The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-09-15
Established 1929.

manner, saying, II have no doubt you
think you are right, sir" This hearty
tribute to the honesty Of political op-
pOncnt, with the manner Of doing it,
struck me as a beautiful exhibition Of
a large-hearted charity, Of which we
sec too little in this debating, ferment-
ing world.
As We neared the end Of our Jour.
ncy, Mr.. Lincoln turned to me VERT
pleasantly. and said, " want to thank
you for this conversation. l have eli.
ioyed it very much" I replied. re
ftrring to some staIwart denuncia.
tions he had just been uttering Of the
demorllizing infsGnces Of Washing
ton upon Northern politicians in re-
spcct to the slavery question, " Mr.
Lincoln, may say one .hing TO you
before we separate?" Cert tinly, any
thing you please" You have Just
spoken Of the tendency Of political
life in Washington to debase the moral
convictions Of ourreprescn.atives there
by the admixturc Of considerations ol
mere political eXpediency. You have
become, by the controversy with lir.
Douglas, one Of the leaders Of this great
struggle with slavery, which is nm
doubtedly the struggle of the nation
and the aye. What | would like u
say is this. and | say it with full
heart. BE true 10 gQUr prihciDlcg GnJ We
,ciN be true II you. md God rtU be hac
to as all" His ho,nely face lighted
up instantly with T. beaming expires.
sion, and, taking MY hand warmly in
both ofhis he said, "lsoy Amen 70 that
AMEN to that
There is deep excavation in the
rock shown to visitors, among the
White Mountains, into which one Of
the purest Of the mountain streams
pours itself, known as " The Pool Pc
As you stand by It's side nt an ordi-
nary time, you look down upon a mass
OF impenetrable green, lying like a
rich emerald in a setting Of granite,
upon the bosom Of the mountain. Bat
occasionally the noon .dav sun darts
through it vertical ray, whict pcne-
tratcs to its very bottom. and shows
every co~fguration Of the varied in
terror. felt at that moment that Il
ray had dartel down to the bottom Of
Abraham Lincolns heart, and could
see the whole. 1t seemed 10 me as
beautiful as that emerald pooIand Us
pure. | have never forgotten that
glimpse. When that strange rcvoca-
tion came to the most rational and
reasonable proclamation Of Fremont
The slaves Of rebels shall be set free"
i remembered that hearty LINEN"
and stihed my rising apprehensions
| remembered it in those dark days
when Mcclellan. Nero-like, was fd-
ding on James river. and Pope was
being routed before Washington, and
and the report came that q prominent
catinet-minister had boasted that he
had succeeded in preventing the issue
of the Emancipation Proclamation,
said. Abraham Lincoln will prove
true yet. And he has! God bless him
behas. Slow, if you please but true
Jocose, triaing, you please bat trAs
Reluctant to part with unworthy Of
fetal advisers, but true himseIf-trps
as steel ! l could wish him less 4 man
of facts and more a man Of ideas. !
could wish him more stern and more
vigorous. Every man has his Faults.
But still l say, Amen 10 Abraham lin
c0lM Ny countrymen, can we Do bet
ter any of Us, and all of US, than to
say Amen TO abraham Lincoln. till The
Lakes shall echo it to the Cult. and
the eastern to the western sea?
/ NCrrich Cdan