. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. AsHMUN Memorial. 142 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD For four years the war went on, with alternating successesand defeats for the north until at last the victories won byGeneral Grant indicated that he would, in the end, bring allout right. Guiding all was the wise Lincoln, criticised, reviled,. Making Comfort Bags. weighed down with responsibility, but looking always to aHigher Power for help for himself and the nation. One day the bells of Springfield
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. AsHMUN Memorial. 142 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD For four years the war went on, with alternating successesand defeats for the north until at last the victories won byGeneral Grant indicated that he would, in the end, bring allout right. Guiding all was the wise Lincoln, criticised, reviled,. Making Comfort Bags. weighed down with responsibility, but looking always to aHigher Power for help for himself and the nation. One day the bells of Springfield rang out with joy; thePresident had made a proclamation freeing the slaves. It wasvery different from the time when the bell of the old Methodistchurch on the corner of Union and Mulberry streets wastolled, the day when John Brown was hanged. Only a few yearshad passed and what, at first, seemed an idle dream of an THE CIVIL WAR 143 enthusiast was now an accomplished fact. Thus Man pro-poses and God disposes. With great wisdom Lincoln hadchosen the day and made the proclamation in which may beread this sentence, Upon this act, sincerely believed to bean act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon militarynecessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind andthe gracious favor of Almighty God. In the spring of 1865 came the close of the war, quicklyfollowed by the martyrdom of the President and the linkingof his na
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