The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-12

Justify her graces OF freedom, by 50
ciety 10 teachfit respect for manhood
irrespective Of what might accrue L
society from Its honoring OF com
mon humanity. The liberation Of the
serf Is always attended by the liberia
ton OF The master. The truth thai
made men freein the dispensation o.
Lincoln was the truth that makes mer
free in the ordinations OF God. One
man may find a nugget OF gold or q
priceless jewel as well as another
but in any case he must be where
these are TO be discovered and know
them when he sees them. Lincoln
had this faculty OF seeing the price
less things in human life, because he
knew them by primitive contact and
valued them by familiar association
The mere lapldard work Of Furnishing
them in constitutions and statutes
might fall to others. 1t was given to
him to declare the immutable things
Of God and man. The prophet need
not be a lawnaker, but he must be u
law provider.
The emancipation proclaimed b.
Abraham Lincoln had been worked
out in the economy OF American co.
ciety and the latent influences max
Ing for freedom were at their flood
wien he declared that to which all
men, when shorn of jprejudices and
passions, must subscribe, the economi-
cal and the moral worth Of freedom
over slavery. The statement of the
fact in effective forms fell to the man
whose entire personal history made
him adverse to Infiicting upon fell
bowman any wrong he would not
willingly suffer himself. While
others rode the surges OF discussion
as to the expedlency. Of the liberation
of the servile portion of the popula-
ton, Abraham Lincoln went back to
the basic justice OF the case and acted
accordingly. 1t matters not i'll the
least II consent to an immutable prin-
ctpel of right shall open the very
walls OF social destruction and i'm
merse the age in a sea Of evils, the
immutable right must be declared and
justice must be established ana man
hood must be respected. In the end
the things that are convulsed will be-
come orderly, and in the newer rela.
tons will be found the force OF the
finer equities set to work bly, the
genius and conservation, the wisdom
md the work OF the men who dare to
see the truth and to stand for its au.
:hority.
All nature was Travelling because
If the bondage that afflicted the coun.
ry before Lincoln spoke. The South,
With scarcely thing in the way OF
beyond wheelright
hops was crying out for the liberia.
ion of the natural wealth stored in
is soil and for the teeming Industry
" the mill and factory to sing the
ong Of prosperity, such as no amount
I plantation labor could confer upon
. The might and strength OF federal
lstitutions were invoking Lincoln to
eclare the truth Of their supremacy
nd he did it. The field Of manhood
as not up 10 the average of the
ocial possibilities of the age and
lincoln ,brooked the issues OF fate
nd set forth the word OF emancipa.
on for the times in terms Of race.
hen all appraisements have been
ade Of the direct benefits conferred
' Lincoln upon the section of the
,pulation in whose behalf he spoke,
e story OF the ultimate good will but
lgin to be told. The waxing of Lin
In must go on from age to age as
e lines of influence he set going
lall ramify and shall pervade SO.
ETY., and the principles for which he
pod shall blossom into the full beauty
human atruism.
The spiritual conferment of Lincoln
on the American people is beyond
estimation. The dull and sluggard
'vements Of shackled period gave
ace to the stimulated prosperity of
age fraught with the very finest
Dirations and effects. 1t was the
18th of God that Lincoln set in the
ming OF his times, and although
d spoke in the thunder and light.
lg and the tempest of strife, yet It
s the still small voice OF the spirit,
er all. For the words OF Lincoln
re as the balm of Gilead to dis
ssed nation, and through those
rds life and hope and peace came
the hearts of men. Brotherhood
k on a fuller content and the di.
e paternity Of God assumed more
jestic yet loving proportions.
'or hid itself and fear fed before
and the righteous people set up
ir affairs upon the high places OF
ional hope and freedom to worship
God Of everlasting grace. Simple
Phet Of the people, rugged apostle {
truth, in the mobiles line of the =
1ts and martyrs of all ages-Abra. :
n Lincoln has left a name that is
we all other names in American
tory. In that he did the noblest
ID for humankind and FURNISHED
stars with the blood of his lowly