The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-31
KENTUCKY UNVEILS
STATUE Of LINCOLN
Hodgenville Thronged With
Distinguished Visitors for
the Ceremonies.
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t1Olllnutl lIuIl T llSL dAIJ
scene of the ceremonies began. The ex-
ercises began promptly at II O'Clock
Speechmaking.
Judge George Dureile accepted the
statue on behalf of the Lincoln Nonu-
ment Commission. Cow Augustus r
Wilson accepted IL on behalf OF the
state Of Kentucky, and the Hon. D. H.
Smith on behalf of the county, all
making brief addresses.
After this the benediction was pro
n0unced. John Matherton, of Louis
vile, presided at the exercises.
After they were finished the visitors
We're escorted to the court room where
lunch was served. Carriages were in
waiting, and the visitors were then
taken FIR drive TO the Lincoln farm,
10 see the work in progress on the Me-
mortal Hall. The returning trains left
Hodgenville. for Louisville at 800
O'Clock.
Watterson's Address.
In his address Col. Wattersou began
with a sketch of the men who laid the
foundation of the Republic and the
conditions which had provoked the war
Of the sections, evolving Abraham Lin
coin out Of the primitive elements OF
American life and thought, and contin-
ued:
L grew to manhood in the mid-period
of the Republic. The keynote of the
popular aspiration was love for the
Union. II was intense. Overmastering,
an-pervasive. The merest handful at
the North, scarcely more than
group at the South, ventured discord-
But when the final trial came. the
one American who held to the keynote
was Abraham Lincoln. He could not
diverted from in He stood IlOr1c.
the embodiment of the Union We owe
its preservation 10 as wisdom, - MS
integrity. TO his firmness and his cour-
age. AS. none other than washington
could have led the armies of the RevO-
luton from Valley Forge TO Yorktown,
none other than Lincoln could have
maintained the Government from
Sumter TO AppOTnattox. All OF US
now are Unionists, and although upon
the South side of the school room the
educational process was somewhat
warming. seeming extra disciplinary,
partaking overmuch, as some thought,
of birch and ferrule we are none the
less Unionists that we ranged our
selves in Confederate ranks and made
faces at the schoolmsster.
God Rules.
God rules the world, the winds, and
the wave He raises mOrtals TO the
skies. and he casts them down beneath
the surface Of the earth. In Abraham
Lincoln. He gave a symbol Of American
liberty and a type Of American manhood
which might be marked and known of
all men and seen from afar; gnarled of
bark, fine of grain, OF fiber solid. and
texture adapted TO ali uses and capable
OF exquisite polish.
IN his career we may learn what
an American partisan ought TO be as
distinguished from what he ought not to
be. We only need TO read the docu-
mentaTy history OF his administration
10 discover that he was not merely in
intellect the foremost man of his tins,
but that IN character he ranks with the
Few great men OF all time.
IN collision with him, the rest rank
as but pasteboard men, He grows in
length, in breadth, and thickness the
longer We survey him. True to his
ideal. ne never missed the cue, but
though facing constant stress OF
weather, sorely tried from nOur to hour,
he never lost mis- balance OF tore a
passion 10 tatters. His was the genius
OF common sense, the soul of common
honesty knowing the people, he put
his hand TO the pulse of the nation,
judged its distemper, and was ready
with remedy.
Lincoln's Politics.
I have said that he was a Republican
partisan. In point of fact, he was an
cid conscience Wing. commissioned by
t-AFAu 10 steer the q AK OF the I mon
through the two ext ceHes and TO rescue
IL from slipwreck He was an anti
slavery man, but a. was never an
Abolitionist ite became a war COM
mander but ne stu stood in awe Of
tie Constitution and his oath as a
magistrate. HIS one aim. his single
purpose, was Il, ave the Union, with
or without slavery
He did save il; yielding not at all
10 party clamOr. TOO often cOntriVed by
schGuiug zeal0ts and whOoped up By
noisy minOTitics: and today il is Che
example which moves q calm, enIight-
ened and patriotic occupant OF the
Presidential Ofhce-like himself a life
t9AE Republican and a Republican par
tisan, 10 reach forth his arms as il
u grasp in their embrace the whole
people. seeking 20 win their good onin-
ion. yearniHg for the approval of each
and everyone o. them
whether they give it in detail, or d.
VIDE upon the Incidental issues, IF the
time theF viii not withhold il in the
aggregate; and. since a vigorous opp0-
sltlon IS indispensable 10 good govern
T1ent his wise moderation and trans
S7Tent integrity give Hs the promise OF
an opposition based upon principle rath-
er tltan faction; self-respecting and re-
fpectful, upright. clean and kind.