Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-05-11

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wholly. unworthy of its Almighty architect
1t is when | contemplate tho cause of my
country deserted by all the world beside,
and standing up boldly and alone, and
hurling defiance at her vicarious opprossors
Here, without contem plating consequences,
before high Heaven and in the face of tho
world, swear eternal fidelity to the Just
cause, as deem it, of the land, of my life, !
liberty, and my love-" And yet secretly,
he said to more than one: 81 never shall
live cut the four years of my term. When
the Rebellion is crushed my work is done"
SO it was He lived to see the last battle
fought and to dictate a dispatch from the
home of Jefferson Davis-lived till the pow
or of the Rebellion was broken, and then,
having done the work for which God had
sent him, angels, trust, were sent to shield
him from one moment of pain or suffering,
and TO bear him from this world to that
high and glorious realm where the patriot
and the good shall live forever. His ex-
ample teaches young men that every posi-
and the worthy, to the active men of the
country. His example urges the country
to trust in God and doright. Standing as do
we to-day by his coffin and his sepulcher, let
US resolve to carry toward the policy which
he so nobly and wholly began. Let US do
right to all men. Let us vow, in the sight
OF Heaven, to eradicate every vestige Of
human slavery, to give every human being
his true position before God and man, to
crush every form Of rebellion, and to stand
by the flag which God has given us. How
joyful we ought to be that it hoated over
parts Of every State before Mr.. Lincoln's
career was ended How singular is the
fact that the assassin's foot was caught in
the folds of the flag, and that for this we
are indebted for his capture The flag and
the traitor must ever he enemies. Tho
traitors will probably suffer by tho change
Of rulers, tor one Of sterner mold, who him
self has deeply suffered from the Rebellion,
now wieds the s,oord of justice. Our coun-
try, too, is stronger for the trial through
which it has passed. A republic was de-
clared by monarchies too weak to endure
civil war; yet we have crushed the most gi.
gantic rebellion in history, and have grown
In strength. and population every year Of
the struggle, We have passed through the
ordeal OF a popular election, while swords
and bayonets were in the field, and have
come out unchanged; and now, in an hour
of excitement, with large minority having
I piCiVllSu duOIuCI iudu IOT TtSlu6nC, tue
bullet Of the assassin has laid our President
PROSTATE, has there been mutiny? has
I any rival proposed his claius7 Out of an
army Of nearly million of men, no officer or
soldier has uttered one word of dissent, and
in an hour or two after Mr.. Lincoln death,
another leader, with constitutional powers,
occupld his chair, and the Government
moved forward without one singlojar. The
world will learn that republics are the
strongest governments on earth
And now, my friends, in the words Of the
departed, with malice toward nome" free
from all feeling of personal vengeance yet
believing the sword must not be drawn in
vain, let US go Onward in our painful duty.
Let every man who was a Senator or
Representative in Congress, and who aided
in beginning this Rebellion, and thus led ia
the slaughter of our sous and daughters, be
brought to speedy and certain punishment.
Let every officer educated at public expense
and who, having been advanced to position
has perjured himself and turned his sword
against the vitals Of his country, be doomed
to this. believe in the will Of the Ameri
can people. Men may attempt 10 compro
mise and to restore these traitors and muir
derers to society again, but the American
people will arise in their majesty and sweep
! all sucn compromises ani COMPROMISE rs
away, and will declare that there shall be nc
peace to Rebels; but to the deluded masse.
we shall extend arms Of forgiveness W.
will take them to our hearts and walk witt
them side by side, as we 90 forward to work
out glorious destiny. The time will com,
when. in the beautiful words of him whose
lips are now forever closed: The mystic
cords of memory, which stretch from ever,
battle field and from every patriot grave
shall yield a sweeter music when touched b.
the angels of our better nature" 10 the
ambitious there is this fearful 10 son of the
four candidates for Presidential honors Of
1860. Two Of them, Douglas and Lincoln
once competitors, but now sleeping patriots
rest from their labors. Bell perishod il
poverty and misery as traitor might perish
And Breckinridge is frightened fugitive
with the brand of traitor on his brow. =
That will be vouchcd by the angels Of oul
better nature. (Cries Of good, good"