Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-02-22
Mr.. Lincoln in Ohio.

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e Indianapolis to Cincinnati, to greet the Pre-
:, ident elect.
: At Cincinnati the Mayor briefly welcome
Mr.. Lincoln, who in reply spoke as follow
d MR. MAYOR RAND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
4 Twenty-tour hours ago at the Capital Of Il
diana, | said to myself, 81 have never see
= so many people assembled togetherin wint,
: weather." am no longer able to say tha
But it is what might reasonably have bee
expected, that this great city oi Ciacinna
would thus acquit herself on such an occ:
sion. My friends, lam entirely overwhelme
! by the magnificence of the reception whic
has been given, will not say to me, but t
the President elect of the United States {
America. [Oheers.] Most heartily do
thank you for it.
am reminded by the address of you
worthy Mayor, that this reception is no
given by any one political party and eve
il had not been so reminded by his honor
l could not have failed to know the fact b.
the extent Of the multitude l see before me
This Is ss 1t should be. 1t is and should hav,
been il Senator Douglas hsa been elected
1t is as it should have been If kr. Bell hat
been elected. 1t is as i; sh> u!d have beer
had Mr.. Breckinridge been chosen. As Il
should ever be where any citizen of tht
United States is constitutionaly elected
President Of the United States. [Cheers.l
Allow me to cay that think what has oc.
currsd here to-day could not have occurred
in any other country on she face of the
globe, without the Influence of the free H.
stitutons Of our land. hope that although
| we have some threatening national difficult
ties now, that while these free institutions
shall continue to be the enjoyment of mil
lions of the tree people Of these United States,
We will see repeated every four years what
We now witness [Cheers.] In few short
years and every other Individual man who
ia now living, will pass away. hope that
our national faculties will also pass away.
| hope that we shall see in the streets of
Cincinnati - good old Cincinnati-for CEN
turies to come, once overy four years her
people give such reception as this to the
constitutonally elected President of the
whole United States. hope you will all
JOIN in that reception, andinvite your neigh
bors to participate in it, We will welcome
them in the streets of every city in the
Union; no matter where they are from
them cordial greeting and good will, our
present difficulties happily forgotten and
scattered to the winds forever. [Great
cheering
have spoken but once before this in
Cincinnati. This was year previous to the
late Presidential election. On that occasion,
with playful manner but with sincere words,
| addressed part of what l said to the
kentuckians. l gave my opinion that we,
as Republicans, would ultimately beat them,
as Democrats but that they could postpone
that result longer by nominating Senator
Douglas than in any other way. They did
not in any true sense of the word, nominate
Douglas, and the result has come certainly
as soon rs l expected l also told them how
| expected they would be treated after they
should have been beaten. | now will call,
or recall, their attention to what then said
upon that subject. then said: ~ ou, per-
haps want to know what We will do with you ?
| will tell you, so far as | am authorized to
sreak for the Opposition, what We mean to
do with you We mean to treat you, as near
as we possibly can, as Washington, Madison
and Jefferson treated you. We mean to
leace you alone and in no gag to interfere
1iM yOur institutions, 10 abide by every
IF tie Constitution, and, in a
word, coming cack to the original proposition,
to treat you, so far as degenerate beings (if
we have degenerated) may, according to the
examples of thosenoble fathers, Washington,
Jefferson and Madison. We mean TO rcmem-
ber that you are as good as ,Oe, and there IS
no difference 5etaoeen u.s. other than the diff
ference Of circumstances. We mean to
o1 b,a I'd n. .l,ot
have as good hearts in your bosoms as other
people, or as we claim to have, and treat you
Fellow citizens of Observation-Disclosures and
brethren may call you-in my new relation
l see no occasion and feel no inclination to
rstract q Oord Of this. [Great applause If
ny words are not made good, the fault shall
not be mine. Now, friends and fellow citizens
Of Ohio, who agree with him who now
addresses you, have you ever entertained
other sentiments than these for your brethren
Of Kentucky? Cheers, and cries of mo,
no RI I trust in Divine Providence
.Dhich has never deserted as, that ice shall all
again be brethren, forgetting all parties. l
bid you farewell. [Long-contnueda applause
On tho route to Columbus, at the various
stations the train stopped for a short time,
Mr.. Lincoln greeting and speaking few
words to large crowds. At Columbus, the
city was crowded and Mr.. Lincoln proceeded
to the State Capitol under military escort.
He was publicly welcomed in the Represent
atives' Hall, by Lieut. Governor Kirk, and
as follows:
cit is true, as has been said by the Pres
ident Of the Senate, that very great respon-
sibility rests upon me in the position to
which the votes of the American people have
called ME. | am deeply sensible Of that
responsibility. | cannot but know, what
you all know, that without name, perhaps
without a reason why should have name,
there has fallen upon me task such as did
not fall upon the Father of his Country; and
so feeling, cannot but turn and look for the
support without which it will be impossible
for me to perform that great task. turn,
then, and look to the American people and
to that God who has never forsaken them.
"Allusion has been made to the interest
felt in relation to the policy of the new
Administration. On this l have received
from some degree of credit for having kept
sience--from others, some depreciation.
still think was right. In the varying and
repeatedly shifting scenes of the present.
without preced cnt which could enable Us
to judge by the past, it has seemed fitting
that, before speaking upon the difficulties of
the country, should have gained view OF
the whole field - to-be sure, after all, being
at liberty to modify and change the course of
policy as future events may make change
necessary have not maintained silence
from any want of anxiety; it is good
thing that there is no more than anxiety,
for there is nothing going wrong; it is a
consoling circumstance that when we look
out there is nothing that really hurts any
body. We entertain different views upon
political questions, but nobody is suffering
anything. This is most consoling clroum-
stance, and from it we may conclude that ali
we want is time patience, and reliance on
that God who has never forsaken hispeople
Fellow-citizens. what have said have