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he fathers of the Revolution thought they had guaranteed by the Constitution — all, all, are swept into nonentity by the mere dash of his pen. History does not record a usurpation so bold, so open, so thoroughly successful. Cæsar, Cromwell, or Bonaparte never attempted a revolution so astounding. Yet Cæsar, Cromwell and Bonaparte were among the greatest men that ever lived. and Lincoln is one of the smallest. It is not difficult to understand the causes which lay at the bottom of LincolBonaparte were among the greatest men that ever lived. and Lincoln is one of the smallest. It is not difficult to understand the causes which lay at the bottom of Lincoln's unparalleled success. Not Rome, when it had been the sport of contending factions for two hundred years; not England, when it had been the victim of Puritan government for ten years; not France, after it had been successively the foot-ball of a debased nobility and corrupt priesthood, of scheming philosophers and blood-thirsty Jacobins was half so corrupt as the universal Yankee nation when Lincoln was called to preside over its destinies.--A venal press, and a representation both in Congr