Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-19

I'LL ~. -. II bbkCls III. cENUAACA ot~
motion, and said he nov stood In Parliament
the successor of Richard Golden, whose
object was equalled with that of Lincoln, to
dignity labor MIR Lincoln destroyed sla-
very in America, and it should be their wish
to destroy serfdom at home. He trusted
the result of the conflict of America would
be to give an impetus to the cause Of reform
in Europe
Mr.. Baxter, M. p, supported the reso-
luton, and expressed his hearty concurrence
with the eloquent tributes paid to the mem
ory of President Lincoln. All the events of
the last four yaers dWindled into insignif-
canoe before the issue involved in the great
contest in America. Not only was the great
question of slavery involved in the contest,
but the question of constitutional govern
ment all over the world He did not believe
the great cause depended on any single life,
and felt confident the American people
would hurry to triumphant issue the policy
and principles of Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Stanley, second son of Lord Stanley,
of Aldersly, member of the Cabinet express
sed his admiration of the character of Mr..
Lincoln.
Professor Fawsett also supported the res
olutions
Mr.. Shaw lie Fevre, NJ. p, said the men
who elected Lincoln could not be wrong in
their choice of johnson.
Mr. Card, NJ. p, moved that copies of
the foregoing resolutions be placed in the
hands Of Mr. Adams for transmission to the
President of the United States, Mrs Lin
coin, and Mr. Seward He paid a warm
compliment to the American minister whose
moderation firmness, and cOnciliation had
been the best preservation of peace between
the two countries
The resolutions were supported by Messrs.
Greenfell, Curren. and Ewing, members Of
Parliament, and the Revs. Neuman Hall
and Mason Jones.
Cyrus W. Field was called for, and was
received with great applause. He thanked
the Chairman and the meeting, on behalf Of
the American people, for their deep sympa-
thy with the thirty millions on the other
side of the Atlantic who were mourning the
death Of Abraham Lincoln.
The weekly papers all coincide with the
| daily press in remarks of Lincoln's assassi-
nation.
The A,n,y and Nary Gazette, says:
Nothing for many years has moved Eng
land like the telegram announcing the
event. Itpays awarm tribute to Lincoln s
memory, and says the more one looks at the
| facts the more one sees that, although Pres
| dent Lincoln is dead, the Confederates are
hopelessly beaten.
| The assassination continues to be the all
pervading topic. Addresses of sympathy
/ and Indignation are most numerous Par
lament viii vote an address on the 1st of
May
Napoleon sent a messenger to the Ameri-
can minister
The Prussian Government and Chamber
also give expression of their sympathy
In the House Of Lord s on the 9th, Earl
Russell gave notice that on the 1st Of May
! he would move an address to the Grown ex
pressing the sorrow and indignation of the
! House at the assassination Of the President
of the United States, and praying her Maj
esty to convey an expression OF those feel
ings to the Government Of the United
States.
Earl Derby hoped the Government had
taken pains to ascertain whether there was
nothing in the form of the motion rendering
| it in the slightest degree doubtful whether
unanimous assent would be given by the
| House TO the motion As proposed, the
matter was unprecedented. He was quite
certain the expression of sorrow and indig-
nation for the atrocious act committed would
not only meet with the unanimous assent of
the House, but would represent the feelings
/ of every man, woman, and child in her
Majesty dominions
Earl Russell said the Earl of Derby was
correct in saying the circumstances were
happily Unprecedented, and he hoped there
would be nothing in the form of the motion
which would cause objection to be taken to
it.
In the House of Commons Sir George
Grey, in the absence Of Lord Palmerston,
gave notice similar to that given by Earl
Russell in the House of Lords adding the
address.
The Common Council of London, the
American Chamber of Commerce, of Liy-
erpool, and public bodies in various parts of
England have adopted resolutions of sym
pathy and indignation.
Large numbers of Germans in London
also presented an address to Minister Ad-
ans.
The Americans in London, at the call of
Fernando Wood, assembled in considerable
numbers at the Grosvenor Hotel, on the 9th
to give expression of their sentiments, but
at the suggestion of Mr. Adams, who sent
a message to that effect, the meeting ad-
iourned till the lst of May, when great
meeting of Americans will take place at St
James Hall, under the Presidency of Mr..
Adams
The Times of the 2Sth, says 1t is mot
using language Of hyperbole in describing
the prevailing manifestations of feeling as
! unexampled President Lincoln was only
chief of foreign State with which we were
not unfrequently in diplomatic or political
collision He might have been regarded as
not much more to us than the head of any
friendly Government, yet his end has already
| stirred the feelings Of the public to the ut
most depths, as the space of twenty four
hours has suffced to fill the country not only
with grief and indignation, but to evoke al
most unprecedented expressions of feeling
from the constituted authorities.
/ The Confederate Mason writes to the In
der to repel the assertion of Secretary STAN
ton, in letter of Mr.. Adams, that the
acts were planned and set on foot by the
rebels under pretence of avenging the South
and aiding the rebel cause. He denies that
Mr. Stanton has any evidence to substanti-
ate his assertion, and says none will view the
crime with more abhorrance than thepeople
of the South.
The Times, editorially referring to this
letter, rejeices to see Mason repudiate the
crime, and says if the Southern States them
selves do not utterly and even more emphat-
ically renounee it and its authors, they viii
forfeit all the sympathy which remains as
the solace of their misfortunes.
A despatch from Paris says that Napole-
on, ON receiving the news of Mr.. Lincoln S
death, sent one of his aides-de-camp to call
on Minister Bigelow, and to request him to
| convey to President johnson the exnresSion