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JACKSONVILLE, SATURDAY MARCH 11), 1SG4.
VOL. IX. NO. 1).
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"llIX
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Jtit'KMOiirilli! hodgc
hn lu ImMtf If rnrnUr tiinot.
. In nn t'lhllv uf llin flr.t
-k lii puii month, ntui an
t x,l IJ iMiumij "i orn inicrvcniui;
j firf s vnfK, lu mr iii.uwiiic ii.tn,ai
..'rj, 0r.0.ll. UOItlllS, H.O.
r rvir n. tvr'y
tn.lm -4m. M. Sulton, IInry IMnllngn- iml
! II f fi.
farrcn Lodso No, 10, A. F. & A. HI.
n HOLD their rwrmiir cnmmiiul
ff.ii(im tlt Viiliieduy nvoiitiignu
Vvtr iipti'iIIiik ' H moon, I" Jack-
mi J. UUKUON
nilliAi I'JIilkllli, Mi .11.
!)f.noM. tor il
(Hti:(10NCllAI,TJJItA'..J,
.. O F
I10YAI. AKCII illASOIVS
J tPWOMV...'. oiwaax,
,', ,i ttripilii ;oiiitiiitnTi:(vlttiii on tlic
I Ir.l fAlunl-y lSc. nf Kvei-y .llnnlli.
All wjounilnr Coiiip-viihin In gnuri
uii-k ri-conJMIIy Invited in ntlciul.
H. II. 8. II YD 15, II. I".
J MCl'l, .-CCy (II CD Ml
Cnrcer nml Clinrncter or Abe
.Lincoln.
His Influonco on tltu Amorican Nation
II V IIAttltlKT tlKK'IIKrt STOWK.
3
ID. F. DOWELL,
.TTOHNF.Y AT 1AAV.
JjirKSiUVII.f.K, OlIKllON.
"' (T'-Imi 111 nil llio Court l tlin Third
.a! liu.trici, III" ttiiri- Court of Dru
ms hi Yuta.Col. WivrScrln nrmmit-
m "''N Oct. i
n.niif. v. r. iiuftriKt.i..
JACOBS, & RUSSELL,
1T0IINKY.S AND COUNSKLOIiS
' X."Vir,
VPFOI.HTI'Olta IN CIIANCKUY,
Jmksowii.i.k, OnKniiN.
Hfffe ii)iiiiIIii Ilia Coni-l Hume.
I,.' ie ruiuriitliil lo their nan1 t 111
i rrvniptl" ull-'iKi- il lo. Jnlv 'Jit. 'nt.
J. GASTON,
(Sitwwr la Ucul A (lulon)
YTTOllNEY AT LAW.
JArximxYii.i.K, Oumins.
kpocal attention clvi'M to collection
i". .June 10, lHfi:i, III
lljr apr-vlntuicntj
GEORGE D. 10ORRIS,
OTAHY PUBLIC
FOU JACKSON COUNTY.
0)5cilli II, V Wnwell. Kt.
J.S.HOWARD,
FHIVI-YOU CIVIL KNGINKHR.
JirmowiuJ! Ohkiion,
'dm near tliu ijonlh end or Oregon
.fiiinmrv. '.'. IHdl
Tlio rrvolnt inn llirougli which the Amtr-li-nii
iiiifloii it Mtrfii)jr In not n mure local
t'onvulflnii; 1 1 in u mir fur n prliiciplc
which cniic-eri'H till iimnliiiul. It h ihc war
for tln riu'lil or tin; working cIiim of limn
I; I ml ii iin!iil the iiiiriiition of prlrltctl
id urinlocrnciiti. Ymi cun iinl;u noihlii
ilfi-nflt. Tliut In tlio ii-iinin wliy, l;cn
hiift nl lifllil in llu' juilmciit ilny, It lm
t'liue tlirouh nil iiiitiouo, illviilinp to dip
r'mUl nml thu left the miiltltmli-n. Tor tin
mill mir nuiM', nil the mmninn wnrlilii);
cliintnol llu rope nil tlmt toil, nml mnit,
nml nrv npiircwil. Afraiiit im, nil pritit
cilpiil claHMf, iiohlff, princn", liuiiliir nml
prctit niniiiif.icturcri". nml nil nlin live at
cn-it'. A ullvnt Iwllnct, pivrcinp to tln ill.
viilin? or cpirit, joiiiiri ainl nmrrow, him
frmic ihrou'li ihu curlli, iiik cent every con I
wiih InMlnutivc ccrtiiititv where It lirlniiL'v
The poor lulmrcri" of Illrniinpliaiii nml
.Mnnciiciivr, inu pnorriiK wcuvitm nn.rnii
to whniii our conllict hai Im-cii prcffiit flur
vnllou nml lltirt-ring ih-tiih, huve Homl
lirawly for im. No titttUirtvtt cntiM hllml
or dtfti'ivf them ihcy hnew iliut mirraiiK'
wusi tlit Ir cutico. nml they huvc ruH'-rnl
Ihvir p.ut huroicitllx us il lllilli' ly our
fliilc, Ieciiue 1I117 hnew tlmt our viitnry i lieen borrowing
PETER URITT,
I'lwtoKiaphli! Art.t,
wparnj in i.iku piclnrcx in every ftylii
1 1 ri,lihll tho lain Improvi'incut.
VtUtfit do not pivo rntl'rnotinu. no
' ' vtll l' nml.-. Cwll nt liln new Gal
1 n IW hill, r xatnlnu IiIh nlcturo. ami
' " vimr IIUiiwu.
Q. VV. G R P E R.
I'UVSK'IAN AND BOKO EON,
Jclontllle, Ori'(!i)ii.
'bttBM-n Dprin Saloon nua liynii,
'oi!n&Co.'H Store.
1 Bm!3- K. aci.
SACHS BTIO'S
'"WLKSALU AND 11ETAII.
DEAIETi TlsT
VGOAL MKUOAHNniKR.
JiCUIONVIM.K, OlIKOOil.
BRANCHSTORE.
AT
H03NIX. OHEGON.
DUGAN & WALL,
PRWARDIHG AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
f1 "uimiK, cor. Front P.trcu.
CRraOKSTOlTY.OAL.
fel'J" ! RrWnB ami For-
fCaro-Mi. ' " v,0"'' Wlitl to
fcenlPn.? ii. ..
tii -MtacUverc. no 111 thoftwl-ht
I. K W.
IrroMiil,
STon
tunoK-v...... .- .'."":
f1 i.i Hi7.ni 1 ,iCrcl,y f-'iven '"
' !? t "ay. c,",,w,n' "'"l 0.
''wwieu...8 !l Ji,;k,0" conniy.for
&lf ,,,y Mik-m flVrlus
' rwl i',a' Is rcfcncil to him. '
ll(I654 .wAm
wuh to lie ilifir victory. On the iitUrcdc,
the nrixtficriilii nml holdirn of exeln.ive
privilepH huve felt the Instinct of ippn.
lion, uml Kjiiipulliy with u lni).'(;lliii: nrin
tneruey, fur they, loo, IVel tlmt our vk-tnry
will bo their 1I110111. Tie givnt ciniten Ima
visibly bwn lull) in the ImiuN of Almighty
Clud, uml lit n fulfillment of thu wilvinii
proplicciw willi which the lliblo In niwn
lluuk uii Htart, tlmt he would cjMru the
cnuiio of thu neitly ui.d jiule the tinnr.
Il wan He v.lio choie the lnalriinii'iit fur
thin wod;, nml llu chufe him with n via
ble reference In the rigliiti ami InlciinU or
lliejiruit majority of nmiiMud for whicb
he Htuiiitj.
Abiithmn Llncnln U In the ntrlctft
priie n limn of tho worltiig cl.itK'. All
Ida udvuntiiKt uml ubiliticiiire tliort of n
1111111 of the vorliiiir eluK; u'l I1U1 dkad
vuiiIukim "'"I diibllitiiii nru lliont of a
nun uf the worldly chimin; nml lil pot;,
lion now nt the lirod of on nl the moct pow.
rfut nation or the curlh, U a fifii to nil
whu live by labor tlmt their d.iy If C0111I14;,
Lincoln wuh bom to the inlivriiuucu of
Imril work, n a truly im tlit poorest laborer'
hod that di'i in our liviiU. At kvcii yccra
ul ugu h vtus net to work, nx in hum), to
elcur up n farm in u uwurn forest. Un
til hu was wwntccii bin life wuh that of a
simple, farm laborer, willi only fucli inter
vail of H'hooliiif; us firm luborL-ro (ret.
Probably ihu t-clioo! inul ruction of bin
wholu life would not uinuuut to more tlun
one yenr. At niiwiofii hn wi n trip to
New Orli-ans us hind hand on u Il-itboat,
und on bU return he hewed the Kh for a
oibiii and built It, und iiiclwed ten acre
of laud with a mil fence of bin own h.imli.
wmlc, The next year ho hired lilmselffor
812 n tunutli to build a ll.itbont ami lulte
her to New OrlwinJ, and nny one who
knows what the life of a Mlfsisnippl bo.it.
man was In tliow rljya, must know that il
involved every kind of labor. In 1832, In
the lltocU Hunt: Indian war, the hordy
boatman volunteered lo fi0'ht for his coun
try, and waft umniinotuly clicttd a cap
tain, und served with honor for ntcajon
In fiontier military life. After thin, while
serving oa a postmaster, ho bejinn bin law
Mudic. borrowing' tho books ho was too
poor to buy, nnd studying by the light of
bis evening (ire. He acquired n name- in
the country-about as 11 nun of resources
nnd shrewdness; he wa3 one tlmt pel,IC
looked to for counsel in cxtgcuclot. and to
whom they were ready to depute any en
lerpriso that needed i-l.ill nnd energy. The
Surveyor or Sangamon county U'Ipr driv
en with work, canio to hint t take tho
urvi-v of u tract uIT hi hand. TrQi', he
had never studied curvcyinp kut what of
thai? He accepted the "jub" procureil
nrhnln, u trrnllKC on f iirveylip, nml did
the work. Do wc not fee lu litis 11 prn.
ble of the wilder wllilerncs wlich in later
yrnrs he has nndrrlnkcu in trrey nnd fit
fur human habitation wlthotl clmrt or
nurveyorV chnlnT
In lSIlC, our Iwckswondnnn. flathonl
liund, captain, survTyor, ntninl a llccne
in practice luw. nml, as might liecxnecliil,
ro'e rupidly. One nuccdule will i-liim- the
ef Icpiii in which he war held In hi neigh
borhood. A client came to him In a cmie
rduthij; In 11 cirtsiu hind claim, nnd I. in
coin uiil to htm: "Your firnt ft p mul be
to dike S:i().fl(l() nml go nnd tiiHk a kptl
lender it of conre will be rvfuned, but it
in 11 nreoMiiry nirp."
"Itul." wild the man, "I haven't thi'S.10.
(10(1 to innke it with."
"Oh ! tlmt' It iTiut step over tu the
bank with me uml Ml get it."
So into the bank they went, and Lincoln
my to the eiihier. jnt wuni toluke
Sill) 1100 to make 11 Icpil lender with. I'll
bring it buck in nn hour or two,"
The t'uMitcr handed over Ihc money to
"lliuieiil Abe," nml without a KTiilchof 11
pen in iichuotvlcdgmciil he Mrodo hi wuy
with Ihc ppecie, nil in must purred Kimplie
Ity, inmif ihu temkr mid brought it luck
with us much mmchulunrc us If he hail
u silur Kpooii from hW
griiiiilmother.
Hi lionefty, sV.rrweilnei,and keen prac
tical itmlgbl into men nnd thinp non
iiinde him the inot iiifluentiul man lu hio
Slate, lie lifetime the repntul lender ol
Ihc Whig party, nnd ennvnwed the Kin ti
nHlunip K-ul(er la the time ol Henry
('liiy.nml In 1(316 nut eleetcd Itiprwnt
ntive to Congie. Hero lie met Ihc grind
ing of I ho great ((Mention of the dny the
upper nml neither mllNtonc ol flurery and
frndnm revolving nj;iilnnt each oilier
Lincoln' whole nature inclined him to be
n hnrruniiiiiT of conllloting prlleo rutlier
than a committed combatant on either t-iile.
He was firmly and from principle nn
enemy lo hmry liulihe ground h oc
eupird wiii In hum reprols a inuhlle one
between the uilvniiee guard of the null
flat cry nnd the h-m nf tho fire-rater.
lie voted with John Quincy AdmiiH fur
thu receipt of nnll.lucry petition; be
voted with Ghldlng for u oi:unittec 01
inquiry into the coiin'.ittitiomitiiy of hlnvcry
in the IlMlrict of Columbia and the expe
diency of r.holinhlng elwvery in the Hi
triel; he voted fur tho vurioim icelmion
prolilbiting fluvery lu the territorieR to be
ncipilred from Mexico, mid he voted -J 2
timet for the Wilmnt 1'iovim, In 18-10.
Junuary lClh, he nllVrul u plan for nbol
Wiing slavery In the ltrict of Columbia,
by ciunpcwntlon from ihe L'atlomd Trean
ory, with the conn-nt of a majority of the
cititeiw. Itu oppwed the ounexution of
IVxtt. but vntd for tho bill to pay the
expenren nl the war. Itut nt the time of
thn npnl of the Missouri CompromUe, he
look 'the field, heart und soul, against tin
plot 10 betray our Terriloric to slavery
It wiis mainly pwin;r to his exeTtlon tlmt
at this critical period n Republican Sena
tor In tho trembling National waits of the
em.llii't was worth a thousand times his
weight in gnkl.
Liltle did the Convention that nomina
ted Abraham Lincoln for President know
what they wero doing. Little did the linn
rst, (nthcrly, putriotlc man, who stood in
his simplicity oolhe platform at Spring
field, asking the prayers of his tnnntmen,
nnd receiving their plwbjw to remembtr
him, forscc how nwfel.'y he was to need
those prayers, the prayers uf all this nation,
nnd tho prayers of nil tho working, com
man people throughout the world. God's
hand was npop lilm with a visible protec
tion, savinj; him Grst from the danger of
twnssitmtion nt Baltimore and bringing
him wifely to our Nntlonal Capital. Then
the world has teen and wondered at the
greatest cign nnd -marvel of the day, lo
wit, r. plalu worklug man cf the p'ople,
with nn more culture, int ruction or cdum
lion than nny micIi working man can ob
tain for hlmelf, culled nn In rurxlucl the
p.iwnge nf n great people through n crlci
Involving the ileslinir of the vthnle world.
The eve nf prince, noble, nritncrnt, nf
Duke', null, rrholnr. tutcmcn, wnrrlor.
nil turnoil on Ihe plain hnrkvonilmnn, hi
lmple k-iim', hi Impf-rturhable i-implicily,
hi determined elf-r'linnce, lii Imprncll
cable and Incorruptible honesty, ns he nt
nml.) the wnr nf conflicting element llh
uiipreirmliiic Hendliir, striving lo guide
llie Nulinnal lilp throncti n chnnnel nl
whtiH' peril the world' nldcisl stulcionrti
ptnnd nglmrt. The brilliant cnurl nl
Knrope leveled their opera glosses nt the
phenomenon, l-'ulr ladle saw that he had
horny hniids nnd dlfdaincd while gluvr
Dapper d.plomlKH were idmckid nt In
ctslcni of i-tiipiellej but okl slnlefmeo,
who knew the terror of the KtnLc. were
wiser titan court ladle nnd dandy dipln
mitt, nnd watched him with n fearful
curiosity, simply oiling, "Will tlmt awk
ward old li.i(1isw(iodiiinn really gel tlmt
hip IhioHch ! If he doe, It will be time
fur til lo look about us."
Rnnih lo wiy. onr own politician er
snmrnhat fhnckM with hi .State paper,
nt first. Why lint let us make them n
little mnre conventional, nml file them ton
I'hiMittil pattern? "No," wn hi reply,
"I fliull write them myself. Tho tx-nple
Mill tinilertmid I lain better." "Hut
till or (hat form of expression is not (V
emit, not eltiMieal." "The people will nn-
di-rstaud It." has bctn his Invurlnble irply.
And whatever tuny be raid or hi State
papers ii compared with Ihu clurleHun
dards, it lias bi.-en n fsct thu l they harenl'
wilt's bet 11 woiiderfully well iindtrftnod by
Ihu jwiple. and that i-ince llw time nf
Washington the State pniera uf no I'rm
Ideiit have more controlled the pnpulur
mind. A nd one reason for thin they have
been inforuwl und uutliplumalic. They
huvc mure rtMinbled n father's Inlk to hi
children than u StUe xiptr. And tl?
huve that relish und fiiwck of the toil
Ihut appeal to the simple Iu1111.it heurt wnl
beud, which is a greater powr In wrilii-g
I hail the mokt urlful deviivs of rhetoria
L'neolu iirght well my, Willi the iiKmtle,
"Hut though I be rude lu speech, jut ful
in knowledge, but we have been thoroughly
ixilJe mmuful among you In ull lliiug."
Ills rejection of what wiled line writing
was us deliberate us St. l'uid's, und for Ihe
same ii-hkhi because lie felt that ho u
liprtikliiK on o subject -that iniHt lw made
chnr to the lonmi iutelhcl, though It
should full to odplivatethehiKhett. Itut we
suy of Lincoln's writing, that fur nil true,
manly purposes of writing, there xre uw
11 gm m hii Stute pacra that could not be
better put they utc uluolutvly Ktfut.
They are brlvf, eomlMwed, Inlewe, and
with u power of imight nnd e.presiii
which make tin m worthy to be imcrilml
in letter ol gold. Suvh nrc some passage
of the u'lebrutixl SprlnglWId letter, ihc
ially that masterly one where lie coinputiv
Ihe oomluet nf the putriotlc nnd loyal
blavks with that of the tretiehirrus uul
difloyu! wliite. No one can read this Id
ler without feeling the Influeuce of u mlad
both strong and generous.
Lincoln is a Ftrong man, but Ids strength
is of u peculiar kind; it It not aggressive
ro much as passive, nnd among wive
things it is like the strength not to much
of a stone buttress as of a wire cuWe. It
Is Hretigth swaying to every Inthence.
yielding on this side und nn tlmt popular
needs, yet tdiaclomly and inflexibly bnund
to carry its great end; end probably by
no oilier kind of strength could our nation
al flop have bein drawn safely thus fur
during the towlnga and tempests which
beset her wsy.
flurroundid by all sorts of conflicting
c'nlms. by traitors, by half hearted, timid
men, by border Slutes men and free Stules
men, by rudiculubolitlonlsta and cor.firva
lives, he has listened to ull, waited, observ
ed, yithjNd now here ot.d bow their, lot
in the main kepi one Inflexible, Immst mr
poe, to draw the nnlionul ship throiifth.
In limes of our trouble Abraham I.lu--co'n
bus had his turn nf befog thobist
abii'i-d man nf our nation. Like Mc-es
lendlnf lii hrnel through ihe wlMriie'l
he has seen llie day when every nvtn seem
ed ready to stone him; nnd yet, with slm'
pie, wiry, steady jiewvcreiirc, he hits held
nn, enuseiniis of hnnest Inlenlinns, nml
looking lo (led for help. All llicnalleii
ha fell, In the Incrrnslitg solemnlly nf hl
prnclnmation nml pipers, howibep Ihccd.
umtimi was being wrought In lii mind by
tht simple faith In (2nd. the Ituter of tie
lions, nnd this humble willtngnee to Irani
the aw ful lesson of His providence.
Wc do rot ibcmi In give the impression
that Lincoln is a riligicn inun In thesene
In whlih tlwt lirm Is pioirrly npplled.
wc believe wc ha nevir uinda any sued
profession; but wc see evidenoe tlnit, In
pasting through this drewdftil National
crWr he has been loreed, by the very ntf
gnirh nf the struggle, lo look upward,
where nny mliomil crentiire mut look fw
supfirt. No man lu hi agony Im sulfer
ed more and deeper, albeit with u dry,
weuiy, uitiiul kiIu llwit seeiued In seme
like iiiH-iHMbiliiy. "U'hlclnver way it
ends," he wild In the writer, "I Imvn the
Impiessitii) that I shan't last long utter It
I ov w."
Afttr tlio dreadful repulse of Pml-
erirkiburg he is reported lo have rild: "If
tlierc I 11 iiwti nut nf 111 tlmt sullirrs morii
tlhiu I do, I pUy him." In the dart,'
Jays hi heavy eyw hihI wenry air told how
reverse weiished ukmi blm, mid yt there
wasuiH-vvr failing lund nf pstience nnd
bfiltnm, llwt sometime rose lo thu surfitfe
In some droll, ipinlnt saying or loty, that
forced 11 laugh even fnun himself.
'IVre huve been llnm willi many, nf Im
petuous iinp'illcnce.wlirti our National ship
semed lo lie water logued, aisl welisveinll
ed uloiid for u dtlivcrvr of unalkiT fathiou
i briliiuul generul; n daikliig, fearliM
stalevinant n man who cotild dare und du.
u man who would sUike ull on. it die, and
win or lose by u brilliant luufi At main,
Il may comfurt our iiimmIi Ikut uiu-e He
who roWth in the iifiiilw of nations st ihi
wieli iiimi lo this work, llwt wkaps He
Mir In iImi man whom He did Mini seme
eeu)iur tlimiH nml aptitude Iherrfw,
.Slow and oareful In coining tnooiHilusIoiM
willing In talk with evi-ry prKm who bus
unylliing to sliow on tl.y side of u diw.
ted subject, long In wishing itinl (Wi.der.
Ing, altuclnd to cnoalilHUonttl.liinilii ntid
time h'inorHl landmark, IJnon-tn wnscir.
lulnly the safest leader it tiation wmld liavu
ut a tmm wlwll Ike Iwbeus ixp34 inunt be
susixmletl, uml nil Ihc oonatilutlAnul ei.d
minor rlchts of oitivH I thrown Into the
Itaads of their mili'nry Uuitr. A ritU-U-w,
IhiM, thifir.iug, duthinK imd i.f ge
nlos niisfkt huve wretksd our Cunslltullou
and ended tie In u slHdkl military diwpo
tssm, when honest Abe Iws only walkid elf
with our lights nt he dul with thu bug of
Secie from the bsnk. on lU loisl imtss
ise ta bring them buel; when he 1J dune
with tht in.
Among the many necuntiwi! nhluh lu
hours ol ill laek have U-cu thrown out up.
on Lincoln, it U remarkable thai he hul
never been culled slf-seking or selllA.
Wbea we were troublul and Mt iu dark-
ncm, and lo'jked doubtlully toward thu
I'resklenllal eliair, il never wut that we
doubted the good wdl of our pilotonly
the cleaniM of his cyeeight. Hat Al
mighty L'od has graoUsI lo him that okmr
ness nf VMtioo wh.eli IL; gives In ihe true
lieartid, ami nuibled Inm to wt his homwl
foot in that promised land of freedom
which Is to be tho patrimony of nlj moo,
blank and white, l from luosofortb da-
tioiis iIm: up and cull lum uiftsen.
It wns ie'rtllnielv liberal lit h saloon
keeper to odvwtiMr that "thaw of my pit
ioiui who may desire it, oan bo scut burnt
oo a wheelbarrow, t'ratis."
Tiis: United .States Stnate is consider
ing a proroiltuin for a line of mail steam
ers bettticu Culi'oruia ocd Chiiix
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