Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States: Delivered Before the Citizens of Bangor on the Day of the National Fast, June 1St, 1865, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Our popular Government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled: the successful cstah UsJ iing and the successful administering of it. One still remains its successful maintenance againt a formidable internal attempt to overthrow it. Such was the language of President Lincoln in his first message to Congress. The third and last experiment, of which he spoke, has been fairly and successfully tried. It has been demonstated to the world, to use again his prophetic words that those who can fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebellion; that ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets; and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets ;that there can be no successful appeal except to ballots themselves at succeeding elections. For the triumphant success of this grand experiment the nation is indebted to no one so much as to A braham Lincoln. I do not forget his wise counselors. I do not forget the Generals, who in this prolonged struggle have gained glory for themselves and for their country.
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