New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-16
PUBLIC SPEAKERS
BUL0GlZE LINCOLN
PROGRAM ARRANGED BYC. AR
POST CARRIED OUT AT
ARMORY.
SPEECHES RECALL TROtJRI OILS
ANTEBELLUM DAYS OF
EARLY COS.

Lincoln's birthday anniversary was
observed in New Ulm last Saturday in
manner betting the occasion by care
fully planned and we'll carried out pro-
gram at the new armory under the
auspices OF the G. A. R. The spacious
hall was we'll filled and the several
musical numbers, recitations and adj
dresses were we'll rendered and greatly
appreciated. The original program had
to be changed somewhat on account of
the illness OF several of the participants
and as carried out was as follows:
Invocation by Rev. E. F. Wheeler.
battle Hymn of the Republic" Bow
Scouts.
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech, Armin
Koehler, introduced by the chairman as
the Abe Lincoln junior of New Ulm.
Address in German by Rev. C. Holm.
Song, "Cobwebs, HIS. Girls, Glee club.
Recitation, 'The American Flag"
Miss Minnie Brust.
English address, A. D. Macs, depart
ment chaplain of the G. A. R., of Lake
land, MINI.
The exercises closed with the singing of
America" by the audience. Mrs. Vim.
B. Mather presided at the piano.
Seats had been reserved for the men,
bers of the G.. A. R. and for the Ladies
of the G A. r., members of Company
A acting as ushers.
Rev. Holm, who spoke in German
prefaced his remarks with brief sketch
OF the life OF the Great Emancipator, then
gave an interesting character study, first,
dwelling upon Lincoln's independence,
gained through his early experiences in
life when he was confronted by and over
came obstacles which would have made a.
less determined man hesitate and become
discouraged; second upon Lincoln's sense
of justice and fairness, not alone as a
lawyer, but also as private citizen and
public official, and third upon his opti-
mism in life, ever looking upon the
bright side of things, always looking
hopefully into the future no matter how
dire the distress of the present. He
spoke of Lincoln's farsightedness as a
statesman and that greatest of all quail
fications which to this day endears him
to the hearts of the American people
his great love for the human race.
Speaking of Lincoln as the ''War Presi-
dent" he enumerated Tie various classes
OF war-war for conquest, war for defense,
war for liberty and war for the advance
ment of the human race. The latter
was the war of Lincoln.
Rev. Macs, one of two surviving men,
bers of Lincoln's bodyguard, took as his
topic, From Log Cabin to White
House." He spoke of the early life of
Lincoln; of the hardships on the frontier
of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois; of
his business ventures, some of them
failures and others success; of his
family, and lastly of the successive steps
which finally eliminated in his election
to the highest Office within the gift of the
American people. Speaking of the years
Immediately preceding his elevation to-
the presidency, Rev. Macs said:
''In 1850 slavery was abolished in the
District of Columbia. During the next
five years Lincoln made many speeches
and, in 1856, when As years old, was
looked upon as the leader of the Republi-
cans and his speech at the Bloomington
Convention was regarded as the greatest
ever made in Illinois. In 1859 he spoke
in Ohio and Kansas. The following year
he was persuaded to tour New England
and spoke in New York City in February
OF that year at mass meeting presided
over by William Cullen Bryant.
I'm March, 1860, the Republican con-
vention at Chicago unanimously nomi-
mated him for the presidency; with
Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate.
Thus was Abraham Lincoln placed be-
fore the nation at 81 years of age as a
candidate for the highest honor in it's
power to bestow. 1t had been a long,
and tedious passage from the log cabin
to the White House, for half of his years
had been spent in the wilderness without
wealth or social position. He had
raised himself by force of manly ex-
cellence Of heart and brain and by the
good Providence of God into national
recognition.
On February IL, 1861, shortly before
his Inauguration, he made visit to his.
stepmother and afterward took sad
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