Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-02
Mr.. Llnc0lH's Sagaclty !, ComplI-
mfufPn

Il has bees Mr. Lineolns remark.
ably good fortune 70 exiort froa his
most bitter oppsneuts The highest com
pEssasnts With reference to the wisdom
OF measures which, at The time he iuan.
gurated them, were bitterly denounced
and opposed. Never had We Presi-
dent The wisdom Of whose acts was 90
wonderfully Justified By time Conscious
Of bis own integrity and desire to do The
best possible thing for the salvation Of
tie Republie, Mr.. Lineoln conesives his
plans and then carries them opt regard
less o. popslar elamor, and aodisusysd
By the estraagemens Of political friends
or the hostility of political enemies And
ia no single great act Of his Administra-
,ion-if We except the retention Of No
Clellan At the head OF the armies Of shs
United States after be had demonstrated
his incapaeisy TO handle them success
fallY---hax be failed IN the end to con-
vince his mos, violent opponents that
be vas acting wisely. and, with sound
Judgment and pradepes,
The Emancipation Proclamation, a
the timeil was issued, was, perhaps, more
yipdic,ivsly opposed than any single act
Of any one of our Presidents. Many oI
Mr. LiBcoln's warmest friends thought
i injsdicioas. while bis snemiss de
pQaneed il iu upspariug terms SsrenG
efforts were made to slisaats the affee
tons Of the armies on account OF it, and
iadues them TO break up by aesertiOr
and resignation. The Democratic part
organized, denounced the war as an ab
olition crusade, snd did al il could Il
! destroy vy-the-viFsct Mr--hincosn dedgne'
/ The ProelAmation TO have Bot The at
tempt was . failure. Time that srea
\ dpps4er sf-4ssnts and ssArcher into th'
xisdom of ths acts Of the children Q
men, has stamped its approval upon th
justice and sagAcity of tie act Eve
the Chicago Convention did pot dare :
\ laFe ssde With tie hePrscshktio thong
there was not q member Of the ConvsE
tioa bot what bad, at some time or othel
denounced it viciously And now y
have another witness 20 lis proPriesy an
! good policy. Mr.. Alex. Stevens, the .
called Vice President of the Souther
Confsdsrscy, in a recent letter, speal
Of the. aatesmauship embodied in d
Presidents Emancipation Proelanstio
IN the following csnpEmsassFy terms:
LincoIB had either to scitaess oar r
csgRifioH abroad, the moral porer 4
= -ehieh alone he saar- tcould break dor
the vas-, or to make it an sSsaneipGtic
rdr. He chose Tie latter dIterBatir
Gad the more readily, because IL ehiass
an 80 aecordaHfly wSfh the fksltngs an
rfsscs Of his orH party This IN y
opiHioA, Is the plain English Of The rAo
nl1tter; and Just as sure a. Nc CIeiIo
should renSic the acdr- -lcith- -rieIr 20 y
store tAs EaioH, tks cid Constitution ,rii
s11rery, f-s.. F6std England, Erane
and other European pe.=srs fhrotr a
> the moral p0s.sr and influences Of ths
= recognition on oar sids. / am NOT c<
tain that tAey tcoaId MOI 90 .farth<
? rdThsr than see The Union shHs rss lore
!. II ii SHOULD become nscessarN But
; GroI1Id not becohse nscSss1ry The eta
: causes alluded 10 tcouId completely !.
feet our dslfreraHce rifboHt dRy ma
rial aid frsBs them.
=.-SiRes-4E.-StsPhess-fssis- compel
/ , 10 speak thhs highly Of the Proclau
- ton We presume or eopperhsads in {
North will hereafter hold their pea
. concerning IT sLG