, 1874-05-02

Bloou firm, fcDnK TINT q compromise, giving
express constltattona sanction aud NH i'noiit'ito
and knowing, .a1so, that evop by tllo offer Of Hucl
= surrender, sooossion md Civil Wnr would still
,, 70 innstod on by tho Southern loadors Tho
tts'osy t OF lhose days ~ wo know 1t, cosl'sisnH
inevitable. This tho Anti.5layory aarBe oncaped
a useless humiliation aud rosnii,ol intact liz
moral forco Tor ftturo action.
r., Ilt now tlo tirno had como whom tho Anti
elafory movement, no loDHor q moro opposition
TO tho demands OF tho Blnyn-powor,. wan 10 pro.
caod to positive action. The Wiz liad scarcely
commenced in oRrnoat When Mr.. blltnnor urged
jet tno ssrsy of al @ nS se iasa saneos H
to war III tho eycs Of the doyoteo Of univo.snl
peace. 70 tho end ot ssa'npng nprn the Wnr
tho character Of War ct Emancipation, all 1,la
phatlc utterances alarmed tho politicians. Our
armies suffered disaster upon disaster n tho
fold. Tho managing mind insisted that caro-
nust ho taken, by uouriBlIlng tho popular ontbu-
" national idoa alono,-to unito oil the social
and political olomonts Of tho Norrh for the atrug-
gle; aud TINT 10 bold q 1noaRttro as immediate
Emancipation might roaninato old dlssonsiony,
bit r Summers @ oonyietiopls M coad not bo 70.
pressed. Ia bold doorco OF unlYorsal Liborty
no Bnw only now aotltyo Of inspiration and
strenRth., Nor waB his impn'siyo instinct TIL
ducel III the North BY aa Emaoipatioa nc moasuso @
could only. DO Of short Duration. Tho moral
spirit could not fau to gain tho upper hand.
But, in another direction. bold mud uno-
duco moet salutary effects. Ono Of tho dangers
threatening ns was foreign. interferonco.
,st,u.d No European Powers gavo US their OK,
To Tap'eS efssp ossa assAny & 1s H
gland, with cesnzpicuoas si Individual hisSl u oxcap- @
tions, always gratefully to bo romembarod, wero
ill-disposcd towards Tho Union oauao. Tho por-
tuf NJ
predicted, M Il 1t wore dosirod, aud intervention
-an intervention which could bo only in favor
OF tho soutt-was oponly spoken Of Tho En-
poror Of tho Fronoh, who ayailod him 6olf Of our
IN Mexico, was animatod by sentiments no losa
hostile. It appeared as it ou1ya plausible op.
portunity had boon wanting to bring foreign In
torvention upon our Loads. threatening
manifested ttself in ttho Trent case. T. It, soomed
doubtful .wlothor the most sltillful diplomacy,
unalded BY . stronger force, would 10 able 70
avert tho danger. !:
But tho greatest atrongth of tho Antl-slayory
cause Ind always boon in tho conscience OF mal1-
kind. There was our natural ally. Tho cauao
Of slavcry, ga Buch, could Lave no open sympa-
thy among tho nations Of Europe. It stood COLI
domno1 by tho moral Bcntiment Of the civilized
world. uow could any European government,
In tho face Of that nntyorsal sentiment, undor-
tAke openly to intcrfore ngninet Pow or wRSnE
var againht slavory7 Surely that could not DO
But had tho Government Of tho United statoa
distinctly. protoaael that it was waging war
againBt Slavery, and for Freedom? Had it nos
boon offlcially declared TINT tho War for tho
human being in Amorica7 Why then not arrest
tho useless offuBlon Of blood; Why not, by inter-
vontion, stop destructive war, IN which, con-
fessedly, Slavory and Freedom were not At
stake? Such were the arguments Of aur one-
MICS in Europe; and they woro not without
color.
II was obvious that nothing but q moasuro
improH8ing boyoul dispute upon our war do
tcssion wnat II was inevitably destined to be in
fact, q War Of Emancipation, could enlist Gil
our side the enlightened public opinion Of tho
Old World 30 strong as to restrain the hostile
Government could woll venture to iutorroro
against those who had convinced tho world that
Of North America.
= Thus the moral Instinct did not OFT, Tho
Emancipation policy was not oaly tho policy OF
principle, but also the policy Of nafotv. Mr..
summon urged 1t with imPetuous and unlagging
zeal. In tho Senate he found but little eueour-
agernont. The resolutions he introduced in
consequence Of Rebellion, and tho extinction ol
Slavery in the inaurrectionary stasca as tho con.
sequence Of State suicide, were looked upon "a
hn ul-tined and hazardous demonstration, dis
turbiug all ideas Of management.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
To tho resident, then, he devoted his efforts.
| Nothing can be moro iuteroating-nay, touching
than tue peculiar rotations that sprung up be-
| tweon Abraham Lincoln and Charles Sumner.
! No two mon could bo moro alike as to thois
their moral impulses and ultimate aims no two
mon moro unlilte in their methods OF reasoning
and their judgment of moans.
Abraham Lincoln was q true child OF tina
| people. There was in his hoart IN inoxhaustibla
fountain Of tenderness, and from it sprung that
longing to be truo, just, and nlerci}ul to all,
| which made the people love him. In tho doop,
largo humanity of his soul had grown hiH moral
| aud political principles, to which he clung with
tho fidelity OF IN honest nature, and which he
| defended with the strength Of q vigorous mind.
But he had not grown great in any high school
Of stnteamanBhip. Hehad, from tho humblcat
himself up. or rathor he had gradually
risen up without being aware Of it, and sud-
donly. 10 found hi1nslf in tho foteulost rank Of
tho distinguished meu Of tho land. In his youth
SUCCESSES TINT might have inpartod to him thnt
overwcening solf-approciation Which 30 freQuent-
| " loads self-uale mon to ovoraatinato thcir
faculties, aud to ignore. the limits Of thor
Ind learned and meditatcd enough to fool how
much thore was still for him to learn. His
marvellous succosa Ia his rlper years lett intact
the inborn moaostY Of lis nature. Ho was OBJ
| solutaly without pretenaion. His simplicity,
Which by its geuuiuonesH oxtorted respect aud
Affection, WAS wonderfully persuasive, and solno-
times deeply pathetic and strikingly brilliant.
Hia natural gifts were great; ho possessed q
olcar aud penetrating mind but, in forming
his opinions on aubjccts Of Importance, 30
dent. that ha would always hear aud probe what
opponents had to say, before he became firmly
satisfied Of tho justness at hia own conclusions,
not as il he had been easily controlled and led
by othor men, for: ho had a will Of his own.-but
his mental operations waro slow aud lositating.
and inapt to conceive quick resolutions. Ho
Tucked sef-roauco, Nobody felt moro than ho
Was not ono Of those bold raformors who will
defy tho opposition Of the world, md undertake
to impose thoir opinions ani will upon re-
luctant ago. With caraful consideration OF tllo
possibilities Of the hour, he advanced slowly,
but, whom he Ind 80 advanced, lo planted hia
foot with flrmneas, and no powor was strong
enough to forco linn to backward stop. And
oyory day OF great responsibility enlarged tho
horizon OF his mind, aud every day he grasped