Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-13
A Southern Estimate.


A Southern Estimate.
| Speaking as a southerner. Thomas Mel
son Page prefaced his remarks with the
statement that he would endeavor to tel
of Lincoln as the south thinks of him
and then paid an impressive tribute. Ii
part, he said:
I'm my boyhood the man whose birth
we are celebrating today was the best
hated and the most reviled man that
knew of in the world And this hatred
was not confined to the south, but was
if possible, quite as bitter in the north
while the south had some cause for
bitterness. at the time-some reason fOI
its hatred in the fact of invasion and
| war, of which he was the titular repre-
sentative-and while the south was, by
reason of the war, ignorant of the vast
breadth of his views and the humanity
OF his heart, no such excuse could be
urged for those who of his own faith and
household, as it were. hated him with a
rancor which declared him publicly a
greater enemy of the Union than Jeffer-
son Davis.
That hostility to his memory still ex-
lists In some measure among a certain
element in the south. and very honest.
patriotic and high-minded element at
that. should be frankly admitted, and
may be credited partly simply to human
nature. which is about the same the
NoIIu over, ana partly 10 absence OF
knowledge of the great Lincoln.
THAT this hostility is dying out, and
that it is destined TO die out completely,
is, | believe. as undenia BILE as its present
modified existence. And I make so bold
as to say that. in my humble Judgment,
its complete effacement will not be due
TO any advantages which the south may
derive in the future from restore
Union except as this may justify Lin
coins wisdom. but rather in an under
q q in0 of <1,0 holt a,t,
and his absolutely unsectional sentiment
Tor the whole people of the country"
Lincoln and the Churches.
Rev. j. G. Butler. chaplain of several
hospitals in the city during the war, made
brief address. He said that the strong
support given to Lincoln by the churches
of the country was great aid to him
in carrying his burdens.
Rev. DR.. Abram Simon was the last
speaker. He made an eloquent address.
claiming that the heart Of Lincoln is an
mating the new America.
Lincoln lves,' he said, this is the
pronouncement of the centenary. The
real statue of Lincoln, carved out by HIM
self, OF himself and for himself, shall not
perish from the earth.
The benediction was pronounced by
Bishop OConnell
The last feature of the celebration was
ner" by the band. during which the audi
ence rose.
On the platform were the present Com
mlssoners of the District II. b. +. Mac
farland Henry l.. West and Maj. Spencer
Cosby: former Commissioners George
Truesdell. Myron NJ. Parker and Mai j.
j. Morrow.
The Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge, in addition to
composed of Rev. DR.. J. J. Muir, Edgar
D. Shaw. Theodore W. Moves. J. Henry
Small. jr.. president Board of Trade; w
F. Guide. president Chamber of Com
merce; ]. r. Mclean, r. n Harper and
Scott c. Bone.
The committee representing the Board
of Trade-W. Y. Cox. chairman: Edward
I. Bates. Robert Root Bennett. Walter c.
Clephane. Theodore w Noyes Daniel
Murray. Henry w. Samson. Edgar d.
Shaw and w. p. Van Wickle,
W F. Guide. chairman: Thomas C.
Noyes. F.. H. Daniel, Simon Wolf and
Charles W. Clagett
Civil war representa- ives present on the
platform were James Tanner. past COM
ma nder-in chief. G. A. r.; Gen John Nc
Elroy, past commander in chief G. A. r. :
Gen. Samuel S. Burdett, past command
erin chief. G. A. r.: Gen John c. Black
past COMMANDMENT chief, u. A. r.; Cant
James F.. Oyster National Rifles Veteran
Associations: Col. Thomas Shannon, com
manderin chief. l.. V. L.; Mrs. Isabel
Worrell Ball. member of the national ex-
ecutive committee. Womans Relief Corps
Mrs. Archibald Young. president Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy: Edwin c. Dut-
ton. commander Camp No. 305. Sons of
Confederate Veterans: Maj. Holmes Con-
rad, president Confederate Veterans Miss
Mamie Heth president Southern Relief
Society; Samuel E. Lewis. commander
Charles Broadway Rouss Camp, Confed-
crate Veterans: Gen. II. l.. Dean, COM
manderin chief National Commandery
L. V. T.: A. Hewitt Nickerson colonel
L. V. L.. Mrs. Emma l.. Newton, presi-
dent Woman's Relief Corps Department
of Potomac. Mrs. Anna f, Hoagland
president Isabel Worrell Ball Flag Asso-
citation; Mrs Ida A. Lawrence. president
Grant Circle. Ladies of the G. A R.: Col.
Charles Sidman. national aid. Sons of
Veterans. L. s A: Col. John s. Walker
er-in-chief Department of Poto-
mac. G.. \. r.: DIR. William Tindall presi-
dent Second Army Corps Association
Gen. Arson Mills. commander Military
Order. LOYAL Legion: II. *. Simpson,
grand master. Grand Lodge. +. A. \. NJ
The reception committee was composed
Of Mr.. Waldo &. Hibbs secretary to Com
missioner Macfarland Mr. J. r. Petty.
18th Virginia Corse's Brigade. Pickett's
Division: Dr.. William Tindall. LIST Della
ware; Mr.. Conway L. Hunt, son of Cen.