Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-04-27

publican caucus Of 1860 substituted for Mr..
Seward as their nominee for the Presidents
chair. No doubt he has in many ways had q
lighter task than Washington, for he had not,
at least, to produce government out Of cha;
os, but only to express and execute the ptrpo-
ses of people far more highly organized for
political life than that which Washington had
to deal. But without the advantages Of Wash
ingtons educational training, Mr.. Lincoln was
called from an humble station, at the opening
of mighty civil wal, TO- form q government
out Of party in which the habits and tradi-
tons of official life did not exist Finding
himself the object Of Southern abuse so fierce
and so foul that in any man less passionless it
would long ago have stirred up an implacable
anim6sity: Knocked at forhis official awkward
ness, and denounced for bis, steadfast policy,
ibyspalla the Democratic section Of the loyal
States, tried by years of failure before that
policy achieved q single great success, further
tried byta series of successes 80 rapid and
brilliant that they would have puffed up q
smaller mind and overset its balance; embar
rassed by the boastfulness of his people and of
his subordinates no less than by his own mex
perience in his relations with foreign States,
beset by fanatics ofprinciple, on one side; who
would pay no attention to his obligations as
constitutional ruler; and by fanatics of caste
on the other, who were not only deaf to the
claims of Justice, but would hear Of no policy
large enough for a revolutionary emergency,
Mr.. Lincoln has persevered through all with
out ever giving way to anger, Or dependency,
or exultation, or popular arrogance, or secta-
rian fanaticism, or caste.prejudice, visibly
growing in force of character, in selfposses-
sion, and in magnanmity, till in his last short
message to Congress, on the 4th of March, we
can detect no longer the rude and illiterate
mold of village-lawyer's thought; but find it
replaced by graspof principle, diguity Of
manner, and a solemnig Of purpose which
would have been lnworty neither of Hampden
nor of Cromwell, while his gentletiess and
generosity of feeling toward his foes are al
most greater than we should expect from eli
ther of them .a ~ .m..s.1-.
Again the writer analyses Mr.. Lihcoln's true
Repubicanism--his Difference to the people
in contrast with tile Cesarism of Napoleon, in
these terms: .... .s,.,"
''Mr. Lincoln presents more powerfully than
any man that quality in the American mind
which, though in weak men it becomes boast
fulness, is not really this in root, but strange,
an almost humilated trust in the structural
power of that political nature which, without
any statesman's cooperation, is slowly build
ing up a free nation or free nations on that
great continent, with an advance as steady as
that of the rivers or the tides 1t is the phase
of political thought most opposite to-, though
it is sometimes compared with, the CesarisT
that is growing upon the European side of the
Atlantic The Emperor of the French thinks
the Imperial organ of the nation almost great
of it 1t is men like Mr. Lincoln, who really
believe devoutly, indeed too passively, in the
logic of events, but then they think the log
ic of events the word of God The Cesar
thinks also Of the logic of events, bpt he re-
CARDS himself not as its servant, but its proph-
ct He makes events when the agic would
not appear complete without his aid, points the
slow logic of the Almighty with epigram, fits
the unrolling history with snowy, hetorical de-
movements, cuts the knot of raveed providen-
ces, and stills the birth-throes Of revolution
with the chloroform of despotism Mr. Lin
coin is much stupider and slower sort Of POL.
itician, but we doubt if any politician has ev-
er shown less personal ambition, and larger
power of trust" - ..-r
In these well-consdered paragraphs, we see
the favorable impression that our President
had made abroad, and the marks of the great
growth Of his reputation, n
Abraham Lincoln likehis great political ri
val and sincere personal friend, Stephen A.
Douglas, died at the mehnent when he had
gained the confidence of all goud citisens---of
all who were for the maintenance Of the laws
and was just developing his highest capaci-
ties for usefulness and in his case, as in that
of Douglas, the bitterest of his political oppo-
nents hasten with the foremost of his friends
to do him honor; and the animosities of the
past are almost (would they were altogether, J
forgotten, in the general sorrow OF the pres
ent Concerning the work he was doing when
the bullet ofthe murderer sent him to his rest,
and particularly regarding his last public ut
terance-his speech on the policy of recon
sruction--we repeat few sentences of an
editorial article prepared for Saturdays Com
mercal, which appeared III but part of the
edition of that day. They express our opin-
ion as well as We are able to give them in few
words, and seem the more emphatic, as they
were written and put in type on the day Of the
assassination, and before the hideous deed was
done:
"The speech of the President was dispas-
sionate utterance, and shows that he is sober
man, fully comprehending the responsibilities
that pertain to his position The accusation
against him is that he did not make sensa-
sation speech-did not draw tremendous ap-
plause very frequently Let us be thankful
for that. Fortunately, the vehemence with
which speech is applauded can not be taken
as a true index of its merits. The highest
wisdom is not associated with the greatest
noise, In these times Of excessive excitement
lit is not the safe counselor, who wins the
quickest and loudest tokens of appreciation
"People, who want the President to make
Aashy speeches, forget that, owing to the Pc
culiar condition of our country, and particu-
larly its wonderful development Of military
and naval power, the words Of the Chief Mag
istrate have weight in the worlds affairs as
great as those Of the Emperor Of France
"The speech of the President, full of his
homely phrases as it is, is pervaded by q
thoughtfullness, intent upon Vie public good
wholesome kindness Of spirit, and a grave
sense Of care for the discharge Of the solemn
duties that pt SIS upon him that we arsNyery
glad to see There is real statesmanship in It
that is, the application of common sense to
public affairs There is on absence Of indi-
vidual obtrusivsness, and Of adventurous spec
ulation, that will win fot him, at once, the
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