Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-02-16

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! Little did the Convention that nomina-
ted Atrsbsm Liocolp fer President, know
what they were doing. Little did The
honest, fs;herly, patriotic man, who st,od
iu his simplicity on the platform a, Spring
h=id, asking ;be prayers of bis ,OwusmeD,
aud receiving their pledges to rene her
him, iorese4 how axfulis be vas to need
those Prayers, the payers OF al this Ia
,iou, aud the prayers Of all the sorking'
suffering common psnple throughout the
world Gods hsUd xas upon him with
visible protection, saving FRS. from the
danger Of assassination st Ba!tim 5re, and
brluging him safely TO our Natlossl Cspi-
;ol. Thus the world has seen aud won-
Gered at The creates; sign aud marvel Of
the dag, 30 Wit: pain, working man, CT
the people, wi;h 70 more culture, iastrue-
tion or education than any such woTkIeg
MAC may obtain for himself, called on TO
conduct the passage of a great psople
through a crisis involving the dssIluies Of
tie world. The eyss Of princes, mobiles,
sri.toeTs,s, dukes, esrls, scholars, states
men, warriors, ali turned on TIE plsin
bscss soodsman, with his simple sebse, bis
imperturso.s simplicity, bis Determined
sslf-rclisbce, hi. imprscticab!e aud iucor-
rup:itle honesty, as be ga, amid the war
OF cJIaiciing enemies, with unpreieuding
s'esiins-s, striving to guide tie national
ship through channel at whose peri!s the
worlds oldest statesmen stood sghssf
The brilliant courts Of Europe leye!!ed
their opera glasses ct the pbenomeBvn.
Fair ladies' saw that he bad horny hsnds
aud dIsdaiBed white gloves. Dapper d.
plomatI.ts were shocked &, bis system Of
etiquette, tu, Old statesmen, who knew
the terrors of that passage, were wiser
than court ladies' or Gsudy dipiomsiis,s,
who watched him With fearful cariosity,
simply a.king, "WU sha, ssksaId Cd
bsekSood.maa really get that ship
through? If he does, i: will be time for
Us to look sb1u, u.s.
Libeeln is strong msn, bu; bis strength
is Of peculiar kind /; it is DO; aggressive
SO much as passive, aud among passive
things it is like the strength, DO, SO much
of stone buttress, as Of wire cable. 1t
Is strength ssiyiDg 20 every Influence,
yielding on this side and on iba, to poPu-
lar needs, yet ,enaciously ard ipf-xibiy
probably by 20 other kind Of strength
could our national ship have been drawn
safely ihos far during the tossings and
iempests which bsset her way. Surrouu-
ded BY oil sorts Of conflicting claims, By
traitors, By hali-hesr,sd, ,imid men,
b. Border State men and Free State men,
BY Radical Aboiiionisis abd Conserve-
tives, be has listened to all, weighed the
words Of all, waited, observed, yielded nov
here and nov there, and ia the main KEEP,
one iufe1ibls, honest purpose, aud drawn
the na,iopa! ship through.
In times Of our trouble, Abraham Lin.
coin has had his turn Of being the best
abused man of our nation. Like Moses
leading his Israel through the wilderness,
be bas seen the dag when every man
seemed ready to stone hin, and yet, with
simple, viry, steady perseverance,, be has
held on, conscious Of honest intentions,
md looking to God for help. All the
nation has felt, in the Increasing solemni-
ty Of his prOelsmations and papers, bow
ieeP 90 education was being wrought 10
his uind By lis simple faith iu God, the
Ruler Of nations, aud his humble willing
ness to learn the awful lessons of His