Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-13
DAILY SENTINEL
FRIDAY MORNING. ocToBERl3.
Providence, per y. wilkes Booth


Providence, per J. wilkes Booth.
By whom was Abraham Lincoln slaini The
ssrnal mind, putt ng its faith IL the things that
perish, and IN mao Of woman born, reading SEGA
lar newspapers, and taking for gospel the
speeches Of Judge advocates arguing before mill
tary commissions, will ansusr-"bJ J. Wilkes
Boosh. OF Beiiai, fo~n vith insolence and
bad brandy; yes, By one familiar WITH the pr
from bis youth %, pefverse. and utterly devoted
10 the wicked schemes of an unnatural rebel
lionl" ~
Bat to the saints better way is given, and,
verify, they live By q purer light. For them
younger. female ssges Of Binshampten and OF
Philadelphia. called of men Anna and Daniel. do
disseminate knouledge! And sisely recurring
20 the utterances Of the wise, thess the elect do
perceive that 10 speak Of j. Wilkes Booth as the
slayer Of Abraham Lincoln IL gross and sensual
culinsss. a. Of one Who should protest that Pom
tlus Plate procured the crueiGxion Of the Saw
car Of mankind. IL vas Ia April las. that Abra
ham Lincoln fell Golden October now shines
about us; and surely they Who in April last could
read the most intimate counsels OF the Most
High God. mus, long ere this have been justified
Of the tsiugs which have come TO pass in &C.
eordance Herewith.
Let rs consider and see, then, whether this be
80, that haply our hearts msy burn within us,
and We. lifting up with our hearts our voices
also. may glorify the elect.
While all the land mourned together the dread
ful taking of of the late President; while the
soldiers OF Lee in Virginia mingled their voices
With those Of the soldiers of Grant in exscration
while Johnston in North Casolins was clshehing
the hand Of Sherman in common horror at =
crime at once 20 hideous and irrational the privy
eouncillon Of the Almighty, the pious and pros
perous preachers who have nov for several years
kicked all interlopers down the baek-stsirs of
Heaven, possessed their souls in al exceeding
patience, and smiled, sad but superior. upon The
snpsrceived sorrow Of the nation.
For them there was the balm OF thousand
flowers in Gilead, and a physician there whose
sands OF life are interminable making all things
even more than commonly serene. Where the
rest OF rs shuddered from = nameless abomina-
ton, these well-informed mouth pieces Of tho
Divine Majesty recognized naster-piece OF es-
lestal policy, and adored a beuifcent though
smszing ten-strike" Of grace
Nothing in all Abraham Lncoln's life. Aay
assured US, so we'll became him az tie leaving
II. Had not all things been added unto himf
Had be not led the natioa like another Mo
ses, 20 the heights of the romised Land; and
was IL not time that he should make way for a
man more given 10 the sword for the Joshua
by whom Philistia would surely be sniiten hip
and thigh-yea, and Agag be hened in pieees5
Like the sending of Joseph into Egypt" quoth
the sage of Binghsmpton, who, to give hiGi bis
due. can beat. not the Dutch only, bur the Father
OF Lies himself at quoting Scripture; like the
sending Of Joseph into Egypt. the nurderers Of
Abraham Lincoln meant IL for evil. bat God
means il for good" The drafts of the Almighty
Endorsed by Daniel 8 Dickinson. who but a COP
perhead OF the vslest type can refuse to honos?
and siraightway from al that know the Lord
and keep open account with heaven went up
. positive pam Of Thanksgiving that He had
been pleased, of His infinite mercy, to take
Abraham Lincoln to himself. lest that too sensi-
tive soul should persist. like the Christ of
old. in forgiviDg his enemies, and in doing good
to them that bad despiteiully used him and perse-
eufed himl
II thank my God r. exclaimed the meek and
lowly Baller, That in taking that life the rebels
have left the iron hand of the people fall upon
themP "God, protested the expert ChtroDden,
confidential clerk OF ST. John the Divine, and
agent for several leading cotton mills in Massa-
chusetts, 'God intended that Abraham Lincoln
should be removed in order that proper punish
ment should be imposed upon the authors OF this
rebellion"
HE has gone from us. shouted the saaye aud
eonciliatory Cheever, lin order that miserable
and mistaken leniency should not enter into the
chiefs"
And. summing up the glad tidings Of great Joy
In bef unhesitating female way, DEBORAH of
the chosen people exultantly declared ct the
Cooper Institute: Abraham Lincoln's special
mission being accomplished in the triumph of
the national arms, Providence saw that his kind
heart would not permit him to hang quite so
many traitors as would secure our country
against future rebe!lions, and so disposed of him
through the instrument Of the rebellion itself,
for his own historical immortality, and to
make place for a stefner anG less merciful sue
cessorl'
Here. then. We have it plain aud elear--so
plain, so clear, that he who runs may read, and
the wayfaring man, though fool, shall not err
therein. God slew Abraham Lincoln to MAKE
way for Dis chosen hangman and exlerminator,
Andrew johnson. For, that being smitten Oh
the right cheek. he evinced an sxa ggerated dis
position TO turn the left also 10 be smiIten; for,
that being robbed OF bis cloak. be seemed dis
posed TO prefer his coat also, for that, in short.
reciting daily the Lords PRAYER, he absurdly
sought 10 make il q rule Of politics as we'll as q
form of words, Abraham Lincoln, these authen-
tic tribunes Of the Gospel assure Ms had forfeited
his right to live, had outlasted his usefulness IN
Gods divine economy, and so was considerably
put out of The way, made a martyr, and deposit
sd-his body, as the Trisuns at the time as
sured Us. in a CONN gottea up on scale of IN
surpassed msgnifcence and grandeur, at cost
of nearly two thousand dollars, and undoubte ed ly
the most beautiful thing of the kind ever manu-
faetGfed in this eountry"-his soul in the graft
fuds and the school books of his sountrymenl
This, then, is the truth as to the tragedy Of
April II, 1865. To doubt IL l. 70 doubt the in
falliblity OF more a1d more vocifsrous prophets
than ever Israel possessed. II you say that 10
believe IL impugns the Divine ehancery and the
discresion of the archangeic minstrants of
Heavens will; that 10 believe it makes Wilkes
Booth an innocent if not an admirable being-we
must refer you back with your skeptieism to the
Authentic depostaries OF the Divine Intentions
There are difficulties certainly in the way of the
acceptance of this cheerful faith. It is hard to
think the Maker OF Heaven and Earth altogether
such an one Benjsm +. Butler. IL is hard
70 think the Author Of the Sermon en- the Mount
Al accessory before the fact 10 assassination a.
means to vengeance. L; is hard sbovs all to
reconcile the actual forbesrsnce sud clemsncy
and patience OF Andrew johnson With his pre
desticed function as the Scourge of God
But all these difficulties doubtless exist ONLY
N the perverse and wicked minds Of the unre-
generate. The Ways Of God. TO be sure, we're
spce said. by possibly il!informed Isrssliie, 10
be past 6nding out: but these more competent
Interpreters. these intmstes Of the Almighty
but for whom His ways might have continued
unsearchable, sill live. still keeping their shout
eers 90 the Ark. still preach amongst rs. and
will ret as Faithfully curse Andrew Johnson for