, 1876-12-27
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10 &As EdoF y 1hS Tt7bNrf.
GA1gsnuRo, ILL.,, Dec. 2j.-The Presidential
election OF 16G0 as Il has this year, resulted I'D
ycrscly to the wtshcs OF tue Democracy" In
the Nortl, there was widespread dissatisfaction,
In tho South tho rage Of defeat. During tho
fall and winter OF 1871 treason WINS being plot
ted all over the South. All through that part
Of the country plans were being lnid which would
cut every Southern State from the General Coy
ernmcnt. Everywhere trcasonable speeches
were made, and In thc leading cities conventions
were held to foster and sanction tho grcat &C.,
ccsston movcmopt. Everywhere, Mas! initial
steps werc taken which would hasten tho worst
rebellion Of nil agcs. Through all that exciting
winter tho political outlook was even more
threatening than It Is now. but IN that era Of
madness and treason there were those In the
North, even as tlHrc ate many now wllo be-
icved that the ire Of the South could be caltnesl,
and nil difficulties settled, and all sections unit
cd, 4 NIL parties would only keep coo1. In those
anxious dayE no one gave wiser counsel OF spRkc
moro pr0phetically, for then and for now, than
tho great and eood Lincoln. Ou tho 14th uf
February, 1851, at Plttsbusg, Pa, on his way
to Washington II become tho burden-bcarcr for
the people Of the awful crisis TINT WIS upon the
country, he uttered the following impressive
wbrds:
Notwithstanding tho tronbles across the river,
there IL really ctials sprlnging from anything Ii
the, Government Itself. In plain wurds, thefo .
| there now to warrant The condition q affairs pre-.
tSnts on UT vo ~ ths onastfons rvn,rcd
there Is nothing to Justify The course they arc pur-
suing. repeat T. then, there - no cflala except
tutbn1ent man a aseS u bT JssIan!nr nn,c.sn. "' ~
alv!ce then, under such circuinalancos Is 10 keep
% soo,: II The gtest American peopIs WI only keep
Viii cone to a., end. and tho anestion Which nov
dIaraets the couutry Will bc settled Just surely
~ otaef aent.ss s OF lee cantaetes wniSn haSe
Let the pcop,o on ooth siJcs keen thcf self posses
sion. and tst as other clouds have cleared away IN
Sne " 70 w s tafos ena tnfn sEea' "aon 0a
Via nolttiro, n,cst,on ~ tho bo,,r trvo,vtno
so ,nnnv hnnrs sn m,,rI ao1iritut1a ia nnt nnc -
pevnIt ~ eeeeasJon ~ ~ ,rnr IL rotNer oS ~
simniy n question Of fact as to which nnrty. an
nn,yrrcI by lin nonmiar voicc. ia rptitfcd to
sun,cmocv ami Tho rifht IN control thu f,,nctiona
VIII Gnvornmnnt ao innT na IL IL ti,nf ord
oniv t},nt. surely ts ,yoie i,eonfc ran afTf,r n
Eccn cnn1 i,,vit,st I'm scarrh fnr trsth ia Uoin~
On. and continue so to DO ajtcr # has bn been
fn,,nl Thcra "a 'nff,rrn,tfro nvf.,ence nnj IN
assuring bcl.ei that tho question viii 10 decided
atituticn ftacIf' II Mi narties viii kccn thcir
tc,nncr md 1T Tho Inv anft rf,sht nncyoi1I tinn
vii fIc Il ro1iien chain nf '1mInn ic strcu,rth.
m. snn,. W. o,r Evnst dcstinics unfn,icJ II nnI nj,
tjiisi !, 'NS' "~e''So r. Il r,
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>rAErr1, AN o7rr1cr.e 1vAr,
-. ~. M;,a. ~ ~. Tx.s,.ns
e,,1 ~ ,hs ~ 1,1"o' n"o oa " IT,. ns a'sa"e.
| eoHfpoHi Aa'' oee' anu" cAu WI !ooA on
tho prospect Of civil war between the Kepub.
lean md Democratic parties with anything less
tl,an horror7 Just think. IT. would mt hn. IA tbe
Into c;vl, war conancI entirely n scctions.
1nto n'H, .n "es' s. ,a..1s .,,.m ~"
uhly one gteaI nattle ol our lata clsil war
| Northern soil, showing clearly that 80 much so
Nns that EAr gecflonn1 fu liza chnrnntcr nntl cf-