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South, save few radicals; but each
distrusted the other and feared that to
concedesin any one instance smeant ulti-
mate defeat and subjugation.
8 How did Lincoln apply his democratic
principles in this matter? He, as stated,
recognized in slavery a moral wrong and
Tor that reason felt that, sooner or later,
IN a country, founded upon the declara-
ton OF the privilege of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" slavery must
go, for it is democraticeven tho a
part of that people, living under that
governments, xas of black skin. There
fore in his speech at Springfield, I'LL,
June Is, 1858, he said: "A house
divided against itself cannot stand. I
believe this government cannot endure
permanently hall. slave and half free. :
BY this statement he primarily meant to
say that this government could not
stand half Of the States tolerating,
another hall condemning, slavery. But,
| by implication, he meant to voice just
as strongly that this government could
not stand as free government if one
half of the citizens remained in bondage,
slaves to free men. Yet he did not be
! lieve in immediate and complete aboli-
III Was COO uc1llOCIdGlC#.Ol
ciple. The Constitution legalized sla-
very. The Constitution must stand.
But it must ultimately be amended to
correct its own wrong. In the South
slavery must be tolerated until it can be
legally abolished. And then such aboli-
ton must come slowly, gradually; and
those suffering financially or otherwise
i by the process in the South must be
reimbursed for their loss by the entire
people who in this entirety had originally
le5 alized such practise and now was in
its entirety to correct, not the South
only, but to correct itself. But in the
government lands in the Western Terri
/ tory now under federal control slavery
must never be: allowed to enter And
j the South must likewise not try to i'm
poseits Institution upon the North. A
!, beautiful application of his democratic
principle "a government of the people,
| by the people, and for the people. "
!, When the South had seeded and be
gun to she'd the. blood of~their brothers
Of the North, yes, after pools of blood
covered the land, then still did he hold
, to this principle Of a government ttfor
/! the people" Even then he did not
look forward to. conquered and de.
4 feated South, a section Of that people
to be punished for its error, but rather
that that erring child should return tc
it's mothers bosom and it's fathers
arms and there be received with open
! arms and warm heart, receiving
double for all her SINS" the apple fol
! the rod. Read his second Inaugural
with malice to none, with charity fol
! all ''-and his last speech of April II
1865: Finding themselves safely at
home, namely the South), it would be
! utterly immaterial whether they had
! ever been abroad" What beautiful
! application of his doctrine "a government
for all the people.!'
! And him do hold up to you tonight
as an example to follow in the present
crisis. We, too, must know no indivual-
ism, no class feeling, no sectionalism;
i we must know no German-Americans
no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, no Irish-.Ameri-
| cans, but Americans only. We must
have but one common country, one
common flag, and but one allegiance
to the government of our United States.
And this government we must support
not only, not mainly, by word Of mouth,
but by action, by self-denial and self
sacrifice to the common good of all.
And we have ample opportunity Food
conservation! just a little less meat,
just a little less heat, just little less
sugar and rother essentials! If each
does his bit, it amounts to quite a
Bit. But you must not in selfish
spirit pass it up to the other fellow! In
,:se!.ff-ggacri6ce and self-denial the individual
must do his duty towards the mass.
Fuel conservation! just a half shovel
less each day sums up quite beautifully.
And don't forget the Red Cross. Don't
buy the button for your sake, but
donate for the Red Cross in an unselfish
way. know some who wear no buttow
at all and it would surprise you to knon,
what they have done, not to get button,
but for the Red Cross. And 1 would
Ike to add: give ungrudgingly once,
twice, and again to support the pastors
already sent and the many more we must