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THIS SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Ut 1900.
PuMlahcd Dully, nppt hiimliy, by Tli i Trlli
ttne Ttibllshlnjr Compiny, al fifty Centi a Montlt.
l.ivv p. ntciiAni), rdiior.
0. 1'. UYXni:i;, BmlneM Manager.
New York Ofllcel IJO N'avnil St. .......
n. s. vnr.i:tiM.
Sole gent (or IVrelan Advci Using.
Lnlcrcd it (he I'mIoIDcp t Sainton, !'., it
Bccond-CbM Mall Matter.
tt hen ipice will permit, Tlic Trlbwn l ly
elail to print short letter fiom Hi friend licr
inir on current topics, hut Mi rule li that tlice
nunt bo nlftnecl, for puliHc-allon, hy the writer
real namet and tho condition precedent le ae
leplance li that all contributions nhall be luh
Jfct to editorial revllon.
SCilANTON, XOVRMnnR 11, 1W-
Conscpvntlvo IIkiiWiik. which Is hr
llcvcd to fiu very noarly exact, now es
tlnintps McKtnlcy's iiHtrnllly on tho
impulni' vote nt 72.".000: a rain of 12),
m)(i over four yours nso. The olTlclul
flitmi'H will not he uVnlliitilo lor ov
fi nt dny.
Take Notice.
IT tl A VINO t'OMi: lo uiti liutlon
I Imt olio J. V,. Wllllfinis, al oik.'
tliiic liuhlislinf of the Scrnnton
IMreetoi'y, Is at woils upon the
pii-puiiitlon of ii dlrcctoty ostensibly
to tsiUp tin- place of Taylor's Scrunton
Dliootoi), llu- followinu fads are- Milli
mlttcii for the public'? lnfoimntlon:
On tin' 2lsl day of Juiuiuty. 3895.
an a?ii.'ini'iit m ontcied Into hu
twetm J. K. WllllnniH and Ciillmilne
Williams his wife. pnrllrB of tho IlMt
jiuit, anil ,T. ,Jame Taylor, paity of tho
second put I, wlioieby nil right, title
and InloioHt of the founcr hi all tin
publlslicil dh-cctoWen of tiny city, boi
ourii, township or district In any part
of I,achawanna county, and copyrights
and maps of all dliectoiicss in .uch
county heretofoio published, togutln.".
with all other ptopcity In tho directory
business in this county, wore sold to
All-. Taylor, !il lieiis, or assigns. A
clause In that agiecment provides that
neither J. K Willlnins nor Catharine
Williams, his wife, will in any manner
engage or become interested in the
publication of any directory of any
city, boiotiRh, township or district in
any part of Lackawanna county for
.the period of twenty-five years ftom
the dato of said agreement, and that
neither will aid or a&M.st In any man
ner in the production or publication
of any directory at, afoiesaid during
said period. It was also stipulated
that against any violation or this oon
nact the .said patties of the flint part
may be enjoined.
On the Bth day of Felmuuy, lfcW, for
lestnl consideration, Mr. Taylor as
signed and tiansfenvd to The Tribune
7'nblMiing company all his interest)
In the fotegoing contract, and wince
ilit cfylte the dinctry litioivn as
Tajlor's Sermitoii Directoty has been
the property of The Tribune Publish
ing company, with Mr. Taylor, dur
ing his lifetime, seiving as manftger.
l'or tho benefit of all concerned, an
nuuncment ii now made that "The
Tilbuno I'ubli&hing company intends
to continue tho publication of the di
rectories Included in the loregoinir
lontraet, and therefore any contracts
made by the ."aid J. i:. Williams for
a lival publication in this tenllory
must necessarilv be null and void.
On Samuel M. Hay, assemblyman
eleer liom Philadelphia's Fifth ward,
having by "threats, intimidation,
piomlsos and inducements" been, a.'
lie alleged, persuaded to sign a pledge
agreeing to vote for Quay for senator,
now, under tho more pious influences
of the other side, 1 evokes his pledge
and asseits that he Avlll under no cir
cumstances enter tho caucus of his
paity. Hamuel evidently needs .1
gnai d Ian.
An Important Adjudication.
THE SUPREME court of the
United States has an
nounced that on December
17 it will hear all cases
now pending before It which revolve
upon the question. Does the constitu
tion, automatically and Immediately,
follow the flag?
Tho question is of such f.ir-ieachinir
and soiinus consequence iliat lime for
tho most thorough preparation or an
opinion must be expected to elapse be
tween the conclusion of the healing
and the foimal announeeiuout of the
court's judgment in the premises, An
opinion is hardly 10 be looked for dur
ing the remaining' thieo-inoiuhs' lltu oC
the pie&ent eongiess. This will thiow
over to the Fifty-soventh congiess the
,bioad question of providing by legisla
tion for the permanent civil govern
ment of the Philippines.
Fortunately such a postponement
will cause no pioper interest to suffer,
lloth in Porto itlco and In the Philip
pines tho foundations of better adniln
lstiatlon along American lines are be
ing; constructed by ub'lemeu wlio, being
oi);the giound, know far better than a
eoflgress ;jt, Washington could wliutls
icgtilred. If In the meantime conuies.s
wJj2itsto sond committees to the new
dej)endoicIoet to prosecute Investlga
tlijtos Jndepoijdent of those which havo
bctji and ate being made, so much tho
betjer. There cannot be a surplus of
information on tho subject.
hi Ita essence the caso bofuro tlin
Supremo court is this: Is tho United
Stajos a fully developed nation, witli
airitlui express aid Implied powers of
soyetelgnty belonging to other nations,
Including the powijr to hold ttoplcal
territory as property, and to fit Hio laws
Rol-einlug that terriVoiy to tho tenl
tory'H needs, uiirestilV'ted by the con
stitutional limitations Wi mining to tho
union of tho foity.lvustatesV An uf
flimatlve answer will niean thai con
gress can proceed with itn task in tho
new dependencies with I disci etlomuy
power 10 iimko Hie galiiuout fit tho
ma,?)! 11 neguthe answbr will mean
I'ltforr that t,ho inun, tlmH Is to say, Hio
t topical' man of Malay extraction and
vicious .Spanish upbtingring, must bo
fitted Immediately to tli a well-developed
Anglo-Saxon gan nem, which
means a niisflt; or that tha constltn
ilop Itself must bo inner ded to allow
(he freedom of action cal ed for under
these now conditions.
It Is u liuestion wlileli (layruen can- I
not decide, lint we hnvn full con II
elttite In the ability of our highest coin t
tit decide If wisely and well.
II Is Important to till the Mtutes tint
the voiu tegistered In any one should
agree with the vote aolttnliy cast. ir
the Ttppuhlleans have been counted out
In Kentucky, tho fact Hint limy don't
heed Kentucky's electoral vote should
not prevent a sentclilng and thorough
ItiMUlry. If ho people or KenttieltV
ate tumble to seeute u fair ballot,
they should have help, High-hand "I
outrage, such as Is believed to have
been committed In that common wealth
Inst week must ,1101 escape .lint
rcbultf. othmvlM , fiee government
Is dead.
Army Reorganization,
UNDmt TIIH law all volunteer
rogimonlH now In the mili
tary service, numbering
about .10,000 men, and more
than half of the 05,000 regulars inttMt be
mustered out befoie .lune !!0 next. This
would 1 educe the nrtny to about 21.000
and thrice that number of men are
needed, and will for an Indefinite time,
lie needed to police the Philippines
alone, lo say nothing of Porto P.leo.
Cuba, Hawaii, Ottatn, Alaska, our
home fiontieis, seacoast defenses and
peimuiieut home po-tts and forts.
One plan proposed to meet this sit
uation l.s Hltnply lo ftrlke out the limi
tation clause In the existing statute,
tvbtcli would allow I he present atiny
In continue for Hie unexpired balance
of ihi full tlnoe year term of enlist
ment. That would derer the Inevitable
day of at my teorgiinlzattnn, but pio
vide only a makeshift arrangement for
the inteival, and It would leave Hi"
country absolutely helpless in the event
of a sudden emeigericy occurring when
congress was not In session
The plan of the admlnitintion pro
vides lor a pcininnenl organization of
"i'i.OI'i men, divided into companies .of
.sit men each, with discretionary
authority intrusted to the piesldent
to increase tlie strength as needed up
to 11 maximum of 120 men in ti com
pany, or 100,000 In all. The skeleton
of the frmy would be permanent and
the staff coips oiganizod upon the
maximum basis, hi case of war the
president could increase its numbetrf
aeioiditig 10 circumstances without
calling for special legislation by ion
giess. Ho would have a tiaiucd aims'
of .",0.000 men to start with, and by
adding 11 few men to taoh company
could in a few weeks have a fore1
of 10,000 or 75,000. or as many as In
required, up to the maximum of 100,
ono. It lemains to bo seen which plan
congress will choote. But if the present
eongieb.-". with its nanow margin of
nepublican control, shall dodge, the
net congress will act. Knowledge of
tills f,1(i may hasten the Inevitable.
AVlitt CioPer Iom in election bets
lie moie than got back in the recent
rise in stocks. Tiust Cioker to look
out lor ills pncketboulc all the Urn".
How to Down Tammany.
ON THE HASrSs of the Ury.111
ote tin- duposltijii of T.ini
ninnv fiom couliol of
Ciieater Now 'oi k will le
quiio the conversion of at k.ist i.'i.oOO
Tiryanites. Rut this is bv no means
a safe basis of calculation. In light
ing for Bryan on a free silver platform
Cioker was pulling up stream, against
11 strong cm lent, hi fighting to con
tinue the w Ide op,'ii principle of in
dulged vice a aq.ilnsr. the pioposltion
of a refoimed city lie will be going
with the cm 1 cut of majoilty impulse
and desiie and It will take Napoleonic
generalship with th" most thoiough
union of his adveis.u its to ell'ect his
defeat.
It is vlonr tiom the ilguics of both
last week and tlnee ycais ago that
a Republican, run as such, cannot be
elected mayor of New York against an
undivided Tammany vote. Nor is tho
election of a gold Eeniocrat of the silk
stocking type who is without tdron
friends and icsouices within the Tam
many told within 1 lingo of possibility.
Bird Color will not do, (or he coull
not command the complete Republi
can strength and the effect of his nom
ination upon the Tammany following:
would be like the waving of u icd flag
In front of a bull.
In this view of the matter a - low
held by most of the bettor liifoimed
piactlcal politicians who are figuring
on tho possibilities oV Tammany's
ovrtluow no better suggestion has
been made than that all parties and
gioups of citizens opposed to Tam-
nianv unite on a man like John T).
Ctlmniins, a gold Democrat who le
fiibcd to .swallow ltryanlsm and lmd
tho courage to openly advocate the
election of McKinley hut who know.?
Tammany like it book, lias as many
peisonal friends among Its member
ship as Cioker himself, is In hBh es
teem among Hie niajoilty of voteis In
the tenement districts, commands the
undivided lospoet of the business and
financial elements and in peisonal
character is above ropioacli.
Such a nomination would undercut
Tammany in Its own strongholds and
almost certainly lend to victory.
The chaigo is .specifically and dlieet
Iv made in tho Philadelphia Press that
the defeat In tho last congiess of tho
bill to collect abuses In second class
mail matter, 11 measure calculated to
save for I ho government ?JO,000,000 a
year now unjustly tinned Into private
pockets, was the work of lobbyists.
Coining fiom a journal in which the
postinuHler geneial hinibolf is Inter
ested, this usseillon has moie than or
dinary weight. The announcement Is
made Hut tho postal war against bo
gus trade Journals rind tinshy peiiodl
cnls, which lias been in progress since
JMIO, will be kept up; and it is to be
hoped that Ibis Hiuo it will icglsder
u Ictoiy. Rectification of Indefensible
abuses in second class mall would per
mit penny letter postage, or a t ry
material lucicaso in rural freo delivery.
Public intei est calls loudly for postal
refoim.
-
Repiesuntallvc ditchings, of Alls
sU'slppl, contt Unites the following as
tho proper busls of Democratic ie
oiganlzation: "Dtop fiee silver, chop
(ublonlsm, diop tho cry of govern
ment by Injunction, drop the cry of
Imperialism rind militarism, drop nt!
ilLscti'isloiis nbtnit Hie Philippines tin
III peace has been lestored, drop np
penis to tin- pnoslons and prejudices
of lite Idle and discontented, ttovlvu
the fundamental question of tnsatton,
teach the Democratic iloetrlnn that
people iiinnot be made tleli by taxing
litem, assail the favoritism .and wroiiRS
of a high piolcctlvo tariff, Miiml for
tlie control of trusts and combines
by methods not oppressive, demand en
lirgemeiit of the power of the Inter
flato commerce commission and tha
liberal Improvement of harbors, and
Insist nit toenl self-government, and
lei the next presidential candidate re
main at homo dining the campaign."
In other words, on ltal Issues revert
from fieo silver lo freo trade. The
mill will never run with Hie wnt'r
that has passed,
Hy the time the enemies of Hie
Powois mid the victims of the wrath
of the Empress Dowager have all been
punished It may be necessary to ad
vertise for 1 eci ults for the civil and
military service in China.
Don Cnilo.s states that the recent
Carllst uprising In Spain was not aii
Hioilzod by him. Don Carlos Is very
much In the position of many Ameri
can politicians who have difficulty In
(ontrolllng thole friends.
The fact that the sheriff assisted In
cloing many of the features of the
Purls Exposition, shows that even the
business of a fakir Is not carried on
without some risks,
Sena lor Wellington, of Maiylaud,
doubtless expel iences sensations akin
to thi'nc of 11 man whoe air ship has
been a failure.
The question as to whether Mr.
Bonn will run again or not Is 10
gaided with glowing indifference.
Tho Pails Exposition appears to have
experienced a. drizzling finish.
Aineiic.i seems to be Spain's best
f 1 lend Just now.
MR, GhOATE
ON UNGOLN
l inn I111I11I liom I'.iki' 1.1
-Ijwij, .uti ictril the uttention r,t lha whole
(uti.trj. Mmoln's powerful jruiiant-, curled
c '.'miction cur.uWicrt. His muul iuu.I'i.' .n
Ihuiouitlily jioiimiI hii c nreciriH e was bliired
lo the quid.. Pules slavery v.ii wrong-, notli
in,; was wiuntr. Was tach mm, of whateui
iuIol, intltlecl in the frails u( his own lihoi, or
iiiulil im 111 111 lle in iiilu luxury t the we.it
n( nnothei's liiow. whosi- skin wus (Urkcrt lie
w.is an Ininlicit hihem in that nrlucinlc of the
Didaulioli of InJein'Milence thai ull mill .lie
( sail with iiiIjIii Inilleiuble ilnlits the equal
liglits In lifi, lilit'ily ami the pmtuil 01 luppl
m. On Ihii ilmtriiie he -,t iKeU his 1 ise anil
i.uifil it
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Ilitiiuir the entiio ilei.Kle, fiom 18S0 lo Its),
the ablution of the -Ineiy question was at the
hoiliui; imuit, mill ients which have btioiuo
lihtouoal lontlnuillv inilnaleil the near approadi
nt tlie mriuhiliili:' stnun. Xo ioonr hail tiir
iuiiiiioliil-o ails of lbotl re-ailteil in a tcmpoi.il)
peuie, wlii.li vi,houV Mill iiiibl he lltul .111J
pupetual, thin ne outlue.iKs 1.1111c. 'I lie foici
iile carrjinir ,iw iv of luHhe slics by feiler.il
tioop', liom HiMou aKitatiU that aneiiut httoni;'
hohl of fuciKiin In its louiiiLitiun-. The pillill
iMlioii el "l nil,. Tmn's I'ahin," uliicli truly
expiMil the Iriehtful puviihilitiis of the slave
)Mfiii; tlie iuKIim attimpts hv folic ami Iriiuil
to ctahlinh it in Kui.i-i .iKiiua the will of the
vaii inajoritv of Ihe settlers; the beating of
stuimci in the .sinate ihauibci for wjmIs spoken
In ilibite; Ihe DiiiI Stott ilciisiou in the Su
picme iiuirt. which uiaile tlie nation iralie that
Ihe sluo iiowir hiil ot last readied the foun
tain of feilii.il iii-tic; ami finally the execu
tion ot .lolin lliown. for his wild 1 lid into Vh
Kiuii, lo imltc- tlie slavii to rally to the stand
aid of fii'iiluiii whldi he untuiled; all these
et tils tiutl to llhi'.trute nnd lonthm Lincoln's
c cute ntinii (hat tlie nitiim lould not piTin.1
miitl) lontlntie halt sliw and lnlt free, hut
must hi'cotiu' all one thins or ull the other.
Winn John ISiown hy under scntiiuc of death,
he ditl.llid thit linn' he u.id miii that sl.uciy
niU"t he wipul out In blood; hut licit her he nor
Ids execution ft dreamt that within four years .1
million sohlliis would Iji? iiiaiddnir ucnws the
K'liiitn tin' its final evtiipatinn, lo the inu-iu of
the w ii' (niiir ot tlie srcot lontlirl
".lohn Uiowu'n body lies a uniiilihiiiiK in the
ai.iM'.
llul Ids soul is til u hill on."
nd now, at the aj;e ot lifl-oiie -Ibis iliild of
the ililiiii(s. I hi.-, farm lahniei, lall-splitter,
llit'hoitinin tills rune) 01, lawioi, ornlnr,
ulisiiuii 1 ml iMtiii.l found hiinsilf elcitid by
the KiiMt pari) whlih wa-, pledeed to prpMo'i
it all lia?ati!s the further pMcibioii of Mcerv.
a tlie ihlif in isrlstrntr ljf d,n 11 Public, bound
In iiii out that pin pose, tn be the leader and
mli 1 of the tiitiou In its most tninK hour.
'Iltrue who biliie lint theie Is a lhlnir Pio
Idiiui' that rxeiiubs and londiuts the aliahs of
iiiilims, find in the elevation ot this plain man
in this etinoidliiai' tti linn- and In 1I1U unit
duty whlili he so (111) di-cltaisid. n slinil in
ileal Inn of their flitli.
lie wa-. limn KiiMl, is diatlnauished fiom lho-e
v.h.i ,i(hi(i' niialiiiss 01 have it tlnui upon
iIkiii, and his Inhiiiut cipiulty, inentil, iiinul
mid pli)ni(ul, hivliiit been ircoiiltul liv the edn.
( itcd intellUemi of 11 fuo people, thcV happily
ilio-c liim fur tlitii iiilei in a diy of deadly peill,
Lasting Impression.
H Is now foity )i.us siine I titUt -aw and
IiimiiI l-t.iliun f J 111 ol 11. but Ihe iinpicslou
uliicli lie lui on my inind is inillaccable. Alter
his i,ipat suuissia in the west I to mine tu New
Voik lo niahe a poltlial .idihess. c apH'aied
In every sin-e is the wind lllu one of tin- plain
ei'ile anion,' whom he lovid to be lonntcd,
At thst slvtlic hue wis nothing iuipiiMiip or
iinpoiiiiir about him iMcpt that his incut ttat.
uie siiitdul him out fiom Ihe iiowdj iU irothe,
hung avvhvvaiilly on Ids kUiu (runic, his faci
v.is of u d.ith pullui. without the .slightest tliiKe
ot mini; his senupil and iiiiriil featmis lime
the fuiruwrt of lurdsliip and atlUKule; Ids dcip.
mt c)es hxlu'd Mid and .inxious; hN coiuitc
iiaiiui in icposu gave little evidence of that biuin
p,mir wlilih had raised him liom the loivtst to
ihe highest ktatlou nmnuu; ids rouuti.vnien; as
liu lulked 10 mi' hi'fuie the nue'tlng, he
Miliiid III al 1 in-, villi thai son of uppiehen.
Ion whlih 11 viiuiur man iiiIkIiI ted bitoie pre
.-tiillui; liliihi'lt to a new and stiaiikit uuuiinie,
vilio'c uitlial ill.po-illon lie iluaded. It was 11
kicat .luillt 111 e, including all Ihe noted menall
the h.uncil and lultuiiil ot his paity in New
Ymh; riltoi!., iliiKvmcu, statesiiun, lavv)em,
nicrihanls, iilthu, 'liny aii nil unions to i(.(r
him. His fame as u iovfirful ppeiKci had pie
(eihd him, and i.);u'i'iatid iiituor of Ids wit
the vviiut foiei miner of tin oiutor had leaiheil
llu can, Whin Ml. Ilijunt presented him, on
the Illicit pl.itfoiiu of the Cooper Institute, a vast
h.i i,t mien tiptuinul laces uieetcd him, full of
luii'iie iminsltv In mo whit (his nnle child of
the peojile was like, lie w.i i'iiial to the ocen
Ion, Win 11 he K.he ho was traiutorrned; his )e
ldiidleil, his voice r.uiir, Ids luce kliune and
M'liiiul In llicht up the whole assembly, l'or an
hour and a hill he In hi Ids audience in the ho),
low of Ids hand, Ills slvlc n spvuh untl maie
iii-i of ddlvery wise seveidy i.inpl", What
luivvill tailed "Ihe uianil fclmpliej of the
lllhh" Willi which he wa tn l.uiilllai, weie ie.
th olid in Ida ilUioiiisc, wm, no ulicmpt at 01,
iiiililiut HI llulnili, without paiade 01 pielinie,
ho hiiiI.i stiaiuhl to the point if an) lame cn.
KlIllilC the tilliild (loquriue 01 the rihahhy of
(he fioutii.1, llu) uiiut have Ijciii statlKd ul the
cuiiifl mid slniiTii piult) ol Ids uitciauies. It
wj.i uuivdlous lo see how this uututoird nun,
bt nine self'dlsdpllne, nvl the cli.wti'iiliiB of
lis own stililt, hul niiturimii ull iiisielilcioiw
mis, uiid iound his wuv lo the xMiichtir und
limslli nf absolute tluiplldl),
Mnsteiiy Logic.
lie spoke upon (he theme whlih ho had nu,
tcied ho tlioiuiiclily, lie ilcuionvtiatdl b) lopjous
liUloilcal piuula and ma.ttrly Inic, that die
fjtlnis tthu ueated thu lotutltullon, in older
to toim a nun e iKihu union, to cslublish Jus
Iki, and to secure tho tdnsniKS "' libert) to
thiiusdicji aid link posleiit), iulended 10 eui
H)et the leiK'ul govminient to iicludu tlavrry
from the Iciiltorles. In the Kindliest spirit, he'
protested uiwlnst the nvovvid threat of thu Mnth
em statu to dcutrov Ihe Union If, In order to
wiiue freedom In those vast rciiloiu, out of
whlih future state wile to Iki cauul, .1 ltcimb.
lliun piesldent wire dieted, lie iln.nl with
an ainieal to hU uudleiiie. sDokui vvllli all llm
tho ol his Jion-i'd and kindling conscience, with
a full nulpoiirlliir el Ills love cf Jtuttcc nnd 111).
J-rtji lo Inaliitan their poiltlcal purpoe nn tlmt
lolly ami ttniilUMcc Iwiic ot rlglil ami wronie
Wlilrlt ulonc muld Jimtllv It, and not to lie In
tliiildjled from their IiIkIi icwlve ami muni
duly liy any tlitMM ot UHliiitloii lo tlia ro
criuncni or tit tulti lo tlnmelves. lie ion
tlnded Willi this telllnir dontence. which drove
Ihe whole aiRtmirnt honle to all our licarln:
"ia-t us luve faith lint light in ii.es nilght,
uiid in tlutl fnitli let us lo Ihe end due lo do urn
duty n we understand 11." Unit 'night the
Bicul hill, and the lierl ilnV the whole elly,
rung with iIcHkIiIciI appliame and roiigintulatlons.
and lie who had come n a "Hunger departed
with the hinrds of a great triumph.
Al.lt In five j cats from that pxitltng night, t
aw him ngiiln, fur tlic lt time, In (lift rune
Ity, home In M roffln Itiroiiglt Its draped
ilrecl. With team and lamentations a heart
iirokcu people aunmpunlcil him from Washing
ton, the Kenc of Ids inailvnlnm, lo his lat rest.
Ing plice In the joung clly of the vvef, where
he worked Ida way lo fame. ,
A Desperate Flight.
Never was a ikvv" inter In a mote desperate
plight than Lincoln when he entered office nil
(he 4th of March, ISM, four months after Ills
clcillon, and look his onth lo mippoit the. Ion
ulltutloti of H12 Union. The Intervening time
had been hwdly inplovcil by the oiilher ttates
In c.ur)iiig oul their threat ol disunion In Ihe
event of Ida election. As won as that fact was
ascertained, seven of them hail neiedcd and had
aelml upon tlir fori", aimiials, navy yard! and
ulhcr public property of the United Hlatia vvllli.
In (Itch boundaries', anil were making rwry
prepiratlon for wai. In Hie meantime tho ie
tiring piT'ldent, who hud been elected by the
slave power, and who thought Ihe acceding
Mates could not lawfully he coerced, nail done
absolutely nothing. Lincoln found himself, by
constitution, comniander-ln'Chlef of the atiny and
navy of the United Stntcs, but with only 11 rent
liatit of either nt hand. Kadi was to be cieated
011 ,1 great scale out of the unknown reaotmn of
11 liutlon mil lied in war.
In his mild and conciliatory Inaiigiual address,
while appealing to the seceding state lo return
lo their allegitme, lie avowed his purpose to
keep Ihe solemn oath he had taken that day, to
liv tint, the laws of the ITnlon were faithfully
exfeiiti'd, and to ire the tioops to mover the
foils. navT yatds and other pioiiH-ty belonging
to the ifiiv eminent. II I" probible. however,
that neither (.Ide nctuilly rcallreil that war vvaa
it'iv halite, mid tlial the other was determined to
fight, until the ujsaiiU on Kmt Sumter pie
tented the south as the flr't aggressor and
roused the ninth lo ue eiery possible resource
fo maintain tlic government and the imperilled
I'nion, and to vlndleili' the supremacy of the
Hag over even' huh of the leirltory of flic United
States. The fact thai Lincoln' llrat proclamation
(nihil for only "lOW troops, to serve for three
month", show's how inailcqnatc was even his
idea of what the future had in atoie. Ilut, from
that inomint Lincoln and his loval supporter
never filtircd in theh piiipntc. llicy Knew- they
eould win. that It was their duty (0 win. and
tii.it for America Ihe whole hope of the fntuie
depended upon their winning, for now by the.
ails of the sciediner slates the issue of the elec
tion to s-puire or prevent Ihe extension of sluv.
rrv stood tiaiisfomieil into a atrugglc to pre
asvu or 10 destroy the I'nion,
Four Year Contest.
We 1 iniiol lollovv this iVutcsl. Vim Know its
Rlganliu piipoitlons; that it lasted four .vears
Instead ot liner moniis) that in Its piogrcss In
slead ot 7j,00 1111 Ii, more than 2,flOD,uiW Were
enrolled on the aide of the government alone;
that the aggregate cost and loss to the nation
iippicTiinated lo l,0ti(l,00fl,(ioi) sterling, and
that no less than ::0o,nnn brave unci pinions lives
vveie saci Diced on cadi side, lllstoty has refold
ed how Lincoln bole himself during these four
iiightful vears; that he was the real president,
the lesiMinsihle and jetnal head of the govern
ment through ,t alt; that tic listened to all ad
vice, heard all parties, and then, alvva.vs real
izing his responsibility to God and to tho na
tion, decided every 310.1t executive question for
himself. 1 1 in absolute honesty had heroine pro
virhiul long before le was piesldent. "Honest
Abe Lincoln" was the name by wlilih he had
been Kuov n for.uars. Ilia eviry act attested it.
In all the grandeur nt the vast power that he
wielded, lie never ceased tn be one of the plain
people as he aluav called them, never lost or
impulied ins perfect sympathy with thvin, wus al
wavs in perfect tomh vvth them and open ro
their appeals; and here lay the very Heciet ot Ida
pusonillty and of hi. power, for the people in
linn gave him their absolute ronlhlenee. Ili.s
t outage, his fortitude, his patience. Ids hopeful-lie-",
vveie solely tried hut never exhausted.
lie was true as sled lo his generals, hul had
fiequenl occasion tn change them, as lie found
them inideipiate. 'lids sciious and painful duty
listed wholly on him. and waa perhaps his
most important function as commander-in-chief:
hut when, at lat, he rciognicd in Central Giant
the master of the situation, the man who could
and would bring the war to t tiiumphant end, 1 e
gave it all over tn him, and upheld him with all
his might. Amid ull tho picssuie and distress
that the liuidens of oflice brought upon him,
his unfailing sense of humor saved hini probably
it made it possible for him to live under the
huideii. He had atwavs been the aie.it stor.v
teller nt the we-,1, and he used and cultivated
this faculty to idleve the weight of the loicl
he hole
It enabled him to keep the wondciful leeoid of
never having lost his temper, no nutlet what
agony he had to liear. A whole night lulirlit be
spent in ici minting the stoma of his wit, humor,
and harmless sarcasm. Hut I will tee.ill only two
of his sivings, boih about Oe11cr.1l Crant. who
alw.i)s found plenty of enemies and allies to
uige the picsidpi.t lo oust him from Ids mill'
iiiitnel. One, I am snip, will interest all Scotch
men. They repented with niilidnus intent the
gossii) that Grant drink. "What does he drink V
.isked Lliiioln. "Whiskej" was, of couisc, Ihe
ansvvei : doubtless )nu "can Rtiis-. th, bund.
"Well," said the president, "lust find nufvvhit
pstllcului kind he uses and I'll send .1 baud to
pitch of iiiv other epiipi iR" The other must be
as pleasing to the Tliitisli ,m to the AuiPiicau ear.
When piesnprl again on oilier mounds to gel lid
of Giant, he dediied, "f cin't spjic tint man,
he fights."
Tender-Hearted to a Fault.
He was tendei hearted to a fault, and uever
iiiuld lesist the appeals of wives and inothcm of
soldiciH who had got into trouble and weie mi
In sentence of death fot t licit olleiwes. His sec
ictaiy of wui and othir oflltials complained that
they never lould got. deserters shot. As surely
as the vvoiuen of the culprit's family could get
at him. lie iilu.i)s gave war. Certainly )ou
will all appitditc Ins exquisite s)mpathv with
the suffering lelativis of those who had (alien in
battle. His heart bled with thcltst. Never was
theie ti mni' gentle and lender utterance than
Ids letter, to a mother who had given all her
sons to lnr eountiy. wiitteu at a time- whin thu
tuigel of death had visited almost pvcrv house
hold in tlie land, and was alicudv hoveling over
lil tit. "1 have been shown," he savs, "In the ill
of the war department 11 statement that )Oii .in
itio mother of five sons who had died gloilously
on the field of battle. I feel how weak and
fruitless must be jny words of mine which should
attempt to beguile )ou from )our grief for a lass
so oveiw-helmlng but I cannot refrain fiom tin.
deling vou the consolation which may lie found
In tho thanks of the icpuhlic they died to save.
I piay that our Hiaveiily Father may assuage
the anguish of your beivaveuunt and leave .vmi
only the cherished memory of tho loved ami the
lost, ami the solemn pride that mast he joins to
li.no laid so cosily a sacrifice upon the altar of
ficedoui," llm illy could )oui tlhistilouH iiov
eieign, from the depths of her queenly and wo
manly heait, have spoken woids more touching
and tcmlci to soothe the stricken mothers of her
own huhllcis,
'the cmuiicipillou pioclsmution, witli whlih
.Mr. Lincoln delighted the inuntiy and the world
on the first of .latin ir), ISM, will doubtless se
nile foi him a foremost pluic in lii.toiy .uuong
Hie phllinthiopUis und benefuctors ot the ruie,
as il icscucd, from h ipdess und degrvllng slut
eiy. so inuny millions of Ids (ellovv beings de.
si tlhed in the law and existing in fact .is "chat.
aiU'peisoual, in the hand of (heir owners and
posspssois, 10 all Intents, roiislrui lions uid put
posps whatsoever," iturdy does the happy foi.
tune conn: 10 0110 man to undir such a sen ho
ro Ills kind tn prodiim liheity hrout;hout the
land unto all tho inhibit ant theicof,
Ideas ivtle tho vvoild and uevii was theie a
moie signal instance of this tiiuniph of an idea
than heie. William l.lo)d Gaitlson, who thirty
.vcais before had bcitnn his inuadu for tha
uholltlou ot slaver), and hud livrd to see lids
glorious and unexpected consilium itlon of He
liopelesu cause to wlilih he had devoted Ills life
well ilescilhed the proclamation us a "great his
toric event, sublime in its magnitude, moment,
oas nnd beneficent In Its furrrucldlis rouse,
uuiiiifd, and eminent I) Just und tight alike tn
Ihe oppicsoi and Hie oppressed."
First Opinion of Slavery.
Lincoln had been alwas heart and oul op
posed to blavciy, Tradition sa)u that 011 tho ttlp
of the flat boat to .Sew Oilcans, I in fouued Ids
(list opinion of uluveiy at the dlght ot in-gioes
chained und seomged, and Hut thtn and them
the Jiuu ccnlcri'd Into M) soul, .No hoy could
glow tu manhood in lliotu ila.vs a a pour wlillo
in Iventuckv and Indiana, in close contact with
Lively ot in its udghboihood, vvitliout a glow,
ing cuiisdousiitss of it. I'lightliig ellects 011 iree
labor, u well ul its frightful injustice am)
ciuelty. In the Icabluluic ul Illinois, w litre the
publlu sentiment was all fur upholding the in
(dilution end violently ufuinst every inovimcnt
fur its abolition or lestriitiou, upon the passage
of icsoluloni to that elh'ct, lie hid the com.
ago with one companion lo put on record hit pro.
le.t ''believing that the limltutloii of slavery It
founded both in injustice and bad policy." So
gnat demonstration of courage, )ou will suy, but
Ilut was at a time when Oaulson, for his iboli.
tiou utterances, had been dragged by an angry
mob through the streets of BiMton witli a rope
aiound hi body, and In the veiy )cur thai
Loveioy in the luuit slate of Illinois was .lain
by ilotn wlllc ddrudliig hU press, fiom which
he hud printed antislevary appeals
In congirsj, lie brought In u bill for gradual
abolition in the District of Columbia, with com
pensation to tho owners, 'for until they raited
reasonable hands against the life of the nitron,
lie aluajs muliiluiued thut the properly of tho
sluvp-holders into which they had lome by two
centuries ordesccnt, without fault on their part,
ought not lo he taken away Irotn them without
Just rotniMMwatlon. He Used lo say Hut, imp
way or another, he had Voted fotlV'tuo times
for tho Wllmot proviso, which Mr, Wllmot, ut
Prntisjlvanta, Inovcd it an addition In ever) bill
Which affected L'nlted Slates terrllnrv"tliit
fieUlier slavery lior Invnlunlaiy servltudp ahull
ever prist in any palt of thy said Icrrltoi)'' and
it Is evident that his tomlemniitloii of Ihe svs
Jem, on moral grounds its a nlmo agilnsl the
human rate, and on political mounds an u can
ter what was sapping the vitals nf the tuition,
iitid must master Its whole being or lie llsetl
Mllrpaled, grew steadily upon him until it mini'
hulled in Ids great fpeeches In Ihe Illinois de
bate. Effect of Lincoln's Election.
Hy Hip hum election of Lincoln to die ptest
deiiey, the further extension id slivcrv Into the
territories was lendered toictcr Impossible vox
Oonull Vox del. Itevntutloh. it..tss ,. I,.,, tiuntil.
and when founded on a great moral sentiment
Stirling Hip heait nt an Indignant people, their
edicts arc irresistible and final. Had Ihe stave
power acquiesced In that election, had the south
ern states remained under the constitution and
within Hip favorite Institution, linmoinl os it
was, blighting and fatal as II was, might have
endured for another centui). The great parlv
thai hid elected him, imtltcrablv determined
against Its extension, was nevertheless pledged
not to Intcifcre with ll rontiininiie In thu statu
where It already exMrd. Ot coursi'. when new
regions were foievei' dosed against II, from Its
very nature It must have lieguii lo shrink and lo
dwindle, and pioluhly gradual and compcimted
emancipation, which appealed very slronglv lo
the new president's sensp of Justice and exped
iency, would III the progress of lime, bv a ie
veislnn to the ideas of Ihe founders! of Ihe to
public, tiavp found i, sale outlet for both mas
ters and slaves. Ilut whom the gods wish to de.
stroy they first nnkc mad, and when seven
stales, utloivvards Itttieuscd to eleven, openly
seceded from Hip Union, when thev decl.itcd and
begun vvir upon the ttttlnn, and challenged lis
mighty (lower to the disperito and protracted
tiuggle for lis life, aril tor His maintenance of
Its authority us a nation over Its lenllmy, they
gave to Lincoln und to fiectlom the sublime op.
portunlt) ot history.
In his first Inaugural addiess, when ,v jet tml
a drop of pieilous blood had been shed, vvhils
lie held out tn them the olive tiranch in one
lund. In the other lie presented the ginrunlcpj
of the constitution, and after reciting the em
phatic ifsoltitlon of the convention that nomi
nated him, tint tlie maintenance Inviolate of the
rlphta of the stales, and especially "the right ot
each slate to order and control its own domestic
institutions according to Its own judgment ex
dusivcly. Is essential lo that balance of power
on vvhhh the perfection ami endurance of our
political f.itnlo depend." he teiteiatcd this sen
timent nnd dcclaied with no mental reservation,
"that nil the ptoleition whlih, consistently with
Ihe roiistittitliin and the laws can he given to
ull the states when lawfully detnanded for what
evei cause will be as chert full) given tn one sec
tion as to unothei."
Tables Turned.
Vvbeii, however, these magnanimous o pi lines
for peace und minion were rejected; when tlic
seceding klatcs defied tlie constitution and every
claue and principle' of it; when they persisted
in stt)ing out of the Union fiom which they
had seceded, and pi ot ceded to eaive out of its
tcniloiy a new und hostile; empire based nn
slavery: when they flew at the throat of tho na
tion and plunged it into the bloodiest war of the
nineteenth centmv the tables wcic turned, and
the belief gradually came to the mind of the
president that if the rebellion was not soon sub
dued by forcp of arms, if the war must lie
fought out to the bittpr end, then to icuih that
end the salvation of the nation itself might ie
qulie the destruction of slavery wherever It ex
isted; that it the war wuk to continue on one
side for disunion, lor no other puipose tli.m to
picerve slavery, it must continue on the other
side for the Union to destrov slaveiy.
As he said, "Kvents contiol lite; t cannot con
trol events," and as the dreadful war piouressed,
and hpcaine more deadly and dangerous the un
alterable conviction wus forced u(ion him that,
in order that the frightful saciifice of life am!
trcastiie on both sides might not bo all in vain,
it hud become his duty as c-omtnaniler-ln chief
of Hio ainiv, as ,1 neicssaiy wai measure, to
strike a blew- at the rebellion which, all others
falling, would incvitihly lend to its annihilation,
by annihilating the very thing for which it was
contending.
And so. at list, when in ills judgment, the
indispensable necessity had come, lie struck the
fatal blow, und signed the proclamation which
bus made ids name immortal. By it, the presi
dent, as commander-in-chief in time of actual
erned rebellion, and as a fit and necessary war
measure for suppicssing the rebellion, proclaimed
all persons held as slaves in the states und parts
of states then In rebellion tn be thenceforward
free, and dcclaied tint the executive, with the
r.rinv and navy, would lecognb-e and maintain
their freedom.
Great Responsibilities.
In tlie other great steps of the government,
which led to the tiiumphant piosecution of the
war, he necessarily shaiecl the icsponsibility and
the ci edit with the gieat statesmen who stu)cd
up his hands in Ids cabinet with Seward, Chase
and Stanton and the test, and with his generals
and admiials, his soldiers and sailors hut this
gieat act waa absolutely lis own. The concep
lion and execution were exclusively his. He
laid it before ids cabinet as a measure cm which
his mind wus made up and could not be changed,
asking them only for suggestions as to details.
He chose the time and the circumstances under
which the cnianeip.it ion should be proclaimed
and when it should take cltect,
It came not un hour to soon; hut public opin
ion in thp north would not have sustained it
earlier. In the first eighteen months of the war
its ravages had extended from the Atlantic lo
beyond the .Mississippi. Jlany victories in the
west had teen bal.inicd and paialyzed by inic
lion and disistcis in Vilginia, onl) partially ie
deemed hv the bloody and indecisive battle of
Antletini; a icactlon hud set in from the gen
eral tntlivsiuain which hud swept tho northern
stule, utter the usiult upon Sumter. It could
nor truly be slid tint thev hid lost heart, but
fiction vv is tulslng Its head. Heard thiough the
hud like the blast of a bugle, the proclamation
allied the pitilotisni of Hie eountiy to lush
saciifici's and renewed aido. It was a slop tint
could not be revoked. It icllevcd the con
science of the mtion from un incubus thai bait
oppressed it fiom Its birth. The United States
vveie rescued fiom the false predicament in which
they hid been from the beginning, ,'in.l (he
gieat popular heart leaped with new- enthusiasm
for "Liberty mid Union, henceforth and forever,
one nnd iuscpaiablc." It hinught not only moral
but miterial support to Hie cause of the gov
ernment, fin within two years rjO.UOO coloied
ttnops weie enlisted In the military service and
following the nation il thg, suppoitcd by nil Ihe
lovuity ot tlie noun, unti lea ny us cnoiccst
spirits. One mother said, when her ton wus of
feied the rominand of the first colored legiment,
"If he accepts It I shall be us proud us if I
had heard Unit lie wus bhot," He was shot head
ing a gallant charge of his regiment. The Con
federates replied to a request of his friends for
Ids hodv that they "had bulled him under :i
layer ot Ids ulggeis"; but the mother has lived
10 enjoy thirty-six years of his gtoiy, and Uo.
ton lias elected Us noblest monument In his
memoiy.
Effect of Froclamation.
'1 lie- clfcct 01 tin.- piodamatioii upon the ac
tual pingicss of the wur was not lininediitc, but
wherever the Kodeiul armies advanced they tar
ried fiiedom with tlifin, and when the summer
i.imu iound the ucvf spirit ami foiec which had
animated the heait ot the government and peo
ple were manifest. In the first week of July,
the decisive battle of (jelt)sburg tinned the tide
of wai, and the full 01 Vieksbiug made the
gieat ilvei flee from its source to the gulf.
On t'oicljn nations the liillucnce of the pioila
liutlon und of these new victories was of greit
iinnoilance. In those days, when there was no
1 able, it wus not easy for foielgu obscrvirj to
uppreclule whit wus leally going on; they could
lint see deaily the Hue state of anuiiF, as in
tlic )ut )euis of the nineteenth tcutuiy we have
been uble, by our ncv dectiic vision, to vvateii
everv event ut the antipodes and observe, its
1 fleet. 'I lie rebel cmlssailes, sent over to solicit
liitciventtou, spared no pains to iinprens upon
the minds nt public and pilvate men and upon
llm piess their cwn views of the thaiucter of I lie
contest, The piospcctu of Hie- t'onfedcruiy were
alvsU)S better ahroid than al home. The stock
nuikets of tlie world gambled 11(1011 its chances,
and its bonds at one time weie In high favor,
Spell ideas us thi.e were seriously hi Id; thai
the north wus fighting for emplie, unci the south
for independence! that the southern -tales, in
stead of being tho grossest obligurchies, essen
tlally des(Ktisius, founded on the right of one
man to appropriate the fruit of other men's toil
and to exclude them from equal rights, were
leal irpiihllrs, feebler lo be sure tuu their
northern rivals, Luc icpicscntlug the same idea
of freedom, und that tho mighty strength n the
nation wa Udug put forth to cru'h Hum; that
.lefirisoii Puvis and thu southern leadeis had
mated a nation; tint the lepuliliiaii experiment
hud failed, unci tho Union had ceased to exist,
Ilut lbs eiuwnlng uigi'iucut to Ionian minds was
Hal it wus an utter liiipo.-slbllltj for tho gov
ernment to Win in Hie inntestt thai thu success
ot the soul hem stiles, so far us sepuiutlon wus
toncrimd, wus as certain us any event .vet fu
tut.) and contingent could be; Hut the subjugu.
Hon of the south by the north, even If II could
he ncromplUlied, would piovi- a calamity lo thci
United States und the world, uud ispedull)
calamitous lo tho negro uie; and thai audi a
vlitmy would lieu -sully leave the people ot Ihe
south for many geneiatlons clietlslilng deidly lavs,
tlllty against ihe govciiiuiint and the north,
and plotting nlvvuVs lo lecovci Iheii Imlepeivl
dice, When Gladness Came.
When Lincoln issued Ids pioeljiu uloii, he
knew that all these Idea, vveie toundnd in or.
tor; that the national ri'souues were luexhaust
Mile; that the government could ami would win,
und that it slutci) vveie mice (hull) dispostci
of, the only ruuse ot ilitfcmico being out of the
way, the 1101th uud south would ionic together
again and, by-and-by, be us good friends os
ever. In many emitters alneud the ptoclamatiou
was welcomed with enthusiasm by (lie iiieuds of
America; but I think Hie demonstrations in its
fuvoi that biought moie gladness tu Lincoln's
heart than any other, wcic Ihe inceilugt held in
Hie itiiinitfirtuilhit tdders hy Hip very fcpera
lives upon whom tlic war Lore the liardesti ex
pressing Hie most enlhtististlc symplthy with
Ihe proclamation, while they bore with lierole
fiirtlliidc the grievous privations which tin- vva
pnlalled upon litem. .Mr. Lincoln's expectation
when he announced tu the world that all slaves
in all stales then In rebellion were set tree, must
have liren that Ihe avowed position of Ids gov.
erimtenl, that the rontliiuancc of the war now
meant the annihilation nt slavery, wxnild make
InlMveiitlim itnpoealhte for any foreign nation
whose people were lovers of Illicit) and iio (he
lesull proved.
The giovvlh mid development of Lincoln a men
tal (lower and moral forte, of his Intense and
magnetic pcrsontlll), alter the vist responsibili
ties of government were thrown upon him at ll.c
age of fltty-two, IttrnMi a rare 0 ml sulking Il
lustration of liv marvellous capacity and adapt
ability of the human Intellect-sit the sound
mind In the sound liody. He came to tho dis
charge ot the great duties of Hie ptesldcncv vvllli
absolutely no experience In Hip administration
( foreign and domestic policy which Inline
dlalely arose, and continued to pica upon him
(luting Hip real ot his life ; but he mastered eanh
as II came, apparently with the facility of
(mined and experienced luler. As Clarendon said
of C'romvvelt, "Ills parts seemed to lie raised liv
tho deminds of great station." Ills life through
il all was one of intense labor, anxiety nhcl ills,
tiess, without one hour of peaceful repose from
first In last, tint he rote tu everv occasion, tic
'led public opinion, hut did not inarch so fur lit
advance ot It as to rail of Its cneclivr support 11
every great emergency. He knew the heutt and
thought of the people, as no man not In con
stant and absoluto sympathy with them could
have known it. and so, holding their confidence,
lie triumphed through and with them. Wot onlv
was there this steady growth of Intellect, hut
the Infinite delicacy nf his nature and Us capacity
for refinement developed also, as exhibited (11 the
purity and perfection of ids languagp und klvle
ot speech. The rough backwoodsman, who hud
never seen Hip inslclp of a unlvcisilv, became in
the end, hy selMiulnlng and the exercise ot his
own powers of inlud. heart ami soul, a mister of
sl.vlp and some ot his utterances villi ifllik with
the best, tho most pitfcctly adapted lo Ihe oc
casion which produced them.
Gettysburg: Speech.
Iluvc von time to listen to his two minutes'
speech at Gettysburg;, at the dedication at the
Soldiers' cemetery? His whole soul was In it:
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new nation
eoncdved in liberty and dedicated to Ihe piopo
sllion that ull men uie cieated equal. Now we
urc engaged in a great civil war, testing wlictiicy
Halt nation, or i.ny nation so conceived uud si
dedicated, can long endtiic. We me met em 1
gieat hottleticld of that war. We Itavo come to
dedicate a portion of that field as a flnil irsllnj.
plate for those who help gave their lives tint
that nation might live. II is nltogethei lilting
and pioper that we should do this, llul In a
larger sense we cannot dedicate wc cannot con
secrate we cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who snuggled hcie
have conseciuted it far abouve our poor pnvvei
to add to or detract. The world will lltt'e note,
nor long remember, what we say lien but It inn
never ti rget what they did here. It is for ir,
the living, isthei, to be dedicated here lo the
nr finished woik which they who fought heie
Lave thus fur so nnhlv advanced. It it rather for
us to Ip heie eledicsted to the great task it
niuluing before- us that fiom these honoied dead
up take increased devotion to that cause for
which tiny gave the Inst full meisure ot deve
tlcn that we here highly resolve, thar these
dead shall lint hav- died in vain that Hils in
Hon under God shall have a new birth of free
domand that government of the people, by the
people and for thp people, "hall not peilsh from
the earth."
Second Inaugural.
He lived to see his woik indorsed b.v an over
r helming mijcilty nt his countiymen. tu his
second Inaugural aildiess. pronounced jusc forty
ca.vs Ixfore Ids death, there is a single passugs
which well displays his indomitable will and ul
Hip s,.mc time his deep ldlgious feeling, his
sublime cluiity to the enemies of his country
and his broad and catholic humanity:
"If wc shall suppose that American slaveiy
is one of those offcnsesesvvhlch in Hie riovldence
of God must needs come, but which having con
tinued through the appointed time, He now wills
to remove, and that He gives to both north und
soulh this teriiblc war, as the woe due lo those
by wlitim the olfence came, shall we discern
therein any depirture from those divine at
tributes which tho belicveis in a living God
alwavs ascribe to HimV Fondly do wc hoie, terv
pntly do we pray, that this mighty scourge of
war may speedily pise away. Yet, if Gnd wills,
that it continue until ull the wealth piled by
the bondmen's two bundled and fifty vears of
unrequited toil slnll he sunk, and until eveiy
drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be pai I
with another drawn by the sword, as was said
lime thousand .vears ago, so still it must be
said, 'Thp judgments of tlic Lord arc true and
righteous altogether.' "
"With malice towaid none, vvllli chanty for
all; with firmness in the right as God gives us
to scp the light let us strive on to finish the
work wc are In; to hind up the nation's wounds;
to caie for him xvho shall lnvc home the halite
and for his 'vichiv.- and his orphan to do ull
which may nchioro and cherish a just and lasting
pence among ouisclvcs, and vvllli all nations,"
Ills piu)cr was uiisweied. The forty du)s ot
life that tcnnlned to him were crowned with
gieat historic events He lived to sec his pioc
1. Dilation ot emancipation embodied in an amend
nienl of the consiltution, adopted hy congress
and submitted In the states foi luliflcnlion. Tlie.
mighty scourge of war did speedily pass away,
for it was given him lo witness tlic sinrenclei n
the last rebel at my and the fall of their capital,
and the stany flag that he loved, waving In tit
umph ovei every (out of the nillonai soil. When
.he died hv the midman's hand in the supieine
hour of victory, the vanquished lost their best
Mend, and -tlie 1111111111 race one of its noblest
pvamples; and all the friends of ficpclom and jus
tice. In whose cause l.p lived and died, joined
hands as moinneis at his giave.
Many notable persfms. weie In tho
audience, nnd Mr. Chonfe was fre
fltienlly applauded.
Lord llosebery, rcplylnsr lo a voles of
Hinnks for presiding, said:
"Lincoln was one of the fireut dipr
iires of the nineteenth century. To
1110 il has also seemed that he was the
KPcond founder of tho great republic.
His strength rested on two rocks un
flinching principle and Illimitable com
mon sense. One dlstlnKulshinK: fea
ture that disassociated him from Ut!
tlie other great men of history, was
his- immense fund of humor."
PROGRESS ABROAD.
I'loiii llu- Philadelphia Pics.
One of the most noticeable llihigs about the
foreign comment on Ihe election of J'loideiil
McKinley is that it shows a much cleaici grasp
of American affairs than it usual with Kuiopeuu
publicists. Tills is not only line or our IlriUsh
filcnds, who aip getting to know us hetlci pxciy
.vein, but of comment tint appears In I'lendi,
Ailstiiin, Spanish mid German nevvsjiipi'is that
a few vears ugo never mentioned Ami'iicuu rit.it
prt, or, If they did, only wmte lo expose their
Ignorance, ihere- is, of course, evidence heir
and theie In tlie various "views" tint u lourse
in Dryco's "American C'ommonweillh" Is still
needed by -ip foielgu cditoi, but Iheie has
been a great advuncp since, Ib'W, It they du not
know an.vtlilng else abioad they know there it
an Ameilcaii executive named McKinley, whose
policies have utliucted world-wide attention,
and now thai tho people havo again indorsed
I1I111 the L'mopiau publicist js even more ini-pie.s-ed
with tho personality nt Hip president
under whoso administration the United Mutes
has come to its own in the counsels ot the
tut ions.
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