. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . le. We cannot read the newspapers, bothkinds, if you please, without being gripped by the sublimity of hisdevotion to the Lincoln ideal; and by the time that the Tabernacle,with a flag pole for its steeple and the Union emblem for its weathervane, was dedicated, two years later, the people of Jersey City werepretty well accustomed to the brand of politics preached by its believed in Lincoln. Ev
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . le. We cannot read the newspapers, bothkinds, if you please, without being gripped by the sublimity of hisdevotion to the Lincoln ideal; and by the time that the Tabernacle,with a flag pole for its steeple and the Union emblem for its weathervane, was dedicated, two years later, the people of Jersey City werepretty well accustomed to the brand of politics preached by its believed in Lincoln. Every citizen who failed to uphold the honorof the flag was an abettor of treason and should suffer the penalty dueto his crime; that was an oft repeated declaration to the great audienceshe attracted. So we have the two partisans. To one Lincoln meant abloody war and a wicked waste of human life, and an interferencewith the inherent rights of the people; to the other Lincoln meant an idealof human freedom. Union in a great Nation that should be one andindivisible. Both believed utterly in their principles. It is hardlynecessary to comment upon that branch of the Lincoln Association 13. that was always in session at the Tab-ernacle, and attended by loyal peoplefrom other congregations, including their^ankee preachers, for example. H. Parmly of the Baptist Church,the clergymen of the M. E. Church, andothers. The Presidents opinion that slaveryis the cause of the war was regardedby the Standard of December 3, 1862,as a fundamental error, and he wassolemnly adjured to make well directedefforts to save our tottering nation. Ihave gone through the files of the localpaper pretty thoroughly, for I should reallylike to discover what sort of well-directedefforts, what constructive thoughts it mighthave advanced, in the way of winning thewar, if there was any such purpose boundKcv. wheeiock H. Parmiv ^p jj^ jjg program of saving the nation. Henry Ward Beecher would not have to expla
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