Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-28

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am happy to know, that in the CT
SIS OF the nations fate, when the futur
has to be determined by your presen
action, the people of the United State
are represented, in the person of thei
elected Chief Magistrate, by a man 8,
worthy of esteem and confidence a.
the present incumbent of the Presi
dental chair. Enthusiastic and long
continued applause A man, not ONLY
upright and honest, but sagacious ant
far seeing. A man who six years ago
said:
A house divided against itself can
not stand. This Government canno,
endure permanently, half free ant
slave" Applause.
Who declared his own opinion ant
that of the American people, when he
said, II do not regard this matter o
slavery as a very little thing-this
keeping Of one sixth portion of ouI
population in a state of oppression
and tyranny unequalled in the world
neither do the American pcople-they
regard it as not very little thing, but
a vast, moral evil" applause.
Who said:
II we take exceptions to the Dec.
iaratlon OF Independence, which says
mat all men are equal, where shall
we stop! If that declaration is no,
the truth, let us get the Statute Book
IN which it is written, and tear il out
1t it is the truth, let us stand by it.
Let IT be our charter" Applause,
Who said that:
The representatives Of the people
gathered within Independence Hall,
when they put forth the declaration
that men are born equal, endowed by
their Creator with inalianable rights of
lite, liberty and the pursuit Of happi-
ness, gave majestic Interpretation
to the economy of the universe. That
it was their lofty, and wise, and no.
bic understanding of the justice Of the
Creator to his creatures-to all his
creatures--to the wtole great family
OF man. In their enlightened belief
nothing stamped with tho Divine i'm
age and likeness was sent into the
world to be trodden upon, degraded
or imbruted by their fellow men.
men then living. bat they reached Tor.
ward and seized upon the furthest pos
terity. They lighted a beacon to
guide :heir children, and their chill.
dren's children, and the countless myr-
lads that should inhabit the earth
through all future ages" Applause.
These were the words of Abraham
Lincoln when he stood before the peo-
pie of Illinois six years ago, seeking
at their hands the honorable position
of Representative in the Senate
Chamber of this House. Tonight
quote them as the words of Abraham
Lincoln. President of the United States,
whose Government is represented, and
well and ably represented, at the
court of every civilized nation on the
face of the earth. Cheers.
To Mr.. Lincoln. with the aid of a
willing people and brave and devo-
ted army and navy. has the power to
give effect to these solemn and en-
phatic words +; and the expectation
and belief of all good men, the hope
and prayer of every lover Of the hu-
man race, are that he will give them
effect, cheers, and that as his illus
trious and honored predecessor the
first President was the chief founder
of American independence, he may be
Known hereafter as the lberator of
America from slavery that Wash
ington and Lincoln may 60 down to
future ages linked in blessings and in
fame together. the one the delirerer, the
other the regenerator of his country.
Immense Applause.
$50 shall they both forever rest,
BY all their country's wishes blest.
When spring, with dcwy fingers cold
Shall come to deck their h.,llow Il mould,
She, then, shall dress sweeter sod
Than fancy's feet have ever trod,
There, honor, too, pilgrim gray,
Shall come to bless their honored clay;
And freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell weeping hermit there
Before ! left England, an assembly
of my fellow countrymcn, composed ol
those who have been sharers with the
humble efforts | had put forth to recti
fy public sentiment on the American
question, were pleased to entertain
me at a soirec, and TO present me will
an address.
In that address they were partia
enough to say that my labors haC
greatly helped to set tho mind ant
heart Of England wholly and firml,
on the side Of the free States, fighting
for freedom-o on the one side of Abra
ham Lincoln, the first President Of tn,
American republic who has ruled il
the spirit of the American Declaratio,
- all men are by nature free an,
equal" The address then goes on t
say: af ..
| "Tell him, we pray yon, that tn
people Of England honor him for hi
wisdom. the courage. and the consis
tency he has displayed-- cheers =
that they thank the God who has raj,
ed him up to deliver an opprcsse
pcople--[cheersl and to purify po
luted commonwealth. Cheers. re
Mr.. Seward, and the statesmen Of tn
republic, that England will homo
them in proportion as they are faitl
ful to the proclamation Of freedom
| [Cheers. Tell the Summers az
Greeleys to preach by tongue and pc
continually-that England will be tn
firm friend to America. through wha
ever misunderstanding and cstrang,
mcnt may arise. Cheers. Above al
tell Garrison and Phillips cheers :
the Now England Abolitionists--th
old guard of the emancipation army
that the mother country holds the
services in the warmest remembral
ce, as the very worthiest offspring
: our common ancestry. Cheers