Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-05-01
AN APPROPRIATE MOTTO.

AN APPROPRIATE MOTTO
Over the poItico on the west front Of the
Capitol, was seen by the thousands congre-
Fgated in our city on Saturday, and still may
.be seen BY the passers-by, inscribed in large
3letters, the motto, becoming civilized and
Echristian people-"WirH MALicE 70 No ONE;
lWIrH CHARITY FOR ALl.t May 1t be said
with truth in after times, that in the spirit
kof this motto, was the great controversy
THAT had, for more than four years, afflicted,
gdesolated and depopulated the country,
Efnally settled and adjusted, and the Ameri-
Ecan Republic again nstarted on the career OF
greatness and prosperity. 'N' - ?
rzsTgg srrCLosE OF THE VIEW sgs1Eessa
Up to about the middle OF the afternoon,
the files Of mourners, who came to view,
for the first and last time, the face Of the
2deceased President, passed in rapid sue
&cession through the Rotunda., After that
Stime the tfrong began to slacken; hut still
Hundreds continued to press forward to OBJ
Etain final glance, until the closing hour.
sAts six o'clock, the signal was given to per-
unit no more to enter, and the last OF
Zthe ranks in the Capitol passed of from
! the scene of death. The officers who had
astood around the honored dead, and few
Fprominent citizens who remained, bent over
gthe coffin and looked on the features of the
sdeparted Chief for the last time. The light
8played freely on the coffin and catafalco
4and revealed the embodiment of decay
Swhilh follows DEATH, The corpse seemed
to have changed its color darker hue pre-
3vailed over the countenance, and the sinews
Sseemed to have parted with the passive
arigidity which often outlives death, BY
months. 1t needed but little skill In the
gordinary arithmetic of death to estimate
that the period was not far distant when
gthe embalmer's labors on the remains
would be set atnaught by the organic forces
with which the King of Terrors completes
4the sentence-"Dust to Dust"-and which
had been increased by the long and tedi-
sous pilgrimage from the National Capital
4 to the Capital of Ohio. a.s. vtl,sas2
I AT a few minutes past six o'clock, the lid
was placed upon the coffin, and it was sub
lsequently removed to the grand funeral car
Eor hearse, which was drawn upo the west
entrance to Capitol Square.
THE DEPARTURE. .--sr. ~
Itwas nearly seven O'Clock before the pro-
Ioession for the reconveyance of the remains
ito the depot, was fully formed. 1t was ar
ranged in nearly the same order as in the
morning. There were, however, some no.
Iticeable variations from that order; among
|others, the City Fire Department was furth-'
Ter in advance, and was followed by large
Iconcourse Of citizens and by various So
'cieties and associations. A few of the so.
|cieties that had part in the morning process
sion were missing in the evening, as were
THE representatives of the Common Councils
of Cincinnati, Newportand Covington, KY.
Still the procession was large, reaching on
High street the entire distance from Broad
street to the depot.
While the procession was moving up High.
street, cannon were fired at intervals; the
bells tolled, the bands played funeral music,
and the girls on the Fire Department car
sang beautiful and appropriate hymns. > i
Arrived at the depot it was not long be-
fore the coffin was transferred TO the funeral
train in waiting to convey it to Indianapo-
lis. The guard of honor, General Hooker,
and some Of his officers, persons having
charge Of the arrangements, and gentlemen
charged with arrangements for receptions.
along the route, entered the cars without
delay. General Hookerwill accompany the
remains to Springfield, Illinois, their final
destination. In short time after the arriv-
al of the hearse, the train started. A shrill
whistle, and the mourning cars moved of
on. the track for Indianapolis. The crowd
gathered close to the train as 1t passed, and
gazed upon it wistfully, for 1t carried all
that was left Of the mortal remains Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the
United States, away from the Capital of
Ohio, never to return:
Then bear him with the setting sun. -
Lay him in his prairie home, ~ sgakg
Ages shall bless his labor DONE
And countless pilgrims deck his tomb siHoiT