The Penn's Grove record., 1885-06-06


ffnness iu ,he Iight as G5d gives us to
see the right Del US finish the w0fa We
are iu. to bind up ahe Nations wounds,
to care for him who shall have borne
the battle. ard for his widow aad his
oryhaus. to DO all which may achjeye
aud cherish q just ant u lasting peace
among ouIsclycsa ud with al nations"
And its shat noble man realized that
the end OF armed resistance was near
at hand the great aspiration of his sJul
seemed to be, to have sdcii "a Uuion as
/ have suggested, freed from the Dlotof
slavery but with its people, once e.
transcd, reunited agaiD in the bonds Of
fralerual friendship and affection.
There arc Indications in his latest writ
inEs and speeches Of a deep felt sym
mathy with the great mds5 Of the South
ern Insurgents at the close Of the Wal
as they stoad Impoverished and bowr d
down amid their broken fortunes ana
d~esOlate ZONES WITH amI4d endO we'd
by rature with wisdom far beyond IN
average If men, broadenei as it was
with aslnple Christian faith he seemed
30 look through AMI beyond the aists
Of prejudice and passion tia! ruled the
hour aud see that it WIS ne hand OF
P~royideace that was using The actors
III tiat trag struggle, to deliver the
millions ofhi5 people wao were in bond
a.c AID to purge The nation 10y the
blood Of lis SONS hom long plrtieipa-
ten in the sin Of slavery from which 10
part Of The Union could cam 90 be ab-
so!uteIy guiltless. That such was
Pres dent LncO]n's view is futher at
tested by reference again to his second
aaguraj ad lrzss Wh5lcin he says
THE Almighty has his own Purposes.
Woe INTO The world because ii often
ces, for it must needs be that offences
come, but woe to that Ia 10y whom
tbs offence cometh..' Ii we shall sup
pose nat American slavery is one OF
these offences which, in the Providence
Of God. must needs come, but which
having continued THROUGH his al p)r-
toned time, lie now wills - remove,
anal that he gives to both North and
South this terrible war, as the woe due
10 tlo.e 10y whom the offence came,
shall we discern therein any departure
from thoso Divine attributes which
the believers in a living God always as
crihe to Him? Foniiy do we hope,
ferveutIy do VIZ pray That this mighty
seouIgc of War may speedily pas
away. Yet if God walls that il cor
liuue until all the wealth pied by the
bondmaa's two hundred and fifty years
Of unrequ ted toll, shall be sunk, and
until every drop Of blood dawn with
the lash sha'l bepe.id by another drawn
with the sword, as was said three
thousand yeas ago, 50, still it mus b.
said the judgment Of the Lord are true
and righteous altogrther?' On Ap il
| llll, 1863, , days after Lees surrender
ard three days before he was ass4ssina-
ted the President delivered n public adj
dress breathing the same sentiments OF
charity toward the fallen foe and lie
claring his anxiety to have the seeded
States restored to their proper relations
with The General Government as soon
as possible, setting aside as immaterial
any specific theory as to whether they
| ha | ever been out OF the Union. III
confirmation Of all this is the narri-
tive going the rounds OF the papers the
present week Attributed to Mr.. Joar
w. Garrett, Of Baltimore, and Stating
that the latter knew it to be a fact
"That when Nj. Lincoln was asked IT,
sEecting the terms Of peacs that would
be demanded by The Federal Govern
ment he just tore sheet Of paper in two,
and wrote across the top of il ties
words: 'On the part Of the Uni ed
States: The Union preserved. SIaFery
abolished. Then pointing 20 the blank
space beneath, he said: Lei them write
their own terms underneath that In
harmony with those sentiment in favor
Of restoring amIty were the wolds OF
the hero OF Appomattox in his report
summing up the final victories of the
Army of the Potomac wherein after con
graduating the several sections OF the
Union Army and people in the work of
| restoring the National supremacy lie
adds: Let them hope for perpetual
peace and harmony with That enemy,
whose manhood. However mistaken
the cause, drew forth such hercultan
deeds Of yalor.'" And With slavery
the great bone of contention remove!
and that beyond the hope Of recall Ivy