New-York tribune., 1909-02-13

those which the ISt 6f 5s snd bPsph Paft
, 81 ASsha I IAN 6assed nSen his hT9 6f year
Justice and mercy were Lincoln's supreme chen a.
viii ana never executed any revenges, while the
Whole NorIh WAS raging sgsn .hst the destruc-
ton Of their properties the devastation Of their their
maih roperty I Was 81 Just punishment for endeay
oring & break up the Union; Mr.. Lincoln ePpreci-
peed pefe 'tiDsHuto'T them e rebel i' 'Ol'i'''''
We are celebrating within few months Of each
aries OF Poe and Darwin. Our current literature
euogy Of the Puritan poet, Of his Influence upo9
fgilsh ~ Ierature ana 1aS 1st TSere are
not in this vast audience twenty people who have
man. woman or child in the United States who
m has not read ga 69s gs sR.eGa a at genius
5dg9r Allan Poe and ESt IN eyery nc besr IN
ing read extracts from the addresses Of Lincoln.
Judge Emory speer OF Georgia, the princi-
pal speaker at the obseryances held In the lzth
Regiment Armory. He said:
In vain may the search be made through a. the re-
ings and correspondsnce Of Mr. Lncon. to fgd one
syaPe sT e o. R son Ir po as President and
commander in chief Of the armies and navy of the
Of BIRTH Of friendship and Of knshp Mr., Lincoln
he knew new. the lighting qualities Of their intrepid
Grant has broken the lines at Petersburg and swept
sem IS 6TS edo E fhen END spok 5hy e noble 81
NOUS soul Of the nations chief. 1t april Il,
1866. He had but three days 20 live, but in his last
address TO his ceuntIymen he said: we ell agree
that the seeded states so called are cut Of their
proper practical relation with the Union and that
the sole object Of the government. civil and mill
tary in regard TO those states. is to again give
them yrr1per practical rea tions. Finding them
selves safely at home. 1t would be utterly imna,
terial whether they had heen abroad. Let us an
join in doing the acts necessary to restore the
proper practical relations between these states and
the Union II is also unsatisfactory to some that
the elective franchise is not given to the colored
1 would myself prefer that 1t were now CON
ferred on the very intelligent and those who serve
our cause as soldiers.
When there was end OF reconstruction. said
the speaker 'came the final. eternal triumph
of the loving heart. the prophets statecraft. the
patriotic soul of Lincoln. And with what result?
died the torch Of education. We are laying the
first fruits of our almost untouched resources Of
field forest and mine in the lap Of our reunited
country. We have recalled love for the fag
and the old American spirit is again flaming in our
hearts. Whenever this safety or the honor of our
country is threatened or endangered the soul OF
Lincoln will thrill and the swords of Grant and
Lee will point the charging columns of its sons. no
longer discovered discordant. beigerent but
forever fondIy embracing and Upholding.
THE Union of lakes the Union OF lands.
The Union of states none can sever
The Union Of hearts. the Union or hanoh,
And the flag OF our Union forever
At the 9TH Regiment Arnory last night Major
Charles F. Iydecker presided and introduced the
sneaker OF the evening ex-Judge Alton B. Parker
IJncon's Gettysburg speech read by Captain
Lewis w Stottsbury and al invocation was MADE
by the Rev. William E. McCord.