The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-05-06
THE WEEKLY SUN.
sATURDAY MORNING. MAY s. 1893.
The Obsea.,e. Of Abraham Lincoln.

Tho ObeeQstes OF Abraham Lincoln.
Or Tuesday last New York p aid thslsss tribute Of
rcrpcct and honor W the remains Of ApsAHAs Liz
c,Ls. The funeral oortegs has departed on I've
way westward. The gsrb Of mourning that has en-.
shoouded tho city sDos the death Of the late Pres-
dent will now he removed. business will resume
Us vonted activity, and Tho outward tokens OF po-
+ llar grief and sorrow will remain only in The
memory Of thoss who have Witnessed thsm. But
bow in1shbie will be the impress Of the late scenes
in this city particularly those Of yesterday, upon
The minds Of the people o. New York. The impos-
ing obsequies Of our honored President, who BY
violence met hi. death, Is an event the, esnno, Be
obittrsted from the memory while life lasts.
Not only will 10 wildly remembered
by our citizens but II will 10 something
for parents " nsrrsie to their children and their
grandchildren in future ysarA when This memors.
Tie ooe.sion has bcsn part Of the written history
Of our country. Il will live In the recollection, no,
simply because II mark cd the lbs, honors PAID W
the remains Of ABtAuAs Li-ooLr, nor because Of
tho remark able circumstances connected With bis
death, but because the subject Of these houors was
= man whom the people respected and revsrsd W
degree felt for no man since the days o. WASH.
ISsIoS. AnnAHAS LIsooLs, Ike wASnEGroS,
Was a man Of the people. Unlike mot Of bis pre-.
decessors In the Presidency be started 10 lie just
ss the great mass Who witnessed the scenes Of
yesterday have started, with no aid but that which
nature gave him. H. was not born In luxury, nor
rosrod in stluenoe, but his origin and bis early
prospects wero - lowly 90 those Of the
humblest man In New York. lie had no
early advantages Of education, no inhuen.
tinl friends to give him place In tho race
~ life, no hand ,o shield him from tho cares, the
privauons and the hsrdshps that fall 10 the 10. Of
poverty. AL that b. had 70 rely upon were his
own industry, eIer.ion and personal worth-,hesc
warr his fortune, and with them he started up
wSrd upon the ladder Of life, and crowned his
career by ob,airing place in tho highest niche n
iams It ia such record n this thai causes the
Affections Of the gros, Of our people to 60.
vino 10 closely around the memory of ABRAHAM
LpooIr. There was mono Of that haughty and
srstocrsic element in his nature, which 10 30 ap,
10 manifest itslf In those who reach exalted social
positions and which Is repugnani 10 popular
feeling He President OF tho United States but
ho was none the lors the kind-hcartod. genial aud
courteous hiend OF that class from whose
rank In life be sprung. lie was one of tho few
public men whom prosperity did not change. The
sositon which he occupied obliged him 70 associ-
ate chiefly with the dignltsries Of bis own and
other countries, bu, his heart beat responsive with
the hearts Of the people and their interest was al
ways paramount 10 all others In his thoughts. II
is not strange that the citizens Of New York should
manifest the profoundes, sorrow =, tho death Of
ruch man, or that they should exhibi, such de-
voton 70 his memory. Their grief was heart
felt and sincere . touching exhibition q the
venerstion accorded BY every N true worth, d.
vested OF any glittering slornments. II was no, .
political nor . sectsran feeling. but the sentiment
was higher, nobler than that, and founded upon .
purer thought. In ABRAHAM LINCOLN the people
have lost friend, the nation Wise ruler; bu, bis
memory will 30 cherished, his example will be
emulstod, his virtues will be remembered, and his
good dssds will bo an everlasting monument, that
~il overshsdow for all time, the errors be may
have COMMITTED.