The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-18
TIE AssAss.natlon u Presaeut LIN
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Ths great eaismiiY shicA has fsll
En- sI.on - y ihs midst u our REQ
Inrs Gr racent vsciories, = without a
tNallsl ID the history q be fssi 20
hsndred yc.rs The faier 4 ? great
ard eiyiiisei nai'ea has persh . III
he lard Il ~ assassin. The faur-
rvnes .rems hardly 10 bel'.as t. ihis
sy-. snd leaa Of al 70 lie hisfory a
o0f owa lAnd. r. tie .i1teeulh cen
sury. Moray, toe good Reg nj ~
Scotland. wAs shoi from a sindoNI
shllr pass ing aions Tie street fihyI
years iAier Henry Of Navarro. The
bel loved King of France. vas slab
BID - The midst Of bis attendants. =
Ard now. We Of free Amsfica IN lie
nineteenth century q the christian era.
rpas, add 70 the lis of murdered ruI
Iers, the siK,eeaih President OF the
United States.
Mr.. Lincoln had bot josi returned
from Richmond, where bis careless
exposure of himself to the Sicked ele-
msnis which might be supposed 10 Turk
in the captured city, had aroused the
fe4rs Of the nation cor his personal
safety. Before leaving for Washing.
ton he had interested himself in CIV
ing the defeated rebel army terms as
magnanimous as were ever accorded
10 the most honorable foe. al a Cab
met meeting bat few hours before
his murder, be spoke very kindly Of
the Southern people, and expressed
himself cheered BY the near prospect
Of Union and peace. That night, while
seated by bis wife 10 the crowded
theatre, listening with interest TO pa.
trioIie play, be was sho, from behind
BY sn assassin, moved by the spirit Of
Southern hale, and probably pail with
Southern gold. History furnishes nj
more tragic scene, not even in iha
which has rendered ever memorable
the Ides Of March.
This nation never saw a sadder da,
than that on which President Lincoln
died. His stern devotion to the caus,
of his country, his kindly sympathy
for the poor and oppressed, his mani,
Independence Of sentiment, his condd
Ing trust in the people whose seryan
be vas, bad won our affections to al
extent OF which We were not awar'
until the object Of those affections wa
suddenly taken away. 10 the iou
years during which he has held th,
most prominent position in tbs nation
We have become so intimately acquanr
ed with bis form aud manner, his mod
OF life, and the peculiar traits OF hi
character, that there is experience,
throughout the country at The news 0
bis d-ath. something Of the emotion
which Is caused by the death OF a per
tonal friend. This feeling has bee
strengthened by every acl OF his pub
lie lie, and by the many incidents 0
his private hours, gathered and treas
urcd up by the people which love
him. In his death the nation has los
. faithful public servant, and the PEG
pie . true friend.
Abraham Lincoln, cut down as b,
was in the strength Of bis manhoo'
and The midst Of his usefulness, wit
the years in which many great me-
have done their work yet before him
could no, afford to exchange his plac
In history with that Of its most favor
ed hero or statesman. lie has chose
his counselors and warriors with tn
genius Of Napoleon he has admins
tered var with the sigor aud abiliI
Of Pitt; be has guided the policy q
the nation with the judgement Of Rich
ellen and, above all. he has brough
to his public conduct the gooJ
ness Of Washington. Four years az
he was called from comparative oil
scuriiy TO take the helm OF the greal
ct nation on earth. IN the time Of il
greatest peril. The lal,ors Of ibos
four evcntful years all bear The STAN
81 his master-mind. lie has organic
cd grra, armies, and bull. mighty ns
yiea He has educated the publ
mind ~ to bis own ideas Of justice
and given TO The nation = policy tina
will rule il long after its author Is . az
lie has skillfuIly directed the energi,
ct the nation 10 the accomplishments 4
The great work before him; and ha,
ing triumphed over the enemies Of b
cosnsry. be Sas suddenly struck dow
10 the midst Of the national rejoic az
Asa persisted y hen ii The height Of b
Eio~y. After performing the work ic