Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-02

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2 That "Goi's eve Was on The assassin All the
ume-tha, be could hare intevened and shielded
the murdered president and saved bis life. had
God not chosen that he life should be taken
2. Tha, Eve should attribute the death Of Mr.
LIxcoLx TO the Divine agency"
/ 4. That ''GoD had discovered 10 Mr. LINCOLN
disposition 20 deal leniepfy With traitors, in
der to induce them % return to their duty. with
out naicsing upon them the punishment which
be had ordsined a. the reward Of their crime. =
5 That las Con lad use1 the fallen president
as al instrument 10 carry oas the war, he found
Mr. LINCOLN unfit 10 deal .ih ti> rerk sfsrs
construction. and placing him ssidt, bad brought
forth another ins,rumen, in The form OF the pres
ent president"
g. That Mr.. LryooLs vSrl1 10, have served
to put The seal OF condensation upon The rebels,
aud, therefore BY his living. public justice would
have been unappeased. and lap disAonoysd; ="
and
| !. That "the death Of President LIscoLS, by
the hand Of IN assassin. vas more betting than
any other mode. because we (the preacher and
his hesrefs) would more fully recognizes in it the
hand Of Cons Providence. than II the presiden,
had died natural death in bis bed >"
| We ask the readers of The Sentinel 10 care
fully look over the extract which We publish from
The Commercial. and then say il the seven
propositions which We lay down not fairly
deducible from that extract We quote the
language OF the reverend apologist for murder
almost literally We give him the full beneht
Of what he did say. as rerotted in the Cincinnati
| paper
This kind OF theology IS bard u understand.
but il is theology, nevertheless. snd {, is
common 10 certain quarters. To poor weak NOR
tails. Who arc IN the habit of looking TO Gop as
the author Of all Good. and Being who "can-
rot look upon ain with the least degree Of allow
ance, " il is hard for ms to believe that the murder
OF Mr. LINCOLN should be attributed to Divine
agency" As murder vas denounced from Mount
Sinai as one OF the ehiefest sins, we are unable
TO comprehend how He could employ such an
agency in carrying out His great designs. The
LOAD could surely adopt some means less oppos
o. to His general laws. and If the death OF Pres-
idcut LINCOLN was essential 20 any of the grsa
designs of Omnipotence, He might have caused
that death in a manner less sanguinary. anc
without involving BooTH in the dreadful Grim,
of murder. This would be the first though
which comes uppermost in the human mind. /
would strike all truly christian and benevolen
hearts in this light. and we'll did this maj
TnoKPsoS know IT, Like crafty priest. b,
i, has his answer ready The cunning of thi
clerical schemer. having involved Con in the
crime. does no: fors.ke him, and be says: If we
we're TO ask why the Presidents death came in
that form by the hand Of the ssssssinl il
would seem because We would more fully re
cosnize in it the hand of Gods providence. thar
if the president had died natural death in his
bed" This reasoning--if it con be called such
is both shallow and impious II il false il
, every sense. IL Mr.. LINCOLN had sicksned and
died in his bed. it would. to the great majority
OF mankind, look more like providence" oil
Gop than the bloody asssssin's arm, and would
have saved one wre;ched madman from the
5 penalties of the law in this life, and eternal
E punishment in that which is to come We are
not aware what kind of q Presbyterian this man
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new school-bu. thi, he belongs to fana
g teal and vicious class of men there can be nc
doubt. If bis sermon means anything. it mean:
that the LORD used BoorH an instr ument to
"put aside" ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and to bring
forth another president in the person Of AYDRrw
; JOHNSON. in order. he says. that the late
lamented chief magistrate might not allow the
] claw and Justice to be 'dshonored" This
man is willing to transfer the responsibilities oil
this great trsngresson from the creature to the
! Creator. and. in doing SO. passes judgment upon
the murdered president. being "unft to deal
with the work of reconstruction" and hence that
he waa taken away by divine agency %
The drift Of this shallow pretender to knowl
edge Of COPS will is easily understood Now
5 that Mr.. LINCOLN no longer occupies the presi
Dental chair, and can be no longer the object OF
adulation praise Aattery. It is considered good
sroke of policy for these clerical Jesuits to make
, ANDREW JOHNSON believe that he is specially the
; ject of Heavens favor; that, Mr. LINcoLs's
ndness of heart and charitable views would
have induced him "to deal leniently with traitors,
in order 10 induce them 10 return to their duty,
they hope to make Mr. JOHNSON accept true
} that Con allowed BOoTH TO murder Mr. LINCOLN
for that reason-for his honesty to conquered reb-
els. Should Mr.. JOHNSON fall into this trap
and adopt their reasoning, OF course these artiul
dodgers in theology will have accomplished their
object. and the new president will cut and slash,
right and Ter. disffaachise, coniscate, hang,
plumber and destroy the southern people. This
monster offalsehooj. no; content with heaping
injustice upon the memory of ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
seeks to misead the living presdent-to attrib-
ute to the Divine agency" the horrible crime
which has startled continent and shrouded a
whole nation in the habilinenis Of woe. If such
words spoken in the streets. and such abom-
Unable sentiments uttered by private citizen. the
cowsrdly ami blispaemsus caiUf would have a
coat of tar and feathers applied to his garments
As THOMPSON claims to spesk from bis knowl-
edge OF Cons providence and he is loyal" in
his love for the negro. aud in his hatred Of the
white people Of the south. We dare say he will
| find spologists and defenders. Such vermin
have license TO ssy what they please
Do these clerical lecturers ever think where