The mirror., 1910-02-24

axiom that the. accumplatien Of richesdosa not
measure nsp's w~rthz No greater truth Nas ever
uttered. Nwas the chase after the Almieht1 dollar
that made slavery an institution in this country,
brought ont the Kansas bIoodshed and finally oulm-
mated in the terrible havoc and devastation of the
Civil War The BibIesays thnt when ''man has bread
to eat and running water to drink he has all that
nature requires" Tie itch for wealth leads to the
most distressing events in humanlife and is Attic
tion which sezes upon too many persons.
Lincoln placed the mrn above the dollar. As
Judge Willis pointed out very effectively is en-
dowed with soul It is superior to the body.
Lincoln soulshine and to the public radi-
ated sunshine. In the private council chamber he
was sorrowfu man-his soul narrowed by the un-
fortunate condition Of others: Lincoln cared nothing
ff.r money-his soul cfavsd not for ambition-batt to
benefit mankind This lofty ambition he was finally
permitted to carry out to successful conclusion
Tho assassins bullet arrested Great Soul in it's
Iporeal :enement-for the time being-but it may be-
truly said that the invisible spirit of the great war
President "goes marching on' and as time recedes
into history the lofty soul-character of that marvel
Gus man shines out brilliantly in the narrativeo the
natlon-each succeeding year adding to its lustre.
Lincoln was for men. He could not tolerate
the idea of worshiping the dollar His soul rebell-
ed at the thought of human bengs-even though en-
cssed in dark skins-being sold like CATTLE hogs and
sheep. Judge Willis laid especial emphasis upon
this point and it is that is too greatly overlooked
today in the strife and struggle of Americans to
become greedly and inordinatey rich at the expense
of their fellowmen, women and children.
Does anyone suppose for one instant that Lin
coin would rather have had million dollars than do
right toward the humblest man woman within the
purview of his of action-even though that i'm
mense fortune slipped through his fingers by doing
what he conceived to be right? Perish the thought!
It is true Lincoln was product of the times.
Opportunity made him great. But he pushed the
opportunity along. And then the opportunity el-
evated him to the Presidency and in turn he elevated
the Presidency to the highest pinnacle of power
this earth for the time being.
It was the soul within the man that caused him
to champion the interests and welfare of despised
and downtrodden race of people imported primarily
for the purpose of eevatng the dollar above the man.
Judge Willis in his eloquent lecture-in fact it
may be termed finished oration-made clear and
explicit the potent fact that it is the soul which
should dominate the human tenement of clay it in
habits and not be subservient to the flesh and bones
of which it is Il concomitant.
Gov Horatio Seymour, of New York, in his most
fu o1ation delivered at the Elmira Reform
atory in 1878 eoquenty emphasized the fact that the
human race is one family and that the soul is super
ior to it's environment; that the body may be i'm.
prisoned but the soul cannot be "crbbed, cabined or
confined This beautiful address OF Gov. Horatio
Seymour, delivered to an audience of in penal
institution stands out brilliantly today as the great
est monument 10 his fame. His soul scared above
the sordid strife of politics and earthly gain. He
tried to do or say something of vital benefit to his
fellowmen. So it was with Lincoln. He not
for self He for others especially the most
unfortunate of them.
Judge Willis, like Seymour and Lincoln be-
lieves in the superiority of the soul. Likewise he
believes in exempfying the Golden Rule. Toward
the close of his address he said that if he could be of
service to any of his hearers they had but to com
mand. That was the spirit that animated Lincoln
from his youth and which Gov. Seymour said he re-
gretted in his old age had not seized hold of him
earlier in ife
Judge Willis is an able disciple of these two
men and will be bed in grateful remembrance by
his unfortunate and submerged brethren who were
inspired, reanimated and rejuvenated- back
to life, as it were-by the magic eloquence of Lis
svery tongue portrayng the soul spirit of the Great
Amerlcan-poor and hom-ly-but grand and glorious
in his earthly achievements-Abraham Lincoln
RICHARD CROKER won his way to the front and
to the leadership of Tammany Hall by brute force.
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