The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-10-21

better and more divine life-these are the ideas
which fill bis soul to Overlooking. There Are
times, 1t is true, when, weary and oyerburden.
ed, his soul finds temporary rest and refresh
ment IN sparkling humor or playful anecdote
WINE 70 the captious, hypercritical or casual
observer tnls might seem to be light, trifing
ana unolgnlhed, how much better thus than
70 seek reireshment in the wine-cup and strong
drink, IN which he never INDUCES. But how
little do they know of the deep undertones OF
all the silver chords of his interior life the
er present and ever pressing thought to dis
charge that great duty. It is with him by day
and by night-morning, noon and night-the
last ere he sleeps-the first when he wakes;
and If it be not sacrilege, draw aside the veil
of his most private hours, when sleep refuses
to descend upon that aching head and almost
fainting heart go, In the still watches OF the
] night to the Executive Chamber, when that
soul, bending alone in the presence OF the Al
mighty, implores that Divine assistance, with
out which he cannot succeed, but with which
success is certain. When he sweats, as 1t were,
great drops of agony, what Is the burden OF
his prayer? when will this duty be discharg
ed? When will that great work be finished?
o thou, without whose notice not sparrow
falls, save this nation and spare this people:
preserve the Union of these States and the lib.
critics of all men; grant, o grant us that de-
cisive victory which shall put an end TO this
unholy rebellion and restore peace--peace bas-
ed upon Thine eternal justice; peace consist
emit with national authority and national life.
and peace which shall forever secure consti
tutlonal, republican liberty and the rights of
all men. May God, the Almighty, grant such
a peace; that 1t may come soon, and come to
stay" @a h1a'unsG a adaf 80 -
Fellow citizens, such peace is coming. 1t
Is not distant, if we are only true to ourselves.
The final crushing victory over the rebellion
draws nigh. Its hope of defeat of the I'M
ion armies in the field, and its still greater
hope Of dividing the North, and overthrowing
the Union party and the Administration &C
the polls in November are vanishing togeth-
er. lGreat cheering. Smith and Farragut
at Mobile, Sherman at Atlanta, Sheridan in
the Valley OF the Shenandoah, and Grant be-
fore Richmond, are fast crushing out its mil
ltary power; while the loyal masses of the y
people OF the Union are gathering hand In
hand around the political standard Of the I'm
lon, and preparing to demonstrate, by tremen-
dous maIorities, that, in spite of the Chicago
Convention, its platform and candidates, that
there is no divided North. Here Mr.. ID. was
interrupted by great cheers. .4m
Fellow-citizens, much has cen done al |
ready. Our flag now waves and our national
authority is re esta blished over two-thirds of |
the jurisdiction seized by the rebellion. When /
such is orr situation; when so much has been |
doneI when the finishing stroke is Just about |
to be given. 10! what do we hear The Chi /
cago Convention cries aloud to the President, /
to the armies and to the people, vheld, stop, !
cease hostilitles, tby the way, that of itself
raises the blockade, and would compel us to
withdraw our forces). "The war;" they say,
lis failure How we sympathize with our
soldiers set aside Mr.. Linc9ln and make Nc.
Clellan Hrcsidept,a
Gentlemen Of the Chicago Convention, /
"a" you no. The people, by msjorities of
hundreds OF thousands, will say no. Our
soldiers and sailors, victorious on sea and I
land, will almost unanimously say no. All the
considerations which make this Government, |
under the Constitution, worth living for or |
dying for, all the memories of the past, the In
terests of the present, and the hopes of the !
future, say no. And we're it possible for us to ]
draw aside the veil which hangs between the I
living and the dead and hold communion with I
the spirits Of that mighty host--our sons and |
brothers and fathers who have laid down
their lives on hundred battle-felds, sacri- |
fee to save this Union and defend the Copsti- |
tuition, one question by them ought to over /
whelm the Chicago Convention with shame |
unutterable. sHaVe we then died In vain ?-.I
viii you now abandon the flag for which we I
gave up our lives P"
Even Mcclellan, their. candidate for the
Presidency, is ashamed Of these resolutions
of the Chicago platform. He could not look
his comrades In the face and stand upon such
a platform. Evidently, the Chicago Conven-
ton had not heard from Atlanta He had
Laughter and cheers
The people of Illinois In vast multitudes are
now gathering at Springfeld-the home Of
Abraham Lincoln. And for what? To send |
him words of encouragement and good cheer,
to declare that he must aud shall be re-elect-
ed PRECEDENT OF the United States, in order
that he may finish the great work assigned
him, to ask Gods blessing to sustain and
strengthen him, and to pledge themselves to
stand by him in this great struggle, 10 the end,
and until Abraham Lincoln is not only Presi-
dent elect of the United States, but acknow-
edged and respected as the President of all
the States. united and free. [Great and pro-
longed cheering.] isa