The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-25

ei'y ergauiael or Feelam la. ohh
aa rgp hseI cp ,he utsk of tbe poor white
anl de Faaye AfricaB Wsh4se heard
thai ite pres Is llts fam ebisf Mtsl.sate
was ID jeerardy aad ygi We had c ear
eyes g ne fact that i caaii q pa,
lhat ,ae spirit W Rebellion even, eol IS
@uupi and a aeuse any q iib ,gtstv
q @ itnore sa las aui igti. crush eut
oousieuee aul 81 tbc instincts og a common
though dgpmsei humanity aud to conceive
in cold t.opi and e1nsummatc the foul deed
of numbering the Chief Magistrate q ne
Nation. Personally, those who aro d rcbci.
bon, snd those vbo .smpaIblre wlh North
aud south, many u them, may not be n.
feeay implicated in tbis hgh. aanded at.d
brutal mdtder anj yci every maa. We cue
ba, eber q lives. that les hal ih lest
particle uf sympathy vith Il, g mOyr 81 les
responsible aud guilty ID this leei E.er.
iusuFsea, Ia the land has The sp.ut q mar
dtr 10 hls heart fss had ibg da-ptra lgu
to strike The blow but ail h4se urged on q
naduess that gave ,be death uouad, gao
have even secfe y hap5l u paye thlt Tie
Rebellion might succeed ana more, rs
ifieuds, this low deed ], bot thcuatural oui-
birth Of the low aud mas kishscn-e e justice
and regard 10 laN aud tbc le iumate exeeu-
ton u It's penalties upon all criminals, q
law breakers, and which under th garg uf
sweet philanturopby OF polluted, mistaken
views Of Christian Mercy has poisoned aud
demoraliael 50 many minds aud hearts
among US. permit no one to 50 beyond
myself Ia the enforcement of the great aud
holy doctrine Of Christian Mercy aud q
/ Chrisuau forgiveness, 10 It's bearing urou
individual aliec,ioa aud conduct, toward
those that have erungei US, but my ,eay-
ems. God is Just IS well as ~ yeBai aud
lie bash put The Sword the keen emgiep Of
Deah--into the hands Of tbs Legitimate ku
lers Of this world that they may, By III. au-
thority, be just even to ihe takiug Of iuie, is
well as metcilIl; and where ever this is de-
MED or overlooked lie will punish Us Tor cur
dastardly temerily and harl down lun in
Tie form Of wide spread anarchy, upon cur
heads
And yc, the foul deed has been done, aul
cur worthy, beloved Chief Mag straa Is
de.d We can hardly believe il. lis too
aalul to believe, and ,e' Jhey ten US he IS
dead just Is the hrou-dsplgb, seemed to
be opening upon thc dark struggling night
of our soejusJ as the powers Of darkness
we're being repulsed, ana hs anl We an g.
gan to breathe more cas- ", aud hope with
halo Of glad visions revived within us,
just as he was preparing Proclamation
ofAmncsty, we are old, amt ofhoiy imHAs-
giving to Almighty God, d,-as the shouts Of
welcome from the rebel capital we're lioger-
ing n our cars, --he ,0as shot and be too
has passed away, with the vast multitude
inundated on the bloody altar If a foul re-
bclion
SO far as our late President i concerned,
how sweet it Is for US to hope and feel that
be is at rest not only far remoytd from the
mad assaults Of polluted Treason, and at st
nom the untold care aud anxiety Of ,his
world--so eata and logfui OF
One thing is certain, be has not lived il
vain. He sprang from Quaker family,
and was born in Kcniucky, The aggregate
amount Of school education he ever received
was about one year With axe IN band At
seven years Of age, he spent his youth with
his father in Indiana, or as hired man op
Hat boats. on the great Mississippi. Ouce
received his first honor as Captain Of a vol
nnteer company. Som after he Is reading
law, with books borrowed, aud studied ny
night lie enters political lie aud IS un-
successful, aud in to57 removes to spring
field. Illinois, ana rises rapidly 10 his pro-
iessiou. Ia 1914 tnters Congress ahd Is
found on the uapopulu, SIDE ot humane aud
just legislation. Bu you know nis history.
livery ohtld should read t, aud vii read j.,
and you know how that he rose sep b. step,
against odds large aud quite oserpoSefihg.
until IRON the highest position 10 civil life,