The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-13
RooseUelt and Bryan
 Pay Tribute fo Lincoln


 that. as the strife was over. all should their common country.
 Great And Terrlbie Days.
 He lived in days that were great ana terrible. when brother fought against brother tor what each sincerely deem- ed to be right In. q contest so grim 1t through are rarely able to do jus- tfce to the deep convictions of those with whom they grapple In mortal strife. Al. such times men see through . glass darkly: to only the rarest and loftisst spirits is vouchsafed that clear vision which gradually comes to all. even to the lesser, as the struggle fades Into distance: and wounis are the hearts that were hurt.
 But to Lincoln was given this su- preme vision: He did not hate tbe ness was as foreign as wickedness to his strong, gentle nature; but his courage was. of a quality so high that It needed no bolstering of dark pas high qualities. the same courage, and willingness for self sacrifice. and de- votion to the right as if was given them to see the tight belonged both
 As the years roll by, and as all of us. wherever we dwell, grow to feel saSa Sss SFas % the the ySr sS SRs sRs wor. ss the blue and the men who wore the gray. So this whole nation will grow to feel peculiar sense of pride in the tered the mighty days; the lover of his country and of all mankind: the man whose blood was shed for the union of his people and for the freedom of race. Abraham Lincoln.
 
 Nr. Bryan at sprinxaeId.
 Springfield. H., Feb. 12.--Spealxing here at the old home of Abraham Lin- coln. William J. Bryan paid a high tribute to the former President
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 as the nations chief executive during It's most crucial period has so owershadow- ed his fame as an orator. that his mer- its t, \, s; ,; 2 public speaksT have not been remembered fhat his nomination was directly due to the prominence which he won upon the stump: that in he held his own against one tors America has prodaesd: and that to his speeches. more than to the ar- fact, of all other public men combin- ed. was due the success Of his party when all these facts are borne fn mind observer. that too iittie attention has been given to the extraordinary power which he exercised as a speaker. That, hla nomtnation. was due to the effect that ha f,.n,.. his speeshsss s produced: can nct against siaver in iss4 he was but little known outside of the counties in which he attended court. It Is true that that ne a had ss. esen 2 member 70, of congress was not stirred .by any great emotion or connected with the discussion of any important theme, and he made but little impression upon national plitics The threatened extension Of slavery, however. aroused himeaud with cauEA which justified his best efforts he threw his whole soul into. the light bad 2 parallel in this or. so far as history shows, in any other country In engaging in this contest with nouglas he met foeman worthy of bis steel, for Douglas had gained "a deserved reputation as a great debater and recognized that his future depend- ed upon the. success with which he @st ,.,.,s.a shs attack of Lincoln on one side | tradition and on the other a growing sentiment against the holding of q hue man being in bondage-the present senatoriai seat for which the two at mat time had contested, but Lincoln won larger yictory-he helped to | l lng parties and re-arranginE the poii- l teal map Of the country. When the debateg were concluded every one rec ognised him es the leader of the cause recognition of this leadership which ne had secured through his public | speeches that enabled him. a western | candidates-not only a western man, but Q man lacking in book learning and the polish of the schools. No other Amsrscan President has ever so clear Washington. JeQerson and Jackson, the PresIdents usually mentioned in cons nection with him all poor scholars. Ms Complete EqufPmeBt.
 l Tn analyzing Lincoln's characteris- with the compietsness of his equip that absoiutsiy a essentiai T to wS erectnSvs tnS speaking-namely information and l aarnestness. If one can be called elo- quent who knows what he Is talking know of no peter definintion-Lincoin'a Thoroughly informed upon the subject; aDon the ssnsTSi propssition SlsSeuassd SSlRS01sni and upon any deductions which could be drawn from IL There was no un- explored neid Into which his adversary | could lead him he had carefully ex- amined every foot of the ground and was not afraid of pitfall or ambush, and. what was equally important. he spoke from his own heart to the hearts printed page can not fully reproduce l the impressions made by a voice trem- bling with emotion or tender with pathos. one can not read the reports | of the debates without feeling that | Lincoln regarded the subject as far | transcendfng the ambitions or the per- sonal interests of the debators. Ii was of little moment. he said. whethe CT they voted him or Judge Douglas up or tant that the question should be decid- ed rightly. Ills reputation may have suffered In the opinion of some be- cause he made them think so deeply | upon what he said that they, for the moment. forgot him altogether, and yet Is this not the very perfection oi speech? 1t Is the purpose of the ora. tor to persuade and to do this he pre-. sents, not himself but his subject between Demosthenes and Cicero sail that when Cicero spoke people said | how well Cicero speaks, but when De. mosthenes spoke they said. let us EC against Philip" In proportion as onC can forget himself and become Wh ol. | ly absorbed In the cause which he il presenting does he measure up to thC requirements of oratory.
 In addition to the two essentials the secondary aids to oratory. Ht was a master of statement. Few have equalled him in the ability to strip { truth of surplus verbiage and present 1t In it's naked strength. In the dec. laration of independence we read tha
 there are certain self-evldent truths
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