The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-04-26
Comments on the President's
Murder.

tuoSe against Nnom ne was compelled I
battle for the life of the nation. He wa
perpetually represented TO the Southern pee
pie as libel on humanity, and tiger, raw
ehous for blood. He not only put forth II
speech, no paper, no manifesto that CAV
I the least countenance to the calumnies, bu
he never, in bis most intimate and confiden
tial moments, indicated q hope that evi
should befall one of these enemies, save
II should be necessary for the salvation o
the country,
The blow that struck down Abraham
Lincoln bereft the Union assailsnts of tn,
hrniest and most powerful opponent of al
avoidabls severity in suppressing their re
bellion. President Lincoln fell sacrifice tt
his country's salvation as absolutely a.
though he had been struck down while lead
ing the assault on the ramparts at Peters
burg. His death sets the seal of fate to the
decree that dooins slavery speedily to per
ish, not in this country only, but in all it.
remaining lurking places throughout the
civilized world. To human vision it would
seem Mr.. Lincoln had fallen at the very mo,
ment when his loss would be most keenly
and generally felt. The soldier had done
his work. The hour of the statesman bad
fully struck, and the President was ready
and eager for the task Had he lived a
very few days longer, VIC believe he would
have issued q proclamation Of amnesty
which would have dissolved all that remains
of the rebellion, leaving its leaders no
choice but between fight and unconditional
surrender.
I'VE have no special knowledge of the
purposes of his successor, but we will not
doubt the good Providence which has borne
our country so nobly through her past trials
will continue her guide, and guardian thro'
whatsoeyer may be illbefore her, and that
the storm and gloom OF the present will
speedily be effaced b, the sunshine of peace
Union and impartial freedom"
The World says: "By no other single
achievement could death have carried such
afeeling Of desolation into every dwelling,
and to have caused the whole land to mourn
as it over the sundering of some dear do
mestlc tie. Had the country, previous to
Mr.. Lincoln & first election, foreseen what
was coming, it would not have chosen for
President man of Mr.. Lincoln 8 incxper
ence; but IT his party was to succeed, we
doubt whether foresight and deliberatiop
would have made go good choice. ANY
policy which Republican President might
have adopted with decision. in the spring of
1861, and adhered to with steadiness du-
ring four years, would have cxposed the
Government to be Shivered into fragments
by the shocks of changing opinions.
wv hat was wanting in the inhcxibilty of
our political system, was made up in the
character of Mr.. Lincoln. AS soon az the
war-eloud visibly lifted, he set himself to
the performance of acts which commanded
the approval even of his former opponents;
and the day which preceded his death was
passed in employmcnts more full of promise
than ANY other in the calendar of this mo-
mentous era. There will fall into his open
ing and honored grave no warmer or more
plentiful tribute of honest scnsibilitv, than
is shed by those of his loyal icllow-citizenS
who did not contribute to his reelection F."
To-day's Herald says
'Onr institutions are, fortuna ely. of a
not depending on the life of any
individual for their maintenance or progress.
The progress of the American Government
is onward, casting flowers, as it passes, up
on the grave of each new martyr. but new
tr halting in the march of its divine and ir-
mission In Andrew johnson,
henceforward President of the UnitrdStatcs
we have man of similar origin with Mr..
Lincoln, equally child of the people, and
equally in sympathy with their interests
1t is no longer in the power of changing for
tune to take away from Abraham Lincoln,
as might have happened had he lived, one
of the most solid. brilliant and stainless re-
putations of which, in the world 8 annals,
any record can be found Its only peer ex-
listing in the memory is that of Geo. Wash
ington." ,aa.. ..pat,.. .&re.
The Times savs: "Public life has at
tendency to chill kindly and generous affec-
tions, and blight the sweet charities of life |
but. as was said of Mr.. Fox. his heart was
as little heartened as if he had lived and
died in a farmhouse. With charity to all
and malice tor none, President Lincoln
made his last speech to the world Men
will reperuse that solemn address with ever
interest and emotion, as if the |
shadow OF his own tragic fate, and near and !
unseen dangers to the country, rested un-
on its words. 1t is such speech
to the world as a christian statesman would
gladly have his last; earnest, hurhana, truly |
but not technically religious, filed with for |
givcness and good will @
. Concerning the effect Of Mr.. Lincoln's
death, theTimes says:
The peculiar nature or our institutions
makes it impossible that any one man sho'd |
be absolutely indispensable to their preser-
vation and successful working. If En-
peror Napoleon had been assassinafed, all
France would have been in revolution be-
fore twenty-four hours. President Lincoln
death, sudden and awful as it was does not
for an instant, the grand move
ment of our Republican Government"
The Journal of Commerce says: THE
nation lives; the strong compact is victori-
Gus over rebellion, and it is for us to sustain
it now. Let us remember our duties. -
President Lincoln is dead. The President
still lives. He needs, and must have the
power of the people. Let us
give it to him with earnestness. .
The World adds: 1--WE await his course
with hope, not mingled with solitude, for in
such terrible conjuncture as the present,
nobody can calculate the consequence of a
false step or. q wrong committal.
"His retaining the advisors of the late
President 10 a favorable and promising indi-
,aticn, and it is greatly to be hoped he will
see it his duty. to pursue the healing policy
On which his deceased predecessor had en-
tered. I" ~ NIT stg'N1"I H1t7f 4
In an editorial on Andrew johnson the
Tribune remarks: t'Had Lincoln lived, we
ire confident that no Confederate flag would
have been flying in this country in thirty
lays time. Now we can not read the future
with any certainty, but only trust that be-
hind the clouds are all the stars of heaven.
President johnson will doubtless soon ia
Iue some sort Of manifesto setting forth his
views and what terms be proposes to offer
% the rebels, and what advantages are to
accrue to them from promptly laying down
heir arms Meantime we entreat those
Who are the intimate friends of our new
President to insist that he shall not allow
nis--time and energies to be consumed by Of
ice seekers. This hungry clan has almost