The weekly union record., 1865-05-27
The union RECORD.
OR0vILLE. SATURDAY, MAY 81.
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON. D. G. APRIL %. Isl

inauguration Of President Lincoln. that
should SO soon witness the ceremony Of bis
burial How little we know what day NAV
bring orih. / arrived here the evening before
bis obseouies, and had the melancholy privi-
lege OF joining in the solemn procession that
waited upon his remains from from the White
House to the rotunda of the Capitol 1t was
the most grand and imposing spectacle ever
witnessed. Washington was city OF mourn
ing that dsy-all business vas suspended,
doors and even window blinds closed. and
everything and everybody dressed in habih
meuts of mourning. Fifty Thousand moved n
solid mass, and vet the stilluess of death pre-
vailed, broken only by the solemn tread of the
moving thousands, and the melancholy notes
| of the funeral dirge. Washington was
! thronged thousands upon thousands were
/ ty, but they were mourners all-sorrowing,
1 weeping mourners; congregated here TO pay
of the immortal Abraham Lincoln. The
whole city was draped in black from roof to
walk The devices and designs. in memory of
the dead, beautiful attributes of love aud sor-
row. everywhere exhibited through the length
and breadth Of the city, caused the heart 10
weep bitter tears at every step. AT the thought
of this dreadful calamity it seems as if my
heart would swell over with grief, and | am
possessed of mingled emotions of sorrow, and
a desire for rsngeanes.
Back, back, mercy! Down, down, forbear-
ance, Cease forever cease all claims of par
don TO traitors. Up, and go forth, swift, ter
rible justice! Surely the day of Gods wrath
has come, and now woe : woe unto treasous
land Abraham Lincoln is dead taken from
US in the moment of bis greatest usefulness,
inst when the nation most needed him. Just
when this great people began to appreciate
/ bis exalted virtues. He is dead, but the great
principles for which he contended aud to
which bis lie was made the sacrifice, still live.
His body has passed from our sight, but his
spirit will dwell with US. The assassin could
destroy the one, bat God will preserve Us the
other and his pane shall form an additional
diadem in the crown OF Freedoms cause.
better and kinder man, truer philanthropist,
or purer patriot than Abraham Lincoln never
lived The blow aimed by the assassin has
struck the heart of the people; lis death
shock is felt by all, and mantle of sorrow is
spread over the weeping nation. We mourn
not alone for the wrong done to the lllustrous
dead. enormous though it be. We mourn his
loss 10 mankind, for man never sustained
greater loss than the life of one whose only
aim was mans greatest good and such man
was Abraham Lincoln.
A grateful people will revere his memory,
and accord that veneration and esteem which
belongs TO the martyred patriot. The death
of our late Chief Magistrate vas not brought
about by the operation of single mind The
assassin was but the instrument, treason the
cause, and q multitude of traitors the agents.
1t is already aScertained that it is the result of
conspiracy. The feeling throughout the
North is most intense-stout hearted men as
they meet grasp the hand with spasmodic &C
tion, and in silence weep, and as they weep
you can plainly see on the countenance de
/ termination for vengeance, vengeace, tempered
with strict Justice. The South have now lost
their best friend Lincoln would have for
given them all, SO lenient and magnanimous
was his great heart. The policy will now be
changed Oar present Chief Executive says:
" Treason is crime to be punished, not par
doned' Amen.
have heard from CalfoTnia--of the feel
ing prevailing there, and l am proud of my
adopted State; of the people among whom l
reside A more intensely loyal people do not
exist upon this continent, ard you are so con
sidered here.
Yesterday the 10Th Corps passed through
this city, preparatory TO being mustered out,
They made splendid appearance, those war
worn veterans. Gallant men, all. They have
done much for their country, and deserve
greatly at our hands Government saved,
the Union restored, will form their monument ;
a monument that will tower up to the very
heavens, and whose foundations shall stand
until time shall be no more. | go from this
city to Richmond, Charleston and Savannah.
From either of those places propose to ad
dress my friends through the columns of the
UNION REcoRD if acceptable to the editor Of
that paper. This prolonged TIP will keep ME
on this SIDE till the first of jane, and then
hope 10 direc, my face towards Pacifc's
shores. Yours. f. NJ 5.
EDWIN BoorH.-The following letter from
Edwin Booth brother of Mr., Lincoln's mur-