The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-08

leading nntl-8layery man, was advised
not to appear as lecturer, in the old
Quaker city. Philadelphia. As the
time for the inauguration approached.
great fear was entertained lest the
constitutionally elected president
should be assassinated on his way
from his home In Springfield, Illinois,
to the national capital. So great was
this fear that Mr.. Lincoln was finally
persuaded by his friends to pass
through the city of Baltimore, secret
ly and at night. When he assumed
the duties OF his office the national
treasury had been depleted; the mill
tary stores and equipments were
largely in the possession OF the
enemies of the Union, and the navy
was scattered upon tho high soas.
| These things were enough to have np-
palled one less patriotic, less heroic
than the great Lincoln,
The Man of Peace.
In his great heart he desired peace
above everything else, If 1t could be
maintained with honor and without
surrendering the lawful authority ot
the national government. In his inau-
gural address he therefore pleaded
With the people OF the South to aban-
don their rash and impetuous policy,
and to submit to the lawfully consti-
tuted authority of the government.
With irresistible logic he showed that
| popular government itself was III
trial: that II state might, at will,
refuse to recognize the authority OF
the laws Of congress and the dots
OF the national government, the eN-
pertinent OF free and popular govern
ment would be at an end. He recog-
pized that IL the Union failed, freedom
failed. But while thus pleading for
| peace and the preservation of the
Union, and the supremacy OF the law.
| he did not hesitate to declare his
| purpose to use all the authority of the
| government to preserve the union OF
| the states. Addressing himself 10
| the people OF the South, he said in Ills
| inaugural address: In your hands, my
| dissatisfied fellow countrymen, not In
| mine, are the momentous issues of civil
| war. The government will not assail
| you. You can have no conflict with
cut yourselves being the aggreSsors.
You can have no oath registered in
Heaven to destroy the government,
| preserve, protect and defend 1t. am
loath to close. We are not enemies
| but friends Though passion may
| have strained, 1t must not break our
| bonds of affection" At the same time
| he said: Il shall take care, as The
constitution itself enjoins upon me,
that the laws of the Union be faithfuI-
y executed in all of the states.
While thus recognizing the duty en-
| joined upon him by the constitution,
| so strong was his desire for peace aud
| The preservation OF the Union that to
| Alexander H. Stephens. who became
vice president of the confederacy. al
though he had opposed the dissolu-
| ton OF the Union at the beginning. he
| said, pointing to a sheet OF paper:
stephens. let me write Union at the
top of that page and you may write
| below 1t whatever else you please.
LncoJn's Magnanmity.
The kindly magnanimous disposi-
ton OF Mr Lincoln was manifested III
the formation of his cabinet. He
| called William H. Seward, his chief
rival for the nomination for presi-
| dent, to be secretary Of state; Solo,
| mon P. Chase, to the treasury; Simon
| Cameron as secretary OF war, and Ed
ward Bates to be attorney general
| all prominent competitors Tor such
nomination. On the 4th day of March,
| 1861. when Mr.. Lincoln was inauga-
| rated as president. there were only
| three places In the seven states which
had already seeded. where the dag
| of the Nation was still flying. These
were Fort Sumpter, South Carolina.
| Fcrt Pickens and Key West. All other
| forts as we'll as arsenals, dockyarti5,
rnints and custom houses had been
| seized by the rebel government. Thus
the. enemies of the Union were in pos
session OF practically all military
| stores. equipments, arms and mum"
| tions of war.
Northern Opposition.
The administration was not only
confronted with this open rebellion
In the South. but In the northern
states the efforts OF the president at
conciliation and for the maintenance
OF peace was the subject OF merciless
criticism from the more radical anti
slavery element, while there was quite
g strong element especially in the
border states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa. which gave every aid ana
encouragement TO the rebellion po5-
sible short of actual resistance TO the
authority Of the government. To add
to all these dire perpleXitles, when
the call for $4,000 volunteers was is
sued by the president, the governors
OF every slave state which had noe
joined in the rebellion, insolently re-
fused to furnish their quota OF men
or arms, and the legislature OF the
state of Indiana refused to furnish
the means with which to equip hsr
volunteer soldiers, 1t was only
through the patriotic and determined
action of the great war governor, DIV
er P Morton. that the necessary means
were raised for this purpose
Attack Upon Fort Sumter
BY the 1st OF April. 1861, the United
States troops at Fort Sumter. South
Carolina, commanded by Major An
derson, were almost without oro-
visions and the president determined
TO send supplies to the relief OF Major
Anderson and his brave men. AS soon
as this became known to the con
federate secretary of war he ordered
az assault on the fort and his orders
were promptly carried out on the 12th
day of April. before supplies had
reached the garrison. Being without
provisions or ammunition. Major An
Gerson was compelled to surrender the
fort after about thirty-siX hours re-