, 1865-08-18


4 Greek EulogE ON President Lincoln,
An exchange has received COPY Of eIs
bthno." the Nation) Greek Newspaper
published at Hermopolte,
The Aatloa has good stock OF American
the Greek alphabet, renders our names rath-
er oddly. Lafayette Foster Is 'Laphact
Phoster;h ~ Prc4itent johnson |, cnlled
"ProedtAs 1onson - the seTards t.the SIpu.
ards !" Gen: Grant "St.ategoa Grant !" Mrs.
snrratt .''Ara. eourat;' JED. Davis "Jeph.
sf5on e.p Dabess = aud the New York Herald
ID heeruI." i''B - -e.s-,
The most interesting and: really beautiful
Porucn of the contents Of this newspaper
curiosity, {s'a funeral or6tIon On Presidant
LINCOLN, delivered BY 4 Greek ut gathering
OF the people In ConstantInopie. Our read.
ers will peruse It with interest, AZ another
; eT3denee now ar the virtues Of good maa
land Of Homer, Of Socrates. OF Plsto, sends
fay across the INTERVENING ocean her tribute
81 piaise 70 the goodness and greatness Of
Abraham Lincoln, "the Citizen Of Humani-
IT," ~
The following translation is almost literal :
APRoAPrr SPEECH or 1oASs1pos..
Grfetaa Broshtrs: A great man has been
assassinated Il ts impossible for him who
mas been thus called On, in an emergency, to
at this late hour. to discharge lie duty IS Is
becoming, consfdefing the greatness Of the
ealsmiiy. fot the sorrow which oFefpowers
hls heart and the hearts of Jou all, o Gre
clans, paralyzes his utternnce.
great man ha8 been treache.ously elain,
AUD l, the weak inteIpretertf this anguish
and sor1ow: by which you have all been "a IT,
crime, which, fncontestib1v. the a1.nr'na ahle
and hatefal band Of desp0tim devlsed-l
come, and IN the nAne Of Greece, drop q
warm} an}3 tear In menorJlof the Citizen; az nu'
"Pardon. mighty and sacred shade. of Lin
coin I know that thy illustrlous virtue has
no need Of my poor words.- Yet even thus,
invoking thy uabroken and, eelctndicating
virtue, I would come With plous affection,
and adorn, even With one poor laurel Leaf,
breath Of despotlsm . thy unMdng memory,
while bending the knee Of reverence and
worship before thy great image
"Gyetian Brothers: Until yesterday, until
that melancholy Sun, We hailed, full Of joy,
the victorious ensign Of AHericaI which
waved above us that standard OF the enan.
the heart. VA awaite1 the. intelligence Of
decisive battle; for the trinnphal hymn of
popular government and universal. Hes1lom.
Suddenly q rushing and most iIl-omened In
t-lngcnce Emote our ears tae1nteltgeuce of
tAe AesAtenAbiOH o1 tAS kEtat ClLLeu O1
America. aud Of humanity, Abraham Lin
coin. And now detected and souowful, With
bEews made gloomy On account Of the death
o. man who WAS doer ofgrtas deeds, and
q eherteher of great purposss, we have come
together;. We Greeks, un1er the honorcd
eagle Of .America, bringing to our .remem-
hrauce the beueIactlons' d the American
mani'estlng the great Sympathy Of Greece
i1r The Americans, in the presence of thel1
ilustEous murdered Presilent-thst Pfesi-
oent who, having laborel for four whole
years, WITH uny1e!dlnE perseverance and most
admiral patience, for the overthrow Of an
odsuos slavery, and approaching the end had
now nSnv amost perfected tfe holy and most
trehchezous weapon Of anastassIn's hand.
He haa fallen as falls an aged and high
crowned oak under the axe Of the me1cilese
Toodman! Abraham Lincoln has fallen, but
nayiyg fallen has raised up buried freedom!
The .ahominable nssasatns Of the great
Citizen Of Humanity imagined in tho dark
,ined, The wretc6cs that having taken sway
bis Invaluable life they Wonld be able to re- :
ve1se the War Of America {suprema folly y
which Ia the War Of Humanity, the most
holy Of Wars, which q strong, Wonder-Work-
Ing, and pat1iotic hard stirred up, and d.
rected and ruled-the hand Of Lincoln, which
The right hand Of The Most High directed
from heaven. Fools! They supposed and
considered the battle OF glorious freedom to
be chlmera. Let them learn henceforth
that the War for Freedomis q: Holy W,r,
against Which no naan can successfully st8nd,
no man can conquer, because no: man can
Withstand and overcome the God OF Free:
dom, and that battla gives at last an untad-
ing crown Of victory.
:" Finally, let the wicked assasslns OF hu-
manity and Of Lincoln learn one plain fact;
that although tho great Lincoln falls under
the treaeherors weapon. Of wicked aud
abominable hs1d, the American contest does
not fall with him its mighty spirit Is not
brought low the great cause Of the nation Is
not conqured, bnt will conquer. =.
Eternal be the memory Of the Great Cit
izen Of Humanity. (. ...:.
May America and Greece live! foreyarl r.
!, Among the ppltitpae5 Of t,ibptes to the