, 1866-02-14
IN MEMORIAM.
Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr
President Of the United
States,
GRAFTON OF Ron. GEO. BANCROFT.
Delivered et tho Request Of both
Houses od Csogreas, On Monday Feb.
II, Y818s


GOD IN HISTORY.
Senator'S, Representatives Of Amer;eo THAT
God rules In the affairs Of men Is as certain -
| any truth Of physical science, On the great
l moving power, which Is from the beginning,
| hangs the world Of the senses and the world
Of thought aud action. Eternal wisdom mar
shals the great procession Of the nations,
sges, never kaitinE, aud never abrupt, On:
| composing all events In Its ovcrsish and
| never ef1ectng It's will, though mortals may
5lumber In apathy or Oppose with madness.
Kings are lifted up or thrown down, nations
come and go, republics flourish and wither,
| dynasties pass away Ike tale that is
men in their Ignorance Of causes may think
so. The deeds Of time are governed, as well
Us Judged, by the deerees 0: eternity. Tho
caprice OF feeting existeuces bends to the I'M
movable omnipotenco which plants It's foot
on all centuries, and has neither change of
eenEer through the thick darkness Of night,
it steps along mysterious ways; but when
| the hour strikes for a people, or for mankind
| to PASS into q new form Of being, unseen
hands draw the bolts from the gate Of futur-
ity; an allsubdnlDg. Influence prepares the
minds Of men for the coming revolution
! those who plan resistance find themselves in
| conflict with Providence, rather than With
| human devices nnd all hearts and all rnder-
| standings, most Of all the opinions and intlu-
ences Of the unwilling, arc wonderfully at
trncted and compelled to bear forward the
change which becomes more an obedience to
| the law Of universal nature, than submission
| IL the arbitrameut Of men. .
GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.
In the fnllness of time republic rose up In
the wilderness Of America. Thousands Of
years had passed away before this child Of
| the ages could be born. From whatever there
was Of good In the systems of former centu.
Ties she drew her noutishment; the wrecks Of
the past were her warnings. With the deep
est sentiment of faith fixed in her inmost na-
| tnre, she disenthra1led religion IRON bondage
| TO temporal power, that her worship might
be worship only IN spirit and In truth. The
I wisdom which had passed from India through
| Greece, with what Greece had added Of her
own the jurisprudence Of Rome; the nealr.
val municipalities the Teutouic method OF
representation; the political experience Of
England; the beniguant wisdom Of the expos
itors Of the law Of nature and Of nations in
France and Holland, all shed on her their
se1ectest influence. She washed the gold OF
political wisdom from ths sands wherever IL
was found; she cleit 1t from tho rocks she
CLEANED II among ruins. Out Of all the dis
coyeties Of statesmen and sages, out Of all the
experience Of past human life, she compiled a
perennial political philosophy, the prfmor-
dinal principles Of national ethics. The wise
men OF Europe sought the best government
| In mixture Of monarchy, aristoeracy and
| manner to e1tmct from them the vital eIe.
| menfs ~ sncfol. fnrma and h1ent them har
monIously In the fFee Commonwealth which
comes nearest 10 the Illustration OF the natu-
nal equality Of all men. She entrusted the
| guardianship Of established rights to law
ruo s,I 5ss,9 ~ ~. ta-,s ~ n-as,, snS 49,.
fpeconc',iat;on @ ~ hnth 'o'.s -''A '1o ''SpP'
S~nn,~on1,1 .~n.,-n ,
TERRITORIAL EXTENT OF Ius REPUBLIC,
| Republics had heretofore been limited to
small cantons or cities-aud their depend
enclcs America, doing that Of which the
like had not before been known upon the
earth, O. believed b. kings and statesmen to
be possible, extended her republic across the
continent; unasr her ansPiess a7,ut the g., vine q
The hills were covered with Its shadow IT.
bouehs werc like tho goodly cedars, and
reached unto both oceans. The fame Of thi.
only daughter Of freedom went ont into Ill
the lands of1he earth from her the human
PROPHECIES on THE CONSEQUENCES. or
s1AvEa1.
a,istoersey planted Itself on our soil; III
only hereditary condition that fastened itsel
| upon us was servitude. Nature works In sin
4
hiyc; honey. he ylpcr distlis poison, the yin,
stores its luices, and 10 do the poppy and tht
unas. IN iike mauner erery thonght nnd ever,
action ripeus tts seed, each In itB kind. In tht
individual man, and stln mora In nation
tusealdea giyes life, and progress, aut
sIo5y is 'alsS e9pcepti9n pGEzSnds , disaster ,;
a years ago % westJer.sy ouaSerwrote: % n iat5 Thi
t.adc OF importing slayea Il datk gloominea
hanging over the land; the co1esquences vii
be grtevous to posterity." Atthe North, tn
growth o{: slavery WAS arrested bg naturs
cnuses. In the region nearest: the tropics
thIove 1ankly, and worked Itself Into IL
between the two; With soil and climate, ant
reeources demanding free labors and yet capa
bic Of the profitable employment Of the slavc
She was the land Of great statesmen an
they saw the danger Of her being whelme:
against the dcl6sions Of a!artee and pfidt
Ntnety.fonr ysats ago, the legislature OF w
giniA addressed the British king, saying tha
tho tfadein slaEes was "ot great tn1umanitT
was opposed 70 tho "security and happiness
OF their constituents, ""ould! IN time hav
tue most destructive influence, ana endan
swefed them, That upon pain o. III
highest d'spleasuts, the importation
o. sIases a,.s, taa9!o 30. , ,ne aa,.. n On
: respect opstructed taarlnseal bf1tainl
.9 mt1.e .aa1t ia aa..i. " 'LsMn' :, y
% inat hannened to land on Inv cnssts Th;1 aa1
, l. Inv 1aws cnnfinnr = Traffic whereby ~ man
hnndreds of thanssnds aro ars.tc.5 = 40
IA ss,ions View ~ III. un,,;act y esfS IL,
rici Henrv J., T-esr < s1rss e,o sa!o - -.
naet H. t,it,;ra ~ t;,nes f. ~ s'oomy o, Pso,
-" M.sar M.ota J., ~ ~ saaie. sa.ns ycal
wilma. q Th,, 1rTs ~ r imnai itioi p,av,deaa
NAV avence our in,ust,ee nnon anr nosters1
.Icffersap 1r,th the n,,n-ora1 81 1sss nax
dieton> branded the ff sf.vs tp{de ae pi.aex ~
aud he fixed in the Daslar,tiGn ~ 1pdsT,:y,
denee a. TIA co,ner-stonn - ~ amer,ca Il
men are cIeafed ennai with nm inaiienohi
hight to n5criy ~" On the iira r.
{sss {Gsant51t'sn e ts@ReraEy s9veqa9ts e
dan " S1 oR d9%9 @ r spt H., te1 IL
sccrecated rvcrv ns.f ~ that t4rrinrv to trsc pc
i3nm n ~. foyrrrstio,, ~ - ~, Nnt;GnsS -
stftnttnn V1rnin;a onnasaa ~ = nart ~ Nv
Enr1anda vaf1lv stmp~o1td ttpp1d y T. pphni,si, ~ ~
The ordusnce Of TN fs a Waa fntrn1ced bv Ma
thsn I'M % .Dane Titbnnf II H. c1ansa snrohS,fin' Il,
save, T. Tas through the taTorabts dl5posi
sst,rad sad ~ Sa,ti
Westa.n fn1'torr ~ a tanito-u u th.t tha,
beionrea to he n.tinn.-was ieserred did for II, th
.Aoos y. :" "ssso.
DesfA1h or THE MN or TnE REVOLUTION
The hope prevailed in Virginia that the ab
oltfon Of the slave trade would bring With
the gradual abolition Of slavery but the *
lcctation was doomed to disappointment
In supporting tncipient measures for emanci
patton, Jefferson encountered dlulcultlel
greater than he could overcome; and afsel
Tam WreslthEe; 1ne words tnat ofoke iFoH
na' 1fen,9le ~. ny eoantty, y,.s Mnem 1asi ~
Aeet mat 1oa lust thal ~ lastlee Gnnno no
sleeP forever were words OF despair ,,;Ea ~ Wa.
me deslre OF Naan1ns1on.s heaIt uhat s,issmai at
snoaia remove slavery by Paone aes .,as aas
as Ine prosPeSts 81 ge1etaa enuuRne,v. ttaL %ann
grew more ana more am, nc. a9 ut.et III nopg Fl
iessnees OF tne 9st1on OF tne hs.o ate, a'u ~ a.
that be eould " be9ueat9Giag nea s
dom to n's own slaves; H. 'Goa ;3ees ane -
e f thea,,t %ea uAa m na1an,,,ns tbe nepro
!'to,- tAonght o. coionni4B tns ,1
IN me home OF hls ancestors. buL .ne M oeA ,1,f3 o.
colonization Nas tnonsht 70 nclnase - tne s.sa1 ul
Gully o. h1c n,,lhsg anI Y Sonc, " aoo5