The Calumet news., 1911-11-08

Union. the single wish that the South
crn States-to use his homely phrase
ology-"should come back home and
behave themselves" and 81 he had lived
he would have made this wish effectual
as nc made everything effectual 10
which he seriously addressed himself
poor. insane John Wilkes Booth! Was
he, too, an instrument in the hands OF
God to put a stin deeper damnation
upon the taking off Of the Confederacy
and 10 sink the Southern people yet
lower in the abyss Of anliction and hu-
initiation the living Lincoln had spared
US?
Tribute To Taft.
lie spoke Of Lincoln's teaching and
example. and paid a glowing tribute to
President Taft, as follows:
Tragedy walks hand-in hand with
History and the eyes of Glory are wet
with tears-"With malice toward none.
with Charity FOR all'-since Christ
said. blessed are the peace-makers foI
they shall DE called the children OF
Cod" has heart Of man, stirred 10 its
depths by human eXigency, delivered "a
message so sublime? Irresistiby the
mind recurs to that other martyr Of
the ages, whom not alone in the cir
lcumstances Of obscure birth and tragic
death. but in those Of simple living and
Ichildlike faith, Lincoln 50 closely re-
Isembled Yon lowly cabin which is 10
Ibe officially dedicated on the morrow
may well be likened 10 the manger of
, bethlehem, the boy that went thence
to a God-like destiny, to the Son Of
God. the Father Almighty. Of him and
Of us all. For, whence his prompting
except from God?
There are utterances or his which
read like rescripts from the sermon on
the Mount RcviIcd even as the Man
of Galilee slain. even as the Man OF
7 Galllee. yet as gentle and as unoffend-
4 ing, a man who died for men! Roll the
e stone from the grave and what shall
8 we see? Just an American. The Dec
o. laration of independence his Confession
e of Faith. The Constitution of the
.l United States his Ark and Covenant OF
G Liberty. The Union his redoubt, thC
j flag his shbboleth Called like one oi
@ old, within a handful Of years he rose
a at a supreme moment TO supreme COM
d mand, fulfilled the law Of his being
o land passed from the scene an cXhala-
g tion of the dawn of freedom. We may
$ stil hear his cheery voice, bidding u'
t be of good heart, sure that "righ
i makes might" entreating us TO pursu'
G with hrmness in the right as GoC
10 gives us TO see the right"
d The problems he met and solved ar
70 problems no longer. other, it may b.
e, greater problems, rise before us. Shal
- there arise another Lincoln?
Wants Better Citizenship.
II May God grid round and guard hi
- successor in the great Office Of Chic
q Magistrate whom we have here will
r Jus this day; give him the soul of Lin
# coin to feel. Lincoln's wisdom 10 se
e and know: to the end thar which eve
n of the parties prevail and to whateve
II group Of men are committed the pow
,e ers Of Administration. whole-hearte
n devotion to the public service an
RI large minded fidelity To American i'm
- stitutions may continue to glorfy IN
teaching and example Of Abraham Lin
e coin.
IS His peroraton was as follows:
.s let us here highly resolve tn
N words still ring like trumpet-cal
- from that green grown hillside of Get
.e tysbury dotted with the graves Cf he
Il roes. that these men shall not hav
r. died i'm van that this Nation, unde
n God, shall have a new birth of free
e dom: and that government of the peo