At last, one young man arose, who was brilliant and sound, genial and true, great and good.

On every tongue was his name and in every heart his image.

Unsolicited by him, unknown to him, the nation by its unanimous voice has chosen him the President of our beloved Government.

This day he has unflinchingly met the test that our Congress decreed and has come out of the furnace, purer than gold.

He feared death no more than the caress of his mother, when he felt that that death was to be suffered in behalf of his oppressed people.