, 1865-05-01

vintictiyc language. He seemed wholly fret
from ma1truity Or revenge; from Ill will or IN
ber Tat be never answered raiiliipig With railing
| Criticized cycT 80 upjust,y, he would reply With
no word Of reptooi, but patiently aud uncom
i r. 1a q sSs Ws4 n5sSs
eaTnes1 opponents vitt,ed tSe,White House with
to a. intenty, and treated as Justly as hi. most
P5r1hus satdof Faltrlclns when the latter though
ery Of bis ply iician, ,wno profsred % paison him
ia easier 10 t1rn the eun from hts career th An
Fst1!eios om his hoResty Men Of al psrtt,e;
fall ended in his Triumphant reelection his first
word thereafter. IRON The portico Of ths White
Horee, was that he could not acd would not exult
ovfr hts countymen who had differed With hls
policy.
And thus he ruled, and thus he lived, aud TINS
! he o1e9. 1he wretch WHO stood behind hin and
hau been cerisng plans Of reconciliation with
| tic countIyf deadly foee, az be ]taped upon the
| stage and exnlted over the death Of hun whom he
denounced as ty1nnt, uttered as foul falsehood
and the efncif1ton Of the Son Of Man, on the
same Good Friday, nearly two thousand years ago.
weuld not compare the hnmsn With the Divine,
with the infinite. But his wloe life proves to me
that IL be tUnld hare bad eirgle mo ment of con.
teiousnees and Of speech, bis great heart would
P1s foi Is beo 10 ors1e Sss s Sae 1se ies
thty know not what they do"
ne bore The r. 1snon's ps1l,s and tEia1s aud sor.
dggFce, by the Illustrative Etor1ez, Of which bis
memory and his tongue Were 20 prolific, using
them to point a moral: OF 10 soften discontent It
which relseved him foe the noment from tie
ht avy weight Of public duues and responsibilities
under which be bitten ,wearled. Those whom hs
converted Of his feelings, knew thas hts Inner
life vas checkcred with ihe deepest anxiety and
moet C2scomol:ing eoltcltade. E!lted By victories
Verses to our atms cast pail Of depression over
Spon hl@ Or bnsidssss, i1onnd him 1ookins % no4s
seasou. Ra replied, witn The bad news he hnd
receive rec ata late hour the previous isht, which
haa not yet been Communicated . The PRESS, add
ed; md, with = expression shiil never forget Io1sst,
hs exclaimed. "!1ow willingly would / exchanra
IN r. YIN TIC 1ods5 who tie
&c Was as hee from deceit a. from guile. He
had one peculiarly which oftsa misled those
w1ta wn9m ae When h.s Judgment
movable as the eternal hilla when settled. Wss
gsasptng some subject Of importance, the nrxQ.
menss against hih o~n desires seemed upper
To1ia roas present these arguments % ste If they
e9sn 7sard G'eDd and foe tn hts final deelsions.
till tbe 1ateat possible moment: yet. when sI he
bnt Gown ~ fool, he never took backward step.
v1ce speaking Of IN eminent statesman be- said:
and naturally argus lt.ftom the stand point of
Which is the better policy; but With me, 4 be I'd.
Gsa; a ,h1y hn1y oaly desire is TO zee what Il right
Kentucky for Indiana in his Childhood On sccount
" slavery IN the former Statei and be TINS uher-
lied dislike for toat institution. As he said re-
satcry Is not wToug. nothing is wrong" Moving
to Illinois, he found the prtjud1ce there aEainsi
anii: slavery mtn, when be entered on public and
lee state il tic Cnion. Bnt be % never ID 9Issem gne
bleds pever concenlcd his opinions, Euterinr. IN
e5a On that contest with bis great political Fiyal
tlastt the attention Of The whole Union. be stst-
til many Of h1s friends By the declaration Of hia
CONVICTIONS thatthe Union could not permanently
endate halt slave and half free-that ultimately ii
ded house that could not stand-that be did notex-
pGet the Union to be dissolved or the house to
ISe 1Ss So !, Toad t esas 70 BE-
spread Of slavery that The public mind might rest
n ne tPe q ~ ultmate extinction. And,
though be coupled this With declarations agatnst
Congressional interference with it in existing
States. It vas not popular, and kept him In me
Whole eanvase upon The defensive. but to every
atgumt nj sgttnst it his calm reply was, In sub
NOT uneay It"
His lranknes. in expressing unpopular min,
tops was manifested also, when in Southern I'LL
hostile to the sentiment be declared. In the sarne
close aad doubtful contest that, when the DecIs-
ration OF Independence proclaimed that I'll men
white men a'one, brt neeruea ae welt: and that
their rights 10 lite, liberty and the pursuit. Of han
Plnsse. we're as ipalenable Is the noblest Of tic
other States which e=ha.eteo with these 1as nshts.
Or curtaiicd them ; hut With unta!teEfng devotion
70 his conscientious conviction. and regxri Of
wayered in his adherence to ihis Iruth. And vet
when elected President OF the United States, be |
executed the Fugitive Slave Law, because his |
quired it When urged 10 srike ut slavery under
ne war power, be replied IN a widely published |
letter, NY paramount object Is to saye the |
L could eave the Union without freeing sny
Flsves would do IT.. II could eaye It b. freeing
~ ne alsves would DO II; and II could do Il
aito do that. Bus intend no modification Of nv
ots.e1pressed personal wtth that all men every
Where where conld be free." And, When II la:t The honr
tiyc between the death OF elnYe1y and the death
q the Union conflonte him; then, md NOT TIL
then, be stspck az the cause Of all our woes with
mortal proclamation. which made him the Lib
r.. H. 1sSs ae5 hoa1s Of Ssw TsaEs
"The signature looks a lite 1emalou., for
NJ band wss tired, but ny resolution vas firm. i
TIT allegiance and cease numbering our soIdtsrs
wonld strike ut this pillar Of ihcir strength,
Anc now The promise ehail be kept; and no. one
wse kept md ereIy word Of 1t hes stood. Thank
Gnd. when slavery and treason benumbed that
hnnd ID csath hey could not destroy that NOBLE
that stali "a never die. A great writer said That,
whGp Wiberforce stood At the bar Of God. be nn1d
n ~ hands the broken abarkles which On earth
men Eut, vhsn b2fQed tTeason hurried Abraham 1
Lincoln into TIE presence OF his Maker, he bore
R7lh him the manacles Of four millions whom he
ootstool is strong enough 10 place again On their
'n!ran :h1eed 1lmbs.
No man, IN our ers, clothed with such. vast
'oWsr, has eyer psed II 60 u1etcifuily. No ruIer,
. many and 50 easi1y. When friends Eaid to him
hey wished he bad more Of Jaeksonts ste1nness,
's . would say. :. ~ am Just as do1 made me, and
nat his doorkeepels had standing orders from !
I'm that no matter how great might be the |
hrong, II other Senators and Representatives
leLce, be must see before the day closed every
ast senger who came TO him with 4 Pc
y LEFT Ill other Business to ak him to rssnIie
ae eon q consdtuenf, who Was sentenced 10 be
hot ut Davenport for desertlon. He heard the
'caFied ont With inceasant calls, aud saxious foF
hat Impair discipline ~ md az snbefdina ensfaa:
Te:e aeP aays sha haId Isdspi5ft Rost
N lind some good excuse for saving mans lie.
nd go 10 bed happy a= ! think how Joyous ths
I'd bis friends" And with happy III smte is i5 beam-
'g over that care-furroWed face, be signed that ]
ame That saved that life.
Juet and generous and humane man. couId
Of be inst 10 that wel1-rounded character Of his
athoat u 10 adding thst be vas also psa51ng nan.
It houIe was on his God, to whom.he appealed | ,
prayer, although be had never become q pro s
1or -; St ,5slgein; To- elergyms9 who asked
. " IT tFp,hfnl for y TO doubt the declara1on:
."Wbeq Was first lnaugurated ! did not lore Z
IN when h s G0d t:9k ny son tlwas greatly i'm. !
ooa upon the battlefield oi Gettysoufg 1 gave !
= heaFt to Christ, and can now say do lore :
The Bible was alwsys in his reception room.
We coEbred the report that he read an hour in II
sfy oay, for be often came direct from his bed
MS sesett;on. n.Eoon, 90 sn1ions vas he to ac
d It wou!d sometimes be Two OF three hours BE-
re 9e wonld plaJlntly say 10 Eome friend whose
m bad come, =, Won't yon ssay here Hil get
It happened T. come II be said, ar. ne dhs hss
5s oss1 b hsts at ,a1 Of ra E csene b1
1Ferbs a text / had never heard quoted before. d
folloTe: "Accuse not servant to his mss =
on cannot la3l TO have noticed the solemn and :,
ne1fmes Blmost mournfuf strain that pervades -
1861 to nssxne the Presidency, bis 1sreweIl :,
res were as folloWR: =
Mr. FRIENDS: No orc not In mY position can =,
,1eciate the sadness feel at this parting. To -
3 people owe all that i'm. Here have lived "
re thsn quarter Of a century; here my chi,- = =
N were born, and here one Of them lies buried. =,
noU not hol1 soon sR1it see You again, 4 | =, ~
y dcvolves upon me which Is, perhaps, greater r
n that which has derolyed upon any other man | -
ice the days Of Washington. BE never would =.
re succeeded except for the aid OF Divine Prov -
nee, upon which he at a lines relied. teel
It cannot succeed without the came Divine aid
ish sustained him, and on the came Almighty | tb