t. the arduous p
ORR n the cabinet and in the field. .,
e did not hesitate to call about him ,,
e nations greatest. lest they -houid
-ershsdow him Few men in Ameri-
n politics we're ever more sharply
itic' c'sed and more cruelty impeached
an he. Criticism is indeed too po
word. Abuse is more appro- Iil
'ate. His detractors are nov for u
.tten and his figure has rsen into loi
storic proportions. ID
Each DAY brings its questions and 10
resp0us 'blities. They will be NJ
IFed as Lincoln solved his bv bring /