The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-05-26
Our Washington Correspond ndence.
WAsnINoTor, ID. G., May 10, 1876

vui W Houluk tVh SVAhpoESANNASN'
wAsHNeTor, ID. C.. May ID, 1865.
The fevor OF excitement following the as.
sassinstion Of Mr.. Lincoln, and which, for
long time, slmost prevented proper stten.
tioo TO daily business, has, ,subsidsd and,
thanks to tho fexib;li,y of republican insti.
tuuoDs, the Governmsnt is moving smooth
iy along, instead Of being plunged into con-
fusion, as tho assassiDs and their settlers on
hoped il would be, by the death OF the Pres.
idept aud the expected death OF his princi.
pal constitutional adviser. IL any thing fur.
ther were needed boy ond the extnguish-
ment of lhe Rebellion, the ruin of its lead.
ers, and the destruction of Slavery ga il
cause, 10 show to the adv COATES of monarchy
in the old world, and to tho friends OF lber-
ty every where, that democracy among an
educated. people was the strongest form Of
Government, it was the 6rmnoss with which
our Republic witbstood the shock Of q
sbaDge OF rulers at SO critical time IN its
history, and under circumstances so horr-
Bile, and apparently so weli calculated to
shrow into confusion the administration of
public affairs. Not only will the spectacle
of strength thus exhibited deeply impress
foreign States. and inspire them with great.
or respect for the nation, but more, it will
Sell in language that no sophistry eau
evade, to tho to,ing millions on the Other
eide of the water, that there Is hope fol
them. twill intuse into the patriot states
men of Europe, who are iaboriDg for great
er rights for ,he common people, q fresh
courage, and enable them to bring before
their hearers this established fact, mad,
prominent by it's greatness, and burned in
TO tho scroll of Time by tho iron pen of his
tory, tho example of which will finally Leaf
to larger liberty, through the puttiu
away OF old abuses, and the breaking dow
of class privileges, resulting iu the adoption
in practice OF the only sure guarantee l.
liberty, the equality OF all men before tn
law. Already the foreign press 10 cbanginl
Its tone and beginning so praise where, bu
short time since, IL found cause only TO
cansure; aud it will be but q little while be
fore the same journals that lauded th'
craftsmanship of Jefferson Davis, will har d
ly be able 10 find words in their vOcabular,
sufficiently expressive, to convey IN idea o
the ioathipg with which they will regard him
1t Ia most worthy OF notice as showing tn
Impression which the great and good quail
ties of Mr.. Lincoln had, despite OF tho ap
parently. unfavOrable oircumstanees wit
which ho entered upon the Presidency
made upon foreign Governments aud pee
ple, that tho feeling OF grief at his assassin
alton was deep, sincere aud we'll nigh uni
versal. Perhaps no public man of tb
world. certainly none in modern iipas, hao
ut his death, such general honor awarde
him 10 oil lands and by SO many people. a
President Lincoln. go far as the action Q
foreign GOvernu1onts 10 concerned, some
thing of it is doubtless due to tho name
Of his death. Assassination is 80 horribl
in itself, SO repugnaDt to all save the total
depraved, and, besides, has heretofore ger
orally been aimed q. rulers whose term Q
oftico gas limited only by their lives. ths
it becomes doubly appalling when invoke
against ruiors Who yield up their powe
nvory four years But, with thom even, bi
actions since his advent into public life a
she head of the nation, in successfully pilot
ing the Government through our stupen
dous civil strife, has stamped him as q
uncommon man, apd the ridiculs who
they at first bestowed upon him for his lac
OF polish and courtly manner, is exchange
for praises, as having possessed q genius 10
government that places him by the side o
Cromwell aj Washington. Wbilo, will
tho common people. a. the author of tb
Proclamation OF Emancipation, himself o
the laboring CLASSES coming up without tn
niG Of that learning that is acquired at th
university, simply BY his genius and tn
power Of labor, TO be the ruler Of great n,
tion and tho liberator of "a race. he assume
almost the proportions of d0mi.god.
This mani festation of feeling at the dea
of Mr. Lincoln shows that the people wi
nro capable OF entertaining It arc worthy
better things, and argues that thoy will y
nttain to them. The moro impatient, vi
cannot wait for tho slow Developments
dlatory time, will break up homo ties and So
abiding places with US. Already are the
signs of a greater emigration to this countr
and especially to tho South, than ever b
fore. The waste places in the Robellio
States need to be built up; the young m
of the ruling classes have most of them bo
killed'during the Rebellion, or will Sc
homes in other lands aud tho business
the South, 10 all its departments, agr'cul,
ral,commerciai mechanical and profession
must pass into other hands ;And free ini
tutions. such a. events have decreed. IN
prevail then, and much be worked out
mon not educated under the slave systeu