. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. iple or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so longtogether. It was not the mere matter of separation ofthe colonies from the motherland, but that sentimentin the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty,not alone to the people of this country, but hope to allthe world, for all future time. It was that which gavepromise that in due time the weight would be liftedfrom the shoulders of all men and that all should havean equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied inthe Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can
. The poets' Lincoln : tributes in verse to the martyred President. iple or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so longtogether. It was not the mere matter of separation ofthe colonies from the motherland, but that sentimentin the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty,not alone to the people of this country, but hope to allthe world, for all future time. It was that which gavepromise that in due time the weight would be liftedfrom the shoulders of all men and that all should havean equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied inthe Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved on thatbasis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the hap-piest men in the world if I can help to save it. But ifthis country cannot be saved without giving up thatprinciple, I was about to say I would rather be assas-sinated on this spot than surrender it. Four years and two months later, April 22, 1865,his body lay, assassinated, on the very spot where hehad made the above remarks, then being taken toSpringfield, Illinois, for 70 THE POETS LINCOLN HENRY WILSON CLENDENIN, born at Schells-burg, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1837; educated inprivate schools and by tutors. Married Mary of Monmouth, Illinois, October 23,1877; to themwere born five children, four of whom survive: GeorgeM.,manager Illinois State Register; ClarenceR., DeputyInternal Revenue Collector, Springfield, Illinois; HarryF., proofreader, Illinois State Register, and Marie,Assistant Instructor Physical Education, State NormalUniversity, Normal, Illinois. He was a private of Com-pany I, Twentieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, inthe Civil War. Began newspaper work on Burlington(Iowa) Hawkeye. Afterwards telegraph editor PeoriaTranscript, 1858; telegraph editor Burlington Gazette,1863, and editor and proprietor, Keokuk Daily Con-stitution, 1876-1881; since that year was editor andpresident of the Illinois State Register. Postmaster,Springfield 1886-90. Member Illinois Stat
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