, 1861-03-05

chicago, Illinois,
Gbitsgu Tributte,
TUESDAY, MARCH s, 1851.
PRESIDENT 11xcoLN,s 1NAueu-
RIAL.
We arc quite sure that no document can
be found among American state papers
emboaying sourdcr wisdom and higher
patriotism, breathing kindlier feelings to
I'll sections Of the country, orstamped with
1rner purpose to maintain the Union and
Constitution hvio3ate-than the Inaugural
Address Of PRESIDENT LINCOLN. The
tersencss which characterizes all his utter
Rnces Is ulgaally marked in this most i'm
2ortant mess SO to the whole people. The
unhlenished integrity which has given
hin the popular sou1riquet Of Honest Abe,
shines forth in every l!ne and syllable, The
excellence Of hehrt which has endeared
hin 10 SO mary thousands Of his country
ncn, gives to the Whole glow Of living
light The argument against the so-called
right OF secession" is masterly and ex-
Saustirc. The expressed determination
70 maintain the Union and enforce
the laws, is as square and reso1ute as Jack
sons proclamation Of 1882 And while
we do not look for the eloquence which
moves mankind in official papers Like this,
It viii be difficult to find q sublimer pas
sage than The closing sentence: !" The
"m;stic chords Of memory stretching from
"every battlefield and. patriots grave to
"ever} living lesrt and hearthstone all
"orer this broad land, will yet swell the
" cAorus of the Onion when again touched,
as surely as they will be, by the better
"angess Of OUT nature"
The delivery Of this Address swceps
away the noisome yapor which treason and
imbecuity have cast ill over the land dur
ing the past three months. We are brought
back ut en.ee to the ideas which have been
hitherto almost universally held by the
American people. The impetus: which
trai.crs and towards have given to the
1oost monstrous doctrines ever proEnulga-
ted outside Of the p.nitentiary, is brought
70 sudden stand-stil1 Henceforth the
Improvement will be marked and rapid
The wheels Of secession arc turned back
ward by master hand, kindly jet firmly.
There is once more GOVERNMENT OF TIE
UNITED S1ATEsl Foreign nations shall
no longer jeer it's weakness nor Ameri-
caas curae its imbecility. It is power
and majesty among the empires Of tho
eafth-tbe power and the majesty of free
Constitution upheld by free people.
Those who looked 10 see Abraham Lin
cola deny the principles upon which he
was elected will be disappointed in his In
.augural. The Constitution does not say
that slavery must lie protected IN the Ter
1:,oriea-the majority have declared that
It shall not be-azsd The .najdris1y n1ttst gor-
ern~ This is the subsistence Of the impress
siSe argument; and every man in the na-
ton, be he seccsslon;st, comproniser, or
Union lover, must admit that nothing
could be more clear or Just. The Coneti-
tution is The supreme law Of the land, and
the Constitution nust be obeyed as it is,
4rsz changed BY tho people. This is anoth-
er cardinal po!nt-indeed the very ca1di-
nal point-of the address No man, not s
psrrictde at heart, car ga;nsay it. 6eces-
sion will not solve the questions now ut
issue; tho States are locked together by
i7cxorahle laws Of territory; treaties can-
not secure rights which mutual laws will
cot give. This is the lina1 and conclusive
re5soa why disunlo1 should be abandoned
by its advocates md why it cannot be tol-
erated by the government; and who shall
deny it: "You have no cath registered in
"hcayen to destroy the Government, while
AZ shall have the mort solemn one to pre-
"scrve, protect and defend it," This is the
incxorablc reason wlly Abraham Lincoln,
President OF the United States, cannot per
ssi! f1S Union 10 be Destroyed ,Wio shall
question the sacrcdncss Of his pledge?
We cannot close this review without no.
tie;nS the jr~aness Of Mr. Lincoln's utter
ances-thcir freedom from diplomatic
yagpcness and hackneyed political phrases
It comes from the heart anl brnir Of SIN
ccro MIN. It is not tied up in red tape
and sealed With the stamp Of a party eau
Gus. Ii has not been conned and polished
by a Judi;iary Committee. We pity the
man who cannot feel end acknowledge
that it is truthful and high-toned-tha it
has the clear ring Of honesty aud patriot
Ism The country expected all this, and is
mt d;sn ern.uted