Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-12-13
Father Abrabam's Message


teaSo, to the exclusion Of more important
matter, in this COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT"
If our nuaerous readers will pardon us for
the space, thus senselessy occupied, we
prolffise them that we will not again in0ict
such burlesque upon their intelligence
for perhaps another year to come. BY
that time, the old man will doubtless have
discovered, how far he has succeeded in his
effort to "nobly save, or meanly loose, the
last best hope Of earth"
The Editor ofthe "Cvbon Democrot,"
has so handsomely di'sectcd Mr.. Lucoln's
budget, that we adopt his version;-No one
will dispute old Abe's authorship of his
recent message. 1t is Abe all over-igno-
rance and all. We cannot forboar to make
Que or two extracts, to show how lucid bis
arguments are. To say nothing Of his
total disregard of all the rules of gram
mar, or composition, his grounds and
conclusions arc decidedly rich. Itwould
require the sharpest kind of q Philadelphia
Lawyer to make out what he means
For instance, we shall be obliged to any
of our readers who viii decipher the follow
ing which we take frou the latter part Of
his message. In speaking of his emanci-
patton scheme, he says:-
IT, then, for common object, this
(slave) property is to be sacrificed, is it
not Just that it be done at a common
charge And if with less money, or mon.
ey more easi4lly paid, we can preserve
the benefits of the Union by the means
than we can by the war alone, is il not
also economical TO do it! Let us consider
it then. Let us ascertain the sum we
have expended in the war since compen-
stated emancipation was proposed last
measure had been promptly accepted by
even some Of the slave States, the same
SUN would not have done more TO close
the war than has been otherwise DONE
If so, the measure would save money,
and in that view would be prudent and
economical measure. Certainly it is not
SO easy to pay something as it is to pay
nothing, but it is easier to pay large
sum than it is to pay larger one. And
it is easier to pay any sum when we are
able, than it is to pay before we are
able
That is about as "clear as mud" and
is fair sample of the balance Of his
composition. There is but one part Of
his Mess ge from which his meaning
can be ad luced with any degree of GER
tainty. That is the concluding para.
graphs, which wind up withlhe following
modest assertion, "GOd wW forever
bless abraham Linroln !" And that is
quite uncertain. Even that he pilfered
from his friend Greeley.
But there are some truths in the con
clu,ion of his message, which clearly show
that "some good can come out of Naz-
areth." He says:
Fellow citizens: We canno. escape
history. We of this Congress and this
Administration will be remembered in spite
Of ourselves. No personal significance
or insignfcance can spare one or another
Of US. The fiery trial through which we
pass will light US down in hon or o. dis
honor-to the latest generation.
We say, ave are for the Union y
The worli will not forget that we say
this-We know how to save the Uuion.-
The world knows we do know how to save
it. We-evQn we here-hold the power
and bear the responsibility.
In giving freedom to the slave We assure
| freedom to the free honorable alike tc
what we give and what we preserve We
shall nob'y save or meanly lose the last
best hope of earth. Other means may
succoed-this cannot fail.
The way is plain, peaceful, generous
just-a way which, if followed, the world
will forever applaud and God must forever
bless. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Mo- You ''cannot escape history, ">but
you will be remembered as long as man
kind shall survive. You will be remem-
bercd as the men who ruined your country
destroyed 'the last best hope of earth ~
in ba.e attmpt to unfetter the slave, and
bind the freeman in bondage. You will
surely be "lighted down to the latest
generation" by the memory Of the burning
cities and towns Of America, who Sc fire:
were kindled by the torch which you
supplied. You will be ''ligbted down t
your last home. by the flames of civil wal
which was the offspring of your ambition
and which was noedlessly prolonged by
your fanatcism, and your greed of public
spell. You "cannot escape history" but
future ages will point to you in the same
spirit that they now point to the Jacobins 0
France, or the tyrants Of the House o.
Hapsburg.
The bastile of America will cry ou