New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
ASKS HELP FOR NEGRO.
Bishop WdIters's Appeal at Official
Exercises at Carnegie Hall.

a couv n. satnt-Caudens's statue CT Lincoln,
majestic between two great Corinthian columns.
formed the background the stage at Carnegie
Hall last night the Lincoln centenary celeora-
ton under the auspices Of the commimttee ap-
pointed by Mayor Mcclellan TO arrange for a COM
memoration in behalf Of the city. General Horace
Porter presided, and the Rev. Alexander Walters.
Bishop Of the African Methodist Episcopal Church,
from Kentucky and the Rev. DR.. Andrew V V.
Raymond, ex-presdent Of Union College, Of Sche-
nectady, and now pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Buffalo delivered eulogies on Lincoln.
Bishop Walters appealed to the enlightened con-
science of the nation TO further unoose the fetSers
which bind the black man.. especially the indus
trial bands placed upon him in the North" and
10 the South to put check to lynching.
Richard Watson Glider read q sonnet. ION the
Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln 1t follows
This bronze doth keep the very form and mould
That Grow all wisdom ali benignity;
That human, humorous mouth; those cheeks that
Like some harsh landscape. all the summers gold;
That spirit at FOR for sorToW orr w as soIn the sea. sea
Those silent patient lips 100 ea Vel toreIoo- t ga
As might some prophet OF the elder day
BTooding above the tempest and the fray
Hi51 p0Ter was his Beyond the touch Of art
Or armed strength-his pure and mighty heart.
On the platform with General Porter and the
speakers and Mr.. Glider was Herman Ridder. who.
with General Porter represented the committee In
a box at the right Of the stage was Joseph II.
Choate, and with him James Garfield. Civil War
veteran from Springfield, H., who knew Lincoln.
The ArIon socety's orchestra and mems chorus
furnished national, sectional and classical music,
which warmly applauded by the audience OF
four thousand and When Dixie
was sung applause accompanied 1t, and when II
ended there prolonged cheering. which
continued when General Porter said that the song
was made in the South. captured by the North and
was the property of the whole nation
General Porter. after Invocation by Father
Dooley. said that the life of Lincoln read more
like ronance than reality, more like a fable than
the career OF plain American citizen Lincoln
showed no puppyism bred by power. dogmatisn
which. ha declared, had been called puppysm grown
up He did not belong TO that malformation Of
men educated beyond their intellect. He never
tried 10 massage the back Of the political porcu-
pine General Porter told OF the meeting OF Lincoln
and Grant. the frequent gatherings around the
campfire at City Point. where the talks of Lincoln
held them all spellbound until after midnight and
characterize his talk as more charming than an
Arabian Nights entertainment. Quaint stories were
repeated. and these won the audience
Dr. Raymond characterized Lincoln as rsnrAsAnt
ing the spirit Of truth in union with the sn,r,t of
humanity. The interests Of all men shaDed his
life Abstract questions did not appeal to him ana
there was no zeal in him fer controversies which
did not serve humanitarian ends.
Bishop Walters's address was tributA RI Tin,
coin and an appeal for the continuation of his
ter and applause by saying that a Lincoln cele-
bration with black left out would be like
the Play Of Hamlet without Hamlet" The celehra-
ton closed with the singing Of THE Star SpangIed
Banner" by the Arion Society, the audience join
ing in.