My countrymen, we do not now
differ in our judgment concerning tlwhe
controversies of past generations, and
fifty years hence our children will not
be divided in their opinions concern
ing our controversies. Th;ey will
surely bless their fathers, and their
fathers' God that the Union was pre
served, that slavery was overthrown,
and that both races were made equal
before the law. We may hasten or
we may retard,but we can not prevent
final reconciliation. Is it not possi
ble for us now to make a truce with
time by anticipating and accepting
its inevitable verdict ? Enterpria..
of the highest importance tq our
moral and material well being invite
us and offer ample amope for the emu
ployment of our best powers. Let
all our people, leaving behind them
the battle fields of dead issues, in ove
forward and in the strength of liberty
and restored union win the grander
victories of peace.
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
The prosperity which now prevails
is without a parallel in our history.
Fruitful seasons have done much to
secure it, but they have not done all.
