The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-02-17
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NOTES.
We suboin, Notes the foregoing article, what
follows from published letters of Mr.. Lincoln, and
which forcibly illustrate parts of remarks. We
regret that have not been able find the Speech
made by Mr.. LINCOLN in reply to Mayor Wood, of
New York to which, the reader will observe,
have made emphatic reference The circumstances of
that case were, that Mr.. Lincoln his way be in
auguraed being the public guest of the Mayor was ha
rangued by him in the City Hall, formidable STYLE
about the great interests of the country represented
in the prosperity and business of the city Of New York
He pompously and authortatively lin substance)
threatened by Wood, these interests should be
disturbed and ruined by civil commoton. MIR. LIScoLS
in reply modestly observed in substance that when
ship in danger the first duty of the officer in charge
to the ship, her and passengers If Sia
e.e the carjo could be saved all the better but if the
throwing overheard of the cargo deemed expeent
in such exigency, then that the sacrifice must
hesatngy be made for the security of the ship aud of
the souls board For" said he, 1.-THE ship and tho
and being equal peril these lost
they cannot be restored but there would be insur
mountable obstacle in the way of importing expor
ting another cargop'
Mr. Liacolas Address his Nsighbors Springfield,
o" learing has home for has Inauguration:
"MY FRIESps:-No one, not in my position ap-
preciate the SADNESS At tHiS 40 'his
people owe all that Here have lived more
than quarter of a century. Here my children were
born, and here of them lies buried.
know not when l shall you again! duty de-
wolves upon me perhaps greater than that which has
de~olved upon any other since the days Of W ash
ington.
| He never would have succeeded except for the aid
Of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied.
feel that cannot succeed without the Divine aid
|
l place my reliance for support: and hope you, ny
friends, will all pray that receive that Divine
sistance, without which cannot succeed, but with
! which success is certain.
Again bid you all affecsionate farewell!'
Extract from M. Lncolns letter Horcee Greiy, August
! ~, 1862.
As TO the policy "seem to be purs uing as you saw
I have not meant to leave any one in doubt l would
save the Union. Iwould it in the shortest way
under the Constitution.
The sooner the national authority can be restored the
nearer the Union will be-the Union /" it was.
If there be those who would no; the Union un-
less they could at the time slavery, do not
/ If there be those who would not the Union
less they could at the time destroy slavery, do
not agree with them
Ny paramount object is to save the Cnion and not
either TO destroy slavery.
If could the Union without freeing any slave,
would do fI could save it by freeing all the slaves,
/ | would do it-and if could do it by freeing
and leaving others alone, would also do that.
What do about slavery and the colored race, do
because believe it helps to this Uuon, and what
forbear forbear because do believe it would
/ help to save the Union.
! shall do less whenever shall believe what am
doing hurts the cause, and shall do whenever
believe doing more will help the cause.
shall try when sho,ca to be errors
and shall adopt views SO fast as they shall appear
to be riees
views of official duty, and | intend mobilization
Of personal @is that all men every
where could be free. Yours, A. LINCOLN.
Ertruct. from Mr.. Lincotn. letter to The Spraed o"a
Syracuse Conrentions, August g. 1868.
| "But the Proclamation, Law, is either valid
or is not valid. If il is not valid it needs no re-
traction. If it is valid il cannot be retracted, any
than the dead can be brought 10 life Some of
profess that its retracuon would operate favorably
for the Union Why better after the retraction than
heto-e the iss.ef There than year and a
half Of trial to suppress the Rebellion before the Proc
lamatiou issued, the last hundred days of
| which passed under an explicit notice that it was
coming, unless averd BY those in revolt returning TO
! their allegiance. The War has certainly progressed
fayoraby for US since the issue Of the Proclamation
There are those who are dissatisfied with me- To
such l would say: You desire peace, and you blame
me that do have it. But how we attain it?
press the Rebellion by force of arms This am try
ing to do. you for i,7 you are, so far we are
up the Union 1 am aeains. this Are YOU for it?e If
| you are, You should say so plainly. If you not
for force, for dissolution, there only remains
! some maginable compromise
do not believe that any compromise embracing the
/ maintenance of the Union Is possible To
/ Illustrate: suppose refugees from the South and
peace men OF the North get together In convention
and fr~roe and proclaim compromise embracing
promise be used 10 keep Lees army out Of Pennsyl-
| vania? Aeade's army can keep Lees army Of
Pennsylvania, and, think, ultimately drive it
of existence. But no paper compromise to which the
controllers of Lees army not agreed all AZ
feet that army. In an sdort IT such compromises
| would waste time, which the enemy would improve 70
our disadvantage, and that would be all"
"You say that you viii not fight 10 free neeroes.-
I Some of them seem willing TO fight for you but
Fight then exclusively, the Union
issued the Procan anAtion purpose 20 aid you
all resistance TO the Union, shall urge you TO con-
tinue fighting will be apt time then for de-
clare viii fight free negroes. Thought that
in your struggle for the Onion whatever the
it weakened the enems IN his resistance you. Do
! you think dIterentyr" ?"
Ertrae.. fro~ Mr.. Liaeo.'s Lessr (Jrs-, l3, 1881
Erass~. 0r.i.3 AID oae-,, Of A5a.y, N<e York
Referring 70 the proceedings OF the meeting Of ths
yaIlandixhAn Synpsthi1ers, whose organ Mr.. Cosx-
| ING Was, Mr.. LIScoLs says:
"They proceed resolve that these safeguards Of
tie citzen against the pretensons Of arbitrary power
were intended more opeesauy for his protection in
times Of civil comusotsan Ard apparently 20 demon
tins proposition the resolutions proceed They
were secured substantially 70 the English Psops er
years Of protraeted civil war, and AdOpssd into
cur Constitution 1t the do~ Of the Revoiutson- =
Would the denoonssrafnn hare been hetss Il coud
have been truly sad that these ssfeguArds haA besn
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