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enhance of Providence thrOughoutit. IN our
r,v.r.e. ,s well Ms our successes, and saw the
forecast that had shaped 1t. Reverently'
nracticaIlv. he ielt himself but an lnstru-
ment in tiot's hand, and knew that whfn
the divine contamination had been attained
the mystic and awful tragedy would be o'e''
Combine, with all tEese elements oil char
acter. a natural mirthiulnesS that vas con,
slant. exuberant. that sparkled with jest anu
story. and kept hls faculties always fresh
remember that these so various traits were
melted together with character utterly SIM
ME. utterly personal, 10 which was nothing
| copied from antique models. and nothing im
/ n,rted from foreign exsmples-which was
/ wholly an American product, born oil the IN,
/ auepces that had moulded his youth, ana
nourished by the woods, the RIVER anu 'he
nraitie as modern as the West, ana as IN
| dIgenous as any OF its oaks remember 'nat I
through the whole atmosphere Oi the tunes
| this character daily radIIted inhuenee' ~
some quaint word OF COMIC story. - thI' u,
felt the identity Of it. and knew, as was Saiu
| of him once, IF he were passtd through al
the hoppers in the universe. ana grouhu ln'o
dust milliYn times, when put tSetuei
! again at the end. he would come out Piain
Abraham Lincoln - and tEen remember that
what the country needed and craVed, 1nou-
sand times more than splendid talents, was
such thorough and permanent goodness IN It's
head, honesty, fidelity, PATIENCE maghaliill-
ity, and an unsusplcious integrity "l Pui-
pO=es-and you have IN part the eApiah"tioh
Of that prodigious hold which ne gaiheu On
the country which be rul-d, ana on inc
world which watched that country Inc
magnetism that held the nation had its seat
D hHF n :
shirt. and that never failed. lie made mis-
takes Men did not defend, did not feel u
yery necet sary to apologize for them. lie
, was not omuiscieut, and his Judgment might
sometimes be in error. But his character
vas what the peoplc wanted too lenient
sometimes. but kindly, tolerant, patient al
wavs without trace Of arrogance or oi
{ pas-ion as little imperious a. the air or the
e suns inc as li-tle likely to he crazet with
ambition as the clouds from which drop the
c showers OF spring 70 dlstil their kindly dews
4 into venom. And character like tins was
p incomparably more to the imperl.led and
. anxiou, PEOPLE than the utmost ability WIN
out /, would have been
y But character alone. even one 80 original
q and :, eminent a. bic, could never explain
r the singular place attained by Mr.. Luc IN
IN the resrect Of the country and the world
- could never wholly account for the worS
j which he accomplished intellectual pow
if or. executive faculty. large capacity ioF
skilfI and l4hJinus administration. are al
?. =, inrlrd in such ma,tcrship - hI- and
/, ,.il. from the-e. amid such times - GUN
81 i've been. be- uu-t have proved simri.
% drift l,, ON Tie current, unable % govern II
.e only ru-nin- with II towards the anyss "
= A. turn. then. o. consider this part OF hi'
j, nature. We shall ind, think, that TemarS
OF able precision and circiulucss OF though
% wcr, combined in him with immense CON
i. mon sense and great practical sag'clty -
n while his executive force was impaired ny
he will Welding in small thincS. but tenacl'r
r. in great and capable If long continued *
qg ertion These were the instruments through
OF which bis patient spirit wrought 10 IT'S -rei
n issues Tcy made thc force, not splendid
he but practical and effective. which tolS iron
bis character ..thc conservation and N
1t rIeam." ard Of which tnat which we hay
h. derived from him is the permanent iruIt.
all Dr.. Sarrs quoted extensively from MI
IL Iinc1ln's utterances. by lip and pen. 10 iaI
80 Their show the peculiar pungency and powt
lr- Of BIZ, thought In attempting 70 exi lar
Of then. the unriyallci personal position attain
ur cd bv Mr. Lincoln, the singular power exc
ciscd hv HIN not only over public affairs, 81
e. over the sentiments and conditions OF u
.th rcoI lc and over the general mind o' manSin.
ad il il of cardinal consequence 20 observe TN
I'd with ihi- careful precision OF Thought B
ate combined n really supreme Common sense
me a practical sl.acIty :, intJltiv, and enlish
toe cncd. that. though II dIi not keep him fro
ret cimmittin. mistakes. 10 kept him from an
fi- n "a error. and justified always that con
al. dcncc in bis plans which al; first II inspire
re- His u.ini had score n well o. sharpness. 1
nj. look j on the right and and on the lett b
o. fore be- -rotc His reason SAW before ~
Ia after and in the clear comprehension ct 7
III, .ults and of the methods nv which . alta
IN them. his Judgment showed itself as discuT
i've and prcscient A. his power ot analy'
itb was trcnchant and fne. 1hi- was really {
H.. centre OF hi, strength-the fruitful source
om his success A. statesman. And when n,
I'M ci tt,d. ~ IL was. with the character We ha
mes sketched, and with tenacious and patti
and will. Il cocs very for toward explaining
ant power and interpreting his work
But Renewing at a glance the whole series
hen bIs policy in these swift, whirlin- and ncr
ted Gus years. and We may say that IN these
and points hi- -agacitv was unrivalled First.
div his carly perception Of the fact that co
ore promise was impossible, and that, with t
nat existing views and temper OF the rebel lea
ath crs and the dI-loyal people, the issues az sta
red between them and the Government had 7
tier 10 be settled hy the stern and fearful areit
n a meut OF tattle Second, in hIs immelH
not determination that the war should CONNER
ven through some unJustiied act Of aggression
ne the rart OF the revolt. and not through q
Oppressive display oi purpuse and power
.hi- a., uart ot the Government Ihird, ne
he ,cutriou- adherence. from first % last. 10
rr,- one great end % BE- assured hy the war
,arr maiut, nance vt the Government IN all
n a. prcr. gativCs. the maintenance % the hcpi
i,al nr 300 it, territorial and legal integrity. u
the 10 she strict subJrdinati0n 10 this Of all Il
box be- dId. Of ali hi- reiusals To take any actil
zen Fourth. 10 the constant Reliability Of
rit mc,aoi--hi, readiness 10 try one thing
,itL another. % see which instrument would
,uu- mort Il, ctiy, tor accomplishing the work
and which there was neither rule 90 guide
that example To instruct him, ami IN his c,nsu
nor recognition OF the fact that the march
cted event, was governing him while he in q
,,r, was influencing 1t, aud that his highest v
snt. dom was % discern what Providence mt;
fer 10 accomplish, and 10 move m the
.pti- Of IL battnlions; And, finally. in the at
anu AAti hAtNhN0' "a ~ 20 ''Ast 'ttiNA
lsti- avoided foreign complications. and postP
sith ins everything else, held the nation 10 Its
any work Of subduing rebellion and making
TIE Government everywhere supreme. Take
\ he these related facts into view. observe h
ugh early they began to appear, and how ions
uts- eni, sieadfast. deliberate. was that admin
idc- tratinn Of public affairs which they represe
had how lrgely this was original with himst
hear how fully, at any rate he accepted 1t. {
con- how persistently be carried it out and ~
we're ", his immense sagacity can need no OF
lent demonstration. IL was bis policy.
,uud symmetry OF it shows the singleness Of
ence brain by which 1t was moulded
men His sgacity was shown almost As much
ruth in his policy iiselt. in the modes and mea
lis in the very forms Of statement and illust
Wis ton, by which he presented it to the pub
is Of He could he eloquent. if he would Rem,
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