The Washington herald., 1922-05-31
President Harding and
Chief Justice Taft
Extol Martyr.
CIVIL WAR HEROES
JOIN IN EXERCISES
100000 Cheer As "Mas-
terly Monument" Is Civ
en- to Government.

The great soul Of Abraham lin
coin yesterday looked down on a
vast concourse OF people and real
lied that these dead have not died
in vain" for he saw America united
gathered at the shrine raised 20
him by grateful nation and pour
forth. in inspired phrases. a paean
to the immortal who welded tn.
broken destinies of homeland
White. black. yellow. red and
brown people OF every civilized lard
on earth. and representative from,
every State in the Union he rr--
served. gathered 20 honor the
master martyr" in. the dedication
OF the Tone white temple" which
has been ten years in the building.
statesmen Gather.
The President OF the republic. its
chief Justice. himself once a prcsi-
dent and inceptor Of the pile wh 'ch
will stand aRainet the ages: dino
mats OF foreign nations 10 which
the ideals for which he stood have
spread: Cabinet officers. Senator'S
and Representatives ~ Con.-ross:
those who fought in the sos urdc-
his banner and those who fought
1
present day. who have just emerged
from the greatest conflict known
to man: members of the race he
freed-all gathered 10 hear words
OF tribute in memory OF the once
unlettered boy Of the West.
These words from Chief Justice
Taft. who presented the memorial
20 the nation: Had he lived. the
consequences OF the tcivin war
would not have been as hard for
them Cof the SOUTH TO bear tr-
wounds would have been mora
easily healed" brought a thunder 90
applause from the thouss nds that
filled the vast spaces before the
memorial
President speaks.
This touch from President Hard
ing. as he departed from his So
speech. started anew the cheers that
live in the American heart for the
Great EmancipRtor: "If Abraham
Lincoln could he here today and see
the picture that is stretched before
me. I know he would see his dreams
Of united nation realized. Refor.
me I see the men in blue who
answered his clarion call 10 hatrH
for Old Glory. and thanking them ~
the right are those valiant boys IN
J
standing together FOR the glory u
country"
Dr. Robert X. Motion. president ~
the noted school for negroes at
TuskeCee. Ala. struck responsive
Ichord when he said that the nagro
OF America justified in the world yva-
the confidence Lincoln imposed ~
them through his Proclamation -
Emancipation nr. Motion pointed
out that Of the IL Onn convicted u~-
der violations ~ the espionage at
during the war not onn was a ner-p
The face OF the colored r,au We
lighted with the glory ~ rev~rrroa
as he poured forth his soul - r-'aI
gratitude that such NAV shorl,
have lived and that his should ~
the privilege of doing him horo-
The poets conception ~ Lincoln
was voiced ~ Edwin Markham. vho
read Lincoln. the Man ~ tho Peo-
pie" Of his own composition.
Crowd. Gather Early.
The crowds began gathering A.
early as o'clock. although IN,
ceremonies were not scheduled Q
begin before 2,3O o'clock The ~e-
served stands were soon filed. and
tens Of thousands gathered IN the
spaces set apart for the public
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