The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13


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 The one thing that distinguished Lincoln in all his life was the conten- ton in favor of the equal admfnfstra- ton and protection of the law. From the soles of his feet through all that long frame to the top of his head. he was Democratic in the true sense of the word and opposed to privilege and class Immunity. He was not an enemy of wealth lawfully accumulated. He welcomed and incourgeG internal im- provements and. of course. cherished prosperity developed by business en- terprise, and the combinations of cap- itaL but he Always exalted in the con- alteration of the rights of the individ- uai and especially of the humber members of society who were least able to protect themselves.
 "Therefore we may know with cer- tainty that cannot brook contradiction, that in the struggle to make all bus mess lawful, to take away from great corporate combinations the illegal priv ileges and immunities that official in- vestigation have shown in in many inc stances to prevail Lincoln would have made the same good fight which has endeared Roosevelt to the same plain people of the country. who upheld the hands of the martyred President
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 French Ambassador Speaks.
 Treating his subject largely from an historical aspect, Ambassador Jusse- rand touched upon the election Of President Lincoln. his assumption Of the presidential office, the interest manifested abroad in his utterance that famous struggle between equally brave opponents with its various for tunes" at Lincoin's humble birth and the character and the feeling in France at the news of his death.
 The first words Lincoln would pro- nounce afterlhis election, the Ambassa- dor said, were awaited with the great est anxiety in Europe. as much at least as here; they would cause the unknown man to be known and his mettle to be tested. The Ambassador quoted from the ifIustrfous French author Provost Paradol, who wrote of the un- easiness with which was awaited the first words of that president then un- known upon whom heavy task nad fallen and from whose advent to power might be dated the ruin or degenera- tion of hIs country. Paradoi, the Am bassador said, had been voicing the sentiments of that large body Of Frenchgnen who were imbued with liberal principles and who had reltn- quished the hope of seeing them triumph on the other shore of the Atlantic. as 1t has.
 When the war came the Ambassa- dor said, the emotion was considerable throughout France and he added, without saying a word of disparages ment about those whose sympathies were with the South, the brilliant. valiant South. which after all was part of America, 1t can be observed that from beginning to last the high est minded men in the country were ardentiy in favor of the maintenance of the union and they did not remain idle friends: they showed their sym pathy by their writings and their deeds. They belonged to various par ties as among their number figured those princes who served in McClei- lan's army, one of whom has left 8 remarkable account of his experiences; but there was between them all, one common tie-their attachment to liberal principles
 When Washington died, the AHnbas- sador continued, France went into mourning as if she had lost the best of her own citizens; at the death Of Lafayette, President Jackson had in touching words prescribed similar mourning here showing that the ties between the two countries were in- deBu or a unique cnhraCEeTs when tue news of the tragic daeth of Lincoln reached France the emotion was in- tense: party lines disappeared and the country was unanimous in the express sion of her sorrow.
 After referring to the condolences of the Emperor and Empress and the action of the French Senate and Cham Der of Deputies MT. Jusserand declared the most noteworthy circumstances was the feeling of unofficial France where addresses of coincidence came from thirty-one French towns and other evidences of sincere sympathy were manifested in many ways while in the press. the most famous writers vied with each other in the expression of their regrets over the death of Lin coin and the admiration for his quail ties
 In closing the Ambassador told his hearers that when they visited Paris, they would be struck not only by the beauty of that famous city. but by the frequency with which America will be recalled to their minds. the name of the land and of great men being engraved on its very walls, a public reservation Is called the Square of the United States, a boulevard bears the name of Franklin, a street the name of Wash. ington and another the honored name of Lincoln.