The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-01
LINCOLN SHAFT
IS UNCOVERED
Statue Unveiled at Hold
genviue.
RAISED NEAR THE BIRTHPLACE
Henry Watterson Is Among the
Speakers.
Mrs. Helm, /. Relative OF Hrs. Lincoln
Pulls the Cord and ratri-
otic Scene In Pre-
scented.
RAISED NEAR The BIRTHPLACE

N@|eff~sA 1858
line of combat in the civil war. there
was unveiled today a statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Standing in the public square as
an Inspiration to the enaucipator's
home people. its face points the way
to the Lincoln farm, scarce three miles
out. TO the thousands Of loyal Aineri-
cans who are yet to do homage TO the
scenes Of his birth.
The ceremonies attending the I'M
yelling were simple. The best OF KEN
tucky's Official and private life was
present when Mrs. Ben Hardin Helm.
of Louisville, o. close relative of Mrs.
Lincoln, pulled the cord that dropped
the drapery, showing the martyred
President sitting In a chair. his Inca
ments bearing the old. careworn. kindly
expression familiar to the people OF
the entire world.
It had been intended by Artist Vein.
eman, of New York, to reproduce the
St Gaudens statue OF Lincoln Park.
in Chicago, but a protest from that city
OVERRIDE the consent given by the
North Side Park Commission and He'd
genviile consequently has It's original.
Special trains from louisville and
other points nearby began arriving
early and by the time the ceremonies
were crowded around the platform sur
rounding the statue. Among those on
the platform were Governor Augustus
e. Wilson, Hon. Henry Watterson.
Robert T. Lincoln and Judge George
Durelle. former chief Justice OF the
Kentucky court Of appeals.
The Invocation was by Rabbi H. a.
Enelow, of Louisville. former Chief
Justice e. C. ORear. OF the Ken.
lucky Court OF Appeals, following with
an address, "The Kentucky Pioneer"
Address OF Judge O,isear.
The address Of Judge o'Rear follows
In part:
while every country Of necessity
had its first inhabitants. the name and
character OF the pioneer are believed
20 belong peculiarly TO the settlers az
THE Roman iegions. CharIemagne
and the Franks, Atl1i& ana the Hume,
William the Conquerof and the Nor
mans Peter the Great, and the Slavs
went on masse; they invaded by arms
new country and divided IT among
the successful captains.
But the real settlement Of America
was az radically different from these
and all others OF which we have rec
ord. as were the characters and
achievements OF the immigrants. Am
erica was never conquered by soldiers.
1.-THE pioneer did not write history.
The recorded events OF his life are
therefore. necessarily meagre. The
pioneer is now almost, II not entirely.
extinct as class. There is no longer
west and the pioneers course ia
run.
His language was meaKr, Of inn
agery. The speech of the. indian
abounded In rhythm. That OF the pi-
oneer in blunt fact. The former call
ed his streams by names scarcely less
pleasing to the ear than must have
been their primitive beauty TO the eye.
The SusQuehanna, the Allegheny. the
Suwanee, may or may not have meant
to the Indian what Bear creek, Salt
river or Hell-fo-Sartian did the pi-
oneer. The Indian had leisure. abund-
ant leisure to cogitate upon names.
The pioneer had too many pressing
problems. includin gthat Of the Indians
to admit OF such pastime.
Most OF all. that has been said ap-
plies as well TO the wife as to the man.
II he was q hero, she was q true he
roine. When he was a soldier, she was
sentinel. She was, too, the artisan OF
the settlement.
1.-THE spirit which. was in the pion-
eer Is today the dominant national
spirit; the spirit 81 self reliance. The
unknown does not frishten II; the
untried does not daunt II; the seem.
ingiy impossible does not stop IT,"
Henry watterson speaka.
Hon. Henry Watterson was given a
chorus OF cheers when he arose TO
speak and his address was given close
attention.
Mr.. watterson began with sketch
OF the men who laid the foundations Of
the Republic and the conditions which
had provoked the war Of sections.
evolving Abraham Lincoln out OF the
primitive elements OF American life
and thought
Mr.. watterson closed with the con-
GLIDING passage OF the grafton upon
Abraham Lincoln delivered by him in
1895 to the Lincoln Union of Chicago.
as follows:
Born as lowly as the Son of God.
in hoyel; reared In penury, squaIor,
with no CLEAN of light or fair sur
rounding: without graces. actual or
acquired; without name or fame or Of
ficial training; 1t was reserved for this
strange being, late in life, to be snatch
ed from obscurity, raised to supreme
command at a supreme moment and
tntrusted with the destiny OF a nation.
The great leaders of his party. the
most experienced and accomplished
public men OF the day, were made to
stand aside; were sent to the rear,
HAtlHL THIS AhANA9NAS AkuEG Was leo DY
unseen hands to the front and given
the reins Of power. 1t il immateriai
whether we were for him or against
him: wholly immaterial. That, during
four years. carrying with them such 3
weight of responsibility as the world
never witnessed before, he filled the
vast space allotted him In the eyes
and actions OF mankind. Is to say that
he was inspired Of God. for nowhere
else could he have acquired the wis
dom and the virtue.
''where did Shakespeare get his Eoe
MUS? Where did Mozart get his mu-
sIcY whose hand smote the Tyre Of
the Scottish plowman. and stayed the
life OF the German pPiest7 God. God.
and God slone; and as surely as these
were raised up by God. inspired by
God was Abraham Lincoln; and q
thousand years hence. no drama. no
tragedy, no epic poem will be fiiled
with greater wonder. or be followed By
mankind with deeper feeling than that
which tells the story Of his life ana
death.
Mr.. Watterson was followed by p.
]. McDermott. a we'll known member
of the Louisville bar He said. among
other things:
wherever free people need man
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