The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-17
Government will be found equal to
every emergency that may arise.

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every emergency that may arise.
Bad any one, four years ago, under
taken to.ptedict the wonderful events
which have happened during the great
struggle through which we have
passed, his utterance would have been
c;assed with the stories Of the Arabian
Nights ard the tale of the Won
derful Lamp So. while it is not for
US to anticipate what may recur in the
future; we are sustained by an abiding
faith in the Divine Being, and by u
sure confidence that the great princi-
pies of government and freedom,
which have been vindicated by our
success hitherto will be secured and
perpetuated in the midst IF all the vi.
clssltudes through which it may be
our torune yet to pass. L thank you,
gentlemen, again, for your kind ex
pressions of confidence. Certain /
am, shat while the responsibilities
which devolve upon me might have
fallen upon many possessed of far
more ability to meet and fulfil them,
yet no one can approach them with a
mora sincere desire, or more honest
discrimination, to discharge them with
view solely to the welfare Of the
people and the ( &c and prosperity
OF the nation
/ On motion OF one Of the gentlemen,
the report was unanimously adopted.
The Ohio delegation received an
answer, which, together with a speech
IN reply to the delegation Of the
Christian commission, follows below:
RESPECTED SIR: ] might. adopt all
that you have said ON this occasion,
and present it as mlne. I respond
most cordially, and endorse every SEN
timent you have uttered; and l might
thus conclude what I have 10 say in a
mach better manner than Ican other,
wise express 1t, adopting Sanr remarks
as my reply to yourself. y'he$sad ca.
1amity, tae affecting eccutsence'o the
assassination Of the President of the
United States. is not more deeply felt
|. by any one than myseIf ard especially
so while I occupy the position do,
being thrown intopit BY that sad event.
Aud in entering upon the discharge Of
the dutee that are imposed on me 10
the office bus conferred, / feel and
know the responsibility and have on
various occasions felt as it were over
~helmed; and I stand before you to-
day embarrassed exceedingly as to
how the responsibility shall be ful-
filled. Hence the Importance and
value Of the encouragement. that you
give here to-day. The countenance
rendered me, and the support you pro-
pose in an undertaking so fearless,
and responsible as the one in which 1
enter, is duly appreciated, for in the
midst of this embarrassment-int the
midst Of this great national calamity
in starting upon the career l must
pursue-the confidence, the counte-
nance, the encouragement and the
promise that you will aid the instru-
ment. that has been thrown where he
is, in the discharge of his duties, is
worth a great deal to any one, and es-
pecially to myself. As I remarked
but short time since, lack Of support
may paralyze the most courageous;
but the encouragement, countcnance
and support of an Intelligent people is
calculated to make even a coward
courageous. and to win merit in the
discharge Of his duties. l repeat, that
| most fully respood to all that you
have said, and concur most fully, es-
pecialy in the ide. that this Govern.