The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-07-13

favor Of liberty and humanisy.'--
I Trement Ans applause.
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Letter fra A Abraham Lincoln that ev-
ssy one should Read.
The spubIicans Of Boston cele
brated Thomas Jefferson's birthday
on the 18th Of April, 1859. Among
those invited to be present was the
Honorable Abraham Lincoln, who
RESPONDED in leite- OF great power
land OF remarkable felicity Of expness.
ion. We thought at the time that
of all the political letters wo had
ever read, it was the most pointed
and most forcible, and our great
surprise is that up to this time, so
far as we have observed, IL has not
been re-pubished. After dilligent
seach among some old clippings W
have succeeded in finding It, and
with peculiar pleasure lay it before
our readers. II is Platform in it.
self, worthy Of Endorsement by all
who believe in the fundamental
doctrines Of free government as
Taught by Thomas Jefferson. Here
= the letter. 1ugusta Journal.
SrnryGvKlp Crl.J April 9Th. 1859.
+, HENrLEMES: - Gour kind note, in
Iviling inc to attend festival in
1 Boston on the 18th instant. in honor
,oi the birthday of Thomas Jefferson,
was duly received. My engagements
are such that | cannot attend
Bearing in mind that about seventy
years ago two great political parties
were fret formed in this country;
that Thomas Jcfferson was the head
,Oi one OF them, and BJston the head
quarters Of the other, it is both
curious and interesting that those
supposed to descend politically from
the party opposed to Jefferson,
should now he celebrating his birth
lay in their own original seat of
9 empire, while those claiming polt-
ical descent from him have nearly
. ceased to breathe his name every
t where.
5 Remembering, too, that the Jetiar-
son party was formed upon its sup.
! posed superior devotion to the per.
sonal rights of men, holding the
! rights Of property to be secondary
, only, and greatly interiors and then
- assuming that the so-called Demo.
p rracy OF to day are the Jefferson,
= and their opponents the anti Jefier-
son parties, it will be equally inter-
, .csting to note how completely the
: two havo changed ground as to the
f principle upon which they were
. originally supposed to be divided.
+ The Democracy Of to-day hold the
liberty OF one man to be absolutely
= nothing, when in conflict with an
other mans right Of property. Re-
/ pubiicans, on the contrary, are for
! both the man ani the dollar, but in
/ case OF conf ct, the man before tho
S dollar,
s remember being once much
7 amused by seeing two partially in
T. toXicated men engaged in q fight
! with their great coats on, which
\ fight, after long and rather harm.
I less contest, ended in each having
4 fought himself out OF his own coat
and into that OF the other. Ii the
| two leading parties Of this day are
Z really identical with the two in the
j. days OF Jefferson and Adams, they
|, have performed the same feat M the
, two drunken men.
Bat subrrly, it is now no child's
+ play 20 savn the principles of JcllGr.
. -on from total overthrow in this
+ nation.
1 One would state with great conf
- d"ncr, that he cou q convince any
. sane chill that the simpler PROPOSE
tious of Euclid are true; but never
e lhcless, he would fail with one who
+ should deny the definitions and AZ
}, IONS. The principles OF Jefferson
/ are the definitions and axioms of free
@ society. Aud yet they are denied
T. and cvhdcd, with no small slow Of
% success. One dashingly calls them
II "gli,trring generalitics." Another
= blandly calls them 'seIfevident lies.
r And others insiLiously argue that
= they apply only to the superior
}. races
These expressions, differing in
Or form, are Identical in object and
re effect, the rnpplanting the principles
" OF free government, aud restoring
ID those of classification, caste, and
le legitimacy. They would delight a
- convocation Of crowned haads, plot,
il ting against the people. They are
81 the vanguard the sappers 'and
~ miners Of returning despotism. We
q must repulse them, or they will sub
Is iugate us.
il This is world OF compcnsations,
"a and he who would be no slave must
,c consent TO have no slave. Those
h, who deny freedom to others, deserve
A It lot for themselves; and, under a
lfiusl God. cannot long retain it.
" All honor 70 Jelftrs on to tho
rs man who, IN the concrete pressure
,h OF u struggle for national iniopend-
s' encc by n single people, had the
i coolness, forecast, and capacity tC
60 Introduce into Il mucly revolution
AIRY document an abstract truth
ur applicable to all men ana all times
D, and 50 10 cmhalm it there that to
h. day, and in all cunning days. i, shai
b. be a rchnkc and u stumbling block
In To- the harhing"r+ OF re appearing
ls tyranny and oppression.
- Your obrdirnt servant,
lrl A LINCOLN.
ie, Mesare, II l., l'rrHcGAnd others,
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