The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-14
the people was llks9j. He WAS equal

rang, his face shono and seemed to light
up the whole ASSEMBLY. For an hour
and q half he heldehis audience in the
hollow Of his hahd% His style Of speech
and manner of(delSery were severely
simple. WHAT Lowell called The
grand slmplicitIes1 Of tho Bible with
which he was so, familiar. were reflect
ed in his discourse. With no attempt
ut ornament orsrhetoric, without pa
rade or pretense, he spoke straight to
the point. II any; came expecting the
turbid eloauence or the ribaldry OF the
frontier. they mpa have been startled
at the earnest md sincere purity OF his
utterances. TWAS marvellous to sec
how this untutorad man, by mere self
discipline. and The, Christening OF his
own spirit. had outErown ali merotrl.
clous arts. and.found his way to the
grandeur and strength Of absolute
simplicity. e
Spoke Upon BIS Favorite Theme.
Flo spoke. upog the theme which he
had mastered Sd thoroughly. He dem
onstrated by coblous hlstorlcal proofs
and mastery logic, that tho fathers
who created the constitution in order
to form more perfect union, to estab-
lish justice. and to secure the bless
ings of liberty to themselves and their
posterlty, intended to empower the fed
eral government to exclude slavery
from tho territories. In the kindliest
spirit, he protested against the avowed
threat OF the southern states to de-
stroy the union II, In order to secure
freedom In those vast regions, out of
which future states were to be carved.
a Republican President was elected. He
closed with an appeal to his audience,
spoken with, all the FIRE OF his aroused
and kindllnB conscience. with q full
outpourlng Of his love Of Justice and
liberty. to maintain their political pur-
pose on that lofty and unavoidable Is
sue Of right and wrong which alone
could justify It. and not to DO intimi-
dated from their, high resolve and ;, sa-
cred duty by any threats OF destruction
to the government or OF ruin to them
selves He concluded with this telling
sentence. which drove tho whole argu-
ment home to oil our hearts: Let US
have faith that right makes might, and
In that faith lot us to the end dare to
do our duty as we understand It." That
night the great hall, and the next day
the whole city. rang with delighted np,
plause and congratulations, and ne
who had come as stranger departed
With. the laurels Of great triumph.
Saw Him For tho Last Time.
Alas! in I've years from that e1ult-
ing night, I saw him sgain. Gr the las.
time, in the same city. borne In his cof-
fin through its, s;draped streets. With
tears and lamentations a heart broken
people accompanied him from WASH
ington. tho scene OF his martyrdom. to
his last resting place In the young city
OF the west. where he had worked his
way to fame.
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He lived to see his work Endorsed by
an overwhelming majority Of his coun-
trymen. In his second inaugural nd
dress, pronounced just forty days be-
fore his death. there Is single pas
sage which we'll displays his indomlt-
able will and at the same time his deep
religious feeling, his sublime charity to
the enemies of his country and his
broad and Catholic humanity:
III We shall suppose that American
slavery Is one OF those offences which
In the Providence OF God must needs
come. but which having continued
through the appointed time, He now
wills to remove, and that He gives to
both north and south this terrible war,
as the woe due to those by whom the
ofense came. shall we discern therein
any departure from those divine at
tributes which the believers In a living
God always ascribe to Him.? Fondly
do We hope, fervently DO we pray. that
this mighty acourge OF war may sre.t-
i!y pass away Yet. II God willis. that
| II continue until all the wealth piled by
the bondsmena two hundred and hfty
years Of un.cquitcd toll shall be sunk,
and until every drop OF blood drawn
with the lash, shall be paid with nm
other drawn by the sword, ms was said
three thousand years ago. so still II
must be said. The Judgments OF the
Lord are true. and righteous altogcth-
| err"
"With Malice Toward None"
with malice toward none, with char
ity for all; with r-mncss In the right ae
God gives us to see the rIght-let III
strive on to finish the work we arc In:
I to bind UP the nations wounds: to care
for him who shall have borne the bat
tie and FOR his widow and his orphan
to dc. all which may achieve and cher.
ish Just and lasting peace among our
selves. and with all nations"
His prayer wns answered. The forty
days. Of life that remained 10 him were
crowded with great historic events. Hc
lived to sec his Proclamation OF Emnn.
clpatlon embodied In an, amendment OF
the constitution. adopted by Congress
and submitted to the states for ratIh-
cation. The mighty scourse Of war did
speedily pas, away. for It was given
him to witness the surrender Of the las,
Rebel army and the fall OF their capital
and the starry. flag that he loved, wnv.
| Ing In trIuInnh Oyer every foot OF the