Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-02-16


Tnk PRns,pKs4 lErrcrI len Die hOielai SPRING
acld on Monday last at "a O'Clock, occompOn-
iud ky his wife and number Of friends apd
rode up lo'tbe Great Western Depot. 0vera
thousand persons OF all classes were Osscmbledt
in the depot building and on each side OF TIE
festiyy decorated special train, to bid farewell
to their honoied towusmOn.
The President elect took his station in the
waiting room aud allowed his friends 10 pass
by him and take his hand for the last time
Ills face was pale, and quivercd with emotion
SO deep as to render him almost unable to at
ter single VOID. Atso'elock precisely he
was conducted to the cars by Mr. Wood and
Mr. Baker Of The Jouraat After exchanging
a parting salutation with his wife, he took his
stand on the platform removed bis hat, aud ask
ing silence spoke as follows 70 the multitude
that stood in respectful silence aud with their
heads uncovcred .- ,.ss. se., ss.2
/ any FRIENDs--No one not in my posi-.
ton can appreciate the sadness ! feel at
this parting. To this people lowe all thai
/ am. Here / have lived more than a
! quarter Of century here my children
were born, and here one OF them lies burr
cd. know not how soon / shall see you
; again. A duty dcyolves upon me which
g is, perhaps, greater than that which mas
devolved upon any other man since the
/. days of Washington He never would
have succeeded except for the aid OF pt
vine Providence, upou which be at alltlmes
: lclcd | feel that | cannot succeed Win
h out tho same Divine did which sustained
D him, aud in the same Almighty Being
IS place my reliance for support, and nope
:, YOU, my friends, win all pray that may
If receive that Divine assistance, without
J., which canuot succeed, but with which,
n Suecess is certain Again bid yoN ali an
r. aEectionato farewell" Loud applause,
and cries Of 1--WE will pray for you"
Toward the conclusion of his remarks
: himself and audience were moved to tears,
{ His eyhortation TO pray elicited choked
r exclamatons Of 1--WE will do it we will
t. do it," AS he turned to entered the car
J. three cheers were given, and few seconds
l. arleward the train moved slowiyou OF the
ii silent gathering. f-eE@ 80
g IN these degenerate times, when confidence in
i men is so terribly shaken, because public men
'f have SO far betrayed public confidence, and
IS when all eyes are turned to the incoming adj
ministration with deep solicitude for the future
it is certainly refreshing to bear tire President
: elect give utterance to such words as above ex-
! pressed words that indicate the heart Of the
great man, who SO far will hold the destiny Of
our nation in bis own hands for long years TO
come.
Before Abraham Lincoln was known TO the
civil world he seems to have earned and receiy.
ed from those that best knew him. the homely,
yet significant distinction Of "honest Old .46e.
Such an appellation IS more honorable than all
the endorsements. Of resolutions, parties, aud
conventions ever given. because given as The
free spontoncoas Offering cf Che people, ex
pressing their convictions, when no party en-
:, is to be served Mr.. Lincoln has passed thro
: : the ordeal Of an election and not a single
= breath, or word, or iusnuation, has tainted hi
character, or given ground FOR a suspicion, tha
he is not what the people represent "iIones
e Abe to the hearts core All bis antecelcnts
proclaim his moral worth and declare that If al
= honest heart can entile a man TO confidence
then the American people may trust him
And now, as he leaves home and takes hi
course for the place Of responsibility and earn
est duty. with an eye to the Father of on
" Country, the immortal Washington, as the mod
: ell of public man, he declares his faith in th
: God of Washington as the basis Of his trus
and hope for strength to meet all the emergen
: cics of bis peculiarly trying position, and ask
the prayers of good men that needed aid ma.
- be afforded him.
~ If Christian nation was ever called {
thanksgiving and prayer by any event IN th
L. course Of civil administration, the elevation t
'o power Of such man, Of such principles, and {
D such anecedents, furnishes a fit occasion fc
'' such acknowledgements and devout supplies
. ton. In these days Of Lo1cer i0w tendencies
y when it is almost crime to fall back on frs
T. principles and assign to God the higher iaI
= right of debating to man the great ete,1o
n truths, fundamental to all good government,
III is cheering to hear the chief executive elcc
" Of the nation avow his confidence in the So
90 preme Deity. II looks like going back to til
IS days Of Washington when a God was acknow
edged in our American Israel Let then ever
H. true man stnDd by our noble Lincoln, apd agai
be our distracted nation may emerge into a brigh
RS er day, and the dar L cloud gass over us.