Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-17

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| gloomily 10 nOuTning, tbeu were raised IL glad.
ness the whole eountry. elated with the glorious
news Of the day, reJoieet with exceeding great
SSoi 5 s sss oSf T aoSi: Pr..iGsa, Il. .s,iouf I 81
his country, We assemble 70 ningle oar grief.
our sadaess, and our tsafs. An honest man, an
ineCrruPslbls patriot, The r.dssne, q his souS.
lived until the form II the rebellion was crushed,
and then perished By the blow Of en- aasasslh.
And while, with all reverence for God, the Al.
tears Win that ds.poiisd hone from Whose hearth
| has been taken the husband and the father, and
whils We melt In sympathy with the grief
stricken ones about NJ, let US see 10 u that we
remember our higher, noblsr, stsrnsr duty--for.
gettlhg not that his death must be made service.
able 70 his country; that this dreadful lesson,
frAught with signiheance, is not permitted 70 be
lost 70 the people. othsr reeellions in other
lands have begun In assassination, have been In.
AuEurated by the assassin . knife, but Il would
sppeAr that Il has been left for free America 10
exhibit . spectacle Of rebellion, crushed In life,
In strength, In form aud shape, reyiyifying its
hatred Characteristic Of tho rebellion, they hASe
struck down the most forgivinE, gracious, len q.
lent, kind hearted friend the rebels had.
'That'Gho. " True TO the letter, and Ap.
plauss. / Hths rebels can DO = deed like this 70
tho kind, good, generous, tender hearted ruler
WHOSE every thought was purity, whose every
desire a yearnins for forgiveness and peace,
what shall be done to th.min high place, who
guided tho sssAssin's knifsi CThs seeneNt this
moment was most exciting. Az one man the
whole multitude cried slOud, Hang them!"
r." upro.r sl.~ asSrse no SS:
voice was heard but Ike ths rush Of many
waves the eongregated masses shouted In unison
for retributlon.l
t"In fact y shall we BE- content with crushing
out the strength and resources Of this rebellion
leaving the Epfrp uptamed, ready to slip an as.
-Assiu'a knife 70 the hearth Of our ruler, and
! - d. -. 4.
No, no. l. this great nation to be longer At
the mercy Of these Tsbels' Are our lives TO be
hereafter peaceful and quiet, or turbulent and dis
turbed Are cur ayoeAtions Of life ~ 10 smoothly
on, each man being without fear and dread, or
are We to rival the cities and terrors Of the Old
World, where every man fears bis n-lghbor and
goes about armed to the teeth tGTeAt applause.
This Ia the question to ;" decided o.day, on this
! spot, at this hour, BY the American people, and
this diSpensAtIoR has doubtless been sent TO teach
Us that the spirit Of rebellion must be broken,
and that not one Jot or little " ib Infamous ercH
tion shall be allowed upon this continent tGreGt
| But be Of good heart, there l. no oeeaslou for
! deHpondeney. Darkness BY no means over.
shadows our future. Agreat and good mNn has
fallen In the greatness Of his fans, In the very
hour Of Victory. He has gone to that bright
land sAnetined by the presence Of Washington
and the patriots of the revolutionary days, aud
the noble army Of martyrs who gave their life.
blood In their country defence during this ae-
cursed war oh, the myslerlss, the inserutAble
| mysteries " Providence. We mourn the loss to-
day Of him who four years since escaped the
plott-rs against his life at BaltiInorethTn. when
be was needed, when . great work lay before
him, he was spared bat now his work Ia ended,
| he has performed well his part, and has gone,
leaving what Il behind for US TO hnish. He
drove out the life and strength Of rebellion aud
It romsins for " to srush out tho spirit Of trea
son. tGrsat cheering. And hero I will state
what know to be the fact concerning the
sESTIhESrs or VIoE FREsIDTSr JOHSsoS.
! Iii - -. H.
and dctermi alton Of him who has succeeded 10
the highest position earth, are that this rebel
| lion must be- Prr pOwS. lie has had nearer
and clearer Wow Of Il than you or I. Ilo has all
but had his heArthatone torn from him, aud his
| roof.tree burned over his head. He can Appre-
oiAte, he does appreciate the magnitude Of tho
| rebellion ~ none can save those who have felt
itn Iron hand, and suffered under Its tyrannouS
| ruls. lie IL able, believe me, and DETERMINED TO
treat this rebellion W" want 10 have II treated
I lTrsmendovs applause. know that Il said to
be blood :thirstineas to express an opinion that
the rebellious leaders should suffer condisR pun
iAhment. t'Soi hoI''-'HAnR themlil -.
But oh, fellow -eitiIens, could he who has
gone from US have but foreseen tho sIfeet Of his
leHioney, his kindness, his generosity and his
| mAgnaInity, could he have seen that bis reward
was 10 be death at the hAnds Of an assassin, Il
would possibly have modified bis Judgment and
to day ho would have been spared 70 " and to
th" nation. Such prophetic vision would have
ncrVed his heart and overcome that goodness Of
his nature which has been thus cruelty Ayailed
Of His slemeney meant death, meant AssAssi-
nation, and brought to pass tho very outrage
| which, In his Eoodne he would have secuted.
lie, too, the Secretary Of State, foully murdered
on . siek bed, would have been spared to US,
and the good Of the nation boon conserved. But
tho President has gone before US the nrst victim
Of his policy, ho died with word. Of forgiveness
on his tongue.
| And now, my friends, II Ia len for us to review
his ondeAVors aud W draw therefrom the lesson ol
| the day. Not In . spirit of vengeance, not In
bloodthirstinssa, not In . spirit o. revenge OF
vindietiyeness, but In mercy " thousands and
tens Of thousands do ash that adequate punish
nent be visited on those who have done this great
wrong. Here the applause aud cheering dsvel.
i ored Into demOnstrAIlon pr 81, aud continued
for several moments. The widows and orphan,
Of Thousands Of our soldiers demand u; ths
spirits bright and blessed Of the myriad army
above who died In defence and In the service oI
our country, look down and ask II their a@ath
shall be In vain. mo; No. The insulted ma
jesiy Of the nation demand u; the unvindieHted
assaults UPON the peoples honor demand II; th'
country dronehed In the blood u her chlldres de-.
nsnds H. aud woo be 10 him who dAres stAnd In
the path of justice aud the execution OF the Law.
tGrsat applause Rstribution, retribution swift,
unerriuR, terrible and just must and will bevis
tied the perpetrators OF this great aud terrible
sri%s Long continued sPplsu''' during ~hi'i