The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-05-18

ljndgn1entas citizens deeply interested in
the Observance and practice Of whatever
can maintain thetsnpremacy Of the laws,
|lhoth of God and man-call upon us to
declare and deliver, not only to this COM
munity; but to all other communities, o,g
reprobation and adherence of this ap- a,
palling murder. We ayowour profound
shame and grief that so horrible crime
will have to tblottand blur the, annals OF
American history! As tits tnesafsst
death by violence of . Chief Magistrate
of a republic, so may God in His mercy
grant that it shall b Tho last. aA1i
sufferings of o fond wife, who felt the
blow entering her husbands boiy as a
blow ypieroing her own heart and who
was not allowed to hear his last farewell
or receive the parting clasp Of his hand
No friend Of the President but must
wcep-no enemy but must bow his head
with a solemn respect to the requiem OF
Abraham Lincoln. .is,y.a
At this junctme, Col. Phillips re-
turned with his committee, and reported
epreamble and resolutions on the death
OF Abraham Lincoln, which we give
below, and Which were unanimously
adopted. Thereare other proceedingsin
this conneotion--perhaps other speeches
which the editor ofthe Courier regrets
that he could not find place for in that
day issue, but promised them in his
next. sWe,need tnakeno comments:
r:sA national calamity has ,befallensour
country. Excited as this community
has been for the last four years by war
its rumors, its miseries and its desolations;
kmiliarized by passing events 70 feel,
not mark, the bitterness of despair in its
ghastly forms, and hideous sights tho
recent announcement Of the assassination
ofbis Excenency Abraham Lincoln, the
Chief Magistrate of the United States,
with the time, the manner and the place
IN whiclf,ke was most foullY murdered,
struck npon our senses with most ap.
palling horror, and called forth on tho
atrocious deed an indignant burst of
universal condemnation. a3
We have met to mingle our grief with
the national sorrow, to mourn AN occur
renee which may retard that peace for
which every patriot longed, and for which
bleeding humanity most dcvoutly prayed;
and to deplore the commission of n orrimo
degrading and disgraccfal to us as u
civilized people. ~ ''''s"
Mr.. Bincoln, among his last acts, had
inaugurated measures intendedt to produce
peace. In, bis pre-. eminently high posi-.
ton, surrounded with all that was de.
sirab,e in life and which makes life de-.
srable; in the confidence Of his Cabinet
andin the possession ofpower and popu-
larity as far rs he was individnally con-
cerned for personal honor and distinction,
he may have been well content that his
mission was accomplished. But. to tho
American people that the majesty Of the
law7-the only earthly majesty here tol.
lerated and venerated, because embody-
ing the will Of the people, and which
protects the h,mblest citizens and guards
the thighest fnnctionary should have
been defiantlyq disregarded in the sight
and hearing of hundreds, peaceful scene :
converted in an instant, into cruel and
bloody drama; and the President of the
United States, unarmcd andnnsuspectinp
danger, in the presenee of his family and
people, should have been brutailylas.
sassinated, was an astounding reality
which claims our, unqualified detestation
and condemnation. Therefore, belt
Resotoed, That we. the people Of the
city Of Charleston, deeply deplore the
assassination Of his excelleney, Abraham,
Lincoln, President Of the United States
Of America. ;fF2fg'F '7a8@
Resolvea That we record tic late
Presidents death as a national calamity,
believing that measures by his, efforts
were being inaugurated which would
have restored peace to our dist6acted
country, Jan yg& .5W.
Resolged That the ,assassination ,,of
the Chief Magistrate of The United
states was nil atrocious murder, which
merits universal condemnation. $3.50
Resolrsy9!, That she chairman be 20. !
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