St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
Two Great Addresses on Lincoln.

Among the MANY notable addresses or
Lincoln's birthday were two given by
orators who have national reputation
and in whose public career St. Johns
bury takes especial interest. Judge Wen
dell p. Stafford was the guest of the
Lawyers Club at Buffalo and gave, ac-
cording to the Buffalo Times, "a mas
terly Grafton" Continuing the Times
says,
president Jung introduced the speaker
in a witty speech, in which he referred to
the earnestness and progressiveness OF
Nermonters. Judge Stafford was greeted
with applause as he arose. He is gifted
orator and he held his audience all
through his brilliant address. Prefacing
his remarks with a statement of the eff
fects of certain forces in upbuilding a
country, Judge Stafford evoked applause
as he delivered telling sentences. He be.
gan with the early history of the country
and recounted how the Constitution was
written in blood twice, and, if needs be,
would be the third time. He declared his
unwavering confidence in the capacity of
the American people to solve all ques-
tions. He spoke of the coming of Lin
coin, his early life, and his entry into the
country's history"
The Buffalo News confirms the success
of our distinguished townsman in its re-
port the occasion and says:
Justice Stafford came to Buffalo her,
aided as an orator of unusual excellence.
He elected from his hearers last night
such words OF praise as rarely are given
to public speakers in these days, and
they were of peculiar force, spoken as
they were in many instances by men who
have no mean reputation themselves as
public speakers. Justice Stafford spoke
in subdued tones, but they rang with
earnestness. His sentences were couched
in plainest language, but every word
was chosen with the care of a man of
thought and culture. At times his voice
rang out with note Of power, his eli
makes were perfect"
Among the guests at the banquet were
two citizens OF Buffalo who were former
residents OF the Green Mountain state:
Charles l.. Farnham, son Of ex-Goy
Farnham, and State Senator Henry w.
Hill, a native of Grand Isle county.
On the same day Hon w. Bourke
Cochran of New York was eulogizing
Abraham Lincoln in the city of Mil
waukee, which the Living Church saws
was as remarkable as a study of
human character and of political devel-
opment as it was eloquent. Seldom does
one have the opportunity to listen to so
wonderful an address; yet it was the
calm, sustained thought rather than the
magnificent fights of eloquence that left
the greater impress"
The paper just quoted gives especial
prominence to that portion of the
orators address where he pointed out
the hand OF God in our nations crisis
and the connection between the Justice
that Lincoln meted out to a desp;sed
race and as result the unparalleled
prosperity that has come to our country
since,
The second inaugural, says the edi.
tonal III the Living Church, had con-
tanned that monumental and ever re-
membered reference to the judgments
of the Lord, even as exhibited in tb;s
carnage of blood, as true and righteous
altogether" Here, Mr.. Cochran showed
was great nation deliberately and At
incredible cost seeking first the riobt.
eousness OF God, and surrendering ali its
treasure in that behalf; and how the
promise OF God has been fulfilled in that
all these things shall be added unto
you W The prosperity that has show.
cred upon the nation in Unprecedented