Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-09

other martyr q the nFcs, whom not
alone in the circumstances OF obscure
birth and tragic death. but In those OF
simple living and childlike faith, Lin
coin so closely resembled. Yon iowly
cabin which is % be officially dedicated
on the morrow may well be llkened 20
the manger OF Bethlehem. the boy that
went thence 20 God-like destiny. TO the
Son Of God. the Father Almighty. Of
him and Of us ALI For. whence his
prompting except from Cod?
Need OF Another Lincoln.
There are uttorances Of his which
read like rescripts from the sermon on
the mount. Beviled even as the Man OF
Galilee, slain, even as the Man OF GalIlee,
yet as gentle and as unoffending. a man
who died for men! Roll the stone from
the grave and what shall we see? Just
an American. The Declaration Of 1nde-
pendence his confession Of faith. The
constitution OF the United States his
ark and covenant OF liberty. The union
his redoubt. the flag his shibboleth.
Called like one Of old. within a handful
OF years he rose at supreme moment
to- supreme command. fulfilled the law
VI Hia btlIbt uNu BaHstu AfpUl NHt dGHllt
an exhalation OF the dawn OF freedom.
we may still hear his CHEEKY voice. bid
ding us be Of good heart, sure that right
makes might entreating US to pursue
with firmness in the right as God gives
US to see the right
The problems he met and solved arc
problems no longer. other, It may be
greater problems. rise before us. Shall
there arise another Lincoln?
May God grid round and guard his
successor In the great office of chief
magistrate whom we have here with us
this day; give him the soul Of Lincoln
to feel, Ancoln's wisdom TO see and
know; to the end that whichever OF the
parties prevail and to whatever group
OF men are committed the powers OF
whole-hearted devotion to
the public service and large minded fidel-
ity TO American institutions may con-
tlnue TO gforify the teaching and example
of Abraham lincoln"
Call for High Resolves.
His peroratlon was as follows:
" Let us here highly resolve. the wS-ds
still ring like trumpet-call from that
green-grown hillside OF Gettysburg dotted
with graves OF heroes. that these men
shall not have died in vain; that this
nation, under God. shall have a new
birth OF freedom; and that government
of the people, by the people and for the
people shall not perish from I've eaSen.
Repeat we the declaration. As we gather
about this effigy In bronze and marble
In this, the capitol Of Kentucky--of Ken
lucky. the most world-famous among the
states Of America, whose birth-right car
Ties with II a universal and unchallenged
badge of honor; of Kentucky, which
gave to the longest ana bloodiest of mod
ern wars both its chleftains. Abreham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, and to each
of the contendng armies a quota OF
fighting men larger than was contributed
by any other single state singly in either
army; Of that Kentucky whose Clay an
tedating Lincoln in the arts of eoncilia-
ton and eloquence. tried to effect and
did for a time effect by compromise what
Lincoln could only compass by the
sword, and whose Crittenden was last
seriously TO invoke the spirit OF fraternity
and peace; OF our own Kentucky, dark
and bloody ground OF the savage, beloved
home Of oil that we hold generous and
valiant in man, graceful and lovely in
woman, wherein when the battle was
ended the war was over, and, once
Kentuckian always a Kentuckian. the
federal and the confederate were BROTH
ers again-let us here. whether we call
ourselves democrats or republicans, re-
new our allegiance to the constitution
of the republic and the perpetuity OF the