Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-08
L. :. GRANT, Lieut.. Gen.
new cork, Sunday, March ,.
Inaugural Address af President Lincoln,

Fellow ountrymen
At this second appearing to take the
,th of the Presidential Office IN re Is less
occasion for an extern lei address than
there was AZ first Then statement, some
what in detail, Of a course To he pursued,
s"Nmcl very ittin. AMI proper. Now, st
the expiration Of four years. during which
public declarations have been constantly
call~.l forth on every point and phase of
tee great contest which still absorbs the
attention AMI encrOsses the cnnrrics of
the nafion. little that Is new could he pre-
~eTtod The progress OF orr arms, Upon
which all else chiefly depends l. ~ wei
known ~ the public a t. myself and il j.,
| trust. las nahlv cncoura @ing to al
With HIGH hope for the future. no pre-
dirtinn in rerar,l 10 it is 'entured. On the
occasion corresponding ~ this, four years
aro. NJ thnughts were unNiousiv directed
- an impending civil war All dreaded it,
,ll snught 70 avoid it, While the Tuaueu
rnl Adirp~s was hcirTr delivered from this
ulaca. devoted altogether To saving the Tn
ion without war in-ur.ert agents were IN
tic city seeking ~ tic-'r0v II. wIth"H' war
-Srrkin. ~ dissolve the Union and divide
the effects hv negotiation.
Po-h PARTIES dcprecared war. but one of
them would make war rather than let til"
nation survive. AMI the ofhcr won)d accept
war rather than let it perish. and the war
camc. On" eighth Of tho whole population
were colored slaves. no: distributed genor
ally over the Union. hat localized in tn
Southern part of IT, These n, - con<-i-
tured y peculiar and powerful interest =
Nj knew that somehow This interest was
the cause If the war 70 strengthen per-
I ~. II.
object for which the insurgents would
rcnd the MON ~ war While the Governs
mcnt elaimed no ri.ht 10 10 more than to
restrict the territorial enlargement Of il
N"irhe~ party "1nncrr for tho war the
magnitude. or rIr duration which l. has
already attained Neither antiriuated tina.
that the cause Of tho conf ct mi Int cease
h"sor" tn" conflict Itself should cnasn =
Each lpnk"i f,~ an pt~i,r triumpG aul
rH~u't loss tUndamnrtal and a~touniin"-
Both rad the same B.hla AMI Drtv 10 the
sam" Col. and each invoke His ass Stanr"
a.1InSt the 9th r.. II NAV seem stran-e
that any man should drrn ~ ask u inst
God = i II winning their bread from the
swat Of other mems faces
iut ct X iulze nor. that We hn not
Judged. The PRAYER oF both shouli not
lie anSwcre,i-that Of neither has been an
swcred IN L., The Almighty has his own
PURPOSES. No" unto tho world because
Of niienseS. Cor il must needs tie that off,n>
~rS como. hut we" untn that man lay whom
tn ofersc comprh" If We shall surnnse
that American slavery i one nf tho IF n
Ses that IN the proviianre Of Col mus
needs cnmr. but which havin.r continued
through Ills appointed time. He low 50
Wills n rnm0vc that he gives n both the
North and Sonth this terrible war ~ thn
woe due ~ those hv whom the olfensr
came. >bal we disc rrn that there i any
dr.'aTrure fran those Divine attributes
ascrIhe 70 Him. Fonf,y- do We hone. fer
emily Il" we prav.that this ishrv seOurge
ct war may spec lily r1ss away . vet if
''"d WIS that il con5inue unit n tho
wealth prlnd hv the bonimau's two hum
dret md fifty years Of unreauitad TOT
shall lie sunk. AMI until g erv drn;, of
Hood drawn with tho lash shall he nail
hy another drawn with the sword. IA was
said three thousand wears ago. so still it
must he said that the judgments Of the
Lord are true and righteous alsorather
ifh malice toward none with charity
for all, with firmneeS N the right rs God
81 eS us n see the right let US strive on IN
finish the work we are in In hini m the
nation wounds. ard care for him who
shall ha q horne the bartle and for his
widow and his orphanS-to do Nil which
NAV achieve AMI cherish n inst and lasting
peace among ourselves and with all ma
tIO0s