The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-13

lead. I could not fail to know the
meaning. II was not a war Of emauci.
patton; few thought it such; Abraham
Lincoln did not so think. II was for
united nation on one side or a divided
nation on the other. lasH
When the call TO arms came. Gen.
ernl Banks militia was ready and the
Sixth Massachusetts, Regiment OF Vol.
unteers were entrained. It was the
first regiment of the Union TO start for
the scene of action, ana il was due
to pass my home near midnight. ~
There was nothing in reach to make
sounding salute or enough people TO
give an audible cheer. 50 small fam.
lily thought they could not do much 10
show their loyal support until il oes
cured TO, them they had no end OF
cotton waste in their mill and duan
titles Of coal OIL, honce could make 4
great light, and in those days great
lights were not common 500 ~
As the train bearing the Sixth Mas.
sachusetts approached there wab; 4 great
light, and from every car window pro.
truded soldiers cheering heads, and -on
the platforms soldiers Justify shouting.
This, my friends, was the first night
movement Of the American Union sbl
der in the Civil War, II is not with.
out some sentiment that / find myself
here to recall those incidents. Sse,ll
Great Hearted conAmoner.
'FVolbmes aud authors, without mum.
Der, have reeounted, localized, added
and substracted to and from the life
of Abraham Linc0ln, need do neither
one nor the other, ' q
Abraham Lincoln was a great heart.
cd conrmonef with the intelligence Of a.
profound thinker, and'a practical states
men and executive, and an ast1te poll.
tieian ~ the control Of the party forces
y With q burden on mind and heart,
often near the breaking point, humor,
Of which he had keen appreciation as
q listener 10 and felatoff Of anecdotes,
be often used TO relieve the tense strain
rnomentarily, that he might regain his
mental equilibrium. \
!" As the strife progressed Il became
obvious that the nation could not exist
half free and Half slave, hence, with
his signature and as a war measure, he
freed three million beings.
g At this point / wish TO call yeur
attention 20 his three great historical
associates, Generals Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan, three Of the most unpre.
tentious men, who ever, in the history
Of the world, held command of vast
armies, men who knew war was he'll
and, knowing it SO inevitably, prescott
ed u with the DISCRIMINATION TO make
II as short MS possible, and great ten,
der-hearted Abraham Lincoln most
| earnestly approved and supported them.
I" The war was over, and the hearts
OF these four men turned not in hatred
of those with whom they had commended,
but with yearning TO be of service,
for their foes had once been their
friends, and again. they hoped, would
be. In those boyhood times heard
more of sympathy than elimination,
On the morning of April 10, 1885,
the heart of a nation stood still, shock
ed by the death of Abraham Lincoln
BY assassination at the hand Of an actor
disturbed in mind by the opportunity
for a dramatic tragedy. / leave to
others the elaboration of Abraham Lin.
coin Is life and deeds. ls
Problems Yet dissolved.
While his act in freeing three mil.
lion colored people appears fnality,
| Il was but the beginning Of what prom
/ ises 20 become d problem of extraordi.
nary Importance and difficulty.
To-day there are in the United
States over eight million colored people
whose social status is not settled.
Slavery, as developed, was the re-
suit Of commercialism induced by gfeat
profits in cotton raising after Eli Whit.
ney invented the cotton gin. CONNER
eialism is now the motive force the
world over. Whether il win again I'M
pei in any nation or nations internal
strife, future history alone can ten.
Whether commereialsm will cause
war among nations might be answered
in the Affirmative, but from the fact
that the debts Of nations, and cost of
war and the uncertainty Of the results
of war, under the mechanical conditions
pertaining, however well prepared and
equipped a, nation NAV believe itself TO
be, render the ptpit doubtful. "a tE
conc should not believe the hope Of
peace, tho love OF peace, and the prom
Use Of peace preeludes the possibility
Of war, ,gs4fs.
tfpha nrohlama that Abraham lin.