New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-16
PUBLIC SPEAKERS
EUL0GIZE LINCOLN
CONTINUED from first page.)
farewell of Springfield with this popular

farewell of Springfield with this popular
cry in his ears: we will pray for YOU
"The journey, although in many ways
perilous one on account of the many
threats that had been made against his
life, was in places great ovation and he
made many speeches en- route that drew
the hearts of the Northern people to him
and gave them courage and hope that the
republic would not be shattered.
ITO become president in such turbu-
lent times was not an enviable task.
The South had threatened war, if not
allowed to secede and carry their slaves
where they pleased. Lincoln quietly
entered Washington and on the fourth
day Of March was inauguarted. He
told the people in his first inaugural
address that he would not make war and,
if war came, the South would strike the
first blow; that he was there to persuade,
protect and defend the government and
on the question of slavery he said: We
are not enemies, but friends; the mystic
chords of memory stretching from every
patriots grave to every sfheart and
hearthstone, all over this broad land,
will yet swell the chorus of the Union
when again touched, as surely as they
will be, by the better angels OF our
nature :"
The speaker then drew word picture
Of the response made by the people to
come to the aid of their country and their
flag when Fort Sumpter was fired on; the
successive calls for three hundred thou
sand men until it seemed that the call for
more would never end.
I'm September, 1862, Lincoln an
nounced that he would free the slaves
on January /, 1868. This included only
the slaves in the seeded states, but in
December, 1865, the thirteenth amend
ment to the Constitution was passed,
which forever freed every slave in the
United States, and banished slavery
lOlSVcl lIOlll C1llo lldClOIl.
when Abraham Lincoln, called from
the humblest rank in life to preside over
the nation during the most momentous
period in it's history, uttered his pro-
clamation of freedom, shattering forever
the chains which bound four millions of
human beings in slavery, an act unpar-
alleled for moral grandeur in the history
of mankind, it was evident to all who
sought beneath the surface for the cause
so surely as Heaven is on the side of
right and justice, the North would
triumph in the great struggle which had
assumed the form OF direct issue be-
tween freedom and slavery.
ION April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered
and on April Is the war was at last ended.
1t had lasted nearly five years and caused
the death of over 100000 men beside
the manned and wounded and had cost
the country two billion, seven hundred
millions in money. On April IA, the
flag was restored to Fort Sumpter and
five days afterward the president became
a martyr to the cause Of truth and
JUSTICE
In closing Rev. Macs paid the follow
ing last tribute: Humble child of the
backwoods, boatman, axman, hired man,
laborer, clerk, surveyor, captain, legis-
lator, lawyer, debater, orator, politician,
statesman, president, savior of the re-
public, emancipation of race, true
Christian, true man-We receive thy
LIE ana its immeasureably great results,
as the choicest gifts that a mortal has
ever bestowed upon us; grateful to these
for thy truth to thyself, to us and to
God; and grateful to that ministry of
Providence and grace which endowed
thee so richly, and bestowed thee upon
the nation and mankind.
He knew to bide his time,
And can his fame abide
Still patient in his simple faith sublime
Till the wise years decide,
Great captains with their drums and guns
Disturb our judgment for the hour,
But at last, silence comes;
Then all are gone, and standing alone
like tower,
Our children shall behold his fame,
The kindly, earnest, brave, farseeing
man,
Sagaclous, patient, dreading praise, not
blame,
New birth of our soil, the first Ameri-
can"
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