New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-01
THE WORKING MEN OF EUROPE
TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

We have received from London friend the
following Address to President Johnson by the
International Council of the Working Men OF
Europe on the assassination of President Lin
coin, which We presume has by this time reached
its destination. A. nothing could be more APP
propriate to the solemn observances Of this day,
We append the document as follows;
To ANDREW JOHNSON Presidemi Of tie Jaifed Slater.
SIR: The demon Of the peculiar institution. for
the supremacy Of which the South In arms would
not allow his worshipcrs to honorably sucoumb In the
open field What he had begun In treason be must
needs end In nfamy As Philip rs war for the inqui.
son bred Gcrards. thus Jefferson sfro slavery
war a Booth
IL Is not our part 20 Gull words ~ and horror
while the heart Of two worlds heases with emotion
Even the ycophants who. year after year aud day by
day stuck To their ssyphus work Of morally essassina
ing ABRAHAM LINCOLN and the great Republic he
headed stand now aghasi at the universal outburst ol
popular feeling. aud vie with each oilcr IN sirewlng
rhetorical flowers his open grave. They have now
at found that he man neither 10 be brow
beaten by adversely intoxicated by success inncs
hly pressing to his great goal never compromising
il by blind haste slowly maturing bis steps never
reiracing them carried away by no surge OF popular
fayors: dsheartened by slackening Of the popular
pulse; tempering stern acts by the CLEANS OF Kind
heart; Illuminating scenes dark with passion by the
smile OF hnmor doing his Titanic work hunibly and
homey as heavenborn rulers do little thing with the
grandiloquence Of IOmp and ttate-in one word
one Of the rare men who succeed in bccom-
ing great without censing to bo good. Such.
indeed, was the modesty Of this great and good
man that the world only discovered hin hero after
he had fallen a martyr
To be singled out by the side Of such = chief the
second victim Ia the Internal gods Of slavery wns an
honor due TO Mr.. STwAEn Had he not. at time Of
general hesitation the sagacity 10 foresee and the
manness 10 foretcll "the irrepressibe confctr Did
he not the darkest hours OF that conflict prove true
to the Roman duty despair Of the Republic and
its starsf We earnestly hope that be, and Ls son viii
be restored TO health, public activity. and wedcser,cd
honOrs within much less than ninety DAYS"
After tremendous civil war, but which. II We con.
sder its vast dimensions and it, broad scope and
pare il 10 the Old Worlds 80 YEAR wars and ~ years
wars and 70 years wars hardly be said To have
lasted % days Yours sir has become the task to up
root by the law what has been feed by the fvord-to
preside the orduous work ofpotca reconstruction
and social regeneration. profound sense Of Your
great mission will save you from any compromise with
stern duties You viii never forget that L. initiate the
new era Of the EM.ycpATIOS oP LABOR tie American
People deyolyed the responsibilities of Leadership upon
tro ntn Of labor: the one, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, tie
other. AsIp,Ew JOINsos.
THE CENTRAL COrsCIL OF The INTERNATIONAL WORN.
NGNEN' q ASSOCIATION. LONDON MAY ~, Ito
Here follow the signature.