Show while our republican friends are arc distorting r and misinterpreting the utterances of jefferson and jackson wo will call their attention without comment com to a statement made by abraham Lin lincoln coIL during the latter part of liis his adi ministration we may all congratulate 0 ourselves cs that the cruel war is nearing its close it has h as indeed been a trying hour for the republic but I 1 see in the near future a crisis arising that unnerves un nerves me and causes me ine to tre tremble table for the safety of my country As a result of the war corporations have hare been becu enthroned and an era cra of corruption in ili high hi z h places will follow the money power of tile the country will endeavor to pr prolong olon M its reign by working C upon the prejudices of tho the people until all wealth is a aggregated gre in a few hands and th the republic destroyed I 1 feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before even in the midst of war |