Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-06-09

The dictum Is worth ndii 49, -
mos on the complex relations OF Onurcn "i'n
State. s.You needn't cross oridge o"''"
YOU have got TO it," II mems minds "es' "S'
iischarued Of their fears concern'ng 'ne
I.,f of n general emanci patiou. thef wer, AZ
least wildly persuaded 10 postpone 'ne'e y
..rhe central idea Of secession, he saiu;
in one of ms messages, "is the essen1e Vi
anarchy - and elaborate pages could n1t
have said more than that one aPothegm-
IA a head line for copybookr Tor all time I"
come Always, the sagacity which had Sc
Iected his policy, and which usually chose
with great final correctness the men ana I'e
times for putting it in practice, was shown
a. well in the homely phrase. or provero' OF
ane.lote which made 1t familiar through
ont IN, land. More than his opponents .
kDe,v NJ tho time. more than the peOpie .
themselves were aware. he argued the que
r;on. of the Administration. ne carried the 1
rnbI;c Indictment to his conclusions by those
d,,;nt words which all remembered, ana
which were repeated with laughing sati7iae-
,,,n At Thousands OF tiresiies. Ills ma&Ims
were more effective than hIs messages ana n
score of presses could not rival the sef'''e Vi
some Of hIs stories.
lie had not certainly what Is called dn
iron will Well for him that be had not
II might have involved the destruction 'i ti7
,,a,snc, and the sacrifice of the interests ne
o. set Ia conserve For iron breaks wheh
;,is brnt and no man lives. or ever h'ed.
who could have kept his will unbent aIliu
-ueh times a. we have pissed. Acc"mul''-
"a defeats. disheartening Gpposition-; CON-
pI,int, without reason. intolerabie deiayS-
10 rcs,lur,on that boasts it-e!t inhrNibic
-,;,bt have been fractured beneath the bur
dcE and the very pillars of the Government
-, unsettled. But President Lincoln had
no, Ma. hetter-a will like strands OF tenn
,..red steel. flexible in small thing elastic,
nnl;,nt and ALWAYS sheathed IA a playful gen
iI.ne-.. hut not liable TO be snapped however
I il was bent. and -pringine back from every
pressure in it, primitive t"ughne''
N., ,,ll.d him undecided, Saciiiatlng'
,,rcerfo,n and 80 be- Wa in rniuir matters.
~ ,,r.,t things. even, till the argument "as
closed and hi- mind wa made up bu'
,,br, IL MS. the same men called hiiu Ou-ti-
nate. head-tr1ng Tor nothing cnuIl ti'au-t
him Ile dismissed more than once hi7 most
monument Generals, and all the pressure ei
t.r-on- OF parties could no more sh'Si NJ
nprr 81. aiterWari than Il could change tnt
b,r,' of the Allegiance. lie retained nj
/ Cabinet against tle threat 1l SERIOUS dI,l--
nm. in the tirty which had chosen him lie
,,,uld NOT 20 20 war with England in the
,.,.. If the Trent. be- would not get involved
In "a controversy with Frame on the question
,f tb. French occupation o. Mexico. though
friends insisted ON H. taking nigh ground,
and .,u.m,s, succrcd without stay or stint
b..au., he did not lie launched Oh, hoi'
Of his Proclamation against the slavery
which had nouri,h,d Rebellion. though a
rb.,u.tnI voices pr1phesied disaster. Delhi
,-,-e till he almost seemed dilat'ry nc tIme'
-rrviIlip, Z, commit himself tiil all -ide'
,f "a question had been thoroughly canvassed
and ready. 20 the very verge Of a iiuit, u
hear % the last the humhl,-- representative
of any interest OF any Opnion-he was ye
. a. >taunch a. the rbs OF the lrun-llc~ "hrI
IN, cour-e Wa. decided and II WIS Ike Tull
ing against graviLatiln 10 try thencei'rIh %
, detain or defect him. The tenacity 81 m
, will was ike that If his muscle. winch coul
hold out an axe at arms length without
culver when Others drooped. Its ntuenJ
T. reminded one OF the suck OF the underdrIi
r on A ,ea-heach which does not appear upo
f.. the surface. and makes No visible wrestl
+ with tie wave. but which carries everythIn
= info ia, current. and compel> the stronge;
{ ard skilfIllest swimmer 70 weld himself Var
e quisned
ct one other fact. then. hs brought
4 VI ". and the secret Of hi strength Il Pc
q mars all before Us Il l., that las pOwel
: were - simple. native. ami unostentati'
l. that they hardly impressed men, winnie {
% was living. a 20 great a. they were th'
y excited no jtal0uslcs, they startled no HoGo'
i ( and the popular trust IN them was lnaplT
/ bcps,vc. At the same time they were
II original. 80 constitutional, - in1ependei
r. even of training, much more OF adventitlO'
u aids. that they ALWAYS were ready tor nsta'
p use and they only grew more ad' quar-,
in their work as the pressure upon them oec''n
= more tremendous. - again, be had p1'
i, ,r which more milliint men. OF more lite
he arv men. would certainly have wanted al
vi ali his force was most effective
o. Il genius had taken the place OF nj
se ..tcitv. men might have been afraid Ut hlI
nj a. thcvare Of the lightning i l. splenlI
II. but ftiul ami its bolts NAV drop whe
they were not expected. But his force was
Of quiet. uatieut. yervasive. that It wrong
H. like th, vital iorcc in nature, which IL Ii
ve exhibited in any one tllsh.bu Whl-h stGeaf
IN unheard through the heart % the earth al
IL comes e. ltseXprts>Ipn with certainty thou!
he lmperceptiblv IN bud ami fruit. and an IN
J. mite vcrdure II II had hccu the result
ke education and pJliticll practice. OF spec
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS there would have ne
a. something prcclrious 10 is. Ia would ha
10 been liable % he shaken. il nut -hartsr,
&c when new ami great emergencies verr IN
On But beng 50 native and intrinsic az 1t Vi
nv 50 wholly the result ut MS special consul
ON ton, IL not only gave uo -izn ct welding
li- became more thorough ana mastery as
he was summoned by granicr care o. new
he hibitiOn liz nature grew only larger =
Ms more CAPABLE - time went un ilis '5c
III / ties were not wriried by the work they VI
nd put 10. aud remained tu the END uu~"rn a
nat fresh.
IN. Ladies' and gentlemen, -uct WIS the II
li. Tor whom W mourn, and such the Pv>it
or in which providence had placed hIm- Thu
b.. then. u moment OF the work which
IN wrua CHIT in %. and all our rcason- Tor q
,ur ness and for .sist ou tbs day. set apart
INF commemorate niuu. Nli. ne before vs.. "
of the character / nave sketched. to give
IN at once impulse and law-with such effect
Is powers tor IT. instrument, and amid
INT unparalleled opportunities. which by
me times were opened to hint might b
So been expected that his work should
he great one. Il could not now be matte
IN surprise that 1t should have q colossal ct
ne acter liAe the track OF the river al
he which he had guided his datbOat in
all youth like the stretch Of the prairIes
ow viii, h ne had buildcd his hone az n u
- And Vet now far, in 1t sctuai developm,
lis It transcribed even such expectations i
nj: singular 1t Is among the recorded achi'
If: mcnts OF man How plainly Is revealed
md It a higher than any human will. laying
re- and arranging the mighty scheme "
Ter he took in hand the reIus OF the Goyernm,
he the iinancies of the country seemed hopel
the ly deranged, and after many wears OF pt
it was difficult ito raise money, NJ unpr
rs dented interest. tor Its daily use. And W
ns. he died after such expenditures IL no I
RI had dreamed OF through four long year
lie. devastating Wharf.-The credit OF the repul
IN was so firmly established that foreign u
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