The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-03-15
President Liucoln's Address.

Hathout sil NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF those desires
on the part of certain parties to assassinate
him, or prevent his assuming the Presi-
Denial chair, which our alarnis,s of all
hues have been so prodigalIy predicting
aor the last two months. The rev Chief
Magistrate has made his FIRST address TO
the people, in which, il lie does no, come
entire ' up TO the IDEAS Of those who think
lie should put forth such indication. of The
future policy of his government as would
teEd 10 restore peace and confidence 10
our distracted country, it is safe, at least,
TO say he has disappointed tho extremists
Of both sides, who looked only for a dec
laration Of unrelenting war upon that sec
ton of the Union in which the new gov
eminent represents no known sentiment,
aud a por ion Of which has SO absolutely
determined to repudiate its authority
From the tone Of his inaugural address, it
Is evident Mr. LINcoLN feels that his posi-
ton is an anomalous oEe-not alone from
tie fact that lie has not received single
electoral vote in one of the two great diyi-
.ions Of the Union. but that in that portion
TO which lie owes lis election, his party,
under the Influence of a d;sofgaiized stale
of affairs to which they have been them
selves the largest contributors, have al,
ready sbrunk into a minority, divided into
hostile factions upon the very policy for
Which they were a! one time ready To sac
rifce their faith as citizens, and Il e whole
prosperity and glory of the nation
II we take lis meaning correctly. the
choice Of the new President is peace ra,h
er than civil war, even if the former can
lie secured only by placing in allegiance
some Of the acknowledged powers Of The
government. A separation of the States
he declares 10 be impossible without the
consent Of tie majority legally expressed
lie, therefore, regards the Union as vir
tually unbroken, and must take care that
The laws Of the Union shall be respected
and obeyed in all the States; but hs trusts
that :" this will not be regarded as n men
ace, but ony as the declared purpose Of the
Union that it will constitutionally maintain
aud 4dcfeud itself" On the controverted
points of our social policy j. could scarce
ly be expected that Mr. LINCOLN's decia-
rations would be entirely explicit.
The conclusion of his address is direct
ed TO the seeding States, and, if he he
sincerely resolved to act as it indicates,
both in letter aud spirit, will gain him the
good will Of every lover Of order and
peace. fie says
Ny conntrymen, one and all, think
calmly and well upon this whole subject.
Voting 'aluao!e can be lost BY taking
tine. Il there be an Object to hurry you,
10 lot haste, to step which you would
never take deliberately, that object will be
frustrated by taking ume--but no good
Object can be frustrated by it. Such Of
yeu as are now dissatisfied, still have the
old Constitution unimpaired. and on the
sensitive point, the laws of your own fra
ming under it, while the new admipis,ra-
ton will have no immediate desire, if it
would, to change ei,lsr. If it we're al
mitted that you who are dissatisfied hold
the right side i'll the dispute, there still is
no single reason for precipitate action -
Intelligence, patriotism, christianity, and
firm reliance on Him who has never vet
forsaken this favored land. are still com
petent to adjust, in the best way, all our
present difficulties. 10 your hands, nv
dissatisfied fellow ceuntrymeH, and not in
mine, is the momentous issue Of civil war.
The government will not as all you. You
can have no conflict without being your
selves the ag2ressors. lou have no oath
registered in Heaven to destroy tue gov
eminent, while | shall have the most sol.
emn one 10 "preserye, protect and defend
IT," | am 10Th to close. We are not en-
ernies, but friends. We must not be enc,
mics Though passion may have strained
il must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory, stretching
from every battle, field and patriot grave
W cNciS 3'IH5 Hcdil aui HedTlHslOHe all
over this broad land, will yet swell the
ehoru, of the Union. when again touched
ms surely they will be, 10y the better angels
Of our nature.
We trust that this paragraph, which
is the most characteristic of the whole
address, gives the true key to the spirit in
which Mr.. LINCOLN enters upon Lii. res
ponsible office For We have a strong
Faith in the recuper alive effect of the love
Of our citizens for their free Institutions if
only they be allowed to exereise the feel
ing deliberately and voluntarily. Among
p."p'e ike ours there is nothing to be
gained. but everything 10 lose, from the
enforcement, Of laws that can only be thrust
apon whole communities by armed pow
or. We must conlipue 10 exist as con.
federacy comforting voluntarily the author
i,y to which We acknowledge subsection,
OF. we must cease 10 exist al all a. a uni
Tad nation - There Ia no room in onr AZ,