Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-05-06
SINCERE REGRET.

coin has claimed public attention for the
past three weeks, and Of course has been
The subject Of al comment. I. has been
universally lamen.ed, and from mono has
there come expressions Of sorrow more
profound aud sincere than from those
who have always been politically opposed
to Mn. LINCOLN. We believe that history
may DO successfully challenged to produce
90 in-tnuce where there has BEEN . more
unanimous, q more sincere and heartfelt
sorvo~ over the loss Of the great leader
Of tue opposition. than has been shown
by the democratic party in this case, ard
especially where party spiri. has been 30
high a. it has for the past three years.
This sorrow hos been o. d,sin,ercsted o.
!, hos been sincere. 1t partook not Of the
hum listing grief which Mn. L,SCoLS's
s,ipendiarcs, office holders and partisane.
paid and unpaid, have. il is feared too fire.
qnen,ly put on merely for the reason tina.
it was for their interest to do SO; but it
was the hon orable sorrow for the untimely
toLh ola great man, the recognized head
OF the government, struck down most foul.
~ by the sssassins dagger. 1t is the
interested parasites who are now trying
10 make political capital out Of the dead
man by ou;wardIy wearing the badges Of
mourning, but inwardly they are filled
with hate
We have watched closely the u,terances
Of the Democratic press, and we have not
seen one from any quarter bu, what fully
jns,'hes what We have said they each
had that every reason, no matter whether
Of humanity or Of policy, conspires to
make them regret it, not with monkish
sympathy but sincerely and profoundly.
The tenor Of each will fully suts.an,ate
the JUS, remark Of tLe N. 7. Tribune.
'ha. There will fall into his opening and
bo"osed grave no warmer or plentiful srih>
ute OF homes. seusibility than is shown Ivy
bis loyal fellow citizens who did 10,
contribute to his reelection. "
We have gathered a few Of these many
expressions and append them, presenting
only those from papers which have been
most distinguished for their opposition to
Ma. LINCOLN administration. The N. Y.
News says:
1t has rarely happened tha. = people
have been visited with such eau, . for lam
snta,ion. Had it pleased God, by disease
or accident, to take faom US our Chief
Magistrate, the shock would have been
less. b.. to 500 him stricken down By
the brutal rage Of an assassin, murdered
a, the very threshold of the gate Of prace
he was about to open, abruptly hurled
from his sphere &c usefulness ut the cr,-
els "f the Republics fate, in such mis-
fortune ali that is horrible aud pitisble.
aud calani,ous has been concentrated
into one fatal moment g. overwhelm the
country with aft c'ion. For tie first time
IN our history assassination has thrown it's
dagger into the political scale. Oh! the
d.egrrce OF it. the shame Ct it. the peril,
II ever that crime should be identified with
with the American character! Let US
not believe. for the honor Of the Ameri
can name, that it was prompted By par.
,i>an ma'evolence. lie, it MT be- nssoci.
at.d with the record Of civil strife, further
thar the act Of murderer whose Grimm
city goes no, beyond his own individual.
i,y. We will not insult any section of
our country BY pleading for It's people, or
tseir leaders. excu!pation from completely
ia this Gendish deed for. in behalf Of
Americanism. we assert that they will
laa,he and denounce it. For soldiers have
no sympathy with nssassin. BE their
cause right or wrong, they strike Tor il Oh
the emhatsIed plain, against m armed
and ready fIe.
The Columbus Crisis, es Gov. Medsrys
paper, says:
Whatever may have been the political
offences Of President Lincoln, they were
public acts. incident to his position, aud
inseparable from il, and by no law, human
or divine. could be made responsible 10
the assassin kOife for them. They were
tho acts Vt the President, not the man.
His private life was nnotiectionable. lie
was Of n mid and kindly nature, gentle
snd genlal IN his Intercourse among men,
solicitous 10 satisfy his own confidence and
Judgment, and trus,fui OF his own fame in
history. What motive could have promp'
tel. what dark and crooked reasoning
could have been relied to Justify his IN.
timely taking off, in manner made doub.
y tiendish b. alt the accom- apartments OF
murder and reeicide, tho Ruler of The
Universe Can alone divine
Tho Dayton Empire, published At the
residences Of Mr. Vallandigham, and NJ
Usually dsnaminated his home organ, adds:
Last night was \ night Of horrors in
Washington. President Lincoln persisted
BIZ the hand Of an assassin. At any ii No
this would have been mons'rous-inex-
pres<ibly h"rrib!s. just now i. is the
worst public calamity that could have be-
fallen the country. This is the beginning
Of evils. The hearts aud hopes Of all
nen-cven Of those who had opposed his
policy earliest and strongest. had begun
10 turn toward Abraham Lincoln for de.
live.ance At last. And not without rea
son; for bis conrsc fur The Inst three
mouths has bsen most liberal and con.
c;Eatorv Rut he haa faiten IN the most