The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-11
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he consti tation 40 shine forever and
ever ike u star, he great prluclples
81 equality o. all :menS before the law
Then the snackless fell from four MI;
lion slayes and they we're lifted nom
caattels Ito the rights Of American
citizenship. Then the, Mississippi Ia
Its joyous march to the gulf, and from
the gulf Stofthe sea, told no. story sofl
AIissnori,i sang no song of31Illnols, I'm
It was not neard the name OF an,
State. bnt In tlht ceaseless murmur
between two great oceans was heard
d grand anthem to the American Re-
public : In It was heard the voice Of a
nation proclalnling the will OF the peo-
pie. II now flows. by the home Of no
I slave and no bondsman. Il;
Through the blood and !. tears and
suffering OF that great war. there ,waa
breatlied into this nation the breath
Of n broader national life. Human
slavery was abolished. State soyer.
eIgney was dead. and the liberty Of
thought. OF speech, and OF publication
were established.
Standing with a new genera ton to.
day. looking back. We see the clouds
Of war lifting. We see our republic
entering upon q career OF progress unt
eQualled In the history OF nations.
and yet In the forenoon Of It's great
ness. Seeing all these things, renlem-
bcrlng the precious price t:lat has
been paid for, this heritage, let us not
forget the words Of the Immortal Lin.
coin rs he stood upon the famous
field Of Gettysburg: Here let us
highly resolve that the dead shall not
have died In vain; that the nation
shall. under. God, have a new birth OF
freedom and that the government OF
the people, for the people and by the
people shall not perish from the,
earth" y
Tie time honorcd saying that d
prophet Is not without honor save In
his. own country was not trde Of Mr..
Lincoln. The people amongst whom
he lived all loved, revered and nonoreI
him. What he said and did and was
when in their midst they have cherish.
ed as the Hebrew tribes the tradition
OF Abraham. and dying, nave be-
queathed them as q rich legacy 10
their children:
There Is no more pathetic scene IN
all history than when upon his de-
parture to assume the duties OF Caief
Magistrate of the great nation on the
eve Of impending war his home peo-
pie gathered to BID him last farewell,
and to offer their prayers to God for
his safety. In that dark hour he
reached out to touch the hand Of his
people like a little child In the dark
ness reaches out to touch the hand
Of It's mother. He sprang from the,
common people and In all his scr;
rows and battles their touch gave him
strength and courage as the touch Of
Mother Earth gave strength and vic.
tory to -Antaeos of:old..
& On this Centennial Anniversary the
people Of Springfield and Of Illinois
with one mind and one heart join with
all the people Of this Republic In pay
Ing loving tribute to Abraham Lin
coin. Lincoln and America-names as
ihseprable and as Immortal In ais.
tory as the names OF Alexander and
Greece. Of Caesar and Rome, Of Ma.
poleon and France: