The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-01

| Noble Sentiments Of Mr.. Lincoln.
The following extract from a letter
written by President Lincoln, August
Is. 1853, will be read with interest. 1t
/ brings wildly before the mind the
main obstacles that were placed in the
way of those who were devoted to the
| Union. Mr.. Lincoln could do moth
ing to strengthen the army or encour-
age the country without drawing upon
himself the fire of Democratic criti-
cism. The patience with which he
endured il. the soble magnauimity
with which he answered it, the hope
full spirit which lifted him above its
| range. are all shown in the language
which follows:
You say you will not fight to free
negroes. Some Of them seem willing
to fight for you; but no matter. Fight
you then, exclusively, to save the I'm
ion. [ issued the proclamation on
purpose to aid you in saving the I'm
ion. Whenever you shall have con-
quered all resistance to the Union if
shall urge you to continue fighting, it
will be an apt time then for you to de-
clare-that you will not fight to free
negroes. / thought that in your strug-
gle for the Union, to whatever extent
the negroes should cease helping the
enemy. to that extent it weakened the
enemy in his resistance to you. Do
you think differently? thought that
whatever negroes can be got to do as
soldiers, leaves just SO much 3or white
soldiers to do in saving the Union.
Does 1t appear otherwise to you? But
negroes, like other people, act upon
motives. Why should they do any
thing for us if We will do nothing for
them? IF they stake their lives for
us they must be prompted by the
strongest motives, even the promise of
freedom. And the promise being
made must be kept.
1.-THE signs look better. The Fa-
ther Of Waters again goes unvexcd to
the sea. Thanks to the great North
west for it; nor yet wholly to them.
Three hundred miles up they met
New England, Empire, Keystone, and
Jersey, hewing their way right and
left. The Sunny South. too. in more
colors than one, also lent helping
hand. On the spot. their part of the
history was iotted down ia black and
white. The job was o great national
one, and let none be sighted who bore
an honorable part in it. And while
those who have cleared the great riv-
er lnay we'll be proud, even that is not
all. It is hard to say that anything
has been more bravely and we'll done
than at Antietam, MurfreesborO, Get
tysburg, and on many fields Of less
note. Nor must Uncle Sans web
feet be forgotten. At all the watery
margins they haze been present. not
only on the deep sea, the broad bay,
and the rapid river, but also up the
narrow, muddy bayou, and wherever
the ground was little damp they
have been and made their tracks.
Thanks to all. For the Republic
for the principle it lives by and keeps
aiive-for naaH's vast future-thanks
to all
Peace does not appear So distant
as it did. | hope it will come soon
and come to stay; and SO come as to
be worth the keeping in all future
time. It will then have been proved
that among freemen that there can be
no successful appeal from the ballot
toy bullet, and they VINO take such
an appeal are sure to lose their case
and pay the cost There will te some
black 5aen whO can remember that
with silent tongue and e!inehed teeth,
and steady eye, and we'll poised bay
onet, they nave helped mankind on to
this great CONSERVATION, while | fear
there will be some white ones unable F!
to forget that with malignant heart
and deceitfu1 speech they have striven
to hinder it.
''StiR let rs not be over sanguine of
a speedy, FINAL triumph. Let us be
quite sober. Let as diligently apply
the means, never doubling that Just
GOD, in his own good time, will give
US the nghtful result. 80 y