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The ball wasxhandsomciy decorated
with large Atticrican flags, amt a large
picture of Abraham Lincoln. with pic
tures of George Washington and lives-
ldent. Roosevelt on either side, adorn-
ed thcnyal] at the western side.
At illicitliitite was the name of the
guest andas the guests arrived they
were escorted to their places. and oili-
cers amt speakers of the evening were
assigned to a "table. by hcmselves.
During the banquet and throughout
the evening Bentley‘s .\lctropolitan
Orchestra, of lirldgeport. tliscoursed
pleasing music and livcuctl filings up
Abott‘ 812’. o'clock the guests ltad
arrived. and were. seated about tlu
festive. hearth. and after a selection
by the orchestra. Dr. T. lt‘. t‘iuue.
president of the club. opened the event
with a few short remarks.
Colonel George llusscll, lil'tilil'll‘lUl‘
of the. Norwalk liott-l. served the hair
duct, and as usual. it wasln line style.
The menu cards were neatly prepared
and on the cover was a lllil'lit‘fiti ol
Abraham Lincoln. aml a illt'llll't‘ of his
birthplace. The menu was as follows:
Grape trait. Shrimp salad
(‘t‘lf‘l'iz Olives. Sweet l'it'kles.
.- ' Salted almonds.
("lain liouillon. Soup Sticks
t lulled Oregon salmon.
.t‘rcam sauce. .
Potatoes i’ariscnne. Lobster salad.
- liakcd beans.
;’ it‘rcnch ice cream.
1, Fancy cakes and confections,
I Coffee. Cigars.
The courses were all served about
iii o'clock, and John W. \\’chle render-
ed a vocal ‘solo, accompanied by Pro-
test-tor Edward l". Hands on the piano,
which was greatly appreciated. ,
President (lllllw then gave a hearty
welcome, and said he was glad to see
people in all walks of life present. He
alluded to the good the Catholic Club
had done in providing a place for the
young men to spend their spare time.
in addressing the guests again he
said: “We are all glad we are Amer-
icans and inherit the great spirit of
Lincoln." ,;
. lir. ('llune was about to introduce a
man who really needed no introduc-
tion, and he s'ald. “i take great pleas
l‘.‘ in introducing to you lir. William
J. Tracey, toastmaster of the evening."
Dr. Tracey spoke after the applause.
had died away, and he said that while.
llr. Clnne had said he was proud to
possesn some of the characteristics
of the irish race. “There is one thing."
Dr. Tracey continued, ”that l have no-
ticed that Brothers Chine, it‘lnnigan.
lx'ecnc and Shotsllan lack, and that is
the lrish characteristic ' oi" settling
down and raising a characteristic lrish
family." (l.;itu.;litcri.
lii‘. Tracey continued: “i do polo
seas. some. of the cltavactcristics of
the irish race from which i was raised.
and, while they how. some faults. .l
admire the irish for their virtue. and
valor." -
“Their valor was displayed." he coil-
tinued, "when the. people. of the land
were indanger in the years of 'til and
‘t:2. and‘whonthc man in whose mem-
ory waffle honoring here. tonight call-
ed for-help. the lrish wene the first to
answer him, and they were. the last to
leave thefield.
t‘ln assuming the duty 3t toast»
viilflStEl‘..I do so with a feeling f proud-~.
‘ness, but. the high standard set. by
ulna predecessors 1 cannot hope to
‘reaohflfw m . ‘ «:t
“ or. Tracey told jokes about various
reunionof Tile Not-walks. and then pre-
rcuted-ltev. John .1. Fitzgerald. whom
~fir. Tracey said "came from the little
town of Chcstcl'p .\‘. Y., hill whose
reputation had reached to Novwalk.“
”and therefore he took great. pleasure
in introducing him as the first speaker
o ftho evening. .
Rev; Mr. Fitzgerald proved a very
ilut'erestlng speaker and‘ he said in
part: ' -
“Rev Father and Gentlemen: As I
sat here tonight looking over the faces
o'l' firemen nosemhled i reailzcd that
‘ . 1‘ .1 wins to talk in, a city of heads as well
‘ _ lil‘hlitflt‘w . tiatttghter).
After l‘urlht-r
witty shots. the. speaker said more
shtluld be known‘ about Lincoln. i-ifs
'llulliect.beittgl'ml‘lur. Church." he Went
l‘ bacicinio history, and told of the great
’ . ’wol‘k done in America by the ‘atho-
1 lie. Church.
-.“’i‘he Catholic Church in America
,‘ col‘l‘icrt moat. weight and influence. and
n has kept par-o with the tab“ Fl‘liwiil
of the country, :_ actual and. first;
V Y , buffalo.
. ew ' r . solegagents to United
so still it: ill]? ‘
interesting talk on the. starting otit
alul discovery of America by Colum-
bus in [492, and said that as early as
the year 149:! the latholle religion
was founded in this country. He told
of the. various cities which wore i‘ouudr
cd by the liti‘lit‘i‘l‘l'S of the lionutn (lath-
ollc religion. and how Father Mar-
quise set out and explored the lillsuls~
sippl.l‘iver, opening up the west. and
preached the gospel to the savages
as the party went.
"The people of other religions came
to this country. but the L‘albolics, with
their great faith. have swelled their
ranks until now. til the year 1909.
there are over lit,00ii,llti0 people of the
Catholic faith. and 1,200,000 lit the
schools of America. .
"in the history of those days. he
continued. "Sllt' never failed in NH
loyalty to the country. ami rallied
around Washington in all the battles
of the great war. anti during the civil
strife. the flower of her manhood gave
scrvicrts.”
lie told why the church ctmdcntncd
socialism today. as it was based on
wrong and bad ideas. tutti his talk
on the subject held the attention of
tivt-ryotu- present. lie said the (‘ulh
lit.- Chart-ht, which allows no divorci-
untl corruption, was doing much for
the government of the land. There
was enthusiastic applause at the close
of llcv. Fitzgerald's remarks.
l.lr. ’l'racey then introduced l)r. \\'il
llaltt it}. Chancellor, of Norwalk. whom
he said, “is recognized leader of men.‘
lh'. tllutucellor took for his sublet-t
"Lincoln, the ‘Scli‘ldtlttcutetl l’resl
dent." aml his having resided ucut
whcrd Lincoln was born. gave him a
knowledge of the great. man's life
which he tliscotlrscd to the attentive
listeners. lie. said:
it. is easy to discover llit' ideas that
controlled the life of Abraham Lincoln.
but it is not so easy to discover tin
])l‘lit‘t‘%s by which he. came to ho edu-
cated. indeed, it. is often either said
or implied that the success of Lincoln
as President is a. signal instance of tin
ability of a man of great natural en
downtentstwithmlt any education «I
meet all the difficulties of life. it ill
(‘i'i'll intimated upon some Ut't'ltis‘lilllr.
that hc‘auso Lincoln succeeded with
out education. therefore it. is scarce!)
worth while to educate any persom:
and schools are almost useless. Such
a't‘ont‘lusion is not warranted in tbt
premises. for bc'auso a nmn of sur
passing talents can get on Wt'll with
otlt education. it by no means follow:
that men of average ability do not need
education: But the premise that Lin
coin had no education is itself talsv
The three controlling ideas of Alan
haul Lincoln were tilt-st':~—-'l'lmt lift' it
self is a school in which it is man's
chief business to progress steadily by
effort. With this idem Lincoln would'
have made hls'mark in whatever line
of activity he chose to pursue. He
got this idea from the greatest book
of English literature. the book that.
has had the largest sale of all books
ever written ill the English language,
excepting only the translation of the
ltiblc. Pilgrim's Progress. Along with
this idea. he had another. that a. man
should stand on his own feet and do
his own thinking. He got. this idea.
straight truth that other favorite book
of his childhood, and imlectl of all not.
ttral childhood. Robinson Crusoe. And
he had an ideal of what it than should
become here in free America, all ideal
tit-rived front the. book that he loved
most of all when a boy. l‘arson \\'evnls's
Life of Washington, in which that.
great and good lnan appears always a
hero and a saint. Life as an oppor~
tunity for growth nuts the controlling
idea of Abraham Lincoln, from buy
hood up.
The second of the three controlling
ideas in the life of Lincoln hc discov-
ered when he was about eighteen years
of age. He found it in the Declaration
of independence, and he believed it.
as few others ever have believed it or
now bclIch it. This is the idea that “or
men are created equal and IllltltiWi'tl
with certain inalienable rights. lii't‘
liberty altd the pursuit of happitwss.‘
This idea. 'us the keynote to the falli-
ous Lincoln speeches in the Lincoln
Douglas debates that made ltim l'rt sly
dent. ’i‘o litany of its. perhaps to one;
of us. now at. the beginning of Ill"
twentieth century. fifty years after tht
slavery controversy, the idea set-tn;
rattler strange and chimerical. bu.
Abraham Lincoln believed it.
Thu third ldca was working rather
vaguely ill the mind of Lincoln until
the. adoption of the Constitution of the
Confederate States after his‘ own elec-
. v
u
tion to the Presidency. Until that
time. he felt it rather than saw .it
clearly. The first. words of that. (.Tour
stitutiou't-ontrhst strikingly with the
words of the. preamble of the (Jonslh
tutlon of the United States. Otherwise.
there are few differences between tin:
two documents. The SOltiht‘l’li'Ctltr
fodracy was an association of the dole-
gates of the sovereign States. The
United States was a union of the poo-
ple of the various States. To put. the.
matter still more plainly, the Confed—
eracy “'85 an alliance or movie or less
independent sovereigntics. the United
States was not a mere Union, though
that word was often used. but a na-
tion. The United States general gov-
ernment. ruled not States bttt one peo-
ple, thescparatc persons or individuals
among the people. ‘For this idea. Ab-
‘aham Lincoln, President of the gov-
ernment. of the people of tiff! United
States, persuaded the representatives
of the people. to borrow a billion dol—
lars and to raise a million soldiers to
put. down what he called rebellion
against their government.- a.
Because he pursued day and night
all his life the Idea that it is a man's
business to grow. he became fit._tor the
Presidency. Because he believed in
equality before. the law. the people of
the United States made hilll President.
And because he believed in one nation
between the oceans, .ihe Great Lakes
and the Gulf. one nation of persons
equally free under the common law,
he did the two things for which he
will he remembered world without.
cud—saved this continent from becom-
lag the scene of struggling national:
itics such as make Europe one great
training ground for armies and one
great battle-ground between peoples of
different languages atul opposing
ideals. ’l‘he War-President was the
prlulhei of peace for all this land.
it may scent that l have reduced the
“fl‘ of Lincoln to it sintrllt ily not war-
I‘nnlcd by the facts, ilui it is thin vt‘t'y
simplicity oi his t'hat'tttter and mind
Tits js‘ciuraf- Nomad: Breathe sENrtnnL
tltttt. makes it hard for cotnplex city
persons to understand hint.
So far as Lincoln could control his
education, he applied to hln‘mclf this
principle:wlaiarn only what you need
to know. learn ‘us you eat. knowledge
is mental food. He believed solely in
interest. Until he. had all impolite for
a .pl’trtlcnhlr kind of l?7"l"t'l“tl'.'t', be
ignored it. and was happy., Lincoln
never 'arcti to know anything until
he saw a use for it. 'I‘ furl ll-ili.i-'.tllill'
one t‘ll-it' knew all all t a l'll‘l“ saw
to him a very good reason \l‘ 5‘
was scarcely worth whilt- for him itt
worry about it. He had no llllt‘llt't‘liiiil
covcfonsnt‘ss. As for envy. it lu'
yontl his capacity. Straight llll'tltl‘5,ll
his life. he undertook Affairs for which
he was not yet prepared. nthl thcu Ht't
resolutely about the business of DH“
paring himself. [in was always more
ol' the thinker than of the student. All
the time expression, ill word and in
act. kept measurable pace with ac-
tptircmcnt. lie was never overhauled
or sut‘l'citt'd with knowledge. What
mistakes he made were not the mis-
takes of confused or disordered know
ledge or desires htti of plain ignorant-e,
which he had not yet. had time to sup-
ply.
’l‘his desire to grow by work done is
the key. as l have said, to the lite and
t‘llill‘ili‘ll'i‘ of Lincoln. it was the way
it) which a vigorous will expressed it-
‘Tt'lf in his case. Will, not sympathy.
is the secret of his almost incredible
patience. lie worked, and kept on
working. and when it was not wise to
work, he could wait, anti he nouhl
how]; on waiting. lie could work, and
he could wait, rather better than any
other titan alive in tin- world from
laid to intih. He had set ottt toward a
goal. bill. he could ttot be drived back.
not one llll’ii. When traveling \\‘il1i
im xptdicni. he rcslt-d and waited for
lilo people It) t'illl‘ll up with him. Hill
was lluv patience of the cit‘l’lllll hills
among which he and lilo anctndulr
for lllltil) generations had lived. in lb.-
pcrspcctive of history. it appeals; that.
Lincoln was a successful man. but in
point of llll‘l he was usually tll‘li‘llli'il.
Nt‘iiilt'l' victory nor tltll't'al l‘\'t‘i‘ Nt‘l'lll
ml to concern him much. .\tlvr each
\b-tol'y, he moved forward a little
.\lli'l' t'lil‘li oi the many tll'll'itll‘, ll”
t'lll‘illlilii‘tl on the .\po. and l'otlttutl
hillmcli' and waited. llt‘ s-‘Itiont lili‘ili‘
sot‘llt's :lt',liillSl llll‘ t'lil‘llH, lll'i‘i'u’l‘illl,..
pilrlu'd l-aitlt‘s. .
Abraham Lincoln “tin born ill the
heart oi Kl'llllli‘liy. lib. t'ort'lnvals were
lllliSll) English. with perhaps a luth-
\‘Ji‘lsll or (till llt‘il'ls'll blood tttltlt-tl.
'l'tu‘y reached Kentuckt by a l'tittlt‘
that invindcd scion-tut in .\lasszu-hav
sells, in New .itrst-y. in t’cutt.\\it.lui.t.
ill Virginia and iii .\'Htlh t‘arcllut.
through il petiotl oi half a li‘l.'.|'ll urn-
ttutionn. in this tour; \iuthlrriuis iilt‘
stock gained neither muss nor polish.
They probably loot Iiililt‘l than iliillllltl
in the ways of culture and civilization.
though ”into is no evidence that Illi‘y
were in any tlt‘lll'l'iillliii “Wit and wont»
on of much education. 'l‘hc't toilowml
the common uct'ntuttions of farming.
(‘tillll"llli‘)’ and liltil'iisilllll'lliii. 'l'ht'.‘
shrank it'tun “it‘ll \iilaul- life and luv:
l'li\\t‘il (lt‘l‘iit‘i' :llnl llt‘l‘llt‘l' into Iii"
lutrkwootls. 'l‘ht} were l}pit'.t| put
tu'cl's. ’l‘ht‘y forgot ('\t‘ll their mill:
of Friends or Quakers. lltll the) lt'lll"l
ed in live upon wild tnrkm. out astuual
hear meat uttd venison. to clear a debt
of heavy timber and amonu tho rlumtu
to raise corn. to male- ami to wear all
.J'alled clothes of tb-v riins of" wild uni
main, to survivw tho wintry atul it.
bring forth and to vt-nr't-ltiltlrep it
the untcnunted wilderness. ’l‘l‘vy hr
canto l‘tllttlalt‘tentul men and \\lililt‘ll.
it is a great mistnkp to suppose that
they lost all civilization. however.
’i‘hey did tint forget the English l'lilil'
niou law. nor the lingllsl) l‘olklalos
arr the iiihiu stolic.‘ nor lilt' tradl
lions of llll' l;i'.l‘ llt‘_\‘ lt‘tli'lit‘il to
bury their dead. 'l‘hcy silli‘e‘t'ttl and
,t:t't>'.v sir“ These men attain luv
l'tlzl‘t‘ llt‘l'i‘ ltw '\.-rtl stronger than thn
ituiiuu. and drove them before then
ilttll‘t'll. ’l‘htgv "utlrclut-tl the mountain
l.‘|.lltl:-- of the .\ppltu‘hlnns. They went
~t'li~iillillt'itllti.
For these Lincolus and their mvlnlr
hot-n. i hart- neither pity nor iltllllll'll
tlrvn nor ally other emotion. imt only
tito taunt substantial i‘l'Slit'l'l that llll')
tlu.‘ such as they feel for one nttotht r.
1".) own father and mother were born
ill log-'ubins. lily gratult'aibcr of ill}
own name was born but a few miles
distant truth the Kt ntucky hunu» of the
Lincolns five years before the advent
of littlii Abraham. it was more of a
wilderness then than it was in lh‘tlfl.
There are ten thousand. yes. many
thousands of such lug-cabins in which
children are being born to this day.
To pity Abraham Lincoln lit-t‘itlisc of
his poverty or because ot-his pat-cu-
taco argues a st‘augu weakness of
llillltl dttc no doubt to civilization itself.
Iiotll poverty and parentage \vtirti‘tis
scutial to his making. (in the result,
all humanity has passed verdict. The
education of Lincoln began with a
rifle. a hoe, a but.tor~chuy.. and tilt
stories that his mother told hint. tic
learned at a payschocl in Kentucky-
tlic State has few frceschoois even
yct.—-how to road. to write. amt ta
cipher. When he was seven years old.
father. mother and two surviving child-
rcn moved over into Southern lndiunn.
to get away not from the hills anti
poverty bttt from the negroes amt slav-
ery. Two years later. his mother
died. I do not care much for the tra-
ditional, mythical picture of Nancy
Hanks Lincoln. She. died at thirty-
flvc years of age. when Abraham was
nine. years old. 1‘ have not. the slight-
‘eat. doubt that the mother or three
children, who even in the wilderness
brought. up two of them, was a strong.
acrcnc, capable soul. As ages wont lit
the pioneer days, she. (lid not. die in
her youth. Few lived to be. piany years
older. At any rate. an epidemic car-
ried her off. through no fault of her
own. Nor do i care. for the. traditional
picture- of Thomas Lincoln. He took
with him from Kentucky as an asset
four hundred gallons of whiskey. For
one man to tlistil anti to transport. that
much whiskey. and not‘to bein any«
way addicted to whiskey. argues con-
sitierable industry, skill and character,
Moreover, he took into his home at
once. two orphan children, whose par-
ents had died of the same epidemic
that carried away his wife. Two years
later. a sensible widow with three
children married ltlln. 'i‘hcrtatftcr.
’l‘houtas Lincoln supported a household ll
of twp tulullu and Filli‘t‘ll children. He
had the misfortune to liysz to! its: all old -
.ad'vl'” r
t
‘n‘
than. which means in pioneer districts
to be a feeble old man. in their prime.
Thomas and Nancy must have. been
sturdy and well-balanced pioneers. liy
their fruits, ye. shall know them. We
don‘t gather from tit-gentn'aht ne'er-
dovwclls such men as Abraham Lincoln.
ici’ore Nancy Lincoln tiled. Hlli' lliitl
shaped her son for life. He was lilill"
orghly grounded in respect for women.
in worship of,heroes. iullovc of trttllt
and right. in skill in farm work trial in
"tow-hold drudgery. The best nutl the
not '3 than run be said for his step—
illiillltU, Faint: lituih Lincoln, is that
all. t-rt-att d the boy with affection amt
trust and prt‘iscrvctl ill him without
but. illt'fw‘a' his love for his own mother,
and oven helped him to pursue the
ltlt'ilir‘ that she luul taught him. The
lradilional picture. of Lincoln being
rather fortunate ill the change of
motht-ts is false. and it. is wicked. Nan
cy‘ Lincoln was the mother of it genius.
and Lincoln was always prompt to as-
sert Ill'i' goodness and intelligent-c.
What is to in» said is this. that by her
death .\‘nnt'y Lincoln became lined in
lllt‘ memory of Abraham as a pattern,
an ideal. and what he lost in losing
lll‘l‘ dnily instruction was offset by
the tremendous vitality of the imazt‘ of
a saint in lll.ii\‘t‘ll. .
For the next ten years, Lincoln earn
od his way lit the World about hitn all a
laborer. ills pay was a quarter a day.
but he always gave it to his father and
stepmother. He worked faithfully.
but. seldom with any excess of zeal. He
read a deal- -vthc books that i have t'll-
vii. Arabian Nights. Shakespeare.
[Coop's it‘ahlcs. and some weekly papers
upon occasion. lrlc debated all kinds
of questions with whomever he met.
llt' listened to the sermons of llil' itin-
"l‘tllil preachers. i imagine that the
tt:ulitiou as to his personal appear—
:lltt't' anti wearing apparel is correct.
How much as be unloaded to ‘Hlli'it‘t'
their winters. i don't know 'l‘ilt) had
"t‘t-t lu.-t" blue jeans. Show: \\tl't‘ :t'
luxury. and stockings yot,luoro so. l?ll-,
ll. tut l.l was not llll‘l‘l'li efl'ctuinatt- but
:‘l o.».t tulltnonu. Sun. snow and ruin
a dirt of tin-zit and ('(ll'il. rally to he i,
to mac candles, madt- lllt‘lll strum! in
llllilt‘ muscle and skin 'l'i'oy \'.t'i\‘
lunch bud limited so.
lint thl poriotl in early ihtllana and
llllittil‘r into which llil‘ criltlbitlt'ti fatn-
.tl1. ltanwl when Lincoln was clown
‘l‘.‘l.‘1 okl. lllll not last long. t‘ililizu-
thin t'il'ilt‘ in. \\'itlt lt. Lincoln was
at at on a ilathoal down the .\lissiurippi
it) .\‘t w (ill-*ans ill trade. it) tho tilt.»-
ll‘.‘i he \\'.'t.\ tut-nil. ll" hull it‘iltl tit»
tt~\t'~td statutes stir it as they Wt it til
tmlinna am! the't‘tuurritutlou .7 lil"
l'lliirt! Status. and the lM-iara‘mu o:
lttt‘tttttlzttltrttt-t. :li‘rl li‘Zfllli‘tl lllt it. tlu't'
silkli. ,‘le hall ltavnlmi .l titt‘ "ll
:l llt‘S and back. lie but“ ltllll“ .'
alaau conditions in ititil a thus-n Slill".‘
lint thus illicitll} sly i't‘tt‘ four and lfllltl/.
l..,.ly .~=tton;.: though not lit':t\_\‘. l‘l
lhts period of his uwakvuinu. lil‘ lllil:~
ltlvoti llpt Sl’lt‘llt‘l' of l~‘n_'.li-.:li ut‘allllnar.
’l‘huu he mnu-s to lav litihlll..l.~ltl' at
twelve dollars ;t .\t-av. ’l‘liis tastn of
)..t2\"l'llllll‘lll wipttatl his :tlilll'lllt‘ for
more INlil'l'li'lil‘t' lili'l at l\\Iltl\r.fll't“l
trim: of l ». ht- rail lot .\.~'it‘lllil|_-. L'.'l
tin; all but threw two ., in his nun pr.
I'll.t‘l but twins: ti. ll‘Iilt't. up. im- «it it.
.\t iluv luv lit‘t‘iiill‘, lu- non .-:t.~t;v.
iltt litttl lczitz...’ how to \‘Ul'u‘HII' il'itl
llmt' ill l'illl ;l >l4iii’. ill it'll Sitil"
it's. to .uuttty :t lt..iti ill to run a farm
lit.‘\
llic. bow to manage a militia t‘lilll-
puny iii an ltnllan war with lllnvk
lid-“It. itiltl how in ii" piptlltlt‘ t\‘lilltu'l
dilution whiskey.
lit‘ in in til‘i‘l rillltt' hundreds of lltll
liiih. which he (llll'K lltll fully pay until
llllt'l‘ll .\i‘lll't; hurt- liiionl'tl, lull in no-l to
the (‘llliilnl with .t Iiiltlll :~tlit o‘.
|'l-illli‘§4 ht borrows two hulnlt’tti tiol
lists more lip was never :lfl‘aitl (Ii
tlt'ill. tun-t- ill the legislature he found
that he was ignorant of history amt ltl.
t’l‘ltlllll‘ and employed high school
it achvrs iu Sprinutit-ltl to giw him pli~
\Ii’g‘ lt‘{‘ He had no prltiv \‘Ilza-
.-v-. r; it1 utilittitit ignorance. be found
lint \\;t_\‘ 1: MilinH-szpt-t‘i lIl this how
pt liotl. he bcaau to study law, but find
in; that law is nesrnlially logical and
that he was tif‘lllfli‘lil in ionic. he turn
lid aside tor a time and mastered four
books of tLt‘tllilt‘ll')‘. The good natur-
til his .lntlpt-s l'.‘llllt‘l‘ titan hir:
ltllll\\'l"ili.!.ll of law Hl‘l'lli‘t‘tl lilt; unlntls-
.\iliil to the bar. Nut lull: :u‘terwaitb:
lu-ili:.'. still in lit'lil. a (ll'ltl so heavy
illlti it“ called it '"il‘." national tlt ht."
lu- married a wife of otltltittion and
breeding. and they '\\'l'lll to board at
two tillllill‘s a wcek ouch in a little
tavern. A tow years later. Lincoln was
elected to t‘ougrcss. He saved enouuh
salary to pay all his debts. .\l the
close of the term. not brine..rc-nomilult-
ed. he took to platform work in New
lu‘nglantl where he had some success.
lint Abraham Lincoln was not what is
commonly called an orator. lie was a
l‘ousoncr. He spoke usually front
manuscript or i‘illllt‘l‘ ('Ulllllll'll‘ unit‘s.
seldom wilhout’nolcs. tic made no
pretence to eloquence, alui his voice
was neither i’ltll nor loud. it was iti-
dcctl lunch the. same as that of George
\\’ttsliiligttiti, calculated to reasoning
rather than stirring the heart. it was
the contents of his speeches alui the
style of their English when read that
held the public attention and will hold
it so long as men read this tongue or
any translation of it.
After this cxperlcntxi in Washington
and in Southern New England. Lincoln
{an do longer be called all unknown
or even an obscure man. 'i‘hcrcuftcr
for seven years Lincoln practiced law.
while the world caught. up with this
constitutiomil attitslnvery man. Then
the Kansas-Nobraslot agitation brought.
on the Lincoln-liouglas debates. uml
within five. years. the titan who know
the country from Boston to Council
liluifs and from Chicago to New 0r~
ichus. who knew the Bible and ids-op.
lteI‘oe and Shakespeare, llutiyan and
Blackstone and Euclid. Jefferson aml
the Constitution, and" the spcchcs of
Clay and Webster rather better than
filly one else in America. and who
could tell ‘what he knew rather better
than any one. also. stood upon the plat»
form of the Capitol steps to take oath
asal’rcsident of the United States. On
the road to Washington. he had nor~
rowly escaped death from hissing
bombs, and he had traversed the city
under the protection of armed mar-
shals and soldiers, for the populace
was bitterly proslavory and secession-
ist, remaining 50 throughout his ad-
ministration and long after his death.
was a scene worth conlutcniinr:
upon. The ultth was administered by
Chief Justice ’I‘aney, whose unneces-
lill>
ti\\‘il.
sttry remarks ill the tired Scott (lucid-t
ion lnul inflamed both North alltl
South. This ‘was the same (thief .lus. ‘
lice who it Near later cliaractcrlttctl‘
l.lllt‘(Jlll as a tyrant, yet Lincoln and
the party in power lit'lil film ill uiiicc.’
At. the side of Lincoln stood Stephen
A, liounlas. who had defeated him l'ol'r
the St-nntolship but who had been do.
fl‘llli‘th by him for the Prostitution}
llnrk of him sat the outgoing l'l'l‘Hllll'lli]
lluchanan. who was allowing succumb!“
to have its way athl rather more than
its way. It was a singular, amazing:
group. imagine it ill the terms of the
presclii.~~and add that ill Lincoln's“
pocket was the list of (‘ablut'i Uillt'ers.
some Democrats, some Republicans, all
t‘itltt'r rivals or (illptllll’iS of the l’rcsi
dent. Add yet again that one-third of
the States were arming for l‘l'llt‘llliill
and that in seven of tilt-ac Lincoln had
lllll one vote for his oilice. Nevertl‘tc
less. Abraham Lincoln carried all these
i'ill't‘t'H through to victory. History is
indeed slraugcr titan liction.
Why did he win'.’ i will not under-
lake to tell how. .\‘o biographer has
Hlli't‘t "lli'ii upon that line. liui it is pos
sible to SW“. at least in part why Lin-
toln pl‘m'vtl suiiitiit-nl for his task. that
is. to what lilt'llSlll't‘ ho had educated
hintsrli in the .\cars before.
Lincoln was first of all sinct l't‘. with-
out t‘illlf't'lillill’lll, truthful, ’l‘his ill-
Slill't‘tl the t‘tilililll’llt't' of the plain pt-o-
pic, who are not ovt‘ruiee with words
and who are rather suspicions of the
too cautious. All his life, l.lm-_o|n tutti
tried to harm how to say lbinus not
lilt‘l‘t.‘l)‘ so as to he understood lull ‘t-to
that he could not he ililtllilltlt'l'riiilltl.
In the second place. he .ll'ttl known
illlit‘li.sllii\‘l‘illg and iiilll‘ii hardship
and he looked it. in :t than of t'lisis.
to bl,- like most people it; an asset.
l’hysit'ul beauty is a handicap. ’I'lw
(Tlvll War was a i‘l'igitllltl tz'xit‘ui.
when lllI‘li I'lllt' rally for pritttltitv
things. for right-andv.'ronr.. lift-anti
sitslu lovchnd-lultc. .-\nti Lincoln had
that at: of the tuna who is concrrmtl
\‘.'i!lt isst'itllt'b'. He war; it potu' itt‘nlt
l'vrn )t'i. in tlh- Liaroltrlhint-Jan do-
2m ’5 Ltil only littli ll~‘ puitl :lll- Ill.» nun
lllli‘l‘ll'l‘.‘ t’k‘lil‘llb‘l‘fi but he lithl r-wutribv
lllwl to the i1t‘llt‘ltll party l‘unth: lit“
«him. This loan who had lost
motto r in the. hunt, who had not ours:
T‘lll'ttl tilllli obi t'llilll‘lll to \(ill‘. who
h..t ltg. llt‘::lli tlw nit" u: would no to
\lltt'ut lu- was first titlcuuvtl in inn"-
tinge, uh“: had lit’t'll in drill for lku
l_\ roars, who had l'tiililii‘lii‘ii oi new s
til} it lulliiant will» to livo in a pm
ll‘l). unfamiliar to ht'r. who had lost
in. :tj a political battle. and who ltl.~'l
in tlu- \\'llli<' llouso one of lilr~ own
“We. xtlzu ithl Mllcly lor j‘titillt‘t‘~ a
l‘t‘llll'ul Lon: of llll’ pool ~ltnt'w tll~
yuppie, ..ni lill‘)‘ ltnt \v him.
in the third lllHtI‘. llt' was as it l"llf
bill. Elia a natural illit‘t'. St: «outnuu.
u it pop to pot-ftp}. Lincoln the Iotolrtll
illttiau that l as :t Sottllh-tncr tilt) at
hunt ii‘sillilti lil ]il'l”$l‘lilllll{ the othrr
:~llli‘ l’f lilt' l'tli'lllit'. This was the loan
slit. llt‘ll'lti’li lit'ant. tbt- llililli'lt'li'i‘. :tini
lilo-win ”Shulnun. \\l.o ili'tl'i'lii'll ll:
lllt‘ i'i:.lt.i‘iil|,1..‘ltsiil‘ blunt If .Illll. :i
in ii in hlv. lil’ it. it \iit\ lili‘l‘fibtl‘i'. i‘.
no ill ll-‘t‘t'-:~:l:' i? it it ma litl. :Lt
.-:. vl' .‘i iiil'lt‘ :n-ntttitcntallut. via)
“two! all ilk tulle t'i'i'tll'hllll.’ tll'w't‘u l'.‘
\\'llt'. happened to have nitlt-uetl moth
.1.‘ Lincoln ratml littl» ll!ll"t‘ than th-
ltnvl'ttant t'i‘ the varlhttnalw docs lu'
l‘l't- l".' put-w or lil-iilll‘. llt' llll'i'lll 'l
uitt llw nod iot'co ltkc the t-arth‘s ro-
tation. zt-sislaucv llkl‘ granite.
'l‘litv :trlt'rstlilit‘i'dltgt ill all condition,»
.'\]t'..lti~~ his lntilli'crtltut- to personal
:thu“. l! ill-itt‘t‘tlltl":\ any man itt lips-
liillt':- tt' t‘l‘tl‘ :ln_\ lii~~i.liit‘v'it of it. lint
fillt‘tI-lll, who i.“ i't't'lli'lliilt‘tl a
posit} our content l‘vtlsidt‘nt. ".l mu
‘l‘li' urt Illl‘Si .\nn-rivau, was liltii‘t' a to]:
idly artl '\5.lrly illitlm'ti ill speech am?
lli print than an} other “Hill who (‘\'ll
litrtl .tnywbett- in the world. Standin.
and ”iv «lt‘vil is the slnndt'l't-l'. the dia~
‘ltllll‘ talkct. was tlu- cause of his
«lz‘alll.
. .,.
I‘litt
Lincoln ll‘\t':l lil‘tilllt‘, but he loved
l‘ l‘ humanity of the future llllil‘t‘ tlitlll
lllI' humanity then in being. llc liv
iii :ttt-al dreams of human betterment.
lhtt he was tall tvuounh to keep at opt-t.
Ills lii'ittl in lllt‘ clouds and his t'ott
upon the ntountl. lie was the bust pul-
i'lau wwr in \\’ashhtuton. not except
ins: .\ltilit‘t \'au lilll‘l‘ll of Mt'lx'iniey oi
iiotu‘ovtvlt. t‘ongrt'as appointed a l‘un:
ii.llltt' on the (itinuntt of the \'\'ar
Limvln gun along- t'\‘I'll with that t‘onl
loilttt'. though its illtot'l'wronrt» lost
tlu- lives of many. many soldiers. lion
lt‘St'llillllYt' lli‘llltlt'i‘ilt‘) is precisely tht
worst kind of government for tho pros
ccution of a war.I \\'hcn t‘ougrvss wa>
not in stasiou. military and tlipluutatit
tili'uirs always \\‘l‘ill better. This 1:
not an argument for :l despotism. but
it is an argument why democracies
and rcpuhlics should not iinbl at all
This, be it lllltil‘l'Sltiotl. is just what
Lincoln thought all the time. it is his
reason for trying. oh so many lilacs
to call off the \ltll', buy lilt‘ slaves and
ship them black and colored ulikc back
to Africa.
l“t?l‘ the last reason why Lincoln cal
llt‘il this country through to \ictol'y.
'wc have his ancestors to thank. ill"
had ttm-xlutuslctl. apparently incxlluus
tiblt- hculth. He worked all (ill). talk-
ing. running about through the (ll‘litll'l
lncnts without dignity but with inner
shrt-wdtuss. nt'ott- lt‘itt'l‘s atul dos
patches. tilt" sparingly. and road tht
lilhlc anti prayed half the night. some
times all night. (l-otl showed him iht
way. it is all very clear to all of its.
now that he knew the way and that at:
one else did and that no one else car
t‘tl quite so much to follow the load
lugs of that power whom Lincoln us
tlully culled (loll. sotnctitm-s l'rovi
deuce. When they killed this null!
who loved cvcn unlurablc neighbors
and hatvful counties, who was mosl
lillt‘ll of all inch to reconstruct the lia-
that the nutlcouit-nts of the city of
\\’ashington and its neighluu‘htuitl. kill-
ed the. one. luau who was most. needed.
.lust. why God allowed this. we poor
human creatures cannot. understand.
But so much as this we do understand
that. the. man who launched the grcae
est. armies between the days of tin.
Persians and those of. the. Russians.
who fought; these armies in the right.
cons war for human peace and human
liberty, himself died as part ulld pnr
ccl of its heroism, and becamc there-
by one of the saints crowned with the
glory of the patriot, who dies for his
country trial a good cause. llo stands
therefore above criticism in the white
light or a. people's savior.
llo liclttllus it: those lltlilmrlalu lull
his .
for whom there will be today fewer; 'l i‘Eui’lli i‘roitlelac.‘ and be illustrated
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\l. L. liot'tlots. llroekton. .\iuss.
people and those fun i as t'lvili“ ill and.
righteous than thl ll lit-rt; l w, .
. Hort-tutu" o! llr. t'halh-cli-lr's ro-
tilili‘K: he nus. :lltlllflll'it‘tl. and All'.‘
Y“: hit» rt tulvrt ll l‘lll'llll'l' \tu'nl st'lo.
'l'uastntastcr 'i’rarwi iltlltillllt‘t d‘
.ilttlat- i‘:ii\\'ill‘il .il. int-knolul. of Not"
walk. in glowing lt-rtus. He spoke on
‘(iur t‘itx" tli‘li his .tu:lrks were in»
lI-l"t.‘>'illi§.., and a liltllil't'l‘ of “(Hit jokes;
l-zvitl tFi not :a.‘;~ til the “‘~l‘ltlliL‘, ill ‘1” id
humor. .llttlge Lockwood :aid in."
t\‘t'lllllli lrh. iiil‘lill. .ltltlae .t. .l. \\;tiv.b.
called him on tint 'plhnu- :tni l't'tlllt'u‘tvtl
him to ::t.t all: Hi this occasion, M) coit-
skuv-ntl} lit 1.;ul nothing. il’i“'lllll't‘ll to,'
say. while lli’ said be supposed the.
others had be: u l‘t'llt‘ill'SllltL‘ tlu‘irs furl
tzlrt Wt't ks. ,
.ilu w l.tu-k'.vootl t-outlnnttl: “As I.
r-lli llt'l‘t‘ this t‘\t‘l'iil,: list: din; to the‘
«leathers. ::".d from wliul l ll.l\t' hvavtl‘.
and rr-rul :tblut l£.-‘ great Lincoln, d
i.‘ plain that hit holds tht‘ lirst planet
ill the affections of tilt- .u-opltt. .itull
that the t‘ill'U us of the country. with
out regard to politics. pay tribute to
his l.lt"llli‘l‘) ‘tltt‘vlllt‘r fact I llil\‘rl been.
it ll‘l't'SM‘tl with is the custom of this"
club each year to honor the nu-tnorv';
of Lieu-pin. which is a pond t'llti't'.illl and;
lip-m
helps to educate the yotlnu own in theJ
ripht any. l‘orty years aho Lincolnl
‘.\.‘l;; :l hero. and we have given lllllli
.t hero‘s worship since.” “
.lllliLit‘ l.f1(‘ii\\'(ititl poitl lliuli tribute}
to i't'csidvlitrlctvt William ll. 'l‘ui‘t, until
mid that he was sure that in tiu‘l
years to come llt' would he noted in}
history likt- Lincoln. lle said; "We.
cannot all he :‘tbc Lincoins or iiii"
'l‘al'ls. but \‘.'l' can be good .\lllt‘l'lHt'i:
t‘ltim-ns right ili‘l‘t in .‘Itirwalkf 'l‘llcl'c‘
.ll‘t- some things in .\‘orwalk that i itlltr
not proud of and silillt' thinca that i am;
ashamed of. (inc thing to let pcopicl
conic hct'c anti see two little cilicsl
lighting among themselves. We are
hopinn that one of” these day there
will not in- two little places. but ont‘
with one govtp'unu-ut: but it is up to
you and mu to educate the people so'
the). will see it is their duty to brinat
about the chance. and if we continucl
tolling each other what. ought to pt.‘
done. the time would not, be for when
the change Would he brought about.
"Another thing we can talk about
the goldcn opportunity to make ’l‘hz'
.\‘ornalks elu- most twanlit'nl place up
tlcl‘ (iotl‘s f(t(il:illitll, but why don't we
do lt‘.’ You can go along the side-
walks and ther are bad. papers will!
be found in the gutters, and several
structures. on lllt‘ nutin llltil‘tiligllliill‘t's
are shameful. l havu olti‘n thought
.\‘orwaih should have all ionprowmcut
society. This club is a great thing: for
.\Iorwalk and you young men could
start such a society right here. and do
it the same as: it's tlotlc in other plac-
es. With a little effort there is no
place in the state that would be prev.»
tier than .\‘orwalk. as a whole tonal
and i am not. saying anythingr attains:
.\‘orwalk, but if you would all its up
your sidewalks and keep yards looking;~
nice we would have a model city."
'l‘oastlnastcr ’l‘racuv then said: "i
take pleasure in introducing to you a
man who would have been our itlin‘l"
nor had he accepted the nomination
of his party'last. tall. and one of the
finest after dinner speakers in lilo
state, lion. 'ilolm‘r i5. (‘ttllttttiligs. of
Stamford. .
.\lr. (‘ntuntings spoke at a similar on
vusion last year. and he was unwind
with applause. llu took‘i'or his sub-
ject “Since Last. l Met You."
He said ill part: “Well. boys, port;
\\'c are again. and i am Riltl to 9‘0
you enjoying good health. which is if
good thing to have, when you are.
sick.“ (Laughter). If: then related
several humorous instances during his
life. amt made. a number of jokes. lie
said he was always glad to be. present:
at. u Lincoln memorial celeb alien. and
he was very much pleased with Dr.
Chancellor's discourse on this great
man, and said he knew more. about
him from Dr. Chancellor’s talk than
he ever did before. “During all the.
troublesome times he ‘ncver lost faith
In the unitm or the American people.
and he possessed a superior way of
knowing the people."
l'rof. .lauu-h Nt'iH'tlt (loan. of \lt-u
Yttt‘l(_ \v:q.: iitti‘tujumul tutti [pg ppnkn llli
.ii -.. 1 clear llliiltlll‘l‘.
,‘ it” .
lotus
{illltl
llilltl was at
[.ltillllsiiilét‘, former t‘tllliii' of
tlu- problems of tho country today ilt
lit» explained
that. when Lincoln Sitlll 'All men are
(‘l'l’llli‘tl tonal." he llil'illll it in a dif-
tt wait titan many llt'ilt‘\f‘ll, and
m» =tl.l‘ all men \‘vl’l‘e born t'llllll. “'l‘ho
t:l‘t‘.l problem of the dag' is t‘lllxt‘ll-
11p. anti it is up to l'ilt‘ll one to llt‘ a
pond citizens.
“‘.\'t- have problems of tariff. prob-
ef (‘otttn-tss. of transportation
i"tiill‘\‘lill‘illltlll of \vttrl-zzrs ill the
big; cities. and tho good form of gov»
tl‘lll'lt‘lli. lllnat lu- wol'lit'tl out ill the
anulllt'r cities. The puolzlc of the
Initial States have problems of war.
or avoiding war. because of unwise
\l‘i'liliiit‘iil of people for across the.
Many of us do not know how
.t
}*l
.\t .t~.
close we have both to war with Japan. .
t‘ltif.
within a few days ilit‘ question
i arose anti rm are .l"ii!'l.‘l to strife
now than we realize. and every cili-
Sll'll must pa: forth every effort to prev
\t-ut. the trouble."
l'. was about lnidnigbt \vilcn 'l‘oast-
master 'l't'eu-ev introduced a speaker
"'lw) “ill-i not down on the pro ..
and a man who was present at Lin-
coln's famous (loll: slitzrg‘ i'tllll'l .49. and
ilavtllnt. (‘uluu vt‘luvn the
blow”. up. ritltvdrtl li.‘
the .\'t‘\\'
t‘lc‘xvlaml
;\l'
Maine
\'.‘ it it
York tiloiw and of tilt
.Lrttxici'. was ut‘tst-zttrti. and he gave it
wry intot'oslitlc tall. and ~:tit1 in tho
fx't'lll' of l-Sliil. in tit-tultt't', llil'fillL‘ll the
advice of his mother. ho hunt a fi"\'
mill-s from his: home to tit'ttty:l.)tlrg
and board Lincoln's illillli'5:4. .\ir.
.lt:-ltl.::ln;lit said lho talk #t‘t‘ii by Lil)»
l't‘ll‘. laslntl about two hours. lull he,
being ; :-=Itl:lll bur, tlm‘s not rclilclltbt-t'
What he said, out he did remember
that he was disappointed to see the.
[llt‘tiidf‘lll in clothes that did not fit
him. anti see how ungainly he looked.
nnti air. .iohnstonc said millions of
others did not understand that great
man. The speaker went. on to say
that later he attended tic funeral of
Lincoln. and l't’lllt‘lilllt‘l'llti how every-
one ill his city wept. when news of
his death was received. He said in
July. lMiB. he wont to Gettysburg and
was p out at the la) ing of tho corner
stone of the national nttuupncnt.
Years afterward he happened to be
near Havana \i'llt‘ll‘tllt' .‘tlainc was
blown up. ami Captain Slgsbcc was a
very dear friend of his. and he l‘i‘llltll'k-
rd that he only left Captain Sigshce
yesterday. .\l r. .lobludonc said in spite
lof'the report that most of the officers
were off the boat. at the time of the
disastrous explosion. only two were. on
shore. and ho said the report was
spread because of tho tat-t that guards
werestationed on the Key atttl no
one except. ('lliif‘t‘l‘s were allowed to go
near the Maine. and a New \’ork..lour-
,uai reporter finally assumed a martial
stride anti told thc guard he was all
officer of the ship, and was admitted
to the wreck. and many others tried
this ruse. He said Monday night the
anniversary of the explosion is to be
celebrated by a number of patriotic
orders in a. church in \\'nshlngton, l).
t"... and said in years to come. this day
would be celebrated more and more.
He said the United States gm'crnment
had no fear to raise the wreck of the
ship it thev desired. because it, was
nothing,r buf a mine set off frotll out.-
sitlc the boat. that caused the explo-
sion. He said it was best not to raise
the wreck. \\lllt‘ll is out of the path of
navigation. and is sunk in ninclccn
feet of tultd from the sewerage from
a city over illii years old. At, the
close of his remarks llt‘ _wns ap~
plaudctl.
l)r. Tracey. on behalf of the clttb,
thanked all the speakers. caterers, mil-
slclans tutti everybody who assisted.
"ho audience united in singing “Auld
Lang Sync." ' ‘
The committee of ar-angemcuts tic-
trervcs much credit for the success,
and they were Mayor .lohn .J. Cava-
uagh‘. Ilr. ’l‘rnccy. William Howard, M.
.l. Riordan, M. .J. Howard. .iorry
Ahcarn decorated the. hall and received
many compliments.
Among those present. were: M. R.
ilcnuctt. lt‘. ll. Qulutnrd. Lester Ilyutt.
.iilttll‘l-i .i. Kennedy. .itldge ill. it‘l. Luck.
“staid. Hon, II. S. tittnuuhup; of titani-
(Continued on Seventh Ease).
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