The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-16
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Deeds of such afro.
city cover their perpetrators with ever
lasting infsmy, and discredit the cause
they are presumab' y meant TO serve
We trust it will appear that the crimes
Of Wilkes Booth and his sccomplice
we're conceived and executed in concert
with no one but themselves. The
South. broken and defeated, could re,
ceiye no possible benefit from the re-
movsl Of Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward
the TOO probable effect of the crime is
an accession of madness and anger, rem
dering all schemes Of reconstruction i'm
possible On the other hand, the way
Ing Of = knife before the affrighted au>
iI-nce at the theatre, and the "lSic sem
,sy rsran.s, pronounced by the sssas-
sn indicate the vanity of men willing
10 immortalize themselves, ike Erostrs
tut. though the world sould perish. I'm
.ust as we believe it to be, the confed-
crate cause will not escape the dishonor
cast upon II BY the wanton murders Of
III Lincoln and the Secretary The
sJmirstion won by the long and gal
lFEt defense Of Richmond, will be less.
ened. the memory Of Lees lofty bear
ing end JEckson's deep religious feelr
ing will be obscured by the atrocities
committed IN the name and on behalf
Of the South. Arson in New York,
theft under the pretense of war in Yer
r. ont and assassination in the Capitol,
Tim the luster OF four years resist
ance 40 superior forces and of many a
well-fought ie d IN Virginis. The critical
conciuOn OF affairs in AmeriO :, the posi-
ton OF the Southern States at the feet
Of their victorious antagonists, the gi-
gantic task Of reconstruction which
must be undertaken by the political
leaders of the NOrth-and, above all,
the unpromising character of the man
whom an accident has made the ruler
OF the Union for the next four years,
tend 20 exalt our estimate Of the loss
which the States have ~ fered in the
murder Of their President but it
would be unjust not to acknowledge
that Nj Lincoln was man
who could not, under any circumstan-
Gee. have been easily replaced Starting
iron an humble position TO one Of the
greatest eminence, and adopted by the
Republican party as a make shift,
simply because Mr. Seward and their
other prominent leaders we're obnox-
ious TO different sections of the party,
Il was natural that his career should
be watched with Jealous suspicion. The
office cast upon him was great, it's du-
ues most Onerous, and the obscurity
Of his past career no guarantee of his
ability 10 discharge them HIS short
cOmngs, moreover, were on the sur
face. The education of a man whose
early years had been spent in earning
bread by manual labor, had necessarily
been defective, and faults of manner
and errors of taste repelied the OBJ
server 81 the outset. In spite of these
dIawbat Ks Mr.. Lincoln slowly won for
himself the confidence and respect of
all his perfect honesty speedily be-
came apparent, and, what Is, perhaps,
mole 60 his credit, amid the many IN
studied speeches which he was called
upon from time 10 time 20 deliver. i'm
tu' 4 though they were with the rough
humer OF his early associates, he was,
IN none sf them, betrayed into any in
temperance of language toward his OF
ponents or toward neutrals. His utter
anges were, apparently, careless, but his /
tongue Was always under command The I
guauty OF Mr. Lncolns administration |
which served, however, more than anv
other 10 enlist the sympathy of by- |
ISLANDERS was its conservative progress |
lie felt his way gradually TO his conclu /
lions and those who will compare the /
different stages Of his career one with |
3 other wall mud that his mind was grow |
ing throughout the course of it. The |
r.G.srts with which he once suggested 70 /
the negroes that they shoald take them
selves of 10 Central America. because
their presence IN the States was incon.
venleut TO the white population. soon
disappeared. The gradual change of
ns language and Of his policy was
most remarkable. EnElishmen learned
20 respect man who showed the best
characteristics Of their race in his re.
-pect ior wha. is 6 ,od IN the past. acting
m unison with a recognition of vhat
was made necessary BY the events of
passing history. But the growth of
Ar L'nCoins mind wss subject 70 a
s-rguiar modification. Il would seem
lhGu be trit himself OF late a mere in.
sTument engaged in working out
great cause which he could partly re-
sornir', but which he was powerless TO
control
tFT0m tie Laudou Nayurs er.rs
The appalling tragedy which has inst
teen perpetrsted al Washington is A.
solutely without historical precedent
The miserable excuse which fauaticis,,,
might attempt to plead Tor other no.
htIcal sssasslns, has no application N
The wretch whose felon hand deslt
atsth 10 the pure and noble maeis
rate 81 d free nation. one would Glad
y. FOR The pure sake Of common bu
maulty, have caught at the idea thst
the crime was but the work of some
naniacal partisan. But the mere ma.
lure OF the deeds, without any add
honal evidence whatever. bids defiance
TO such an idea While the one muir.
lerer was staying the President Of the
hepuohc, the other was making his
s,en mere dRstardly attempt upon the
he OF the sick aud PROSTATE Secretsry
u does not need even the disclosures
= hlch nov, too late for any good pur
pose, reached official quarters. 10 prove
nat two madmen can not become 81
inspired with the same r
nons'rous project and impened at the
'he moment 10 do their several parts
p Tie one bloody business. The cbiv. :
-Fy Of the South has had much Euro. !
sAn compliment Of late. Ii has been :,
y .s'9'ered 10 be the fount and origin .
u =. The mos; noble and LpigbiI,, !,
iuAIiIes which the world berstog,r!, :
lAa Principally known thrc,,,b n
medium Of medieval romance -. :
not be forgotten that Soufbsrr 80 :
'a'eIy Planned the conhsgration az : | /;
peaceful city. IL never can h. 49,.
.en while history ls read that ~ IsS
u Southern partissns nave her - |. |.
iened by the foulest assassin No, ~, ~
Z olla las ever known, that they have i,
oeen treseherously dipped in the blood :
d one Of the best citizens aud pures,
lalflo's 70 whom the land Of Wasbinr'
1oL gave oTih. For Abraham Lipc,I1
one Siy OF universal regret will be rs;s Z
Ai' over Tie civilized earth. Ws5o
not oeiieye that even the fiereest -,
lsAhH OF The confederacv in r. -
Try "lll entertain any senti,-,..,., :,
such = time but one OF grief "a -.
TOT 10 ual Abraham Iancoln r. -