The weekly union record., 1864-10-15

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do when I demonstrate more than when
rsas0a or pToss2 How does Demonstration
differ from aay other proof. | consulted
We6s;eTis Dictionary, That told ne Of Ger
taia proof, proof bevoad the possi5illtT a
doubt bat | could form 70 idea what sort Of
proof that was. | thought a great many
things were proved beyond $ possibility Q;
doubt, 9.lh0ut recourse TO any such exiraogdi-
nary process Of reasoning as | understood
1emoDS,rali0a' 10 be. | c9uScl,ei all the dc.
+ touaries and books Of reference ! could find,
but with 10 better resGlts. 1oG might as wei
have defined b',e 20 blind man. At last l
said. Lincoln. Won eau uever make lawyer i
YOU Do not understand what demonstrate means;
and | LEFT nv situation in Springfield. wen,
home to my fathers house. and sIaid there till
| coald give any proposition in the SIX books
Of Euclid a; sight. l then found cut what
I demonstrate means, ana went back 20 NY law
studies"
l could not refrain fToIn saying, In NY admi-
ration al such development Of character and
genius combined, Mr.. Lincoln. your success Is
no longer marvel II IS the legitimate result
OF adequate causes. \ Gu deserve it all, ard
great deal more. II you viii permit me,
would like to use thS fact publicly. II will be
most valuable in iuciting cur young men 10
that patieut classical aud mathematical culture
which most minds absolutely require. No man
can talk well unless he is able first Of al 10
define to himself what be is talking about,
Eaclid, well studied, would free the world of
half its caamities. by baniShiHg halt the nos
sense which now deludes and curses it. / have
often thought that EGclid would be one ot the
best books 10 put on the catalogue Of the Tract
7 Society, if they could only get people to read
H. II would be a means Of grace"
Il thiuk so, said he, laughing i vote for
Euclid7
Just thea a gentleman entered the car who
was well known as q very ardeut friend Of
Douglas Beng a little curious to see how
Mir Lincoln would meet him. | introduced
him after this fashion: Mr.. Lincoln, allow NE
to introduce Mir. l., a very particular
friend OF your particular friend, Mr. Douglas"
He at once took his hand in a most cordial
manner. saying, ! have DO doubt you think
you are right, sir" This hearty tribute to the
honesty OF political opponent. with the man
nar OF dong it, struck me as beautiful exhbi
tion Of d large-bearted charity 0f which we see
far too little in this debating. fermenting world
As We neared the end of our journey Mr..
Lincoln Turned to me very pleasantly, aud
said Il want to thank You for this conversation.
| have enjoyed it very much replied, re
ierring to some Stalwart denunciatiOhs he had
ilst been utteriag Of the demorazing influences
of Washington upon Northern politicians in
respect to the slavery question, Mr.. Lincoln,
may | say one thing 10 you before We separate:
Certainly any thing you please "1ou have
Just spoken of the tendency of political lie iu
Washington to debase the moral convictions
of our representatives there by the admiyture
of considerations Of mere political eXpediency
You have become, by the controversy with Mr..
Douglas one of our leaders in this great strug
( Gle with slavery, which is undoubtedly the
struggle of the nation and the age. What
would like to say is this, and say il with a
full heart: Be true 10 your principles and lcs
lcU be true 10 you, and God lrtH be true 10 Us
all ~ His homely face lighted up instantly
with q beaming expression, and, taking my
band warmly in both Of his, he said, Il say
4meR to that-ANEN to that. p
There is deep excavation 10 the rock shown
to visitors, among the White Mountains, into
which one of the purest of the mountain
streams pours itself known as The Pool" As
you stand by lis side at an ordinary time, you
look down upon mass Of impenetrable green,
living Ike a rich emerald in setting Of granite.
upon the bosom of the mountain. But occa-
sionally the MONDAY sun darts through it 4
vertical ray which penetrates to its very bot
tom, and shows every confguration of the
varied interior | felt at that moment that a
ray had darted down to the bottom Of Abraham
Lincolns heart and that could see the whole
1t seemed 10 me as beautiful as that emerald
pool, and as pure. have never forgotten that
glimpse. When that strange revocation came
of the most rational and reasonable proclama-
tion Of Fremout-"rhe slaves of rebels shall be
set tEee"-l remembered that hearty linen, -
and stuffed my rising apprehensions. | remem-
beTed it in these dark days when Mcclellan,
! Nero like was fddling on James river, and
Pope was being routed before Washington,
and the report came that prominent cabinet
minister had boasted that lie bad succeeded in
preventing the issue of the Emancipation Pro
| clamation said. Abraham Lincoln will prove
true yet" Aad he has! God bless him he
has. SLOW, if you please but true. Unimpas
stoned. il YOU please, but true. J0cose, tritiing
/ if YOU please, but true Reluctant to part
with unworthy official advisers, but true himself
true as steel : | could wish him less a man
of facts, and more q man Of ideas. | could
wish him more stern and more vigorous. Every
man has his faults Bat STILL | say dnlen to
4f5raham Lincoln! My countrymen can we
do better, any of US. and all of Us, than to say
-4n7en to Abrahom Liuf0ln, till the Lakes shall
echo it 10 the Gulf and the eastern to the
! western sea p NORWICH, CoSXEcTIcuT.
I FAcrs AND FIGUREs.-The largest aqaednct
in the world is the Cro'on Aqueduct, in New
/ York. Il is 401s miles long. and cost twelve
and half millions of dollars.
/ TIE largest valley in the world Is the valley
OF the Mississippi. Il contains 800 000 square
mills aid Is one Of the rnnst fertile rerinns