Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-04-06

vote. Douglas secured the Senatorship. m.
Lincoln gained the Presidency. The wonder
full endurance of these men. both Of ir,
constitutions, was strikingly manifest DUR
this contest. But at its close, Douglas comi9
not articulate clearly for some weeks, wbiIa
Lincoln's voice was clearer, stronger. and h.
himself was in better health at the end than
he was at the beginning of the contest
The friends of each of these great leaders
claimed the victory. All must admit rFs-
each met in his antagonist foeman WORTH
OF his steel.
The nomination of Mr.. Lincoln to~tba
Presidency came to him unsought and unso-
licited. The great leaders of national parties
struggled by their powerful friends and or
CARNATIONS for the nomination at Chicago
Mr.. Lincoln remained quietly at his home in
Springfield, pursuing the usual course of his
quiet, simple life, and the Presidency sought
him, he did not go after or seek it. Many
have seen in the manner in which ne was
called to the Executive Mansion the fuger Of
Providence.
LINCOLN LEAVING HONE FOR wAsHISGToS.
| need not recall the dark and threatening
aspect of affairs in the winter of lo6O-6l
long planned, deep-laid conspiracy, about
to break upon the land, with ali the horrors
of civil war. Patriots saw the tornado CON.
ing, saw the traitors plotting and planning
the destruction of the Government, disarnl-
ing, plundering it, binding it, preparing II 10
fall an easy victim into the hands Of traitors
and vet had no means TO resist, because all
its machinery was in the hands of traitors
How impatiently and fearfully they waited
for the 4th Of March all viii remember. The
President elect felt the oppressive weight of
responsibility resting upon him. There IS not
q more simple, touching, and beautiful speech
in the English language than that which he
uttered 10 his ueighbors from the platform Of
the rail-car, on bidding goodbye TO his home
to enter upon the duties of the Presidency:
go For more than twenty-five years l have
lived among you, and during all that time I
have received nothing but kindness at your
hands. Here themost cherished ties OF earth
| were assumed. Here my children were born,
and here one of them lies buried
"To you, my friends, l owe all that have.
all that | am. All the strange checkered past
seems TO crowd now upon my mind. To-day
l leave you. l 60 to assume task more
difficult than that which deyolved upon Gen
Washington. Unless the great God who As
sisted him shall be with and AID me, l cannot
prevail; bat if the same Omniscisnt mind
and the same Almighty arm that directed ana
protected him shall guide and support me,
shall not fail I stall succeed Let Us pray
that the God of our fathers may not forsake
| Us now. To Him | commend you ALL Per
nit me to ask that, with equal sincerity ana
faith, YOU will all invoke His wisdom ana
guidance for me-"
The feeling of the people was impressiyely
exhibited by the notices on the banners
which they extended across the streets
| through which he passed on his way to the
| Capitol We will pray for you was often
| the significant motto.
| REMARKABLE PREDICTION OF DOUGLAS, N JAM
AIRY, 1861.
Here | viii pause a moment to state q mos.
remarkable prediction made by Douglas, in
January, 1861. The statement is furnished
to me by General C. 3. Stewart, Of New
York, gentleman of the highest respect4-
bility:
Douglas was asked by Colonel Stewart, (wlo
was making New Years call on Mr.. Doug
las +" What will be the result of the effort Of
Jefferson Davis and his associates TO divide
i the Union ?" Douglas replied: "The cotton
States are making an effort TO draw III tie
| border States to their schemes of secession.
| and l am too fearful they viii succeed. Il
| they do succeed, then will be the most terri
bic civil war the world has ever seen, lasting
| for years. Virginia will become a charne.
! house; but the end will be the triumph of the
| Union cause One of the first efforts viii be
to take this capital, to give them prestige
| abroad but they viii ever succeed in tax
| ing it. The north viii rise e7s masse TO defend
| it but it viii become a CITY Of hospitals
| the churches will be used for the sick and
| wounded; and even this house and the Mn
| nesota block (now the Douglas Hospital may
| be devoted TO that purpose before the end
| of the war" General Stewart inquired
"What justification is there for all this ? -
Douglas replied: "Yhere is no justification,
nor any pretence of any. If they VIII re-
main in the Union, | viii go as far as the
Constitution W hermit To maintain their inst
rights, and do not doubt but majority of
Congress viii do the same. But" said he,
rising on his feet and extending his arms, 'it
the Southern States attempt to secede from
this Union without further cause l am in
favor of their having just so many slaves and
just so much slave territory, as they can hold
at the point of the bayonet, and no more"