Year: 1863

The Presidents letter 10 the Springfield Convention re-
the unqualified admiration Of loyal men through.
the breadth OF tho land Various have thoir
sentiments OF its topics 1t Is yet their universe


testimony that nothing could have been moro
apt Its hard sense, its sharp outlines. it's noble temper
defy malice Even the copperhead gnaws upon vain


Iy as did the viper upon the Ole.


Mon talk about a courtly felicity OF speech, and
term II a rare accomplishment. So indeed II is.
Nothing but high culture and the most patient
practice confers 1t. Here Is felicity Of speech far
SURPRISING Y, yet decidedly unoourty The most con-
summate rhe,orcian never used anguageCmore pat to
the purpose and ssli there ID word In the letter


not familiar TO the paines poughman But what Is still
better than felicity Of expression, felicity OF
thought Not only the Presidents language Ia the ap.est
expression OF bis ideas there similar tness OF
ideas TO he occasion He has singular faculty OF dts
covering the real relations Of things aud shaping his
thoughts strictly upon them, without external bias In
his own independent. and perhaps might say very
peculiar way he invariably gets at the needed truth OF
tho timo When he writes, Is always said that he
hits tho aa upon tho head aud 30 he does but the
beauty Of s that the hail which he hits Is to be
the very nail Of all others which needs driving.


Nothing could have been better adapted to tho exgen
Cies OF the time, In arguent In expostuation in


ing and 10 general tone than President Lincons naugu
raj and yet II would be hard TO conceive more difficult
delicate position than he then occupied But this
peculiar apposeness isjust as manifest in his less formal
productions. Everybody strnck by the remar kable
appreciation and force with which he urged Gen. bClel-
Ian to moro active military movements In the interval


between the battle Of Antietam and that generals final
removal Yet these letters not meant for the public
eye at all, and never would have seen the
light but for the report Of the Congressional
Committee on the Conduct Of the War; So too his
IA tn 4 al Al Hvatb
everybody admits perfectly adapted 10 that stage
Of tho His letter to the ntercessors for Mr. Val


andgham utterly annhated the they thought they
had made strong and yet Il done in genial
way that the victims themselves felt like joining in the
general applause. There was the unpretentious
aud yet irresistible power in sicnclng Governor sey
mours factious remonstrances against the execution
OF the Enrolment law. This letter to the Springfield
Convention though In very different veln has just tho
fitness TO the occasion, and the effectiveness
In ts own direction whatever the effort, IL is
mistimed. never misspent


LNrd Brougham remarked Of Washington that "the
human fancy could not have created combination or
qualities perfectly fitted for the which
his lot to bear part" This consummate at.
the tnos may be recognized in the at the
head Of the aAs Of tho country in this great
sis Of Its existence. Rather should say recognized
for s certain that spite Of all the hard trials and
the hard words to which he has boon exposed Abraham
Lincoln is to-day the most popular 10 tho republic
All the denunciaons and all the OF dsmagogues are
perfectly pOweress To tine people from their faith
him. There Is general conviction that he Is jus, the
for the occasion And il conviction that con-
stau,iy growing clearer deeper experiences
tho country President, Lincoln the obtains
its confidence. sseakH * tes rar srae tY fHM


l, would be hard to think two men more unlike In
OF their characteristics than the st President and
present Yet IN general cast OF mind and heart
the latter probably moro nearly resembles Washington
than any Of his predecessors. without anything like
brillancy Of gonius, without any very great breadth o.
information. or literary accomplishment inventive
power he sti has that perfect balance OF thoroughly
sound faculties which gives almost infalliby sure
judgment. This. combined with ereat tenn
per- great nrmress Of purpose. SUP moral principle
and intense patriotism mako up just that character
which s him, as the same qualities fitted Washington


wise and safe Of affairs in the season
Of great peril.


II is almost fearful 10 contemplate what might have
been tue consequences had Executive Of different
mould We have had Presidents Of hsadsrong temper,
who, when hard pressed would listen counsel but
rush on selfwcd others OF eeblcncss Of spirit that
made them the play things OF ances the
passive tools or other mems We have had Presi.
dents who would have found II almost impossible in any
exgcncy. to rise above ariy level others who though
they might detach themselves from party would do SO
only TO seek the swift popular current that should bear
them on to a second term. Had we at tho
head Of affairs belonging to any or these classes, tho
national ruin would DO almost inevitable. There could
have been hardly hope Of escaping wreck in this dread
iu Storm under such posge. The very knowledge that
we had so unreliable q hand at the helm would have
almost parayzed effort There would have been such
collected energy have sotn, such steady coud
in tha hna. h.ra
been uncertainty, dissenson and confusion We have
had many reasons to De thankful to heaven for It's order
ings 10 aid OF our rightly acqutng ourselves towards
this wicked rebellion: but for lhing
great for gratitude for the possession Of ruler
who peculiarly adapted to the needs Of the time
clear headed, dspassonae discreet steadfas,, honest
Abrsham Lincoln.


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