The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-12
MILITARY SIDE
OF LINCOLN IS
LECTURE TOPIC
tMaior-G General Carter Delivers
Absorbing Address At
Y. N. C.A
RECURRENCE OF NATAL
DAY IS COMMEMORATIVE
Alice Park CALIFORNIA; Eminent
IT, Social Worker Says War !
Executive Was 'Suffragisf

Among the local observants of Lin.
coin Day-the one hup.red and sixth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln - the Nations first martyred
President - was the Y. M. @. A., which
communicated the recurrence of the
anniversary last night with an address
delivered by Major General Carter,
commander of the army in Hawaii, in
Cooke hall, on "Lincoln, the Command
erin Chief,'' Ii...-.
Cooke hall was filed to capacity with
prominent men to listen to General Car.
ter, whose address was mainly along
the line that while President Lincoln
was not generally supposed to know
much about the military side of Ameri.
can life, he showed during the great
Civil War a rare insight into the in
tricacies of military problems through
his appointments Of army commanders
who eventually brought the Nation
back to its indivisible union. ~ -.a-r
Tribute Of q Confederate
The general quoted the following
poetic stanza, portrayed by Judge
Malone of Memphis, Tenn, son of a
Confederate soldier: ..y5=
"a blend of mirth and sadness, smiles
s.. and tears, F%2 ~ ..
A quaint knight-errant of the pioneers.
A homely hero born of star and sod,
A peasant prince, masterpiece Of
God. -
In concluding his address on the
great national hero, General Carter
read Lincoln s farewell address, which
was delivered by the martyred Presi-
dent from the rear platform of his train
on the forenoon of February IL, 1861,
at the old Wabash passenger station, as
he was leaving Springfield to 90 to
Washington to become President, and
which is as follows:
Farewell to Townspeople
"My FRIENDSHIP one not in my
station can appreciate my feeling OF
sadness at this parting. To this place,
and the Kindness Of these people, owe
everything. Here / have lived quar-
ter of century, and have passed from
q young to an old man. Here my chill,
dren have been born, and one is buried,
now leave, not knowing when or
whether ever L mGy return, with a
task before me greater than that which
rested upon Washington. Without the
assistance of that Divine Being who
ever attended him, | cannot succeed.
With that assistance, cannot fail.
Trusting in Him, who can 20 with me
and remain with you, and be every
where for good, let us confidently hope
that all will yet be well. To His care
commencing you, as | hope in your
prayers you will commend me, | bid
you an affectionate farewell"
Lincoln 'Suffragist'
Writing from the Y. W. c. A. Home
stead last night, Alice Park, the emf,
nent suffragist and social worker of
Palo Alto, Cal, sends the following
contribution on Lincoln Day to The
Advertiser:
Editor Advertiser: X On the ami,
versary If Abraham Lincoln s birthday,
February ~, the woman suffragists re-
mind people that Lincoln declared him,
self Il sutfragist as early as 1886. This
was before there was a suffrage organ
lzatiOn in the world. In a speech made
when he was young man he said:
''I go for all sharing in the gov
eminent who assist in bearing its bur
| dens, by no means excluding women.
Lincoln believed in entire freedom. lie
hated slavery-the slavery of the negro
the slavery of the laboring man, the
| slavery of the women of the race
When he said people, he meant all
people-not one-half, or one class, OF
one party. 1t takes the world long
time to catch up with great leader
"Yours sincerely,
"ALICE PARK"