New-York tribune., 1908-02-13
At BROOKLYN U. L. CLUB.
Gouernor Makes address Before Its
Members.

After leaving the Lincoln Club. Governor Hughes.
mindful of another possible accident to his auto
mobile. started on brisk walk for the Union
League Club. On his arrival Timothy l. Woodruff
paused in his talk to announce the Governor, hast
lily concluding his remarks.
The Governor prefaced his remarks by a hurnor-
Gus talk of the mfshap5 that caused his delay,
and then began an eulogy of Lincoln He de-
scrbed briefly the conditions that tried that states
man. and declared that the country was in need
of such leaders to-day
The Governor said:
1t is extraordinary what difficulties there are
in reaching Brooklyn and it is even more ex.
here Our tire was p1ncfured on the way over.
and don't know what is punctured now But 1
other than that which relates to the observance
ed s aa nd T Who s rs
that the country has produced must on the l2th
just tribute to that immortal leader who more
than any one else typifed the American CHAR
aeter ,. -,
have been a student Of Lincoln all my life ), 1
grew up under the direct influence Of his his woTK: snH
thing pertaining to the Union was mentioned but
e All that ws re i0 R rs
resentative Of all that we had IN noble enor as s
hay aye had no 10 TO any speak
to YOU out Of Of full heart From my earliest years
have bowed before Lincoln. and reverence renee, MN m
love think of Lncen as the lawyer. l f3at fpat
portion of his career I love to think of him as
as the ogician who gave his adversary no quarter,
the man who by mere force or reasonlng Po"eg G
the one man who was fit to lead in that gs great
movement which was inaugurated when the hepuD-
| love p to think Of him as he stood at Freeport.
for the Immediate object of his ambition and to
ssnas ss5 sn15Sqi 5Ss t hqqssl
than anything that is before US at this date"
out the problems and determined upon a cor course scot OF
conduct which would inevitably present M fne oRpS
it stood simply in it's moral strength but n IN
There a. has never been a time in history when the
pure force of logic SO completely donnateu 60 ti his
American people as when Lincoln carried on MS
And it is great tribute to the people Of this his
country that his confidence was not misplaced he
had sublime confidence in democracy; ne peleVeo'
he hed beeVed ie in te nesry Of
can, in his common sense, in his ability ana tnat
desire Of reaching the truth that the American
people could be depended upon to & decide S rgnty
his all, and in the darkest hour, when eyery1ody
because he was justified in believing in the honor
and the integrity and the common sense OF the
I like to think of him again when on that hat
great occasion at Getfy6urg ne TOOK PAN ncon on
you read his speeches. was not fond of the occa-
foai tons If he had somethng that he could argue
If there was something that he could discuss and
and never has there been such an antagonist upon
he ourh a ne or the demand to say
thing without meaning much ne a was ge1eraIty ne f
through. It at gettysburg. however. when in in
few lines he rose TO the highest SUNNI SUNNI 1g Ga
sisted dedication he gay gaYe 1oFrn the gIea
triotIc sentiment which VIII inspire tne t a
ne Lincoln in the dignity of his manhood exemplfy,
ing M vod 6p IN 5ne and it's
import TO the American Republic s,,,,
Of 1854 Remember what he had been through;
hoW in hs earg h his fe he hd sew ah ona thing
after which he had striven for failed him;
q matchless figure before the American peoPe,
but defeated the candidate for Senator. he
Presidency He was elected. not to honors but 10
unparalleled burdens and he started r upon upon ms ms
nation had its heart in Its throat. and every one
wondered what the next few months would bring
Through years he suffered; through years he
best work was disparaged- Criticism never tran
sceded the bounds Of decency to so great an extent
country who could save the Union There were
tainnent of important reforms that they thought
him SLOW G and b aekg ihon IN av bee ey hts sqTnga %
est supporters and on the other side We're those
sion in any terms too severe And there he stood,
night and day. working in order that he might in
some way bring to pass the preservation of this
And Yet. after nearly four years of such hercu-
him In August. 1854. he wrote a memorandum,
and he had the members of the Cabinet, who did
not know its contents sign it, He preserved 1t for
future reference ICE. 1t vas ga memento men OF his feel,
friends. He said
appeared that this administration will not be con-
tinued III office"
Think Of 1t. We who are accustomed to go to
the extreme of laudation in prasing this great
man of the people. a born for the hour. a
man upon whom all the hopes of the country
rested-thin of that man. after his services to the
ton. penninS a memorandum which stated that
he did not believe the administration continued
in the confidence of the countryi And II tho
same memorandum he registered the resolve that
whoever might be the choice of the electorate. to
that man he would give the frInest support I'm
order that between the election and the Inaugural
ton something might be done to save the coun-
try: For he said, upon the platform upon
inauguration the country could not be saved
There is picture for you of patriotism, of self
might turn the pages OF history in vain
My friends, Lincoln represented all that we hold
dear, and to indulge In superlatives / would not
even under the pressure of occasion like this
when euogy in extravagant terms might be par.
doned even for what just criticism might defend
think have read every word that Lincoln ever
young man who desires to enter into political life
than to do the II I might make a. sugges-
tfon to the president of my Alma Mater, whom I
am glad to greet here tonight. would say this
In the study or profession, the preparation
for public debate political opportunity. course
IN John Bright, course In Gladstone, a course I'm
and the platforms upon which they stood, and the
methods which they brought to bear upon the
study 10 reenforce their moral strength
and bring to the community that great power
which is needed In the regeneration OF our affairs
and do not read things We read magazine a r