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


cius, that we should not do to others what
we would not that others should do 10 US,
and 10 the name Of tho Emperor Of Chins
closed i.s ports against the var ships and
privateers of "tho sediioue. /"
CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR.
The war continued, with all the people Of
the world for anxious spectators. Its cares
weighed heavily on Lincoln, and bis face
was ploughed with the furrows of thought
and sadness. With malice toward none, |
free from the spirit ofrevenge, victory made
him importunate for peace; and his ene- |
mics never doubted his word, or despaired OF
his abounding clemency. He longed to ut
ter pardon as the word for all, but not un-
less The freedom of the negro should he as
sured. The grand battles Of Mil Spring,
which gave US, Nashville, of Fort Donelson.
Malvern Hill, An,ietam, Gettysburg. the
Wilderness of Virginia, Winchester, Nash.
ville the Capture OF New Orleans, Vicks-
burg, Mobile, Fort Fisher, the march from
Atlanta, and the capture Of Savannah and
Charleston, all forctold the issue. Still
more, the self regeneration Of Missoari the
heart OF the continent; Of Maryland, whose
soas never heard the midnight bells chime
30 sweety as when they rang out to earth
and heaven that, by the voice of her own
of Tennessee, which passed through Ere aud
, blood, through sorrows and the shadow Of
| death to work out her own delverance, and
By the faithiulness Of her own sons to renew
her youth like the eagle--proved that VIC
tory was deserved, aud would DO worth all
that it cost. LIZ words of mercy, uttered as
they were by Lincoln on the waters Of Vir
ginia, were deilntly repelled, the armies of
the country, moving with one will, wen, as
the arrow to its mark, and without feeling
Of revenge, struck death-blow at rebellion.
LIScoLN's ASSASSINATION.
Where in the history OF nations, had a
chief magistrate possessed more sources of
cepsoiation and iYy than Lincoln? His
coun,rymen had shown their love by choos
ing him to second term Of service. The
raging war that had divided the country had
Plulled and private grief was hushed by the
grandeur Of it's results The nation had ite
new birth OF freedom, soon to be secured
forever BY an amendment Of the Constitu-
ton His persistent gentleness had con
quered for him kiudlier feeling on tho part
Of the South. His scoffers among the
erandees of Europe began 10 do him honor.
The laboring classes every where saw 10 his
advancement their own. Al people sent him
their benedictions And at the moment OF
the hight Of his famc, TO which his humility
and modesty added charms, he fell by the
hand Of tho assassin and the only triumph
awarded him was the march to the grave.
THE GREATNESS OF NAN.
This is no time to say that human glory
is but dust and ashes, that We mortals ar.
no more than shadows in pursuit ofshadows
How mean thing were man, II there were
not that within him which is higher thar
himself-if he could not master the Illusions
of sense, and discern the connections o
events nv superior light which comes froU
God. He SO shares the divine impulses
that he has power to subject interested pas
sions to love Of country, and personal am
btion to the onnoblcment OF man. Not II
vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped t.
make this Republic on example of jnstie'
with no caste but the caste Of humanity
The heroes who lsd our armies and shIp
into batte-Lyon, Mcpherson, Reynolds
Sedgwick,, Wadsworth, Foote. Ward will
their compeers-and fell in the service, die
/, not die in vain they and the myriads o
] pameless martyrs, and he the chief martyr
,, died willingly, THAT Government Of tb,
people, and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth. 5it
THE JUST DIED Foa THE UNJUST.
The assassination 81 Lincoln, who was 81
! free from malice, has by sone mysferion
influence struck the country with solem
. awe. and hashed, insteod OF exciting, tn
Q passion for revenge. 1t seems Us it the jus
had died for the unjust. When think o
: the trends [ have last in this wares ever.
b one who hears mo has, like myself, los
Q those whom he most loved there Is no con
solution to be derived from victims on tn
scaffold. or from anything but the establish
cd union of the regenernted nation.
: CHARACTER OF LINCOLN.
, In his character, .Liucoln was through
and through an American. He is the frs
ns:ive Of the region west of the Alleghanie
to attain TO the highest station; and how
happy it is that the man who was brouvh
forward as the natural 0utgrowih and hrs
fruits of that region should have been o
unblemished purity in private life, goot
son. kind husband, N ,st atiectionate faith
er, and, man, 80 gentle to all. As to in
: tcarity. Douglas, his rival, said of him
! Lincoln is the honesteSt man | ever knew,
0 The habits Of his mind were those OF med
y itation and inward thought, rather than q
o action. He excelled in logical statement
moro than executive ability. He reasone
l. clearly, his reflective Judgment was good
Q and his purposes were fixed; but. like IN
q Humlet of his only poet, his will was tard
u in action; and for this reason, and not frot
= humility or tenderness of feeling, no some
!, times deplored that the duty which devolv
7 cd on him had not fallen to the lot Of anoth
! er He was skillful 10 analysis diseerne
with precision tho central idea on which
! question turned, and knew how to disengag
i il and present it by itself in few homey
: strong old English words that would be in
( ( telligible to all. He delighted to expires
his opinions by apothcgm, illustrate then
r by parable, or drive them home by
u story.
i Lincoln gained name by discussin
J. questions which Of all others most easil
= lead to fanaticism; but he was never Cal
o ried away by enthusiastic zeal, never in
), dulged in extravagant language; never hui
q ried to support extreme measures. neye
!, allowed himself to he chutro|led nv sudde
u impulses. Duriug the progress Of the elet
!, ton at which he was chosen President. b
q expressed no opinion that went beyond tn
% Jefferson proviso of 1884 Like Jeiferso
y and Lafayette, he had faith in the intuition
}, Of tho people, and read those intuition
al with rare sapacity, lie knew how TO bid
e bis time. and was less apt TO 'he in aavunc
y of pulc nninion than tofiap behind III