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Caption: Booklet - Life of President Lincoln on his Birthday (1896)
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I stitution, lie vvoulcl do: vvhal it wan well to le;i undone in order to save the Union he would tv bear. He was commanded to enforce the laws of the United States by the fundamental law, and )i< would do it upon every rod of her territory wit such force as might be necessary, so loi * as h< ould commaud it. This was a simple platform. Its strength w in its simplicity, in its clearness, in its freedom from demoralizing and confusing allusions. h vvas worthy of a great man and proved equal to a gn it occasion. Upon it all patriots could stand, and upon it they did stand. Before it party line- dis appeared for the time being and under it the greatest army was g a t h e r e d t h a t ever was marshalled by a constitutional state for t h e suppression of insurrection. Under this platform and through this army slavery was finally abolished and the slav< power overthrown, and all else was done that was so well done. This is not t h e day. although the t e m p t a t i o n is 1 great, t o tell t h e fascinating story <^\' that heroic army. It went t h r o u g h all the horrors of an awful war to restore the Union and enforce the laws. After a contest, which in length o\' time and in unnumbered horrors had not been anticipated, it met with complete success. While succeeding generations will look' upon each faithful member of that grand army as a hero, coming g e n e r a t i o n s will value more and more deeply the great masterspirit which was behind it, which called it into being, gave it form and organization, framed the simple c r e e d w h i c h m a d e it a c o s m o p o l i t a n a r m y o\' t h i n k in p a t r i o t s , a n d n e r v e d its a r m for t h e most heroic deeds in hist<>ry. Thai <oeat mind never departed from its simple
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