St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-04-27

neoted with them, the telegraph has
informed your readers long before this
can reach them, but in no other part
ct the country perhaps, is il SO felt as
here. The large proportion Of rebel
syml.a,hizers> believed to be implicated
in the conspiracy Of which Booth was
but the tool, gives to al a feeling Of
distrust, horror and dread which cannot
be realized elsswhere.f It is sickening
to pass, the White House and adjacent
Departments SO recently al gorgeous
with flags and all manner Of festive de-
vices blazing with many colored lights,
aud reverbera'i"g with triumphant mu
sic, and witness the change to the
sable cmbl.ms of woe. It is sadder
than these outside changes in other
cities, for just behind that draped wall
lies the ma"glcd body Of our sain,ed,
martyred President, and this visible
presence adds greatly to the sorrow and
gloom. Il" - - ~. '''''''.'>i ;'''} =
Anthony asked the Romans to look
ut Cesar's wounds, the "dumb mouths"
that should condemn his murderre,rrs.
and the sight of that broken chamber
Of thought lute so filed with kindly
purposes towards his murlercrs, ava
kens a feeling which no word: painting
car do. Then the presence Of the
thousands ct Freed people who regard
ed Abraham Lincoln as their Moses.
adds to the impressiveness Of the scene.
With tears and lamentations they lean
their faces against the iron fence around
the Presidential Mansion, and groan
with feeling akin to despair lest now,
that their friend is gone, they shall be
returned to their Old masters. Old men
and women lament, and pray, and ask
IN such hopeless way what their fate
is to be-while young men clench their
hands and cxclai,n, $3.50 III i -
I "lf the North would just leave rs 10
finish this war; "Thcy have done
enough, just let them leave the rebels
to us" and other expressions Of like
import which shows the temper Of the
men who have Fort Pillow to avense.
One poor black woman stood out on the
street quite near our house lamenting
that her. "good President" should b.
murdered in his own city, after being
down t. Richmond where all the dam
ger was supposed to be, and weeping
bitterly she stamped her feet and ex-
claimed = ~ ~ s,.'s'.'' -''f '... - j
",ly good President! Ny good Pres:
ident! I would rather have died MY.
self: would rather have given the
babe from my bosom Oh, Jesus Oh,
Jesus ~ .''>' - g. ... 49, %"
The mourning for President Lincoln
is no mvckery Of We, but the impas.
stoned outburst Of heartfelt grief; and
it is touching to sec, On every little ne,
gro hut in the suburbs, some respectful
testimonial of GROW. Many deprived
80 t
themselves Of a meal to get yard or
two Of black to hang above their poor
door or window. Was ever mortal so
wept By, the poor? -. J..
But these particulars you will learn
from other sources. What l would
say is, that joining in the general sor-
row as | do. I do not look upon this
death as n ational calamity any more
than l do that Of John Brown. Know
ing the South as ! have long done af-
ter studying their institutions and re-
siding amongst them, I have never
ceased to fear the destruction Of our
Government through the lenienoy and
magnanimity OF President Lincoln
Honest, upright, single-minded and
living in a community where crime is
the exception, he was utterly unable to
realize the total depravity and vindic-
tive 6arbarism Of shareholders as class,
and l have always feared that his long.
suffering with these irreclaimable
sinners would prolong the war until
the patience Of the North would be e.
haustcd and disgraceful peace be
made. 1 could not understand why
God did not give US leader who un-
derstood the nature of Secession and
would deal with it accordingly. But I
see it oil now. IT,. ,
:. The world ut large-the masses of
the Northern people-had no more
just idea than had Mir. Lincoln Of the
anin,us Of this most fendish Rebellion,
and he was the instrument chosen to
show to all the experiment of heaping
Goals of fire on the head of that enemy.
He was the one to test generosity, mag
nanim;ty, Christian charity and all that