Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-06-07
STOWE. May 81, 1865.

pIoN W. may ~, lCop'
Gents:
Your polite invitation for me to partic-
ipate in your deliberations tomorrow. in
honor of the memory of our late lamented
President is before me. Other duties will
render it inconvenient for me to be pres
ent, though the meeting is very proper
one, and "a. fitting compliance with the re-
quest of our able Governor.
Respect for our rulers while in the dis
charge of dntics as servants of the pco-
pie, is a duty and generally pleasure of
the citizen; consequently an assault to
the person of our legally constituted au-
thorities, is an indirect assault upon the
people themselves,
There can be no excuse, justification,
or palliation for the assassination of the
President,-its enormity, or its bascness
was never equalcd.
We should mourn him as the President
of the nation, and hold his memory in
kind remembrance, and detest his assas-
sination as the worst of crimes
In this case there can be no excuse, no
escape to higher law. No matter wheth-
er all the acts of the late President were
approved or not, he was our President
and entitled to the respect of all, as such,
and entitled to the protection of law,
which if suffered to be broken, renders
you, and all of US, unsafe and insecure
in person and property.
Obedience to law, is the safeguard of
nations, and individuals. Disobediencc
merits, and should receive its proper pun
ishment.
With the universal grief at the nations
loss, there is a pleasure in the contempla-
ting Of the nations strength, and we
should rejoice, while we mourn, that we
live under government that has the
power to sustain itself against the shock
consei uent upon the loss of its legal
head.
The contemplation of this crime leads
into an unfathomable mystery. If God
suffered it, because of the Presidents lem
lent course to the traitors "then His
mercy hath not endured forever. IF
permitted in order to chasten us: was
this required in addition to the thousands
already sacrificed? If permitted in order
to fit us for new duties as a nation; then
may "He, who dooth all things we'll"
make this duty plain.
Disregard of constitutional duties and
rights, has brought upon us nations ca
laraity. war; but success in right, allevi-
ates the pain, at the losses sustained.
Lessons have been taught, and should
be received, as intoxicating the certain
truth, that ohoeoer vtolates constitutional
obligations, a0iU be punished.
With the glorious results Of the war,
and the rising sun Of peace, comes new
duties, and grave responsibilities for the
government, and the citizen.
Proper support, care and instruction of
the colored population, cannot be ignored
the duty must be met.
That degree of sympathy which leads
them to believe they are free from labor
is misplaced. Our duty now is to elevate,
encourage, benefit and improve. They
should be taught to fall into line fol-
the new duties that now rest upon them.
May wisdom guide our councils, and
reason control the people, in the respon.
sibilities we have assumed. Our nation
is now in a position to command the re-
spect of the world, and care should b,
taken that we TASK nothing but what il
right and submit to nothing wrong"
Hoping your meeting will have gooc
influence, ! subscribe myself
Your Obedient Servant,
W. IL. IL. BINGHAM.
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