Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-22

and wise men knew not where to md coun
sci, this descendant of Quakers, this pupi
Of Buuyan, this child OF the great West
was elected President Of America.
lie measured the difficulty Of the duty
that deyelyed on him, and was resolved To
ful6 / it. .......
HE GOES TO WASHINGTON.
As on the 1lih Of February, 1861, he left
Springfield, which for quarter Of cen.
tury had been his happy home, to the crowd
of bis friends and neigbbors whom he was
never msresto meet, he spoke a solemn
farewell: II know not how soon shall see
you again. A duty has detoved upon me
greater than that which has devolved upon
any other man since Washinzton. He never
would have succeeded, except for the aid
Of Divine Providence, upon which he at all
times relied. On the same Almighty Be-
ing / place my reliance. Pray that may
receive that Divine assistance, without
which cannot succeed, but with which
success is certain" To the men of Indiana
he said: IL am but an accidental, tempo.
rary instrument; it il your business to rise
up and preserve the Union and liberty. -
At the capitol Of Ohio he said: Without
a name, without reason why should have
name there has fallen upon me task
such as did not rest even upon the Father
of his Country" At various places in New
York, especially at Albany. before the Leg.
isature, which rendered him the united sup
port of the great Empire State, ho said ::
While | hold myself the humblest of all
individuals who have ever been elevated to
the Presidency have more difficult task
to perform than any OF them. | bring a
true heart to the work. | must rely upon
the people Of the whole country for support;
and with their sustaining. aid even Humble
as am. cannot fail to Garry the ship of
state safely through the storm" To the
Assembly of New Jersey, at Trenton, be
explained: II shall take the ground deem
most just to the North, the East, the West.
the South, and the whole country, in good
temper, certainly with no malice TO any sec.
ton. | am devoted to peace, but il may be
necessary to put the foot down firmly" 10
the old Independence Hall of Philadelphia
he said: II have never had a feeling po-
litically that did not spring from the senti-
ments embodied in the Declaration Of In
dependence, which gave liberty not alone
to the people of this country, but to the
world 10 all future time. If the country
cannot be saved without giving up that prin-
ciple, would rather be assas,inated on the
spot than surrender it. L have said nothing
but what I am willing to live and die bv. .
IN WHAT STATE HE Fo1rND TpE coIrNTay
TRAVELLING in the dood of n;obt to asca NO
assassination. Lincoln arrived ot Wa,b;nq.
TON nine davs befare his inanynration The
ontgo;ng Pres;dcnt at the onen;ny of tbe
session of Congress- had still kent; as the
moioritr Of bis advisers men enraged in
treason: had declared that in case of even
an Imaginary" annrebension of danger from
notions of freedom among the slaves .'d;s.
union would become ;nepitahleu - I;ncolr
and others had questioned the on;n;on o.
Tanev. sncb imnnon;no ha ,scr;hea to ..,b,
factions temner oftbe times The tavorit,
doctrine of the majority Of the Democrat,
marty on the nnwer of "a Territorial lepisla,ur,
over Slavery he condemned as an attack or
",he sacred rights of nroherfg.D Tbe
State legislatures. he insisted must reneaI
what he called their unc ,nsti,utinnal and
obnoxious enactnents and which if such.
we're "nu)I and void {" or s.;t would he Inn
possible for aoy human mower TO save the
tJn;nn y Nay If those nn;mnortant acts
were not revealed, "the ,ninred States
would be Justified in revolutionary resistance
TO the Government of the Union" IT.
maintained that no State might secede a,
its sovereign will and nIeasnre.. that the
Union was meant for perpetuity, and tha,
Congress- might attemnt IN nreserve bu
only by conciliation: that "tbe sword wa,
not placed in their hands to preserve it b,
force; /" that - the last desperate remedy o
despairine peonle" wsuid he "an exnlan
atorv Amendment recognizing the decision
of the Supreme Court of the United
States 1" The American Union he calle,
"a confederacvO of States, and he thoupb
Il a duty to. make the anneal for the amend
ment "before anv of these States shoull
separate themselves from the Union. -
The views of the Lieutenant General, con
tanning some patriotic advice, conceded
the right of secession, - pronounced ,
ouadruple rupture of the Union . a smalle
evil than the .reuniting of the fragment
Inv the sword. - and s.eschewed the ilea O
invading a seeded State. % After change.
in the Cabinet. the President informed
Congress that ts matters were still worse
that the South suffered serious erieyan
ces. which should be redressed iii
neace The day after the message tn,
FAC of the Union was fred upcn from For
Monltr;c. and the insult was not revenge,
or noticed Senators in Congress teIe
granbed To their constituents to seize tn,
National forts. and thew were not arrested
The finances of the country were grievousl
embarrassed. Its little army was no