The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-06 00:00:00

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LIFE : Its NATURE, VARIETIES, and
PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third
Edition. •
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°The Assassination of President Lincoln.
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MAN CHESTER.

One of the most enthusiastic and crowded citi-
zens' meetings held in Manchester for some years
was held yesterday, in compliance with a requisition
presented to the Mayor, " to consider the most ap-
propriate mode of conveying to the authorities of the
United States our deep sympathies with them on
the occasion of the diabolical assassination of their
late President, Mr. Lincoln, and also to express our
respectful condolence with Mrs. Lincoln." The
chair was taken by the Mayor (Mr. J. M. Bennett),
and upon the platform and in the body of the room
were members of all political parties and various re-
ligious denominations.
The MAYOR said he could not hesitate, in com-
pliance with a requisitionso numerously and respect-
ably signed, to call the meeting. Whatever might
have been their feelings and sympathies with respect
to the American struggle, he was sure they would
be unanimous in passing resolutions of sympathy
with the United States on the great loss they had
sustained during the past few weeks. He hoped
that gentlemen speaking to the resolutions to be
brought forward would not enter into those debatable
subjects which agitated the community at the pre-
sent time. This was a meeting of the citizens of
Manchester, not of any particular party ; not of
these who sympathised with the South, or held strong
opinions of the conduct of the North. (Applause.)
Mr. W. R. WOOD said they had assembled to ex-
press their grief and indignation at the crime recently
perpetrated on the other side of the Atlantic—the
greatest crime Which had been committed since the
assassination of Julius Caesar. They wished to ex-
press their sympathy with the Americans, between
whom and ourselves, notwithstanding occasional dif-
ficulties, there existed a great bond of a common ori-
gin and common language. We might draw from the
scene which had just taken place the moral lesson of
the great value, in all disputes between nations,
parts of nations, or individuals, of moderation, con-
ciliation, and courtesy. This great crime was a strik-
ing instance of the evils of civil war. It was a rebound
of the violent passions which that war in some
small sections of the communityhad most unhappily
excited which had led to this dreadful crime. No-
body would be prepared to think that if there had not
been civil war the President would have been assas-
sinated. Let us hope, then, that the lesson to be de-
rived from this event might be that all disputes and
difficulties should be, if possible, arranged in the
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ing ; it might damage seriously the fair prospect of a
reunion in the American Confederation, but, most of
all, it was likely to damage the interests of those on
whose side it might in some degree be said to have
been committed. (Applause.) He did not, of course,
mean to say that the leaders of the Southern part;
had any hand in the crime. But it was much to be
feared that the Southern party in general might
suffer from the exasperated feelings of the North.
it would be most creditable to the American people