The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-09
State Legislature Is Pruning Down Expenditures at Trenton Toda
LEGISLATORS HEAR
SPEECHES LINCOLN
MADE At TRENTON
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Of the hattlefelds and struggles for
liberties Of the country, and none liked
themselves upon my Imagine ton 50 deeply
as the struggle here At Trenton. New
Jersey. The rossfng of the river: the
contest with the IiessiaDs: the great hard
ships endured at that time, all liked them
selves on my memory more than any SIN
gle Revolutionary event: and you all know,
for you have all been boys. how these
early impressions last longer than any
Il recollect thinking then, boy even
though | was, that there must rave been
something more than common that these
men struggled for. | am exceedingly anX-
ious that that thing which they struggled
for; that something even more than ma
tional Independence; that something that
held out a great promise to all the people
of the world to all time to GOMEZ am eX-
ceedingly anxious that this Union, the Con-
s%titution and the liberties of the people
shall be. perpetuated in accordance with
the original idea for which that struggle
was made, and shall be most happy, in
deed, if l shall he al humble instrument
In the hands Of the Almighty, and of this,
his most chosen people. rs the chosen in
strnment-also in the hands of the Al
mighty-for perpetuatdng the object of
that great struggle.
You give me this reception, as l under
stand, without distinction of party. I learn
that this body is composed of a majority
i Va 5GAAiEltAFH VIM III AIE E&fAAArE VI lIlHit
best Judgment IN the choice of a chief
magistrate, did not think I was the man.
] understand, nevertheless, that they came
forward here to greet me as the consti-
%tutional President of the United States-1s
citizens of the United States to meet the
man who, for the time being, IS the rep
resentatiVe man OF the n"ation-united by
n purpose 10 perpetuate the Union and
liberties of the people.
As such, I accept this reception more
gratefully than I could do did I believe
it was rendered to me as an individual.
Remarks to House.
President Lincoln said to the House:
1sIr. Speaker and Gentlemen-I have just
enjoyed the honor of a reception by the
other branch Of this legislature, and 1 re-
turn TO you and them my thanks for the
reception which the people or New Jersey
atives TO me as the representative, for
the time being, of the majesty of the peo-
pie of the United States. I appropriate to
myself very little of the demonstrations
of respect with which l have been greeted.
| think litte should be given to any man,
of, adherence to the Union and the Con
stitutton. l understand myself to be re-
ceived here by the representatives of the
people of New Jersey. a majority of whom
differ in opinion from those with whom l
have acted This manifestation is. there
fore, TO be. regarded by me as expressing
their devotion to the Union, the Constltu-
ton and the liberties of the people.
You. Mr.. Speaker, have we'll said that
this is a time when the bTavest and wiseSt
look with doubt and awe upon the aspect
presented by our national affairs. Under
these ctfcumstances, YOU vii. readily see
why / should not speak in detdil OF the
| course I shall deem it best to pursue. IT
Is proper that / should avail myself of all
the information and all the time at my
command, ii order that when the time
arrives in which | must speak officially, l
shall be able to take the ground which I
deem the best and safest. and from which
l may have no occasion to swerve. | shall
endeaVor to take the ground ! deem most
just to the North. the East. the West, the
South, and the. whole country. [ take it,
! hope, in good temper-certainly with no
malice towards any section. | shall do all
that may be in my power to promote a
peaceful settlement of all our difficulties.
The man does not live who is more de-
do more TO preserve it. but. it may be
necessary to put the foot down firmly.
And if ] do my duty and do right, you
viii sustain me, will you notp Received, as
| am, by the members of d legislature, the
majority Of whom do not agree, with me
in political sentiments, | trust that l may
of State through this voyage. surrounded
by perils as it is; for if it should suffer
wreck now there will be no pilot ever
needed for another voyage. Gentlemen, |
have already spoken longer than ! in
tended. and must beg leave to stop here.
Senator's Tribute.
Senator Frelinghuysen's speech this after
noon was in part as follows;
we have assembled today as the rep
resentatives of the three branches of gov
eminent Of tits great State to join together
in paying Il tribute TO the memory of one of
the greatest figures in American history
Abraham Lincoln.
One hundred years ago, in a rough log
cabin on a poor scrub farm near Hodgen-
vile, La Rue county, Ky was born to
Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln a son,
Abraham, to whom millions OF slaves owed
their liberation, and to whom We all owe
the preservation of the Union, under which
we are afforded the advantages and have
attained prosperity unparalleled in the an
mails of the world.
His mother, n woman OF force and char
acter, taught him from infancy to love the
truth. To her he owed his early thirst for
knowledge. OF her he said, after he be
came Pre- sident. An that ] am or hope to
he l owe to my sainted mother
And probably TO this early influence rs
due the name that was applied to him III
later life. Honest Abe
He welded the AK in the %primeyal for
est. and probably to this was due his
rugged constitution and great strength. re
Many are the tales of his wonderful feats
of strength. On one occasion he picked up
and moved a small house Weighing e1
pounds, and on another he bore off a great
log while three men we're %disputing how
they should lift 1t.
Lineoln vas awkward ana ;o 2EI Ta nick-
name. Watterson has described him as
an ''epic in bomespun.'
His trip down the Mississippi did much to
mold his opinion Of the slavery question.
When in New Orleans. he saw slaves sold
like cattle, and said to his companion, III
I ever get a chance to hit this thing, | will
hit it hard.
Lives in the Ages.
Lincoln's first thought was TO save the
Union. That was his mission. The aboll-
tion Of slavery was an Incident. II the
continuation of slavery bad been necessary
10 save the Union, Lincoln would have
favored 1t.
Today Lincoln lives not only III the hearts
of the people, bat in the wonderful growth,
prosperity and strength of our country.
To the accomplishment Of his great mis-
sion, the preservation OF the Union, we owe
our greatness today.
When We consider that our flag now
flies. uudiumed and unsullied, not only in
every State Of the Southern Confederacy,
but around the world in almost every
cline; when we point TO our population,
increased to ninety millions of people; &c
our and Industries, second to
none; and to our happiness, advantages
and opportunities, uneq1aled in the history
of the world, We realize that Lincoln has
been immortalized. and we appreciate that
we owe all that we have TO that martyr
whose sole aim and ambition was to pre-
serve the Union. so that his posterity might
enjoy the blessings. to secure which bis
forefathers had shed their blood.
Assemblyman Nichols, as chairman
Of the arrangements committee, re-
called the war days. in a stirring adj
dress. senator Gebhardt and Assem-