The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

President Of the United States. Its
Alpha and its Omega is Almighty God,
the God Of Justice and the Father of
Mercies who is working out the pur
poses Of His love. It is invested with
dignity and pathos which lift il
high above everything Of the kind in
the Old !, ord or in the 1,ew
With malice towards none, with
marty for all, with frmness in the
light, as God gives us to see the right
let US strive to finish the work we
re in, to bind up the Nation S wounds.
TO care for him who shall have borne
he battle, and for his widow and
vphans, to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all Nations. =
My comrades, companions and friends
n what more fitting language can we
,onsecrate ourselves to the momentous
ind undying work Of the Republic.
These words Of Lincoln should be
written in letters Of gold and placed
the White House for every admins
sration to read and recognize:
SFreedom s battle once begun,
Is bequeathed from sire to son. -
Some men said elderly with or
without the Union, but Abraham
Lincoln said: 1The Union with or
without slavery
He was right and they were wrong.
For he knew after that first shot on
Sumter, that with the Union, slavery
had nothing to hope and without it, it
had nothing to fear.
That grip Of his on the Union was
the grip of gravitation-the grip of
death. Nay, it was the grip of life,
never to be Embossed by the hand of
either Slavery or Secession.
In these days of conflict between
Capital and Labor and between the
upholders and contemners of Law, the
language of Lincoln is most timely:
" Nowhere in the world is presented
government of so much liberty and
equality. To the humblest and poor
est among us are held out the highest
privileges and positions. The present
moment finds me at the White House,
yet there is as good a charce for your
children as~there was for my father IS.
Again | admonish you not to be turned
from your stern purpose of defending
our beloved country and it's free insti-
buttons by any arguments urged by
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To save these institutions for our
children, to keep these paths of priv
lege and preferment open to all, there
must be no despotisms here, not even
for benefcient ends. Workinglnen
want no other weapons than liberty
and light. By peaceful and orderly
measures they will the more speedily
and surely gain the ends they seek
by any other measures they will under
mine and shatter the civil structure
which is the shelter and the defense
of all that they hold DEAR
On the temperance question, Lin
coin took a firm stand, when drinking
was most common. He early chose the
wise and safe position of total alb
stinence which he maintained through
life
In 1912 on Washington birthday,
he said in an admirable address be-
fore The Springfield Washington Tenn
perance Society, "And when that
victory shall be complete, when there
shall neither be slave nor drunkard
on earth, how proud the title Of that
land which can truly claim to be the
birthplace and cradle of both those
revolutions that shall have ended in
that victory
With regard to the rights of women.
he said:
. 60 for all sharing the privileges
Of the government who assist in bear
ing its burden, by no means excluding
women.''
He uttered these noble words, con
corning justice:
Before High Heaven and in the
face Of the whole world I swear eternal
fidelity to the just cause, as [ deem it,
Of the land OF my life, my liberty,
and my love. =
Much has been said about Mr.. Lin
coin s relation to religion. But one
thing is sure, he was neither an atheist
nor an agnostic. He was as profound
a believer in the power Of prayer as
the most orthodox Christian. His re-
quest for the prayers Of his neighbors
and friends as he left Springfield to as
sumo the Presidency proved it. ills
visit to General Sickles when this hero
was wounded confirms it.
The General tells in his own graphic
way the story of his interview with
the President:
. 1t was on the 9Th day of July,
1863, that [ was brought to Washing
ton on a stretcher from the field Of
Gettysburg. Hearing of my arrival
President Lincoln came to my room
and sat down by my bedside He
asked me about the great battle, and
when told him Of the terrible slaugh-
ter the tears streamed from his eyes.
| asked him if he had doubted the
result. He said NO. Then he con