| Show Former Friend Pays Tribute to Lincoln NEWARK RK 0 O. Fob 13 The Tho Tho State Bar association of or Ohio met hero vester day to do o honor to Abraham L Lincoln The Tho T principal speaker was dc Charles II Jr Kibler 1 a n former acquaint acquaint- anc anc of the w war r timo time president II lie He said nid On One hundred d years nr ago KO to today a a n homely boy was as born in Kentucky In a n. little los log building almost as uncomfortable as a shack That bo boy did cUd not th then n to be lie different from any other poor baby born In tho the poorest There Ther were no omens no imo horoscope no star t to lead wi wise m men u to the tho place of ot hl lila his It Ity no sold gold frankincense nse and m myrrh n no noh h herald r ld to announce that lint a R or a R. gren great t man was wan Sf born It was as only a common common com corn mon noon event and th the main things al about ou him were poverty humility and winter Yet this lila baby EO so 0 humbly born horn wa was destined b by the Almighty to he be chief elile among all nil men and to guide and deliver his lila countrymen In a 1 crisis then lien peeled As AB has been ben often said such nr are arc the tho ways of ot providence which brings forward forward forward for for- ward In great exigencies tho the instrument nt to do will and to bless mankind Knew Not of or Mission It Is not probable that for tor years ears In a atho nil all tho the happenings and m vicissitudes of hi hilife his lIf life and until his election to the pre 0 leney h ho lie had hind or that at least he ho catel n any ny full tull conception of or what hat lie he n rea really 11 was or of or tho ho all important mlA mlA- slon of or leader of tho ho people In a n. momen momen- tons tOils crisis It I is al also o Improbable that even upon hl his election ho he full fully p perceive ll tho immensity of ot tho the task before him It is S true trite that t when the tho time came t to leave hl Ills his homo home in Springfield Ill JJ h lie he was Impressed with tIme the magnitude or of hi hl his undertaking undertaking- as ns president and ancl that hat h ho he questioned his ability to be lc equal to I It Hut But he hc did not and amid could not for foresee forese lIel that upon him almost t alone Te rested t d th tile tha burden That brief address sJ mado from rom the ho train which was about to start starl from his home hom was most pAthetic JI and there thero is nothing moro more pathetic in all literature Ho Ito sail said in part Lincoln's Parting Speech My Iy friends no one erie not In my sItuation sItua- sItua tion nm un appreciate my feelings of ot sadness sad sad- ness fleas at this parting I no now nor leave ItaI not knowing when or whether I shall over eve return with a task before mo me greater greate ter than that which rested upon ton Without tho the assistance of ot that DIvIno Dl Dl- Dl vino vine Providence Pro who ever attended upon him I cannot annot succeed with that hint assist anco aneo I cannot fall fail Trusting In Him wh who ho con cnn go with lIh mo trio and remain with yoi you Oll and md b be everywhere let u us confidently hope that all will yet rt bo he well To Til Ills HI care l'arc commending you ns as I hope hop In your you our prayers you will commend me mc I bid yo you ou ouan am an affectionate farewell He ITo was not a god JOtI hut but the till greatest and best hest of ot men more to be lov loved d am amad and ad m lied than an any demIgod of or the tho an an- an dents To all of or his virtues his excel excel- henches and ind fame I Is to he added th tho apotheosis ls of martyrs upon the time altar o oa of ofa a n. restored country III Ills His loss to th tho country can be hI estimated only h by a con eon of ot hi lila Ills value to It when living Sentiment of Nation Changes Soon after his death a 0 very notable re Te- Te suit stilt appeared In n his presidential life ho had been hated and vilified But Dut lo loA A wonder A great reaction forthwith set In With almost almot one accord his enemies ene ene- mies became his hili friends Tho The mystic th the chords of memory were touched by better angels of our nature and lists hate was sas lost In iii love hove appreciation and ad ad- This unanimity of or sentiment continues continue today and promises to be hI perpetual If H you shah shall b bo hI patient with me mo for afew n a few moments moro more I will state some Nomo o othe of the acts act of wisdom and state statesmanship o otho on on tho the part of ot Mr Lincoln as they appear to me me Lincoln's Great Acts His Ills first Inaugural IrH a address 1 was Il a amas mas masterful te exposi exposition t ion of ot constitutional 1 l law termination of moderation get to see and that 11 t of time the appeal laws and of 1 de determination determination de- de th the union be he faithfully executed in all th thIt the states It was conspicuous wisdom as 39 it then appeared to lo select Mr Ir Seward Mr Chase Mr Blair Mr l Wells ClIs and antl others other a as members of or his lila cabinet Mr II Seward Reward and Mr Chase Chao were his lila duet chief opponents opponent to totS for I. I nomination b by his party for pre l- l dent dont ern men of or great reat experience and ability in public affairs and had tho the con con- of or the country Next I mention tho the Instructions to Mr Ir Adams time the minister to England nd upon the tho ho question of ot belligerent rights In their final form they were we-ro to a great ex extent extent ex- ex tent tho lie work of ot Mr l Lincoln Net Next I refer r to the quiet but notification to the tho cabinet that was the president and responsible to tho Countr Moderation and Trouble Next I refer to tho the call for tor 7 volunteers vol 01 and not then for a greater numb num- num b ber r. r It would have shocked and be benumbed he- he numbed the people of ot tho the north to have havo then called for n a greater and the effect would have havo been unfortunate It was an experiment happily successful but hint still an nn ex experiment experiment- Next I mention his lila settlement of or the unfortunate Trent affair resulting In tho the surrender of and amid Mason l Tho The Il Illegal II- II legal act of or Admiral Walker alker Indefensible ns as I It t was was applauded sn generally e roll h bj by I tho the people of at tho the north and nd by almost Ive I've every member of ot the cabinet and hal had been commended h by an act of ot congress Yet Mr Lincoln took tho the responsibility of the tho surrender and avoided war with England whirl which would havo haVe been disastrous dis ast ron s. s Next ext I mention tho the selecting selecting- of ot General Gen Con eral rei Grant Crant as commander in chief of tIme the armies with thin the understanding that he ho should not be bo interfered with from Washington Wash ington Inston b by tho ho secretary of ot war General Halleck or h by Mr 11 Lincoln himself Tho The w war ival r then lion became a real war not a bu bureaucratic bum bum- war nr Next ext I refer to the humanity of ot Mr l Lincoln In this lila That no poor raw re recruit recruit re- re cruit who went to sleep at his post and no evil rC resulted suffered red death for tho ho offense The pardon of ot such offenders was an net act of statesmanship and ancl wisdom for he ho appeared as aM a n friend of tho tim soldiers and was adored by them and tho the people At the Prop Proper or Moment Next was the crowning act of ot wisdom and anel statesmanship by the l Issue sua of ot the tho emancipation proclamation at tho date of Its Ill Issue I Equally Qually great was his delay to proclaim It sooner Booner against tho the Insistence and clamor of ot politicians and tho the newspapers news news- papers lb Ho knew k for tor ho had hued a singular an and profound knowledge of ot public opInIon opinion ion when to Issue the proclamation and when h n to forbear its Us issue At l the date duto of ot Its h issue HUO it was opposed ed by e every ery ry member of or the tho cabinet savo save on one As has been said this great at act was absolutely his own The TIme conception and execution were exclusively his Enormity of Task It should be remembered that at tho tue date of ot his inauguration as president there was almost no arm army or navy al almost most no iio inns ui-ma or powder ponder or shot no preparation pro pro- for w war wr no generals of ot enco elle In lii war other oilier than General Scott then over SO 80 years jears of or age Ase no money In Inthe the lie treasury no public credit credit- Ho lie well said that the lie task which confronted him was wu greater than that thal which reste J upon Washington A great bod body of or the people was in political opposition to him him So that he lie was at first at least compelled compell d as It were to creep along to educate public opinion to call out and ke keep p up tip the tho patriotism of or the north to experiment experiment rl- rl ment with generals to test tet the tho soldierly qualities of ot the tIme volunteers volunteer'S to turn tho the resources of ot the people Into money to give ho courage to timid capital to confound confound con- con found round an nn enemy better prepared for tor war than WI we were wert to make harmless harmle s tho the clamor of n newspaper w paper generals like Borage Greeh Greeley others otheN in a a. word to br bring J order out omit of ot chaos and achieve success out of or despair Great as an Orator The Tho fame of ot Mr fr Lincoln rests rest also upon another firm foundation I mean as IS asa asa ISa a writer and speaker of tho the English language lan Ian guage pure and It Is wonderful won won- that this man who ho had no ac academic acad acad- el- el ernie emic or 01 coll collegiate education and hardly at lit all all any school education was able b bv by self Relt stud study and amid self training to reach the hl high h place In I letters he lie did id reach Ills His style le or manner of ot writing ng exhibited that lucidity appropriateness I and force nrc nod antl depth of ot expression and good oo Judgment which mark tho ho master Take th the Gettysburg Gettys burg address In all Ill literature so m much michi ch I Inot Is not comprehended In Rn any an short address if it in an any address at all There Is not an unnecessary ry word There Thera Is no expression expression f sion lon which Is obscure not inappropriate or to which the time most advanced critic could object object- There Thero worn exhibited time the purity and pe perfection of his language and style stylo of ot speech It has hils become a classic Observe the time exquisite uso tiso of ot lungu language lc in his first inaugural ural address and Ian larl the time concluding sentence Wo We 0 arc aro not enemies but friends The passions may ha have strained It mu must t not break our bonds bond of ot affection The Tho m mystic c chords hords of r mm memory r stretching from Crom every cry 1 hattie battle field and patriot grave to every cery living l heart and hearthstone all over 01 this thin broad land will yet swell th time the chorus of th the union minion when touched n ns as th they surely surel will be he b by the better angels of ot our na na- ture tur Take the concluding part put of or his lila second inaugural address s as indicating Inel time the lit literary lit lit- y exec excellence as well as the tIme great h heart and soul of ot Mr Ir Lincoln LIncoln Lincoln-au an Incomparable parable sentence With malice towards none with char char- Ity ty for all with firmness to do o the right as God Got gives us to s see sec c tho the 11 right ht let n mix finish tho the work wo we are in to bind up imp tin the nations latton's wounds to care for tr or him who has haR borne the th battle battlo and for his widow and orphans to do nil all which ma may achieve antI and cherish a a. Just and lawful rul peace among ourselves and with all nations American of Americans I may conclude this part of or m my re remarks remarks re- re marks marl by Imy I applying applying- to him as a literary nan man man what was written a R. long time ago of the lie river Thames In Ia England Though h deep yet clear though gentle yet ct not dull Strong without rage without overflow ing In- full I Such feebly and In Inadequately stat stated d. d was lit th the man who Wile at tho lie end lid of tho timo century from his birth we m meet t f-t to honor In n our nur h poor oer way but with all sincerity There Thero was vas In him him the lie pure soul time the great rat t heart rt the transcendent t Intellect Int ho tho humanity the tIme abound abound- log Ins ng love loe 0 of country the absence of ot malice m toward oward his enemies which were matched as I think only b by him who wha was wag th thin tho prince prInce of peace prace At 1 least t as was said of or him ilm It Is true that lie Ha was wag as tho the most 4 American of ot all Americans |
