. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . d thatthe election having passed offquietly ... is a victory worthmore to the country than a battlewon. At a late hour on theevening of the election, Mr. Lin-coln, in response to a serenade,said: I am thankful to God forthis approval of the people. Butwhile deeply grateful for this geoege n. , mark of their confidence in me, if I know my own heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triiii
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . d thatthe election having passed offquietly ... is a victory worthmore to the country than a battlewon. At a late hour on theevening of the election, Mr. Lin-coln, in response to a serenade,said: I am thankful to God forthis approval of the people. Butwhile deeply grateful for this geoege n. , mark of their confidence in me, if I know my own heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal is not in my nature to triumph over any one, but I give thanks to AlmightyGod for this evidence of the peoples resolution to stand by free government andthe rights of humanity. But it was a tremendous personal triiimpli for whichany man might be properly grateful; it was a vindication by the peoiilc of thusterling worth and unfaltering courage of the president. Lincoln was reinaugurated March 4. LSr;), and in a clear liut sometimes sad-dened voice, he pronounced his second but last inaugural, a most impressiveaddress, the closing ]):irairrapli of which is as follows:. 178 ABRAHAM LtXCOLX. With malice toward noue, with charity for all, with firmness in the rightas God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up thenations wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for hiswillow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just andlasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Mr. Lincoln, as the champion of the Union cause, had among his most zealousfriends the loyal women of the North. Many books might be written aboutwhat these women did for the good of the soldiers in the field and in hospitalsand for the Union cause. They contributed largely to the public opinion of the North. They organized them-selves into aid societies, andgathered and prepared suppliesfor the hospitals and such articlesof food as we
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