St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20


With Freedoms soil beneath. our feet, -
And Freedom's banner streaming o er u!
-AR NATIONS TERRIBLE CALAM;
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He IS DEADl I'll. .>.G'@7@@'' Ai;..3.,,
Oh, God (! what precious Blood dos!
Thou require with which to place ThJ
seal upon the newborn liberty Of the
Republic! S
Thousands created in Thine image
had yielded up their lives for that q
The nation, and by Thy favor, aftel
years of suffering, We were made !,
cry with joy, that our brightest hores
were being consummated. But now
Oh God Thou hast stricken the ligh,
from our eyes-Thou hast taken oul
great, good and mig hty ruler. our wise
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS DEApl i!
On Sabbath morning the terrible
news fell upon US, crushing, stupety.
ing, sickenlng. Men heard with
blanched cheeks, and the blood cold:
irozeu-in their veins. To believe
seemed impossible, and yet there was
no room for hope-the truth was only
too well established. Words we're pow
,eerless:. II the formation of Language
no such deed as this-the assassination
Of Liberty's chosen son in a land that
boosted to breathe only the air Of free
dom-had never been contemplated,
and the brain of man had framed moth
ing for the tongue to express that vas
not weak and impotent. &c.. with
hearts sick and tears trimming over
from eyes that were only then willing,
they turned their steps to the house Of
that God whose "ways are inscrutable
and past. finding out" or returned
YEARLY to darkened homes-the bright
ness Of the holy day seeming il mock
cry OF the black pail that shrouded; all
within. 49,. =. ,,....,
On Friday night Of last week an
armed assassin entered the private box
at a theatre in Washington occupied by|
the President and his family, and ap-
preaching him from behind, sent a
cowardly bullet to smite the brain oil
the innocent, unsuspecting, great man,
and do its work Of death: Leaning to
the stage, he escaped from the theatre
leaving his victim passing insens'bly
from life to death. a,,.,,, ::
Oh! it is too terrible.-too heart
*;ckening! Ii = 80 r; ""i's
Such assassination would strike hor-
'or to the soul Of; every man not steep
ed to fullest saturation in the poison of
disloyalty, because the victim was the
President of the United States the
chosen ruler Of the people; the ewbea-
iment Of the laws, the justice, the hon
or of his country. Thus it would shock
him as citizen. But more was the
sorrow OF those who loved him as,
ABRAHAM L1NcoLN-the father Of his
people-almost as children love the
father Of their home. The heart Of ;the|
nation had 'twincd around. that great
body and taken it to themselves, and
the great soul It contained had become
e. part Of their soul and the bullet
that struck down Ills life = crashed along
every fiber in Ills Ii network If love wo
ven BY The people until i quivered in||
agony He had: given . lifetime Of
earnest and successful eendeasvor to their
cause, and they We're ,,, NOT stinting in
their reward, Infinitely precious for
it, sincerity since riity,'5aIj a~'' 1''7a q" !"
49,; a,gs.Ia,i bHs .ah0u13 1 d0;sa
1t a useless. wish, ii, that Our @ Presi
dent might have lived TO see the com:
pletion Of the work he had carried for-
ward 50 molly and ~, we'll that j. vas al
hut finished, and 70 see the people. of
hi, nation gathered under The growing
branches Of the tree of Peace-whosc
first fresh garlands were, already wreath
ed about his ow--7whcn he might
calmly have said :;4sstr<: s,aH .i>itj4a Cd
aLord, now lettest thou thy servant
departini peace. For mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou has.
prepared before the t!e lace q Of al people"
Like Moses, his prototype Of old, be
was permitted to view the Promised
Land only afar Of, from the mountain lin
top-from the mouptain.top Of Liberty
asd Enlightenment toswhich, with The
guidance. Of the Almighty One; be had
brought ri. people op from the g <
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