The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-07

| large sheets of paper. from whlch ne
! read 1t. According to Noah BROOKS.
! who described the scene. every word
! was clear and audible as the ringing
/ ana somewhat shrill tones of Lincoln
| voice sounded over the vast concourse.
| At hrst there was silence. but the
loftier periods in the address were greet
ed with bursts of applause which swelled
! to cheers at the end.
! Looking down into the faces of the
| people, illuminated ny the bright rays
| of the SUM- writes Brooks. .'one could
see moist eyes and even fearful checks
| as the good President pronounced these
noble words: With malice toward none.
| with charity for all. with frmncss in
| Tn" right as God gives us TO soc the
| riSht. let Us strive to finish the work
we ar" in: to bind up tho nation :
wounds. to care for him who shall have
! horn" III" battle: and for his widow and
| his orphan: to do all which may aChieV"
! and cherish u lasting peace among our
selves and with all nations
| When Lincoln finished he turned t."
take tn" oath. Laying his right hand
! upon an open Bible Lincoln repeated
| the oath. administered t" MIN by tho
| Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Sal
l mon I. Chase
| After the words so help me God"
| Lincoln rcverentIv kissed the book His
| lips fcll upon the 9Th and 18th verses Of
the fifth chapter of Isaiah. beginning.
| Non" snail l." weary nor stumble"
among them"
'.\nd the War Came
l.incoIm's address in full was as fol-
| lows:
| Fellow -Countrymen-Nt this second
appearing to take the oath IF tn" Pres
id"ntial office there is less occasion for
| an extended address than. there WAS at
the first. Then a statement, somewhat
IN detail OF course TO he pursued.
seemed fitting and proper. Now. at the
expiration Of four wears, during which
public declarations have been constant
ly called forth on every point and phase
Of tho great contest which still ahsorhs
the attention and enGrosSes the energies
Of tn" nation. little that is new could he
presented The progress of our ;NmS.
upon which all else chiefly depends. Is a.
we'll known 10 the public as to myself.
and il is. | trust. reasonably satisfactory
and encouraging to all. With high hope
for tho future. no prediction ia regard
TO il is ventured.
"On the occasion CORES nonding TO this
four years ago ali thoughts were anxi-
ously directed to an impending civil war.
All dreaded it-a!l sought To avert II.
Will" the inaugural address was being
delivered from this place. devoted alto
gether to saving tho Union without war,
insUrSent agents We're in tho city seek
ing to destroy il without war-ScckinC to
dissolve the Union. and divide effects.
by negotiation. Both parties deprecated
war: but one Of them you'd make war
rather than let tho nation survive and
tho other would accept war rather than
let it perish. And the war came.
Lot Is Judge Not.
"OHP-ciChth If the whole population
were color"d slaves not distributed gen
orally over the Union. hut localized in
tn" southern part or il. These slaves
constituted a peculiar and powerful in
terest. Nj knew that this interest was.
somehow, tho cause OF the war
To strengthen. perpctuate and ,Nford
this interest was tho object for which
the Insurgents would rend the Union.
even ny war: Will" the government
claimed no right to do more than to TO
strict tn" territorial enlargement Of il.
Neither party expected for tho war the
magnitude or III" duration which il has
already attained. Neither anticipated
that the cause OF the conflict might cease
with. ar even before. the conflict itself
should cease. Each looked for an easier
triumph. and result less Fundamental
and astounding. Both read tho same
Bible. and pray to the same God: and
each invokes His aid against the other
II may seem strange that any men
should dare to ask a just Gods assist
ance in wrinGinC their bread from the
sweat Of other mems faces: but let lis
judge not that we be not judged
with Malice Toward None.-
The prayers of both could not be an
swered-that of neither has been an
swered fully. The Almighty has his own
purposes Woe unto the world because
of offenses, for it must needs he that of
lenses come; but woe to that man by
whom the offense cometh' If We shall
suppose that American slavery is one
Of those offenses which. in the rrovi-
d"nce Of God. must needs come. hut
which. having continued through His ap-
pointed 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 offense came, shall
We discern therein any departure from
those divine attributes which the heIiev-
ers in 4 living God always ascrihc to
Him?
"Fondy do "" hnpN-fc-vently do We
pray-that this mighty sCuurGe Of war
may speedily pass away Vet. If Cod
wills that it continue until all tho wealth
piled by the bondsmau's 80 wears Of nm
r"quitCd toll shall h" SUNK and until
cvcrv drop If blood drawn with tho Ia sh |
shall he paid by another drawn with the
sword as was said 3.00n years ago so
still At must b" said The judgments of
tho Lord ar" true and righteous alto .
Eethcr.
with maliC" toward none: with char
ity for all; with nrmncss in the right. as
God gives US to sec the right, let us |
strive on to finish tho work VIC arc in |
TO bind up tho nations wounds: to care
for him who shall have borne the battle. I
and for his widow. and his orphan-to
do all which may achieve and cherish = |
just and lasting peace among ourselves !
and with all nations''
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