, 1865-05-01

irs where bis llieeas remains then rested, be n
pied 10 thcn1an tones Of deep emotion:
"Gentlemen, my hope Of auccees In this gre.
| and terrible struggle Febts on that lmuuabl
foundation, the business and goodness Of Coz
poets rerT dark, - hops IN some WY, whic
csnse our cause IL Just and God ia on our side.''
You cannot have forgotten this impressive ii
vocation with which hs' closed his rfociam,tio
] Of Emancipation.
"Ans, upon this act, sincerely believed to !
| an act Of 1ust1cc, ,sFasranted by The Coustituto
f9c and the gracious favor
The solen u words of his last Inaugural eound
my ears to-day as heard them ial{ from hs ll1
on the step: Of the Capitol. There was no exult
6se6 h1s GTn he was the fit
Ihe vas no bitterness against the men who la
hl!cd our land with Few made graves, and VII
Tese Tesea evlpR 70 stab the nation to ita deati
ticn q the eountIy's triumph. But With almo:
| tae solemttutte1sne:aofo one tthe Hebrew Propi
sefge g o. ~ open grave, and addressing hls lai
On 1al Woses te bis colnrrymen, with bis lip
THE Almighty has his own purposes, aWoe III
20 the world because ofoGcnces, for it must need
pe 1hat offences come; bnt woe to that man b
thoe WDom the offence cometh." If We shall euppos
but which having continued through His appoini
ea une, He now wills to remove, and that b
as nc woe due to thuse by whom the oIanc
Game, shall We discern therein any departure frou
Inose divine attributes which the believers in
hp1ne hanae God alWaye asc1lbe to a1ms Fondly do "
nope, s1ga aedSsenuy = DO We pray, that that might
Will that it continue until all the weslth billed b,
toc bondman't two hundred and fifty years Of u1
rne9 t9la % enal ne tnnk, and until every dro]
another drawn with the sword, as was said tire,
snGp,a9 bs sears ago 50 stu It must be SAID
tcous altogethcr." 'f'-
With malice toward none, With charity for al
With rmpt es in the right, as God gives Us to set
tne Rs4t tet rs strive On to finish the work WI
him sba have borno tie bata nnd 70 care bq
sasis "ia9w ana hls orphans, to do al which may
among ourselves and with all nations.'
what portratture OF his own character he m
consciously draws IN this closing parncraph
" With malice towards none, with chaftfy fur iii
vt Th 9ess n ths iEh q Goa gives to
Bear with me further whle I quote one letter.
Mhtn IN ne midst OF the exciting canvass Of last
fal, IN which he was 20 deeply interested, during
NE very week that be Wss being denounced f1
tnle caty as scarcely any mau had ever been de-.
nounced before, he shut out the thoughts Of these
cruelty unjust aspefstons to write n this decnIy
impressive gram to Philadelphia lady, tien
A~~AA%0* AA 4A4E 414A
uExEcUT1yE MANSION, !
Elm B. Quincy: My Esteemed Friend:
marc never forgotten. probably never shall
seli and friends visited me On Sabbath fukenoon,
TWO Ytars ago, nor has your kind lettcs, Wli!ten
nea1ly n u !, Jear M later, ever been forgotten.
my rel.snce on God. am mnch Indebted to the
good chrls tan people Of the country for their con-
slant p1aye5t and coneolat5ons, and.to no one Of
Amehy aee peset 5
vance.
We hoped for happy term,naaon of this terri
has ruled oiherwlsc. We shall acknowledge His
wisdom and our own erross therein. Meanwhile
We must wore earnestly, in the best light nc gives
ne, trusting that so working etllt olduces to the
great end ne oEda1ns. Surely he intends some
great good to follow this mighty conyuleiou.
which no mortal could stay. Your people-thc
ff,e9da-hayc hsd and are having ycsy great trial
Oppression, they can only practically opposs op-
rrtssIon by 1cdr. In this hard dilemma some have
ehosen one horn snd some the other. For those
done, and shall Co the best l can In my own CON
tctence, and my oath 10 the law. That on be-
lleye this doubt not, and believing 1t, ahall
stil receive, for OH country and myself, your
Your sincere friend, i. LIsco1s.u
Ntr should / forget 10 mention here M that the
last 1ct Of Congress- ever signed by him, was one
qGnrtlg tie nat lhs motto, II which he sincerely
1nse'toed npon all onr n,tlonal coin. But Aoril
cane at last with al its glorious resurrection Of
sp1ing-,that spring which he WA not to Gee r.
giass Of his life were filling. His last moment
drew nigh, for his banded assassins, fotled in on
attempt to poison him last year. Ia plot only us
covered since detectives hare been tracking The
.tertes Of his DEATH had resolved this time on
sun 1ng sarer blow. Victory after victory
crowned our national armiea. Al hundred cap
.ured rebel banners til!ed the war department
pf 9f rebel eoalers had eg
!ss lie joyous acclaim sfa' II y milRaos diiRaos
hailed the promised Land Of Peaee. Iut our be.
Loved ieadsr was TO enter smother land Of re.t.
BODY, they cannot ELL the Immortal soul: And,
II tie spirits Of the good men who have lefk a.
are Permitted 70 look back On The land they loved
Washington and Lincoln, from the shining courta
alore. look aown to-day with pstcrnal intcfcst on
ne na1on. Whieh, under Providence, the one had
[oanded @ ,s9 and ne other ssysd snd witch will en-
Bat, in hts last honrs, all the aaecHonate traits
O. character which have so .nadeQustely dellne-
ated, hope out IN more than wonted bT1ilIancy,
ltow his kindly hesrt must have fhspbbed with
10y. as on the very day before his dsath. he glad.
i NED 20 many tens Of thousands OF anHous
7endine, but uownot needed draft. With what
generous naguantmity be authorized our heroic
LlcMenani General TO proter tefns unparalleled
ong the. bulwark Of rebellion. And ibe s; very
ast Official act OF his life was, when learn.
nE ?, by telegraph Tat very Fndsy afternoon,
hat two q the leaders and concoctots Of the re-
Europe, = Instructed our onieers not to arrest
sirh thcr blood, but ,bels associates W ,hls!ed I I
Or his and In few short hours al,es tnis message
T mercy to save their fiiends from death sped On
hs s TnniSs niS q Ti.4 WisEsd hands thsy
vile and children did they elow him. No mo.
oent's sIaee for prayer to God. Bnt in order thar
GrssoEs1sss 81 might snd With The in.tant. the p,s
plight be buried in his brain. Thus lived and |
hus died our murdered President. But as ihe
plilsn !, .hot doxn tha pilot y onr helm, just as
be ;Ship .. Sta'e ai!eF all its stormy seas.
ie, Ike that Of Seward a;ld stanton, lad been
,a5kcd for that rcE5 night OF horrors, but who ]
Sa spags 10 the IE s, and IT,
rd1cw johnson, to whom the public |
snIaeIee ns9s1sa was 90 9nickty and wSlth,y
hose place he fila.. He has .wairea on
'aitor* In his rnonntaln home Is they have warred
q HIM aud he inslsls, with this Gro aning IL.
eason should be made odEoas, and lint n metc9 to to
'e lenders who engendered 1t Is cruelty TO the
adon.
The text Of Holy Wnt, whscl, be believes In for
Ii m, Is IN the eeth verse Of the 7th chapter OF
zrs. - Let Judgment be executed speedily upon |
II, whether i te unto death, Of to banishmenf,
70 }b1. o. Fo0d o. e
And ltue: though the President ia slam, the "a.
o. l,yes: The statesman, Who has so successfully
lnoucted our foreign correspondence, as to sare
ont and difficulties abroad, and who, witt he
resident leaned ever to uercy,s side, so brutajIy
'w1c knitted az he lay helpless on his bed OF al
Iaey whie6 intended 1. bloooy harvest T M Of ie az
t11ots' lives, reaped, With its marderous siekle,
1t Che.
But that one-how dear to ali our hear{s-how
9es ,s5a IN r. wSEth hoy transparent and spot
which the nation has been enbjected,
have given Of the brayest and the bell
The land. The South il bil1owed with the
assa where sleep The patriot martyrs Of con.ti-
tlonal liberty til the resurrection morn. Tho
cant chair at the table Of thousands upon thou.
pas tells Of those WHO inspired BY the sub
i uh,ic might survive. Golden and living treas
Is hare been heaped up, upou our courtry's
sr. tBut aftef sll these eosly aaerihces had
ostl;cr sacrifice had 10 be madei and from he
CHEST place in all the land tns victim came.
at the moment OF victory, the blow
e : TOO ;ate e Foo bin of the grand place he has
Are Silent And ne see him as he moved,
;oW @ modest. Eindly, al compassionate. wise,
With what sub3tme repression of himself
And In what liMfte and how ten1erly,
3 bose Glory was redresslng human WRONGS;
) Sot T. making his high place tue lawless perch
y pleasure. But through ali this tract Vi years.
y caring the white flower OF blamcless life.
lurdered, cofjned- buried, he Will lire With
'se few Immortal names who were not born to
Z; lire, aa The Father OF the Faithful IN tue
,ts that tried mems FOULS; lsre in the grateful
.tts Of the dark.bfoWed race be lifted from un-
: tho heel Of the oppressor to the dignity Of
cGom and OF manhood; tiEe In every beFcaved
Gle which has given father, husband, son or
nd to die, as he did, for his country; lsre, win
glolfous company of martyrs to lIbarty. fus.
. and humanity, that trio Of Heaven.born prtn-
les Tire, IN tho love Of sll beneath the Circuit
the sun, who loathe. tyranny, slavery and :
,we how honesty and principle lifted him. SELF