Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-10

4 90 Old Abe on the 4th insts
20 Lord in accordance with my Eve hun
dred and tenth proclamation for day OF
| prayer and fasting T. Abraham Lincoln do
| for once humble myself and this day confess
my great sins aad nnumerabic iniquities
o Lprdl Thou knowest that have always
/ been an Infamous hyp0crite; that | pretend
10 be honest, hut ! now cOuiess unto Thee, 10
this nation, yea, all the world, aud the rest ot
mankind, ps ThUi very well knowest, it was,
now is, and will be but an outside show, put
on to deceive the people, get into powtr ROB
! the Treasury, fill the pockets OF my friends
and parsisans, that they, becoming suddenly
rich in this corrupt way, might help to sub
yer. the government Of our illustrious fathers,
divide our once peacelnL prosperous and hap
| py nation, and make ine Dictator to be call
ed Abraham the First ] confess, . Lord,
this has been my desire for many years, and
| Thou knowest it is still the supreme wish Of
my worthless, corrupt heart q, my God,
long to be called Abraham the First, the Sec
ond Washington. or some other big name
| that may be popuiar, were il even the very
popular name Of Rail- or UNION Splitter
. lordl 0 lord, my God, confess that
am selfish and have never done one single act
in all my life but what self was the sole
moving cause; hence | was a great lover Of
whi4ky while drunkenness was popular +;
and great God, / confess that Douglas, the
statesman, told the truth in 1855 when be
said that formerly destroyed more whisky
than any of my carousng, drunken aud low,
| vulgar associates, with whom | spent my
time, and to whom told my bar room sto
ries aud smutty anecdotes. Bot, q Lord, an
der my selfish propeusiura, quit the bottle
| when temperance became popular; and u
| Lord, Thou knowest have watched closely
10 soc how the tide would turn, so thatl might
| ride along on the current Hence, q Lord |
went against Clay aud in favor Of Gen. 'lay.
lor in 1913 But, . Lord, ] WAS IN II brown
study from 1852, when the Wing party died,
till number of fnnatics came togc.herin York
State 1854, and formed whnt they called the
| Republican party, which thon knowcsl, q
Lord, was sectional in It's principles, objects
and aims, and, therefore, suited my selfish
tnatves; hence, O Lord, l soon cast my lot
with this new organization, because it would
better promote my interests than anything
else, Tor the reason, o Lord, that the Aboli.
tionsts would help us to steal negroes, resist
the fugitive slave law, and nulliiy the consti.
tutional provisions upon which that law was
based, by State Legislation IN passing Per.
sonal Liberty bil's, and, O Lord. so violate
the constitutional aud legal rights OF the
Southern States and people, as 10 cause
them to secede, which, Thou knOwest, | said
in my speech in Congress, in 1913, they or
any other people had right to do Aud, o,
| Lord Thou knoweSt il was the intention Of
all the Abotionists, under the hypoerilcnl
name Of Republican, 10 discard the counsel
of Washington and jackson, IN their fare.
well addresses, against sectional parties, &c
n | .l, lT,.i.
tons to be designated "the North aad "the
Siuth Hence we nominated Fremont and
Dayton, both from the North, for President
and Vice President. And, o Lord, as Thou
kuowest, we hung ont flags then aud carried
them about, in various sections OF the coun
Try, with but sixteen stars on them, repre-
senting the sixteen Northern or free States
and, rs | confess, D Lord, we intended tC
have nothing more to- do with the Slave State
and so declared by our secession flags, whict
represented none of the Slave Staie4 Anl
Thou knowest o Lord, God that we Aboli
ton Republicans are the first sectional part,
that over pettioned Congress for the diyislor
Of the Union and Thou knowest, O Lord
that we ethe the FIRST party that ever car
ried "a secession flag IN this country. And
o Lord | confess unto Thee that we as a par
ty are the regular descendants Of ihe Torie
of '76. True, We have deceived some of tht
Democrats by calling ourselves Unionists
but the truth IS we wnnt no Union only will
; the niger which our brethren call Misce
I genation and this, o Lord, they say is
, Greek word and as ! am the President, vii
explain 1t unto Thee that is To say, it mean
! " the mixing of the two races, o Lord
And am in for this, as it is believed that /
/ will produce clnss that will be vastly supo
: rior TO any that hus yet been known in th
world q, Lord And as ! was going to say
I o Lord | was on the Fremont electoral ticke
{ in 1856 | am sorry, o Lord, that John don
help me now in my struggle for reelection
! Thou knowest haye been planning, manag
I ing aud working hard for more than two year
: to secure another term in tho White House
! Lord, thou knowest that by soldiers, the bayu
! net aud in many unfair and Illegal ways, in
! terlered IN the electionsin Missouri, Kentucky
| West Virginia. Maryland, Delaware, Connect
1 cut, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. And
= 0 Lord Thou knowest how baselyIl treatel
: Nallandigham in sending him away from hi
home and family, not SO much for what h
: he had dono (or it was his legal right I,
: criticise my corrupt poliey,) but for what h
o vas going still to do ia the same lawful way
Z which ! could not bear, as Thou kuowesl
l And thou kuOwest il there had been lai
: election last October in Ohio and in ,Pennsyl
{ yania, Vallandiglam and Woodwnrd woul,
8 have been elected Governors in those States
! But Thou knowest that 10y the most cprrup
means, me aud Stanton prevented far pIa
and cheated the honest people and elevate
2 our corrupt tools TO power. And coufes
thai this cruel war, brought on by us wlckr,
F. Abolitionsts, might have been closed long ngo
/ the Constitution and the Union preserved
/ near.a million of valuable lives prolonged &
. bless their families, friends and country, I'm
n told millions OF treasure saved 10 the nation
:, Il had not heen 40 selfish as to employ ID,
+ army and the navy, the treasury, the mails