ties of mankind in many countries and through many ages."

SPEECH AT A SERENADE, SEPT., 1864.

"I wish it might be more generally and universally understood what the country is now engaged in. We have, as all will agree, a free country, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle the form of government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed."

TO AN OHIO REGIMENT, SEPT., 1864.

"I happen, temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am a

living witness that any of your children may look to come here, as my father's child has. It is in order that each one of you may have, through this free government which we have enjoyed, an open field and a fair chance for your industry, enterprise and intelligence; that you may all have equal privileges in the race of life, with all its desirable human aspirations—it is for this that the struggle should be maintained, that we may not lose our birthrights."

GETTYSBURG SPEECH, NOV. 19, 1863. "That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom;—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

SPEECH AT AN ELECTION SERENADE, NOV. 10, 1864.

"It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of the people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. But the election

has demonstrated that a people's government can sustain a national election in the midst of a great civil war. Until now, it has not been known to the world that this was a possibility."

SPEECH AT A SERENADE, OCT. 19, 1864.

"Their (the people's) will, constitutionally expressed, is the ultimate law for all. If they should deliberately resolve to have immediate peace, even at the expense of their country and their liberties, I have not the power nor the right to resist them. It is their own business,

and they must do as they please with their own. I believe, however, they are still resolved to preserve their country and their liberty; and in this office I am resolved to stand by them."

ADDRESS TO THE 149TH OHIO REGIMENT, FALL OF 1864.

"But this government must be preserved, in spite of the acts of any man or set of men. It is worthy your every effort. Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's."