Evening journal., 1911-02-14

the southern bank OF the Potomac.
armies whose soldiers bore no malice /
toward the other. And when the band |
of one army would finish playing |
Yankee Doodle the band OF the |
other would start playing Dixie |
Land And I think that today n we |
could combine those armies OF the |
North and South there is not ma
ton on earth that could successfully
confront It."
Senator DrexIer's Speech
Senator Drexler. after drawing
many lessons from the life and char
acteristics of Lincoln, concluded his
address as follows:
There never will be an hour in the
country's history when II cannot turn
with profit to the memory of Lincoln
when it cannot invoke his spirit for
counsel and inspiration.
There was nothing subtle or alb
struse in Lincoln's doctrine He stood
for the rights of man. He believed that
human rights are more important than
property rights. He taught that this
government of ours should be a gov
ernment Of men and for men. that its
first business should be to defend and
preserve and promote human free
dom, and that no amount of vested
rights or vested wrongs should be
permitted 10 defeat that purpose
Whenever it Is desired to find a
concise expression of the spirit Of
Lincoln the Gettysburg speech is the
text TO which we turn. Standing on
the soil soaked with the blood Of the
nations manhood, he epitomized the
cause for which they had died and for
which he stood. II was that a nation
conceived In liberty and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are
created equal can long endure He
called the people Of the republic to a
new conservation. that this nation
under God shal have a new birth of
freedom
I'VE have no fear With such an
inspiration, with such a light to guide,
the future Of the nation is secure. But
as Lincoln alone could not have
achieved the triumph of human rights
over those Of property in 1865, neither
can the spirit of Lincoln achieve a
/ similar triumph now. He needs sol
diers now as he needed them then
not soldiers to carry muskets, 10 face
the rain of death and 10 dye another
/ Gettysburg with living crimson, but
soldiers just the same. brave to face
a foe more dangerous because more
subtle, hidden and in possession Of
the machinery of government"
Judge Hastings Words.
Former Judge Hastings, in conclu-
sion of his able address, said
My friends | have undertaken an
impossible task cannot illustrate
his principles as he displayed then
i'm life cannot paint his virtues as
he practiced them. ! cannot transmit
his fame as it ought TO pass to pos,
terity. Time alone can do that. anC
! believe every generation will appre
ciate it more than the last.
THE man is dead-dead at a tim'
when his power TO do good was great
est, and when the imminent public
dangers seemed more than ever Il
render his aid indispensable and hi
loss irreparable He sacrificed hi
troubled life on the altar of freedom
and left the world in tears.
when the soul Of Abraham Lin
coin departed for the life beyond, IN
North lost its idol, the South its bos
. friend"
I Representative johnson Speaks.
. Representative Johnson in his az
i QfeSS SAID
I'm a commemoration such as tn
we are inclined TO agree with Emer
/. son. that an institution is but ii
: heightened shadow OF one man. Ju.
I as a man Caesar Is born and We hay
a Roman empire, so no one man S
J. represents the American idea
American Institutions as does the on
whose birth we honor today. n
nh -
: description can depict our national lif
I as can the one name Abraham Lin
J coin. At home and abroad he stand
+ today the undisputed representativ
(, of the ideas and ideals of our life an
4 government Indeed. I'm his life W
4 find striking resemblance to the birt
4 and life Of the nation. In his birt
q and surroundings we find the hard
ships of the colonists, i'm his you'll
4 the struggle for independence and
his life work we find the ideals an
Il heart of the people al large. In thos
& hardships and struggles throug
which he passed we read the sent
n ments of the nation. And today a r,
\ cital of his career may bring us TO
t fuller realization of our duties an
A renew increased devotion to the caus
q for which he gave his life No cha
a acter in American life gives the cou
ago 10 the young and strength to N
q old as does the Railsplitter of u
81 West. He is proof of American oppo
a tunity and its realization. The -four
81 der and undisputed leader of Ol
4 party, his principles hold the admir-
"a ton of all men. Around his nan
cluster the dreams of the young an
f on adherence to his principles res
4 the success of our institutions.
Won Respect of All.
Born I'm the South. reared In q
4 pioneer West, unframed, without ke'
insight and feeling of men. he rull
q with a craftsmanship. based OH cor
nonsense. And with a diploma,
founded on kindness he won the r
z spect of men and nations.
A with an initiative and inconsis
ency of genius. unknown to polite
8 circles, he nodded radicals and co
servatives TO the main central ide
y Humble and submissive, with thehea
q of a child, he was the autocrat
American institutions. With a tende
\ ness seldom seen in public life, wit
out striking a cruel blow. he drenchl
a continent with blood with the a
4 dacity of a Napoleon. He would list
10 the story Of a widowed mother al
break all rules Of war while a state
man waited in the ante-room.
h would shock his cabinet by his trivi
stories and tramp the floor all mig
burdened with the gravest SITUATE
q I'm history Dismiss a conference