Daily national Republican., 1866-02-12


Hardly had the late President been con-
signed TO the grave when the prime minister
Of England died, full Of years and honors.
Pslmerston traced his lineage to the time Of
the conqueror Lincoln went back only to
his grandfather. Palmorston received bis edu
cation from the best scholars Of Harrow, Ed
inburgh, and Cambridge; Lincoln's early
teachers were the silent forest, the prairie,
the river, and the starr. Palmerston was in
public life for sixty years; Lincoln for but o
tenth Of that time. Palmerston was q
skillful guide Of an established aristooraoy;
Lincoln q leader or rather companion Of
the people. Palmerston was exclusively an
Englishman, and made his boast in the House
Of Commons that the interest Of England was
his Shibboleth; Lincoln thought always Of
mankind as well as Of his own country, and
served human nature itself. Palmerston
from his narrowness as an Englishman did
not endear his country to any one court or
to any one people, but rather caused uneasi-
ness and dislike; Lincoln left America more
beloved than ever by all the peoples Of Ru-
rope. Palmerston was self-possessed and
adroit in reoonciling the conflicting claims
Of the factions Of the aristocracy; Lincoln,
frank and ingenious, knew how to poise him
self on the conflicting opinions Of the people.
Palmerston was capable Of insoleuce towards
tho weak, quick to the sense of honor, not
heedful Of right; Lincoln rejected counsel
given only as q matter OF policy, and was not
capable Of being wilfully unjust. Palmerston,
essentially superficial, delighted In banter
and knew how to divert grave opposition by
playful levity Lincoln was q man Of infinite
jest on his lips, with saddest earnestness at
his heart. Palmerston was fair representa-
tive Of the aristocratic liberality Of the day,
choosing for his tribunal, not the conscience
Of humanity, but the House Of Commons (;
Lincoln took to heart the eternal truths Of
liberty, obeyed them as the commands Of
Providence, and accepted the human race as
the judge Of his fidelity. Palmerston did
nothing that will endure his great achieve
ment, the separation Of Belgium, placed that
little kingdom where II must gravitate to
France Lincoln finished work which all
time cannot overthrow. Palmerston Is q
shining example Of the ablesc Of q cultivs-
ted aristocracy Lincoln shows the genuine
fruits Of institutions where the laboring man
shares and assists to form the great ideas and
designs Of his country. Palmerston was
buried in Westminster Abbey by the order Of
his Queen, and was followed by the British
aristocracy to his grave, which after q few
years will hardly be noticed by the side of
the graves Of Fox and Chatham Lincoln
was followed by the sorrow Of his country
across the continent to his resting. place in
the heart of the Mississippi valley, to be re-.
memberod through all time by his country
men, and BY all the peoples Of the world.
CONCLUSION.
As the sum Of all, the hand Of Lincoln
raised the flag; the American people was the
hero Of the war; and therefore the result is
4 new era Of republication. The distur-
Dances in the country grew not out Of any
thing republican, but out Of slavery, which
Is q part Of the system Of hereditary wrong;
and the expulsion of this domestic anomaly
opens to the renovated nation o eurrer of un-
thought-of dignity and glory. Henceforth
our country has moral unity as the land Of
free labor. The party for slavery and the
party against slavery are no more, and are
merged in the party Of union and freedom.
The States which would have left are not
brought back as conquered States, for then
we should hold them only so long rs thrt con-
quest could be maintained; they come to their
rightful place under the constitution as ori :
ginal, necessary, and inseparable members Of
the State.
We build monuments to the dead, but no
monuments Of victory. We respect the ex-
ample Oft the Romans, who never, even in
conquered lands. raised emblems of triumph.
And our generals are not 10 be classed in the
herd Of vulgar conquerors but are Of the
school of TimoIeon and William Of Orange
and Washington. They have used the sword
only to give peace to their country and re-
store her TO her place in the great assembly
ofthe nations. Our meeting closes in hope,
now that people begins to live according to
the laws Of reason, and republicanism is in.
trenched in 4 continent