The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-10-07

Mr Lincoln /. the onl. President We have ev
e. bad Who may be said to be- from the work
i,g class Of people Some Of his predecessors
Ike Jackson md Fillmore had limited advauta-
ses Of education and the latter, We believe,
was clothicr until t~euty one years old but
10 other President has ever worked with biz
hands ioi livelihood alter arriving al tie ful
maturity OF manhood This familiarity with The
pursuits and feeling OF the great laboriug clas.
Of his couDtrym men, has doubtless given him
come advantages in conducting public affairs,
Over those Presidents Who like J Q Adams and
J fferson were educated among books, and as
sociated exclusively With those Who never work
ed tor their living with their hands.
This peculiarly in the education of Mr. Lin
coin, has made be le Of writing and speaking
mike that Oi aUJ o,uer President. Tvs meesa-
res and letters abound With Saxon words and
phrases, 10 tie exclusion, ia great degree Of
those Of Latin origin. The Saxon words being
10 common use, and mostly OF one syllable, Mr.
iiucoln's style is plain, simple, blunt, fOrcibe
emphatic, direct, easily understood, and Carries
the conviction 10 the mind of the reader that be
means just that thing which be saws, and moth
iog else. Hence the public letters he has writ
Zen have raised him in general esteem, because
the public 6nd therein good sense and earnest
patriotism, put into plain words which cannon
he tortured into any doubtful or overt mean
ing.
This general regard OF the people is further
strengthened by the good morals Of the Presi.
dent; by his evident respect for the Institutions
Of religion; by freedom from all appearanC es
OF aristocracy aud haughtiness, and by readi
ness, on all occasions, TO sympsthize with the
condition Of those Who toll for their daily bread
On this broad foundation for popularity, rise
the high qualities OF Intellect aad Will a strong
good sense, which seems TO seize every thing bv
the right handle, at the right time and place,
and drive it as fast as IS eIpedient, and no fast
er and an iron purpose which waits calmly
aud patiently, because il knows it will not wait
IN vain.
Whatever deficiencies the President may have
in some directions, he seems to have something
Of that precedence Of the future, with which
minds OF the highest class are often gifted
Such minds, BY the study Of great principles.
obtain a sort OF calcium light which throws its
illumination far into the distant future. revealing
the forms Of things in their shadow and unde-
sned shape, which are not yet, but arctic be
Having thus seen them, they have faith in their
reality snd though days months aud wears pass
away, aud allthings seem TO remain az thew were
the prophet waits patiently for the coming event:
i0r be knows that it il on irs vay. every DAY
Assuming more distinct and ~el defined features.
until Il finally emrrges from the dim twilight OF
the Future, steps on the sage Of human action
before al mankind. under the broad sunlight Of
the Present as AZ actual isc; !; ard then conrin
Us it. lac Of march, sgsin 20 become shadow Y
and ildslnet, in the utter minable realms of ID.
the Past Aia0s which can thus see the ns-ch
Of events DO not waste their energies in vain
Wisees that they might come. or in murmurs sno
int Cations that they are 90 long in coming !:
D. sneir tain makrs The future = present reaE-
~; and shvy learn 10 lsbor and to ~ait."
The President has shO~n his hrmness IN the
Obs'i scy witch he resisted az 6rst sH proposals
70 the Exchange OF prisoners: in the susnen
SOU Of the Habsss Corpus act t-ice IN The
persistence ~ith which he has held on 70 H.l
lecN aid Seward and Stanton as ais advises.
and In The steady perseverance with which ne
has laboFed 10 Org.nzs the negro into an effc
lent All 10 the Government. Those Who SUP
pose The Presideot Is mere CIPHER in the Gov
ern"en', OF no value in himself, aud only use
iai As placed by the side OF some other person
are greatly misiakes
Asa hsP"bheAn, the President lie Of the Sew.
ard school About the same time Seward made
bis "IrrsPressioie COuaict speech in Nsr
York, Lincoln, in Illinois. on public occasion
expressed precisely the same ideas. For th;. r.
-As attacked BY Douglas as DisuuiOaist. and in
'oe celebrated stumPing campaign which follow
ca IN that State, Lincoln every where insisted
that the two systems Of free and slave labor
could nos always CO exist, bat, in the end.
all the States would become free, or all would be
come slave States. He is also, IN feeling, an
enaneiPasiOOist. In one Of bis public letters