The Portland daily press., 1864-10-05
FOB v1oH-pREsIDnNT.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
or TsEwEssBR.
For Electora'
Grant, Sherman, Farragut, Sheridan.

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Grant, Sherman, Farragut, Sheridan. ID
In times ofexcitement and commotion, when
the foundations of society are breaking up, old
institutions toppling down, and a new order of
things is to be established on the ruins OF the
old, men have always arisen from such stormy
erss whose courage mounts with the occasion
and whose intellectual and moral powers are
equal to the emergency. When Providence
has work to be done for the good of our race,
the instruments for such work are always
wisely chosen and properly qualified for the
important task. - sesA
Such men are schooled in the storm and
taught great lessons by the stern realities OF
the times and the powerful logic of events.
They grow with the events that surround
them and readily apd naturally adapt them
selves to the exigencies of the periods in which
they are called upon to act. They are raised
up for special purposes and qualified for spe-
cial emergencies and duties. Being made of
the right metal and having the true ring in
them, they seem to be appointed to ride on the
whirlwind and to direct the storm.
To the careful reader Of the worlds history
these facts appear plain; for he has seen them
in every page on which the historian has re-
corded the revolutions of the ages The his
tory OF our own revolution, when we broke a.
way from the mother country and asserted our
Independence. furnishes abundant evidence OF
these great truths. And through all the past
ages such men have arisen and stand out on
the pages of history as lighthouses on long
line Of sea coast. They were not rendered
thus conspicuous and such enduring names
given them by personal or party friends. They
were not blown up like bladders by fawnng
sycophants and heartless demagogues, but they
were taught in the school of great events and
qualified by great exigencies to act well their
paris and guide revolutions to peaceful and
happy issues. AEA alt418
During the revolutionary periods of the past
ages thousands have arisen upon the surface
OF affairs, and, assisted by their friends and IA
vorites, attempted to control events and ride
into place aud power, but such have signally
failed because they were not made of the right
stuff. The names Of many such, characters
history has brought down to US, and its pages
are silent in relation to vastly greater number
who figured for brief season and then passed
away into oblivion. 1t has been so ia all ages
of the world, and probably will continue so
until the promised Millennium comes to bless
the earth. g safs4o.,s
Another fact history has also taught US. The
master spirits who are to guide the storm do
not always appear in the commencement oft.
Revolutions often throw men upon the surface
whose appearance may dazzle for brief space
like meteor shooting across the heavens and
leaving no trace behind, but 1t shines with no
steadyily increasing light and soon goes out
In darkness. sss.s fr ssg
Our present conflict for the nations life has
been marked all along the line of its progress
with similar exhibitions Terrible as it has
been, and costly as has beent he sacrifices of a
true PATRIOTISM to sustain it; its course has form
ed no exception to the conflicts Of the past ages.
Small men have arisen and fourished for
season, aud then sank to rise no more. The
country nxiously looked for the coming
man" whose courage would mount with the
occasion" and whose genius could shape the |
wArlng elements and work from them results
that might give new impulse to the Spirit OF
Liberty and lead to higher civilization.
Ambitious demagogues and aspirants for
place and power were quick to see the nations |
want and the nations anxiety. Selling the |
advantage which they supposed the military
enthusiasm OF the country might give them. /
they selected their man and united all their
forces to make him hero, aid the "cynosure
Of all eyes," And Oihowthey bespattered him
with the most fulsome praise and bowed him
up like bladder! No mortal man in modern
tines has had such panegyrics showered upon
him, and no warrior or statesman has lived IN
ancient days who would not, according IN these
fulsome buffers, suffer by a comparison with
him. The most learned, the most ingenious
and the most corrupt have exhausted their vo.
cabularies in hunting for terms of praise To
lavish upon him. And what is quite as re.
remarkable, he has cheerfuly stood aud kind
ly received all these fulsome praises, laying
the fattering JUNCTION to his own soul and fond
ly believing he was the great hero and states
man they cracked him up to be! .A@
But heroes and statesmen are not made 10
sucn name, or, If thus made, their career is
snort one. True heroes are born of events,
ana aoe statesmen must have the elements
greatness within themselves. No human DOW
erca supply the deficiencies which nature has
made. Greatness cannot be thrust unon a
man who is too weak to bear it. An such a.
tampts have always failed, and false bero.s
like false gods will cease to worshipped when
their true characters are known to the peonle
This civil war In which we are now engage
ed has produced some true heroes whose
names stand at the head of this article. 9th |
ers might be named who have the ring of the
true metal in them, and if the war should be
prolonged into another year, more will arise
IRON the conflict between liberty and slavery,
Woo WIN DC bright aud shining lights on the
ra nparts OF Freedom and good Government.
The country is now looking to Grant sher-
man, Farragut and Sheridan as the great neace.
makers before whose brightness The "Gunboar
Geperal'''psles his Intellectual fres." To them
we look for substantial peace, established en-
a foundation whose chief corner stone is that
eternal truth, GALL MEN ARE BORN FREE"
That peace, we trust, Is not far distant. May