The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-11-18
ABRAHAM AiNCG

ABtAhA NM AiNtS'
The election has resulted ns W,
have repeatedly assured our reader.
10 would, in the rc.clections of Abra'
ham Lincoln rs chief magistrate ol
this nation for four years 10 come -
To effect this we have lubored ASST
diously and faithfully, believing that
the salvation of the nation and all oul
future hopes of national greatness,
progress, and prosperity. depended
upon the success of the Union cause
and its greatest champion and pro
tector, the present noble Executive,
and it is with no ordinary feeling OF
qualification that we announce his al
most unanimous electoral triumph
No man except George Wasl iugton
ever received such n unanimous in.
dorsement by the people Every
state, with three exceptions, will cast
its electoral vote for him. This was
a tribute which his worth, his great
services to the cause of his country
and humanity, his eminent statesman
ship as developed throughout his
whole administration deserved. To
Mr.. Lincoln's wisdom and prudence,
TO his cool and unsurpassed iudg
ment; to his determination, tempered
with kindness and moderation, we
owe our present strength as nation,
and continuous success and prosper
ity,
Notwithstanding the difficulties
which he has had to encounter and
tno vn"rtstV'O 81 ,sir-s-;.:... or most
m"iie~""t trnducers, his administra
tion has, oil things considered, been
an entire success, and both at home
and abroad, it has over-rldden all
assaults of traitors in open rebellion
and secret enemies in its midst, and
TO day the nation is stronger and
more powerful than when he assumed
che Presidential chair We believe
that tha anne prudence and judgment
will hereafter, as heretofore direct
his course and animate his counsels
and under his lead the Union will bc
restored, and the great prin ciplee
which he was the first to assert in his
Proclamation, firmly esta lished.-
The name of Mr.. Lincoln will ill q
proud and conspicuous place in the
future history of his country. Du.
ring his administration, the first blow
was struck by rebel oonspirators
against liberty, and the attempt made
20 destroy the best Government on
earth, for the single and sole purpose
OF establishing nation of despots
whose power to enslave should be
uncontrolled and unlimited In the
name OF God and Liberty he has met
the issues which it has involved like
a true Statesman and Philanthropist,
and already the rebellion is in its last
throes, and it will be left for him to
Anish the work. To him will be com.
mitted the policy of re. construction.
Many new and difficult questions will
arise in the settlement of our Difficult
ties, timorous minds and faint hearts
will not meet the exigencies of the
times. To no safer hands could these
great questions be intrusted than Mr.
Lineoln's. He has the honesty, in
tegrity of purpose and genius and
Judgment to grasp mighty truths and
assert them in defiance of the weak
policy which would subvert the truth
in order to appease the clamors of the
multitude.
We. therefore, in common with
every loyal citizen, rejoice in the sue
cess of our great champion-we feel
that the nation is saved and the cause
OF our country made secure beyond
a doubt, and while thus rejoicing it
becomes all to do their utmost to sus-
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which will tend to strengthen its
power, and promote the common
good.