Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-03-01
MIR. LINCOLN AT TRENTON
The following was the reply Of the Presi-
dent elect, to the President Of the New Jer-
sey Senate, at Trenton on the Dist.

The following was the reply Of the Presi-
dent elect, to the President of the New Jer-
sey Senate, at Trenton on the Dist.
Mr.. President and Gentleman ofthe Senate
Of The STATE Of Ne,e Jersey: am very crate =
tul to you for the honorable reception Of
which have been the object. cannot but
remember the place that New Jersey holds
in our early history. In the early reyolu-
tionary struggle, few OF the States among the
old thirteen had more Of the battlef Ids Of
the country within their limits than old
New Jersey.
May l be pardoned H. on this occasion, l
mention that, away back IN my childhood,
the earliest days of my being able to read, |
got hold Of small book, such an one as few
Of the younger members have ever seen
Greene's Life Of Washington. remember
that, IN all the accounts given of the battle
fields and struggles for the liberty Of the
country, none fixed themselves upon my
imagination as the struggle here at Trenton,
New Jersey. The crossing Of the river, the
contest with HeSsians and the great hard
ships endured at the time, all fixed them
selves upon my memory more than any single
revolutionary event and YOU all know, Tor
IMPRESSIONS last Ionrer than anv others I
recollect thinking then. bow even though I
was, that there must have been something
more than common that those men struggled
i0I, am ov,.odirrIr orvi,as FIR that tbior
which was then struggled for that something
even more than national Independence, that
something that held out great promise to
all the people Of the world for all timc 10
come. | am exceedingly anxious that the
Union, the Constitution and the liberties of
the people shall be perpetuated in accordance
with the original idea Of which that strug
gle was made, and | shall be most happy IN
deed II l shall be an instrument in the hands
Of the Almighty for perpetuatins the object
ofthat great struggle.
You give me this reception, as | under
stand, without distinction OF party. learn
that TINS O'ly Is eonIosll Oh d majority Of
,-', - ;1' ~ ia T''i 1t,
a., l,t tI,T,l, was t5s man understand
perortbcles-. tba; tbcy ,-.8s forward here IN
greet ne as the constitutional President Of
the United States, as citizens Of the United
States t. a man who for the TIME icing is
the representative man Of the nation. And
Is such | accept this reception more crate
fully than | could do did bclio7e it was ex-
tended to me as an individual.
His sneccb was followed nv ba,rtf,It ~
P'du'0'
In r'p wing to the Speaker f the House
he sand
Iarrropriate to myself very little Of the
administrations Of rssrect win which boy
been erected think little sbonIJ b. even
10 anV man bDt that II sbo,.IJ ba ~
f,stotion If a5bsro,,o, >, tI,, H., OIL o.,
stitution. understand nysslf n ba racavad
bv the renrassnt TVS If tbs ,,ao,lo ~ NJ.
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1ou' MI SPEAKER nave wen sail thls IS a
tune "hcn 'he oraVest LOOK with doubt and
awe u loh tte aspect presented by our ma
u0hal ahAiIs; Ondef these circumstances
you wiz reautly see why should not speak
IN detail Of the course shall deem 1t best to
pursue, IL IS proper l should avail myself
OIL all the information ana OF all the time at
my command IN order that when the time |
arrives that must speak officially shall be |