The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-05-04

y niSh' NC too ienIenC; IN tne nOur or tr
: umph, towards his country's foes.
;, lie was great man, IN inteNectuc
: Po'cer. Not, it may be, in the sparklin
S splendid genius, which burns and dazzle.
as 1T flies to its goal: but in those power
, OF correct perception, fair analysis, an
$ just Inference, which conduct most sure
ly to wise and righteous judgment. Ii
these, it is not too much to say, he ex
J celled ; and surrounded as he was in thu
cabinet and in the field by men of mind
and character, he stood erect among them
the peer of all, superior to most, and infe
rior to none.
He was great in firm and steadfast
purpose. This is no unimportant element
OF truly great character. Without it,
whether in morals, physics, letters, or pol.
itics, success is scarcely possible-with it,
it is almost sure. Few possess it in grea-
ter strength than did our murdered Pres
ident He was not easily persuaded. In
the language of one of his official advi-
sers, q quote from memory.) "No grea-
ter mistake could be made, than to sup
pose that his mind was uncertain, fuctu-
ating, and easily Influenced. He was
slow and cautious in forming conclusion,
or determining purpose but, once FORM
ed, it was immovablc as the everlasting
hills"
He was great in a true piety. He did
not, indeed, make loud profession. I
do not know that he ever publicly pro-
fessed his faith as Christian, although
he was regular worshipper at the Pres
byterian Church, of which his wife is
member. But, again and again, to minis
ters and others interested in the cause of
christianity, he has said with solemn ear
nestness, ~ lore Jesus" Every page of
his public history, every message, speech
or other document, referring to the me-
mentous struggle of the hour, bears wit
ness to his habitual trust in God. And
that beautiful, solemn, and pathetic ad-
dress, delivered on the occasion of his
second Inauguration, which Rebel malig-
nifty affected to sneer at, as resembling
the tail end of sermon )" but which even
the naughty Briton has confessed to be
full of the simple dignity of a conscientious
pious mind that address could have come
from none other than heart filled with
faith in God. And though the fatal bull
let struck him down, without one word
escaping from his lips to tell us of his
hopes-altho' he gave therefore, no dying
testimony, yet the mute eloquence of
righteous life, pure and blamelcss record,
assures US that with him, all is aceU."
But, he as .faNen! Fallen, in the hour
of his triumph over his country's foes;
when foreign nations, whose ill-concealed
hostility, in the most trying hours of our
national conflict, was only baffled and re-
trained by the wisdom and frmness of the
President and his able advisers, and who
delighted to sncer at this plebeian ruler,
so repulsive, in his elevation to their ex-
elusive theories of rank and caste-when
these proud monarchs have been taught
to respect, admire, and applaud him.
when domestic treason and rebellion has
been crushed beneath the iron heel of
slow but certain retributiou when his
civil and military policy has received the
almost unanimous endorsement of his
countrymen, and his name and fame
like those of Washington, are enshrined
in every heart-in this hour of triumph
and of glory, he has fallen ! So let us
fall, if fall we must when our foes are
conquered-when our names are honored
when our work is done
Let us cherish his memory-let us fol-
low in his footsteps, for our country, for
Freedom, and for God. As he resolved
so. let us determine, that our country shall
be One and Indivisible-with not one
star torn from her glorious banner, not
one inch of territory severed from her
vast domain, shall be, and forever be, one
united Nation. Dipping the weapons
of our patriotism in the ife-blood of our
murdered President, Freedoms noblcst
martyr, we will swear at our country's al
tar, and in the name of our God, eternal
hatred to oppression; we will drive Re-
bellion and Human Bondage to that pit
of darkness whence they came, and make
our land, in deed and truth
THE land of the free, and the home of the
brave
He is fallen but our country lives
freedom lives-GoD LIVES Yes, and
will live forever. And, in the brightness
of that eternal morning, when the King
doms of this world shall be rolled togcth-
er as a scroll, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, then do we reverently
and joyfully believe, will his faithful ser
vontS live with him. forever. And a.