The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-04-28
The Funeral 0bsequies Of President
Lincoln at Washington.
WAsmNoroN, Wednesday, ApriI ID, 1865.

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Lincoln at Washington.
WARRINGTON, Wednesday, April 10, 1865.
| No moro beautiful morning no brighter
SUMMER Cay. with sky clear a. crystal and
the air all charged With the ETHEREAL mild.
ness OF Spring. ever dawnod in glory, as.
cended to tho meridian spiendor and sat in
peace, than this .bo day Of tho obscquies Of
Abraham Lincoln.
In tho early morning ihe whole city
thronged upon the streets, not as on G gala
day, NOT as whom Richmond foll, NOS %
when Lee sorrondered; then there was 70.
joicing-to-day thore was sorrow. The
closed shutters and barred doors of all
plnces OF business. the black drapory of
mourning that fcstoouod every homo, the
profound solomnity that dweIi upon overy
lace. and the tears Of streng men in the
streets. and the more than ono instance
where women tainted in tho houses; these
wero not the incidents aud attendants of joy,
but the attes'atons of grief; ordinary words
Iose their significance in the presence OF
facts and feelings never known before. -
Penpsy ylvania.ave., down which tho cortcpc
was to move. was deusely packed before 10
o'clock, aud yet tho procession vas not to
move until two.
vas sold for ten dollars. A nova boy gave
twenty five conts to another for his piaco
in tho top OF q tree. Boys pressed through b
tho moss. selling Grape; every body was o.
ions, grave. solemn; everybody stood pa.
tieutiy awaited hours; there was no disor-
der, no disquio,--all were chiof mourners
Mono betrayed any thought unbcflting the
occasion, all seemed 10 feel that the preat I
| n lv had Al =
| was tho foremost man in ell this world.
| Tho colored population, old and young,
and oil the fifteen thousand that live in this
city, wero revorently awaiting the process.
sion. Dressed in their best, and ali, orcp
children in arms, wearing badges Of mourn. !.
ing, hoy talked in low tones OF him that
was gone as tho savior Of their race, their
liboraior. Ono colorcd woman said OF
Washington, TINT he went in foriiberty and
love him for il; but he didn't soc things. as
clear through 'em as Lincoln did. Lincoln
didn't stop with white folks. but kept
straight ahead. and took aIlus too. An
old gray headed negro asked: "Do you
think Mr.. johnson will hold fast to what
no did, or will bo forgot us, and send ps
back to tho bell we was in:" A little four
year old piccaninnic looked up into its
mothers fsce and said, "Mudder,i 10 Link um
bod a mighty" his brother, .. few ycars
older. answered. "No. yer little fool, he's no
God . mighty or bo wouldn't er been
killed, but I toll yer he was DC goodies,
\ and do smartess man whatever was-dats
what he was" An aged crony was asked
"Aunty. what are you crying abous?" and
replied: 20, iod mighty. dunno bore il,
detS pcbber was sich loss TO do cause o
science" and tho honors vent slowly by
| and tho efficient organizations that were 10
movo in the procession assembled in tho
vicinity 1T tho War Department bcyond tho
White House. and, what with wild gaIl6pine
Of sundry bad riding Marsha.s and the nat.
ural mal'eability Of an American throng,
| wore finally got into thoir dosigna,ed places.
McanwhiIe there we're the ceremonies in
the house, simple. solemn. fitting. and
promptly at two o'clock the procession
moses, and there are sobs and tea.s now.
The dead march walls in tho people q
ears. tho cortege 10 hours passing . given
poiut-first the troops OF the cavalry, tho
measured tread of the infantry aud the
bands, and tho long guns and the flags, and
every man and evory horse. and every sa.
Dor aud ovoEy gun. and every fife and evory
drum, and every flag black with the en-.
bIems of grief.
Tho strickon fsmiIy.a hundred HIinoisaps
and chief monrners. the Lieutenant Gener-
al as u pail bearor, various Generals and
their stsffs, Gen. Butler in citizens dress on
foot, With the othor Bay State men, and
Ihen tho great funeral. all slowly moving to
the music of dirges. twenty thousand fol.
lowing him, tho man OF amplest influence,
yet clearest of ambitious crime, to the
tomb, and fifty thousand more of the mourn.
ers, looking on 10 sympathy and sorrow and
then we oil went each his way.
We bad oil como to bury our more than
dead Caesar, and to praise bim, yet there
was not thought to stir up mutiny 40 that
Roman funeral. The feeling Was TOO holy
for turbulence, yet not too abstract or sen-
timcntal for justice. Men said, let no, the
traitors who are guilty of this. let none of
the prominent ones of this Rebellion ever
again become American citizes We do not
cry for their blood, but we demand that
they shall never vote at the same polls with
us, never claim . part in the flag they
would have disbonored.-Coryesp espOndeace
~ Y. Tribune.