Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-01-16
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

glorious Union. 4. z ~
His long and Intimate association with~the
conspirators of the South, whose plant topf
he had been, and the well matured and diaboli-
! cal plot for dsunion, of which he was partceps
crimtnis, buoyed him up with the hope that he
was to be the last American President. The
first care of the incoming Executive was to de-
wise some honorable means to reconcile the mall
contents, and avert the fearful calamity of a
civil war which had already assumed such
menacing aspect. His Inaugural Address breathed
nothing but kindness towards the seceders and
assured them that their fears of interference with
their rights were groundleSS that the Govern
ment should be administered fairly and impair
TALLY as it had been under Washington, Jack
son. and others IL the earlier days of the Repub-
lie that the Government wanted no ar and
would have none unless assailed. But the re-
bellionists determined to force the issue, and
staked all on the success of the Confederacy
and the Government in turn was driven to stake
its existance the result Of the contest.
| During the fearful struggle thus far, President
Lincoln has borne himself with becoming dig
nifty end bent all his energies to the accomplish
men. of the great object announced in the out
set-the preservation of the Union. Justly re-
garding this as the ark of our political safety,
without which independence is valueless, he has
maintained the struggle with desperate valor as
the final death grapple for Constitutional liberty
The Negro Confederacy is obviously approach
ing its final dissolution. 1t has passed the crisis
of its fate, and the doom is fixed. AS scheme
of Government it has proved miserable failure,
and the moment is anxiously awaited when from
mere exhaustion it will cease to have even a
nominal existence.
The Proclamation of the President, which
struck the letters from the limbs of three mil
lions of slaves was one of those wise acts which
the conduct of the rebels forced him to, ana
which he had the sagacity, nerve and moral
honesty to perform. That was the blow which
staggered the rebellion to its fall, excluded for
all hope of foreign interference, and thereby
sounded the death knell of the bastard Confed-
eracy, and those who condemned the act at the
time as unwse or ill-timed, now admit that it
was mastery stroke of policy.
The campaigns of the Union armies during the
past year have been of the most brilliant char
acter, -wrenching from me traitors grasp the
fairest territories of the Colfederacy. There is
no State wherein. the Union flag does not to-day
proudly and defantly float, and in one year more
the last sad remnant of the cruel, blood-thirsty,
half-civilized hordcs, arrayed under the black
flag of slavery, vi i'll disappear from the haunts
1,oir al
swamps and mountain Businesses, there to medi-
tate in grief upon their damning crimes.
AS it would be unwise to change commanders
of ship during tempest, so think we it would
be equally impolitic to change rulers till this re-
bellion is suppressed. If Mr.. Lincoln, with the
aid of our patriot armies, shall not bave finished
it up within the next six months, then he should
be reelected President of the United States that
he may have time to complete the work he has
so we'll BIZ run. If he does then a grateful peo-
pie would owe it to a great and good man to
honor him with reelection, Gas they did Wash
ington and Jackson,) for successfully carrying
the country Il ,ough the terrible crisis.
President Lincoln is one Of those rare pro-
auctions of genius that Providence seems to
bring forth for momentous occasions-one who
can go on in the even tenor of his way with
calm and undertaking frmness amidst the ex-
travagance of parties, never bending under the
pressure of adversely, bounding with bonn
bastic exultaton at success. On all fit occasions
he has frankly, boldly and honestly avowed his
political principles and firmly adhered to
them. At the most perlous moment in the his
tory of the Republic when bands of assassns
were laying in ambush at Baltimore to take his
life when traitors swarmed every street and
avenue of the Capital and Buchanan, the i'm
beetle, had announced that the Government had
no power under the Constitution to prevent its
dissolution when the great Democratic party
was CRYING out 70 no coercion - when he was
made the target for the whole artillery of Demo-
cratic libes, and was criticised and accused of
all that falsehood or malice could invent or the
credulity of powerless party could swallow
when thousands had despaired of the Republic
and were willing to yield it up to the demands
of traitors, he stood forth like wall of adAmant,
resisted the impulse, chung to the Union, and
nailed its coors to the mast of the Constitution.
No living man bears higher character for
honesty and integrity. His bitterest political
enemies have never dared to insinuate nught
against Abraham Lincoln honesty of heart and
purity of purpose. If he at all it is always
on the side of mercy.
His late Proclamation, offering forgiveness and
pardon to the great mass of deluded rebels, and
to restore them to their property and homes on
the condition that they lay down their arms and
resume their allegiance to the Government
shows the transcendent wisdom of his statesman,
ship, goodness of heart and magnanimitv of
soul The people must soon decide whether tho
will continue him in the high and irving nost;o
another term, or whether they will select some
other. Many would undoubtedly prefer Butler
for next President on account of the admirable
qualities he possesses of meeting and settling
difficult questions that necessarily grow out ofso
wicked rebellion, and the fearless manner with
which he deals with crimes and criminals In
the final winding up of the rebellion Mr. Lin
coins humanity would likely prompt him to for
give even the chief conspirators and leaders of
the Observation-Disclosures to hang them