Washington telegraph., 1865-03-22
Lincoln'st inaugural.
AsHrSGToy, Marck


WASHINGTON, March IL, 1856
Fsltop CoEr!ryre#
At this second appearance to take tie
oath cf Presidential Office there j. less
occasion for an extended address than at
first. Then statement some hat in de-
tail Of the course to b. pursued seemed ft-
ing and proper. Now. at the expiration
Of four years. during which public De-
clar atoms were called forth on every
point and phase Of the contest. which
still absorbs the attention of the nation.
there il little that could be presented
The progress Of our arms, upon which
all else chiefly depends. is az well known
to the public a. myself, and is. / trust.
satisfactory and encouraging tn-alll. WI
high hops. for the fut--rTI venture uo
prediction in rer-.u to iton this occasion
-Four years ago all thoughts were
anxiouBly directed to civil war. All
dreaded tall sought to avoid II.
While the Inaugural Address. dsIi-
cred at this place, was devoted altogether
to saving the Union without war. insur-
gent agents were In the city seeking ID
destroy i with war--seeking 10 dissolve
the Union and divide the effects by ne
sotiation. Both parties deprecated war;
but one Of then would make war rath.r
lhan let the nation survive. aud ths ether
would accept wRr rather than let ii par
ish, SO war came Full one-eighth of tbs
population was colored slaves, No. distri
buted all over The Union, but localized
In the southern part of it. The slaves
constituted peculiar aud wonderful in
tsTest. All know this intsrest was soma
how the cause Of the war. 10 strengthen
and Perpetnste, and extend this interest.
was the object for which the insurgents
would sever the Union by war, while tbs
Government claimed no right TO d more
than to restrict the territorial enlarge
nsnt Of is. Neither party expected ter
war the magnitude or duration which il
has already sttained-neithsr anticipated
that the cause Of conflict might esas.
with, or soon before the confic. Itself
should cease.
Lach looked for an easier triumph
and results less fundamental a.ll nstound-
ing Both read the sane Bible AMI pray
10 the sans God, and invoke LIS Md
against the other. i. may seem strange
that any men dare 70 invoke a Just God's
assistance in wringinG their bread
from the sweat Of other mems faces, but
LET u not judge, that We be not iRlgc1
The prayers Of both should not he an
5wered- That Of neither has beafl sn-
ewered fully. The Almighty has his
own purposes Woe unto the world he
cause Of offenses. for ii must needs To
that ctfenses come. but woe unfo tho
man by whom the ofense come.ll III
We shall suppose that American slavery
j. the cause, in the Providence Of God,
it must needs come, but which having
continued through bis appointed tilns.
he now wills to move that be gees ID
both north and south. Ills terrible
war l. the woe due to those by whom
the offence came, still We discern thsrs
j. no departure from those divine ettri-
butes which the believers in tbs living
God always ascribe to him.
Finally. do We hope, ferftntly do w~
pray that this mighty scsurge Of war NAV
aqeedily pass away IL God wills that
it continue until all the wealth filed hy
the bondsmen' ESQ years of unreouitsd
toll shall Be sunk, and until ererr drop II
blood drawn with the lash shal! ~ raid
by another drawn with the sword, a. was
said 1000 years ago. So still IL must b.
said that the instruments Of the Lord arn
true and righteous altogether. With
malice to none. with charity for all, with
hrmnsss in ths right, NJ God gives H. W
Gee the right, let us strive onto finish H..
work We are I'm, to hind up the nations
wounds, ami caro- for him who shall h1=4
borne the battle. and for BIS widows a:-l
orphans. TO do all which may achisv.
and cherish. just and lasting peacs
AMONG ourselves. xnd with all nations.
lan A. LINCOLN.
There has not been more rfdiculeuI
Or blasphemons thing than Lincolaa
speech since Cromwell's time; when ia.
Puritans whin-d scripture through their
noses. and perpetrated the most bloody
murders While Lincoln turns tho ia
auguration assembly into Rocnd-L=E-,
Ccnventicle. his soldiers are burning ih..
feet, lsgs and arms Ct women in- Arkau-
tsss. to e1tort from them their tryaslsrI
They srs the same Ola people with To-
witch burners. hateful % God anl lnaE.