Identifier: tributestoabrahamamarlinc (find matches)
Title: Tributes to Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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lightly, arenot mere bookkeeping items. They will haveto be paid by generations far in the future,out of the earnings of Americans who hadno part in creating the debts. The question that naturally arises is: Arewe going to drift into bigger debt, or are wegoing to begin thinking about reducing it. I bring this serious situation to your atten-tion because I believe we Republicans shouldbe concerned with the problem of govern-ment grown too big and too costly. Yes, my fellow Americans, we have toomuch government, and government is in-volved in too many functions in which itdoes not properly belong. The future of our Nation depends uponthe course of action we take and the prin-ciples for which we fight. Let us—like Lincoln—call for a new dedi-cation to our countrys cause and resolvethat this Nation, founded to sustain theGod-given freedom of the individual, shallnot perish from the earth, but shall liveforever, and grow stronger with each passinggeneration. B—5 ilartiu, J, W, >
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, National Unity of KindLincoln StressedUrged by Martin House G. 0. P. LeaderSays U. S. Must GuardRight to Liberties Representative Joseph W. Martin,Jr., of Massachusetts, Republicanfloor leader of the House, spoke onthe need for unity in the UnitedStates last night in the NationalRadio Forum, arranged by The Starand broadcast over a Nation-widenetwork of the National Broadcast-ing Co. i The text of Mr. Martins speechfollows: Tonight in every section of ourland tributes to the immortal Abra-ham Lincoln are being voiced. It is a great privilege to be ableto address you from the Capital ofthe Nation on this 131st anniversaryof Lincolns birth. It is no mere figure of speech to;say that the spirit of Lincoln is closeI to America tonight. The studio fromI which I speak is little more than amile from the imposing Lincoln Me-morial, which overlooks the historicPotomac which Lincoln himself sooften watched with anxious andprayerful eyes from the windows ofthe White

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