Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-19

| EIiyLtstNlen--1 Letter Of Condo
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HALIFAX, May D.-The steamship Asia
has arrived, with liverpool adyices Of April
| Both.
! SYMPATHY FROM TIE PEOPLE OF LONDON.
LONDON, April 3t-0n Saturday evening
an immense public Meeting convened, under
| the auspices of the Emancipation Society,
in st James Hail, b express their feelings
| of grief and horror at tue ASSASSINATION OF
! President Lincoln, aid sy mpathy with the
| Government and pople Of the United
| States and with Mrs Lincoln, Mr.. Seward,
and his family.
The galleries of The ii; u were draped in
black. and over the end gallery hung the
| American flag. The hall was crowded with
am audience who manifested not merely
warm admiration for the character and ca
pacity of the late President, and sincere
| sympathy with the people Of the United
! States in theirloss but their hearty approx
al of the great cause Mr. Lincoln represent
ed. The platform contained an array of Par
! liamentary gentlemen and many leading cit
| izens of the metropolis. Many ladies we're
present, a majority of whom were in mour-
ming. Various resolutions were carried,
not merely with unanimity, but with an IN
/ tense feeling rarely seen at public meetings.
The chair was occupied by Wm, Evans,
president of the Emancipation Society
! Messrs. Foster, Stansfeld, Leathean, Tay-
lor, Potter Baxter, and Baines, members
Of Parliament, commenced the proceedings
with expressions of their deep sympathy
with the American Government and people,
| and their entire confidence in the Admins
tration of President johnson. The chair
man was supported by twenty influential
members of parliament and a large array OF
distinguished vice presidents, representing
every section Of the community. Letters
of sympathy were read from Sir Charles
| Lyell, Lord Houlton, and others, VIM. H.
Foster, NJ. p, moved the first resolution !:
''That this meeting desires to give utter
anee to the feelings Of grief and horror with
which it has heard of the assassination OF
President Lincoln and the murderous attack
on Mr. Seward, and to convey to Mrs Ian;
| coin and the United states Government and
people the expression of its profound sym
pathy and heartfelt coincidence
Mr.. Foster said this was time when the
tie of blood binding Englishmen to Ameri-
cans was indeed truly felt-a thrill of grief,
horror and Indignation, which had passed
through the length and breadth of Europe,
and especially possesses the heart of every
Englishman, as though some painful calam-
ity had fallen on himself Cheers This
meeting would, he hoped, send by the ship
which left their shores that night Its sympa-
thy with the widows and orphans and the
country who had lost their faith for the ftl-
ture. He was confident in the belief they
had so learned the lesson Of common history
that they could prove what strength free
and Christian people have to bear up against
every blow like this, though it be such a
blow as had rarely fallen upon any common.
wealth. He expressed his convictions that
President johnson would continue Presl-
dent Lincoln work of restoring peace to
the country; and ensuing freedom to all who
dwell in it. [Cheering.
p A. Taylor, NJ. p, seconded the reso-
luton, and expressed his deep sympathy
with the American nation, which had lost a
worthy successor of Washington. Lincoln 5
great task had been fulfilled. He had
crushed the rebellion Of the shareholders,
and the destroyer had not withered one Leaf
in the chaplet of his glory He had no fear
that the Government of the United States
would fall into a career of revengeful ret11-
button
He asked the audience to remember that
for years a portion Of the press and people
had heaped every epithet of abuse upon
Lincoln, and were now trying to do the
same thing by johnson. Cries of shame. !
He felt confident that the efforts of the new
Government would be continuedin the same
direction as Lncolns S, and that it would
soon effect complete restoration OF the
Union, with the complete emancipation OF
the negro. Mr. lincoln died for that prln-
ciple, but his death was not the symbol OF
its defeat. But of its glorious triumph.
Cheers
Mr.. Leathem, NJ p, brother-in-law OF
John Bright, concurred IN the hearty trlb-
ute paid to the character and services OF
President johnson. They had seen Ameri-
ca pass triumphantly through gigantic per
lis, and they confidently expected she would
come out with equal fortitude and equal
dignity lrom what was perhaps, the last and
greatest of her triumph
Mr. Stransfeld tM. p moved the next
resolution, VIZ: THAT this meeting desires
to express its entire confidence In the deter
minatlon and power of the people and Gov
ernment OF the United States to carry out
to the fullest extent the policy OF which
Abraham Lneolns Presidential career was
the embodiment, and to establish free IN
stitutions throughout the whole American
Republic
Mr.. Stransfield said they had met not only
to give expression of their horror at a deed
so foul that history could produce no paral-
| lei, but to show their sympathy for the cause
which begins by being honorable and great,
to be righteous, and which, by the acts and
by the life of its martyr President, had now
become sacred in their eyes. Loud cheers
The South had been fighting for the avowed
and deliberate purpose of promoting and
perpetuating human slavery. 1t attempted
to found its subsistence upon a national
crime, and had met the deserved fate OF
those who set themselves against the laws Of
God and man. The North had been fight
ing for common country, which they could
share, but which they would not allow to
be torn asunder Step by step the North
rose to the height of the great and holy ar
gument on which its cause was founded.
Each delay, each de feat seemed only to
make their resolve frmer, higher and purer.
| When the South has finally abolished sla-
very throughout the States, then victory
would finally crown the cause. Throughout
all this period Lincoln guided his country
with honor IF anything could strengthen
the States in their trial it would be the deep
felt, spontaneous, universal sympathy now
travelling to them from Europe