Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-06-14
HYDE PARK, VERMONT WEDNESDAY, JUNE IA, 1865

uucts tne aHalrS OIL the nation, so tnat IN
dustry thrives and life and property are
secure, we accord no mean credit to him.
Such President was Mr.. Monroe such
a queen is Victoria of England.
And when the course of a nation is be-
set with difficulties, when internal discord
and external hostility threaten, we accord
a still higher credit to the ruler whose
wisdom and patriotism conducts the ma
tion safely through the perils that sur
round it. Of England such queen was
Elizabeth of glorious memory. Of Amer
lea such President was Andrew jackson.
But when there comes a struggle for
the national life. when the very existence
of the government is not only threatened
but when it seems as if the threat was sure
Ito be accomplished, to the leader who
brings us in triumph through such dan
gers we accord the highest need of
praise.
When this great country was struggling
for existence in those first times that tried
mems souls, one man led our fathers
through, and under his guidance the toun-
dations of this great nation were planted.
That great and good man the world calls
great,-we call him the Father of his
Country.
We have just passed through another
life struggle 1t seemed that the founda-
tions of the great deep were broken up.
that this, our great nation, must be blot
ted out forever and that all our forefath-
ers fought for. and for which we most
hoped, was to be sacrificed to the blind
fury of ambitious men. Second only to
that first great struggle for birth has been
this great struggle for national existence.
Through all this another great and good
man has led US even as our fathers were
led through the first This, our second
leader, was ABRAHAM LINCOLN
know indeed, that in the bitterness
of the contest, very many men have sought
to belittle and disparage hiH, but it is
equally true that the greatest men the
world has ever seen, have met with the
same detraction and calumny. Our pure
ly greatest and best men are not appreci
ated as such when they are doing theil
best service.
Even Washington during the Revolu
ton, was DETAINED as Lincoln has been il
the course of his administration. 1t wa'
said that he was a weak man.-Aaror
Burr left his staff in disgust; Genera
Charles Lee openly and contemptuously
denounced him; and even the pure mind
ed Alexander Hamilton spoke slightingl,
{ of him.
! Charles XII, Of Sweden was q man o
brilliant genius. a sovereign of infnit
, resources and and splendid talents. aud
general unequalled in his time. Peter o
, Russia was slow plodding man, who wa
f no match in genius for the brilliant Swede
l Had the question been asked in their lives
which of these was the great man, tn
: world without hesitation, would hav
awarded the palm to Charles. And ye
, with all his talents, he was overthrown a
S Pultowa, and his adversary lived to b
g the father of great people. The worl
now renders its verdict in the titles "Pe
G ter the Great" and "Gharles the Mad"
] The great and glorious results of hi
administration. are sufficient vindicatio
Of Mr.. Llncoln's ability and wisdom. H
: had nothing demonstrative about him
, he was not brilliant nor captivating; b
: did nothing for display-nothing for th
/, sake of showing his greatnes; he rathe
: kept steadfastly in the even tenor of hi
s course, mindful only of the great result
: for which he labored, hopeful amid dis
a aster. undismayed by difficulties and III
appalled, by danger; he never despaire
+ of the Republic and never abated his Q
+ forts for it. Acting in this quiet unol
:, trusive way. there was no obstacle he di
o not surmount and no difficulty he did nj
a overcome. This is true greatness.
+ A distinguished writer thus discrimil
Q atcs between true and simulated greatness
d True greatness" says he, sis like Il
d water of some perennial spring which ri
!. es ever and spontaneously because it is
d connection with an exhaustless fountai
~ h;ohar and more capaciOus than itse|