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Show fl BERNSTORFF . IS SPEAKER Sf Ambassador at Lincoln Banquet Eulogizes the Great Leader v 9r.ni.Tf'.:i i: 13. Counl IVon Berns'orff Gfrman ambassador to the I'nitod States, wus puest o' honor at tho banquet given by the-Lincoln the-Lincoln entennlal association io-j, io-j, n j e h f i ' Abraham Lincoln aa the Germans (Regarded Him" was the subject of; hie address In addition to showing-i that the Germans wore keenly Bjrm- pathetic with the character and pur- I pose of Lincoln, the ambassador quot-ed quot-ed number of eminent authorities H to show what a strong bond of sin-'cere sin-'cere frlendBhip voided together the common Interests of Germany and I the United States In Lincoln's dm MHe cloned with the ferveni wish I'euch relations of friendship between I I our two countries may always con- . rttnue." 1 Count Bernstorff declared that Lln-i Lln-i coin's courage and his "big heart, whose erery throb was for the whole people. 6trongly appealed to the (r-imin (r-imin sentiment He wag born a leader lead-er In truth the savior of vour couu- K' I Records Quoted The ambassador quoted records of r the American sanitary commission o hew that 1 8 7 . 1 r. Germans, born in 5j I Germany, enlisted In the different regiments of the northern states He declared the strength and influence ol the Germans saved Missouri for iho Union. "Germany." he continued, "gave not I only her sympathy, but her gold, in J defense of the Union, and the pur- ' chase of United States bonds in tlie German financial center.-, contribute'! l very largely toward sustaining the ; Union." Lincoln's Courage. Referring to Lincoln's courape when WBr drew near, tho speaker said "He did not indulge in thp delusiou that the Union could be maintained or restored without a conflict of arm? AUhough he abhorred war for any i purpose, the firmness of his moral courage enabled him to take the great responsibility of leading the nation na-tion into a war for union and for freedom and through weary ears nt alternating success and disaster. He did not waver for a moment when many anti -coercion meetings wero held and a crv for peace at anv prlCfl trote on all sides " M I Count Bernstorff quoted Lincoln to emphasize his argument that tha I "fate of civilization in this country - was involved in the issue of the con- Best. Thp craving of the soul of the E German nation for unity," he decbr-Bd, decbr-Bd, "is the last but not the least ! reason 1 should mention which Infill-Kneed Infill-Kneed our people in their sympath) I with Mraham Lincoln and Ins poll i cy " il Bancroft's Influence iw The count referred to the das when the United Sta'es was repre- sented in Berlin by George Bancrof. whose attitude "assured lnm a cor-I cor-I dial acceptance in Berlin. He was I received into the inner circles of I scholarly social and political life, and formed habits of friendship ith Bls-marck Bls-marck and Moltke. The political sit- nation of Blirope was such :1m i Bancroft rvmle .he unitarian t.'.n denotes in both countries as com latlng." He then Quoted Bancroft as declaring: declar-ing: "But for the triumph of th union in America It could never have suc-I suc-I ceeded in Germany." Moltke Quoted. . Moltke was Quoted to show the friendship between Hie Germans and Americans. The count then recalled recall-ed a dinner given by Bancroft in Berlin the dav of the inauguration of President Grant Bismarck was among the guests, related the ambassador and made a short speech. After referring to the times of Frederick the Great, Bis-t Bis-t marck continued Bismarck's Speech. "'As to the subsequent relations' between the two countries, it givsi me the greatest pleasure to be able to stale, as a fact not only from my personai experience as a minister or Prussia but from the archives of ts history, that the cordial understanding understand-ing so happily inaugurated by Washington Wash-ington and Frederick has never suffered suf-fered even the slightest jar N'ot only has no difference ever arisen between be-tween the two countries, nothing nas ever occurred by them which so much as called for any explanation ' After t h is quotation from Bismarck f ount Bernstorff concluded with the hope that this bond of friendship ' would remain unbroken Counsela Moderation. Former Senator Joseph W, Bailey ' of Texas, who followed Count on ' Rernstorff, declared that one of the most impressive admonitions which ever fell from Lincoln's lips was that in which he warned his counlryruen I against Innovations and urged them to Btand In the old ways and nevei to change the Institutions of our fathers fa-thers unless the wisdom of such h I change was so apparent that ern the authority of their great names could not forbid it. "Judging what Lincoln would sa; if he were here with us now by whet he did sa when he lived." he continued, con-tinued, I hae no shadow of doubt that to the impatient men who would change the principles of the government govern-ment in order to accomplish what thej call reforms, he would counsel mod eraflon and explajn to them that . ery useful reform can be accomplished accomplish-ed under this government a9 it is and without any departure from its great principles. All Men Judged by Character. "And he would say to the agitators agita-tors who now are Installing in the minds of the masses an unspeakable hatred against the classes, that the true duty of an American patriot was to efface that line of distinction by teaching all men that they are to be judged by their character and their conduct not by their wealth or their poverty " I nn |