The New York herald., 1865-05-06
THE BURIAL.
luterment Of Abraham Lincoln at OAK
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois,.

Address of Bishop siznpson on
the Occasion,
&C., &v', &c.
SPRINGFIELD, III, May 5, 1888.
The following .se address in full sshop ssrareoH
At the grave oS the late PrcAdrnt Lincoln
Bfsxop SIMPSONS ApsssEss.
fellow CrTi3ssS lIIsyes AND ~" MANY PASss
rSrsE vks;Near the pitai or his hge snd growing
State of Isss in o midst OF trfs lcauttG grove and
the open sioutn u Tho vault which has just received
she remains Of fallen chieita,a gather pay
tribute og respecsnd drop the tsar OF tso
ashes OF The mighty Head little tssln four years
ago iro-, his pain ,d quiot home in yender city, aae
started receiving tire parting words Of tho OF
Friends no sasthesod aycuhdhim and ia the niGs Of
the dropping of fe gentle shower he told of the pains
Of parting vAe place wisere his ckIren hM Seen
ycolcctions Ard he rit he nao earnest rvquest
IN the airing OF some whe ara present. that as ne was
about to sEer upon responsibilities which he be-
keved 10 be greater slan any which had fallen
upon any man siaca tse days oi Wash.nsfon the
people wald oGr up tksir prayers that God would ad
sud SUSTAIN him in tse work they given bSa to do
His s ~ s s.si ss9 a xs ss @ scarcely a
he escape the dangers of the way or the halds OF the
ped only hrsach the Wig lance OF officers and the
prayers of the people, that The blow suspended
shrough the providone OF Ge6 to fall How different
,hc occasion which Witnessed his depare and that
which Witnessed his @cturn Doubtless you expected to
iake him by The lSnd TO feeaoas grasp which you
felt m other days ala TO she tall form walking among
You which yea had delighted to honor years past,
But permit d 10 return until ke with
lips aad Siien. his frame encoined, and weeping
nation following as his mourners. Such s;enc
the OF history. There have been great
process ons Of Inourners There On for the
oatriarch Jacob, which came up from Egypt,
aud tho Egyptians wondered at the evidences Of
and ai affection which came frora the hearts Of
Lle lsraetes. There mourning when Noses iell
ppon the heights of Pisgah and was hid from human
Wow. There have been no1rnings IN the k nsions of
Ire earth when kings and warriors nave fallen I never
torc the history OF nan such moarniag as tat
which has accompanied the fGucral procession and has
gathered aro I'd he mortal remains OF hin Nho was our
leved.2ne and VINO now Sleeps amons us Il We glance
the procession which followed him we see how the
nation stood aghas Tears filed tho eyes of nany
burned does strong as they cLiped tto hinds ot
their icllds unable to Cad vent for their grief in
words Women and little children caught up the tdings
they throu the laad aud melted into tears
The nation s.llL lefL their poWs in the fields
and osked what the end would be. The hum of manu-
lres ed aud the sound OF the hammer Was not heard
Busy merchants closed their dooe, d in he exchang,
gold passed more from hand to hand Three
weeks have passed The nation has scarcely breathed
easily yet A m9urnfl sen o Is abroad upon the land
Nor is this mourning confined to any class or 10 any dis
irict OF the country Neu of all political parties and Of
all religious creeds united paying this mOuntul
tributs The Archbishop o the Roman Catholic church
Ia New York and "A Protestant minister walked side by
side ia the sad procession and Jewish Rabbi performed
OF sol There gathered around
hts tomb representatives Of the army and navy, senator's
governnen4 and ncnlbcrs o. all the civic associations,
with aud from the huu.Dl1st as Wen
the highest oceupl atoms re anu there, too aie tears,
As since ere and warm az any that drop "hrh como nom
thc OF those whose KINDRED and whose have
been freed from t.eir chains by him whom they
their deiversT Far have gazei ON the face OF
the departed than eyer looked apon the face Of any other
departed man Mare eyes have looked upon the pro-
sassiD for sixteen hundred miles by mig aud
by day, by sunlight, lawn, twilight and by torchlsht
shan before watched the progress Of procession
We ask why this wonderiul mourning, this great pro-
i
from the times in which live, and in which he
that has fallen principal actor II Is principle
our nature feelings excluded the objec.
by which they excited turn readily to some other
object which may being possession Of
Che mind Another principle is that the deepest affections
Of our hearts gather around some human form
IN which are incsrnated the loving thoughts
and IDEAS Of the passing age. II we look,
then, at the times We see an age o. excitement For
four the popular heart has been stirred to its ut
most depths War had come upon us, dividing families,
separating and dearest friendsa the extent
and magnitude of which no one could estimate
hand A call for soldiers made by this voice,
hushed and all this land from hill to mountain,
.ands OF Soa hearts, ready to so forth and save our na
tonal Union. This feeling Of excitement was trans
ferrcd next into feeling OF deep grief because Of the
said, s II possible to save our nationY Some in
our country, and nearly all the leading men in
other countries declared 1t TO be impossible
70 maintain the Union; and many honest
heart deeply panied with apprehe ensons Of
j. INQUIRED what Shall the end Of these things bafo In
addition the wives had given their husbands and moth
srs their sons. In the pride and joy Of their hearts
they them put their uniform they them
take their martial STEP and they tried to hide their deep
feelings Of sadness Many dear slept the battle
neld never TO return again. and there
Ing in every mansion and in every cabin in broad
land. Then feeling to deepen sadness, the
story came of prisoners tortured to DEATH starved
through the mandates Of those who are called the repre-
sentaves Of the chvalry who claim 10 be the honor
able ones Of the EARTH and as read the stories Of
frames atenuated and reduced to mere skeletons
grief turned partly into horror and partly n,0 for
vengeance. Then the feeling changed to of joy
There signs Of the end Of the rebellion. We iO
bowed the career Of glorious generals. We
army under the command OF the brave officer who s
guidn procession climb up the heights Lookout
Eounisn and drive the rebels from their strongholds
Another brave general swept through Georgia South and
North Carolina and drove the combined armies OF the
rebels before him, while the honored Lieutenant General
held Lee and his hosts In death grasp Then the dDgs
came that Richmond evacuated and that Lee had
The booming of heard. Dluminatons and
torchlght professions manifested the general joy and
families looking for the speedy return Of their loved
from the led OF battle Just in the midst of tho
widest JOY, IN one hour-nay, in one moment-tho
hdngs rang throughout the land that Abraham Lincoln
she best OF Presidents had persisted by the hands
Of an ASSASSIN And then all that feeling which
had been gathering for four in forms of excitement
sadness inexpressbe anguish unutterable But II Is
the time merely which caused this mourning; the
mode OF his death be into acco mt Had he
died bed OF Illness with kind friends around him;
had the sweat OF death been wiped from his brow by
gentle hands while he yet conscious could ho have
had the power speak words OF his
widow words OF counsel TO like those which heard
tn his parting for Washington, In his inaugural, which
shall now be mmoral-how would have soitened
asuaged something OF the griei There might least
have been preparation for the event. But moment
Of warning given TO him or to us. He stricken
down when his hopes for the end OF the rebellion
bright and the prospects of joyous life before
him. There a Cabinet meeting that day, said 10
have been the most cheerful and happy of any held
the beginning OF the rebellion. After this meeting
he talked with his friends and spoke Of the four years
81 tempest OF tho storm being over and Of the four years
OF pleasure and Joy awaiting him the weight Of
care and anguish would be taken from his mind and he
could have happy days with his family again In the
midst or these anticpations ho left his house
return alive Though the evening Good Friday, the
saddest day In the whole calendar for the Christian
Church-henceforth In this country be made saddc
possible, by the memory OF nations loss And 30
hlled with grief every Christians heart even all
che joyous thoughts Of Easter Sunday a led remove
che crushing under which the true worshpper
bowed In the house Of God But the great this
mourning 10 to be found In the man himself Mr. Lincoln