. Abraham Lincoln; a history . shington,aroused and directed by the evil spirit that reignsthere, is belching forth the lava of political corrup-tion in a current broad and deep, which is sweep-ing with frightful velocity over the whole lengthand breadth of the land, bidding fair to leave un-scathed no gieen spot or living thing; while on itsbosom are riding, like demons on the wave of Hell,the imps of the Evil Spirit, and fiendishly tauntingall those who dare to resist its destroying coursewith the hopelessness of their efforts; and know-ing this, I cannot deny that all may be sweptaway. Brok
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . shington,aroused and directed by the evil spirit that reignsthere, is belching forth the lava of political corrup-tion in a current broad and deep, which is sweep-ing with frightful velocity over the whole lengthand breadth of the land, bidding fair to leave un-scathed no gieen spot or living thing; while on itsbosom are riding, like demons on the wave of Hell,the imps of the Evil Spirit, and fiendishly tauntingall those who dare to resist its destroying coursewith the hopelessness of their efforts; and know-ing this, I cannot deny that all may be sweptaway. Broken by it I, too, may be; bow to it, Inever will. The probability that we may fall in thestruggle ought not to deter us from the support ofa cause we believe to be just. It shall not determe. If ever I feel the soul within me elevate andexpand to those dimensions not wholly unworthyof its almighty architect, it is when I contemplatethe cause of my country, deserted by all the worldbeside, and I standing up boldly alone, hurling. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. EAELY L.\W PRACTICE 11 t defiance at her victorious oppressors. Here, with- cnw. coutemphitiug consequences, before Heaven,and in face of the world, I swear eternal fealty tothe just cause, as I deem it, of the land of my life,mv libertv, and mv love. Ami who that thinkswith me will not fearlessly adopt that oath that Itake! Let none falter who thinks he is right, andwe may succeed. But if after all we should fail,be it so. We still shall have the proud consolationof sajdng to our consciences, and to the departedshade of our countrys freedom, that the causeapproved of our judgment, and adored of ourhearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death,we never faltered in defending. These perfervid and musical metaphors of devo-tion and defiance have often been quoted as Mr. heroic challenge to the slave power, andBishop Simpson gave them that lofty significancein his funeral oration. But they were simply theuttera
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