The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-04-28

, sad No, MT Lincoln was nOJ re-
markable man, intellectually, or if re-
markable. not eminently so. Strong
without greatness acute without bril-
liancy, penetrating but not profound,
he was in intellect an average Ameri-
can in the walk of life i'll which the
nation found him. He was loved for
the qualities of heart and character
which have attributed to him, and
not for those powers and that culture
which distinguished the majority of
our eminent men.
In the light of these facts, let us
! look for a moment at what this simple
, hearted, loving, honest, Christian man
, has done Without an extraordinary
intellect, without the training of the
schools, without wide and generous
, culture, without experience. without
| the love of two thirds Of the nation,
, without an army or navy at the be-
, ginning, lie has presided over, and guild
: ed TO successful issue, the most gi-
: gantic national struggle that the his
! tory of the world records. He has
) called to his aid the best men of the
2 time, without jealous thought that
, they might overshadow him; he has
/ managed to control their jealousies of
! each other, and compelled them to
work harmoniousiy; he has sifted out
) from weak and infected material men
worthy to command our armies and
) lead them to victory; he has harmon
lied conflicting claims, interests and
policies and, in four years, has abso-
| lutely annihilated the military power
t of rebellion thirty years in prepare
ton, and having in its armies the
whole military population Of a third Of
| tie republic. and at its back the entire
resources of the men in arms, and the
e producing power of four million slaves.
t Before he died, he saw the rebellion in
S the last throes of dissolution, and
: knew that his great work was accom-
e plished. Could any one Of the great
men who surrounded him have done
: this work as well? Ifyou we're doomed
5 to 80 through it again, would you
= choose for your leader any one of these
0 before Mr.. Lincoln? We had chance
/ to do this, but we did not do it. Mr..
e Lincoln's election to his second term
G of Office, though occurring at a time
y when doubt and distrust brooded over
5 the nation, was carried by overwhelm-
ing maiorities. Heart and head were
= in the market, but v, aisely chose the
j. heart
n The destruction of the military
/, power of the rebellion was Mr. Lin
+ coins special work This he did SC
t thoroughly that no chief magistrate
S viii be called upon for centuries to re-
s peat the process. He found the ma
n ton weak and lettering to destruction
t He left it strong feared and respected
;. by the nations of the world. He found
;, it full of personal enemies he leaves
IS it with such multitudes Of friends that
d no one except at personal peril, dares
I to insult his memory Through this
e long night of peril and of sorrow, o.
d faithlessness and fear, he has led US
d into certain peace-the peace fol
d which we have labored and prayeC
is and bled for these long long years.
l. Another work for which Mr.. Lncolr
s. will be remembered throughout all th'
i coming generations is the practica
/ emancipation of four million African
r, slaves. His proclamation of emanci
ie patton was issued at the right time
le and has produced, is producing, vii
l. produce, the results he sought to &c
al complish by it. 1t weakened tn
lie military power of the rebellion. Be
d sides this, it accomplished that whicl
ve was quite as grateful to his beneyolen
id freedom-loving heart, the abolition o
s. a gigantic wrong the emancipation 0
v all the bondmen in the land. If b
D. had done no more than this, he woul'
!? have secured for himself the flares
n, fame it has ever been the fortune of
Y, good man to win. To be regardet
re and remembered, through all comin
III time, rs the liberator of race, IT
~ have ones name embalmed in tn
ii memory of an enfranchised people
OF and associated with every blessing the
er enjoy and eyerygood they may achiey,
e. is a better fame than the proudest con
n querors can boast. We who are whit
know little of the emotions whic
We thrill the black mans heart to-da,
h. There are no such mourners here O
ly those simple souls among the freed
ld men, who regarded Mr. Lincoln as tn
d. noblest parsonage, next to Jesus Chris