Show LINCOLN STOOD FOR constitutional government A short time ago the nation observed Lincol ns birthday it would be a fine thing for the country if american citizens gave a little time to pondering the ideals and principles for which the martyred marty red president stood lincoln was the embodiment of true democracy no man was ever more passionately devoted to liberty to freedom to destroying human bondage of whatever kind his was a loyalty to country that went beyond party beyond p partisan artl politics and that would willingly make sacrifice in order that the nation might endure progress and prosper no task was loo too great no duty too exacting if it would help to preserve and maintain main those enduring principles laid down to the founders of the coun try in the united states constitution during four years of unparalleled national crisis lincoln was the rock that could not be swayed by mob sentiment by fear by the lust for power by the desire for personal gain no man ever possessed a greater hatred for war yet lincoln went into the civil war deliberately knowing that tragic as the waste of men and resources would be it was essential to the preservation of the union between 1860 and 1864 america stood at the crossroads and lincoln drove relentlessly forward on the course that meant the continuance ti nuance of liberty democracy and constitutional principles the the issues that surrounded lincoln have passed but the characteristics te of the man remain and will not be forgotten in times like these when so called emergency measures threaten the very foundations of our constitutional government it is well to remember lincoln and his work |