The Portland daily press., 1865-07-06
she is not dead whose glorious mind
Lifts thine on high ;-rl ece ; slqfs =
To-live in hearts we leave behind. S-5 af
Is not to de-

8. From the duties and experiences of the
war, think the virtue, and grace, if l may SO
speak, OF christian liberation have come to- be
better understood and more faithfully practic-
ed than heretofore. 1t can not well be other
wise. For the most part, the different religious
sects have stood shoulder to shoulder and
heart has touched heart, during this struggle :
together they have acted together they have
fought; one in the hospital and on the battle
field; one in generous and patient work at
home; one in devotion to the Union, and
what it represents - freedom, justice, and
righteousness upon earth may we not
believe they will be prepared better to un-
derstand sach other, and put up with each
other, in their efforts to serve that kingdom
whose reign Of peace shall have no end, and
whose dominion shall be a universal domin-
ion? -..sssesft 6.
g.. And shall be disappointed if. the histo-
ry of the rebellion and its antecedent causes,
shall fail to impress upon the country more
clear conviction of the safety and expediency
of free discussion The Southern people must
have realized that to their intolerance of dis
cussion they may attribute the blindness that
lied them into the crime of treason And the
people of the North will have seen how un-
wise were all their attempts to hush or gag
the pulpit into silence upon questions of deep
moral concern, and bearing upon the vital in
terests of society: questions touching the core
of our best life a-qassas Is Guo1ga =
That the South is hencetorward to be open
to free pulpit, free press, and free schools.
and to the active thought and vigorous life
which accompany them, predicts an entire
change in her polity, her aspirations and her
destiny. i; .ss... ,:,st.--, -,,si.s-- &
requisite for, any sketch, not wholly unworthy
of the subject, of the life, character and work
of Abraham Lincoln. That great man, who.
win form, venture to think, the highest, be-
cause the most human, and at the same time.
the most dramatic, figure upon the canvass Of
secular history, cqj 7latltltDl par eaL0qiuna--but
for the intrigues OF slavery and treason, would
have had no opportunity for the development.
of those rare and sterling qualities in the exer-
else OF which he became so strong and clear.
The struggle which produced this unique and
admirable Characteristic most earnest and the
most genial, the most simple and most wise. the
most playful and most pathetic, the most tender
and most strong, the most cautious and most
bold, and above all, the most human, of men,
the completest and fullest type of an American
that has been gathered and preserved in any in
divldual-was no niggard in its benefactions to
the country and the cause OF human nature.
And the value of the gift of Abraham Lincoln
to America and the world, is more Justly appre-
ciated as men realize that his greatness was of
the nature, and his influence Of the sort, that
perish not with the generation which produced
them, but ever increase with the process of the
aces: 9N'
5 'Their echoes ron from soul to soul
fW si And grow forever and forever."t lisi
8. Another fruit of the war is undoubtedlv
q better and more perfect nationality the
h1eresy OF State sovereignty has been banished
nom our councils, and the sovereignty of the ma
ton has been established beyond future dues-