Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-11
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

stOccasional, OF the Phiiadelphia
p.sss writes as follows in answer to the
.0saless clamor in relation TO what are
.,sged to be the errors of the Admins
tntion
IfMr. Lincoln did not see that the re-
,sllion would assume its present proper
ons il was because such an anticipation
4 ,os IMPOSSIBLE. The Southern conspira-
,ors and their Northern allies had sown
,bs wind-the whirlwnd was the harvest
/ rbich attended the new Administration.
Sonrnals as sagacous as the New York
Tribune confidently looked upon the army
4 n Mcdowell as being large enough to
| ,dvance upon Richmond before Bull RIM,
,od when the New York Herald boosted
!, having called upon the President to
,si,e an army of one hundred thousand
mem, New York laughed at the assertion
for its extravaganza. All over the North
ii may, indeed, say all over the civilized
smld-the same sentiment prevailed.
fbe most sagacious statesmen of England,
Ind that shrewd newspaper, the Times,
laughed at the whole affair as a temporary
tbulition of feeling common to the Ameri-
! han character, regarding the fall of Fort
| Sumter as an event of no more importance
han a quarrel among company of cock
,eys in a country village.
Mr. Lincoln may not have anticipated
/, that this war has brought with it.
/ Frederick the Great did not anticipate the
! Seven Years War when he seized upon
Siesia; Napoleon did not anticipate the
| European coalition when he occupied
Spain and menaced Russia; Washington
| bid not anticipate eight years OF exhaust
/ b. and agonizing war when he drove the
| British out of Boston The knowledge
| b uturity is not test of greatness. If
| I've answer the demands of to-day justice
| will not chide us for the misfortunes of
/ tomorrow. 1t was natural that the Pres
! ilent should have halted and hesitated, as
| sep by step he was dragged into war.
| He had the interests of great country
10 serve-its commerce, its manufacture
b, its agriculture, its industry, its art
Ind science--every element of its pros
. perity. The rebellion had no restraint
! d. this upon its operations. Il was the
. desperate resort of desperate men Its
purpose was to destroy, that out of anar-
/ thy success might come. Mr.. LiBcoln's
purpose was TO save-that little injury
hOuld come 10 the Republic. Accord
hgly we had a small army in the begin
ning, mild blockade, and almost nomis
bal non-intercourse regulations magma
nimity to the conquered, and humanity to
BE captive. These critics may denounce
u these things and mistakes, but they are
/ he mistakes that have occurred in every
! &e of time they are the mistakes which
| q honest, good, and great man would
| bake.
! claim for Mr.. Lincoln, as the highest
! attribute of his wisdom and honesty, that
ke has been, in this war, the leader of the
Baton. II he did not anticipate the fu.
tlre, he grappled with the present. In
What has he been found wanting Pin
THAT particular has he failed to meet the
FISHES of the people Pin what exigency
/ has he failed to appreciate the lesson and
/ the duty of the hour? With no desire to
be blind eulogist; with sincere wish
10 discuss this question with candor, and
with all the evidence that can be brought
% bear upon it, | am compelled to award
y President Lincoln The greatest praise
4 see him in the advance of the Republic
Hc does not please Mr.. Wendell Phillip:
mo his friends, because he refrans from
endorsing any wild scheme Of emancipa
Ion. He does not please Mr., Charlie
hgersol and his friends, because he look
1pon the rebellion as treason, and pun
1hes all who aid il as such He doe
B ease the millions who are giving thei
Hood and treasure this day to restore tn,
. \ Union, and defend the Constitution b,
offending its dignity and manifesting it
4bwer. He is the President of the Re
flblic, and the Republic believes in him
3 e has the affection and confidence o
Is fellow-citizens as completely as an,
nler in history, and from day to day tn
Evidences Of that confidence are bette
Manifested.
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