Evening journal., 1911-02-14

out aloofness His life represents
our better self and makes us kin. And
his idea Of life can we'll be our motto
of living when he said. 4 want to so
live that when die that those who
knew me best will say. "He planted
rose and plucked thorn wherever
he thought a rose would grow"
Stood for the Union.
with the idea that no house di-
vided against itself could stand and
at the same time convinced that no
nation could exist half slave and half
free. he founded a party on the old
principle Of right and wrong and car
riod the burdens OF the North with its
abuse and Of the South with its con-
demnation until both saw the wisdom
of united people and the blended
beauty OF the original flag. Holding
the balance Of power in his mighty
hand until passion should give way to
reason, he protected the government
of the people until a reverence for the
constitution was restored and the Tab
ric Of freedom was preserved. Look |
at his giant, awkward figure address |
/ ing tho cultured East at Cooper Union |
maintaining with majestic simplicity /
that right is always right and wrong
is always wrong. and that the safety
OF the nation rested on the principles
of the moral code.
"See him at Gettysburg giving eX-
preston to his heart and our ideals In
language unequalled in its simple
beauty and unsurpassed In its classic
purity and chisseled dignity.
zone cannot compare him with other
men. He could know victory without
the desire for conquest, power without
ambition, firmness without anger and
charity toward a fallen foe. what
nature gave him TN the obscurlty OF
his birth she made up IN the patron
age of her wisdom and set at naught
the tradition Of heredity and power
Nature endowed him to stand amid
the wreck Of empire and save to man
kind the institutions of popular gov
ernment. with a heart as big as his
brain. loving as he was wise, tender
as he was strong, he was as consider
ate as he was resourceful.
"Thus he was, when struck down
nv a hot tempered southerner, who
ul represented his people, the south
lost her hest friend and the north her
wisest counselor.
OF LOwly Birth.
Born as lowly as the son Of God
himself. reared in penury, destined to
step from obscurity to supreme COM
mand i'm the worlds greatest crisis,
the life and words Of Abraham Linz
coin provoke a sentiment for which
even this material and practical age
need offer no excuse. All over this
country today. men just as We. stepped
i'm the practical things of life are
LAYING aside the duties Of the hour
and acknowledging that hero worship
still lives by paying tribute to a man.
And though We tramp the beaten path
which towering genius disdains;
though we may never acquire distinc-
ton where by the stroke Of a pen, We
can emancipate slavery, we have yet
a duty 10 perform In seeing TO u
that the greed and avarice of today
enslsves no freemen. II Is TO MS.
comes the duty TO teach those slaves
how to best enjoy freedom with it1
responsibilities. And too IT, is for us
TO see that no freemen bow heads in
the slavery to the commercial lash OF
/ the times.
I'VE must have a care In seeing that
our institutions are not seduced in
bondage. Though the work OF a
r genius may not be ours. remember
that manhood is i'm vogue-and the
need for men is Just as great in our
I present evolution, as when our hero
faced the crisis Of the hour.
But enough. Speaking from the
/ shadow OF memory that history has
taught me Of this man whom I honor
8 as no other. l as one Of the rank apd
I file of that part OF our citizenship.
/ of which he was leader am proud to
! pay my humble tribute 70 his mem
+ ory The world will little note nor
a long remember what we say here,
: but as descendants to the principles
! which laid down a party guide and
you who represent only another view,
can we not follow out his ideal and
again here today. as citizens Of Della
ware with all that that implies, in
her history and tradition, better
realize our responsibilities and dedi-
vate ourselves to the unfinished work
l. for which he gave his life and highly
. resolve that here today in memorial
of the honored dead. we take increas.
l. ed devotion for which he gave the
lt last full measure--that as we face
d the problems OF our day, that he shall
10 not have lived in vain. And that 50
p far as IN us lies. that this State and
il this nation under God shall have a
ID new birth of freedom and that this
4. Government shall indeed be OF the
| people. by the people and for the
people and assert a manhood that
le can then truly say IL shall not perish
,e from the earth.
standing firm and serene amid the
m turmoil of political strife, men looked
ld and saw him fall. but as history rears
j. the statue OF American ideals, carved
At deep in its base as is in our hearts
B. is the simple name. Abraham Lin.
coin"