Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-26
PrssiGsnt1 4 1LineoTn-His View OF the
Union Triumph.

On Thursday night after the election, the
Lincoln and johnson clubs of the District of
Columbia serenaded President Lincoln at the
White House in honor Of bis reelection The
President, in response appeared at an upper
window, and spoke as follows:
It has long been grave question whetb
ef any government not too strong for the
liberties Of il people can be strong enough
TO maibtsiu it's own existence in grear
emergencies On this point the present re
bellion brought our republic loa severe
test, and the presidential election, occur
ring in the regular course during the rebel.
lion, added not little TO the strain on the
loyal people, united as they were, and put
to the utmost Of their strength by the re-
bellion.~ Must they not fall when dvidrd
and partially paralized by political war
among themselves? But the election was
. necessity. We can't have fec Gov
ernment without elections, and if The Re
bellion could force us to fotego aud post.
pone the national election, il might fairly |
claim to have already conquered and ruin
ed rs. The strife of The election is but bu
man nature, and practically applied to the
facts Of the case, what has occurred in this
case must ever recur in similar cases. Hu
man nature will not change. In any fu
ture great national trial, compared with
the men Of this, We she'll have as weak and
% strong. Is silly and ss wise. as bad aud
o. good. Let Us study the incidents Of
this % philosopy. to borrow wisdom from
and look upon none OF them as wrongs.
Bot the election, along with its inciden.
tel snd undesirable strife, has done good
too. IA has demonstrated that people.
government can sustain national election
in the midst Of great civil vsr. Unit
now Il has not been known to The work
that this was possibility 1t shows ais'
how sound and bow strong We still are. i
shows that, even among the candidates o
the came party. he who is most devoted t,
the Union and most opposed TO treason cal
receive most OF the peoples votes
shows, also, to the extent yet known, tha
We have more men now than we had whe
the war began. Gold is good in its place
but living, brave, and patriotic men ar
better than gold. But the rebslhoA con
tinues, and now that the election is over
may not oil having a common interest r'
unise in common effort to save our con
mon eouniryf For my own part ] han
striven and shall s.sive to avoid placing
any obstacles 10 the way. So long as
hsye been here have rot willingly plant
Cd thorn in any mans bosom. While
am duly sensible to the high colnplimen
of reelection, and duly grateful, as
trust, 10 Almighty God for having direc
cd my countrymen to right conclusion. a
think, for their good. It adds nothing I
my satisfsetion that any other man may
disappointed. May ask those who have n
differed With me to join with me ia Il
ssms spirit toward those who hare. An
now let me close by asking three heart
cheers for our brave soldiers and seameI
and their gallant and skillful commander
These are gracious words, and no ore cap'
- Of . free sbd unbiased thought, doubI
that they are the natural promptipgs of thi
heart which Is capable OF returning forbeal
ancs and kindness for the vilest ealumny 40,
psEsseution--a nsgnauiniiy which has with
hsld the rops where treschery asd treason mer
ksd its sanity co-operati's and influence
The fact slluded 10, 10 this bsisf address
sbsk ~ The midst Of civil war. the Jovero
nesa hAs bess carried through the trial OF
PrepI1enfial fleolion. and that too, in the fac.
ef The most extssdsd, deliberate, systeu,sti,
naehips1isas md plets ssl exposition and
t1ree1eneG violence, proving one Of the mos
os1oeJ - = uas one Of the most remark abIs
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