The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-13
Attorneys W. ]. Galbraith ard p.
H. 0'Brien Pay Glowing Trib-
utes to the Great Eman-
cipator.
HOLD PATRIOTIC SIRyICtS
Much Interest Manifested in Addresses
Delivered at the Calumet Con-
sregational Church Last
Evening.

Calumet Congregational church last
evening in commemoration of the an
niversary of the birth of Abraham Lin
coin. Special music was rendered by
the choir and glowing tributes were
paid to the memory of the great
emancipator by Attorneys w. j. Gal
braith and p II. O'Brien.
The address by Attorney p. II.
O'Brien in brief was as follows:
Great men grow greater by the
lapse of years" The figure Of Abra-
ham Lincoln looms ever larger as we
recede from the stirring era that pre-
ceded his tragic death. His unique
career has been the theme OF great
poets. The interesting and moving
story Of his life and tragic death has
inspired great orators i'm every civil
liZed land 1t IS therefore extremely
difficult to say anything about our
first great martyr president that has
not been better said before. However
we can always find inspiration and
human interest, not only in his life
events I'm which he participated.
Lincoln was not of the privileged
class. He was born of the people. In
infancy his energetic soul was nour-
ished by poverty. In youth he learned
through toll the love of liberty and re-
never a time during his minority when
Lincoln was not in contact with the
stern realities of life"
while Lincoln was a hater of in
justice and slavery. he was not an agi-
tator. He was not i'm any manner re-
sponsible for the growth of the anti
slavery sentiment. Slavery had been
recognized and secured i'm the national
constitution.
when the war broke out, Lincoln
rose to the very heights of true great
ness With his mellow humor he main
tanned the solidarity of his cabinet.
He curbed the jealously of his gen.
erals. He promoted the efficient, and
removed the incompetent. Every act
of his administration was fortified by
the darkest hour of the nations life
he was recognized by high and low as
the father of his people. Although Lin
coin was not originally an abolition
list, his name will be forever associat-
ed with the emancipation of the
slaves. Although he did not move as
fast i'm the direction of emancipation
as the extremists hoped, yet he moved
as fast as circumstances would per-
nit
"There are few more tragic events
since this sad world began, than the
deep damnation of his taking off" I'm
the hour of the unions triumph. The
shadow of death had fallen upon the
pathetic figure of the liberator. but
the stain of slavery was forever blot
ted out from the western continent.
We cannot review the drama of the
civil war without rejecting that the
beneficiaries of vested interests have
never surrendered their privilege to
tyrannize and oppress without a
struggle. Lincoln had the foresight to
observe that when the slave power
was conquered the struggle for bet
ter and freer conditions would not be
ended. lie saw with undimmed vision
the rise of unrestrained capitalism, as
n partial result of, and sequence to
the Titanic civil war. He was not of
the number of those who maintained
that capital and labor should be
placed upon an equality.
"While Lincoln's name will always
be associated with the emancipation Of
union, he will always be loved for his
union. he will always be loved for ris
kindness and his mercy, and his deep
sympathy for the cause OF humanity.
The philosopher will admire his
craftsmanship i'm the face of over
whelming difficulties. The patriot will
praise his devotion to the union of
the states, but above and beyond all,
ne will be revered as the president,
sprung from the ranks of the toilers;
the child of the SOIL rising by the
prestige of his own deeds, through the
nobility which began and ended with
himself, to a place with the immortal
leaders OF mankind, in the upward and
onward struggle of the race"
Mr.. Galbraith said I'm part:
"On occasions like this we again
consecrate ourselves to the task of
carrying forward the work so nobly
commenced by the fathers who have
builded so firm and broad and strong
the foundation of our Institutions OF
popular government. And as the mar
iner. after days of gale and clouds and
storm. embraces the first opportunity
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