The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-21
Remarks OF Mp. Arneu.


In the House of Representatives on
Monday 18th inst, on the resolutions
relative to the desth of President Linz
coin. Mr.. ARNELL said:
Ma SPEAKER A great national ca
amity has fallen upon US, has fallen like
lightning from q clear sky-without
the warning of a cloud. We stand APP
palled, Mortified, paralyzed As we
come slowly back TO ourselves, a sharp
feeling Of grief, a feeling OF national
and personal loss, rises bitter in our
heart bitter and strong ike that of the
griet-wild mother, who exclaimed in
the agony OF her anguish 81 would
not give my dead son for sny living
one IN Christendom. say, sir, great
national calamity has bclallen Us, 50
great that II sounds to our ears, accus
toned as they are 10 wolll tidugs, ss
something unusual and iuhuman, like
the disasters of the House Of Pelous
sail tie terrible tragedy has fssn
and blood reality.
Who, ct this time, especially, e5al}
have desired Tie death of Abrahsm
Lincoln Surely 40 patriot lie mas
sustained, we might almost saw. with
has single arm, the weight OF the Re
public The Eunt1r IN ths pathless
forests Of the West and the sailor upon
the trackIes5 sea VIII feel more lonely
and less sale, since Abraham Lincoln
is dead Could an enemy-a Rebel
even, have desired it2 The life OF TIE
hero aud the statesman were burdeEcI
with words of pardon Cancellation ar5
kindness, when the dGstlrdiy deed OF
the assassin sealed them with eterull
silence. North, South. Est, West
humanity has lost n frie-d
leave, Mr.. Speaker, 10 others the
envious task of estimating Er LIN
coins greatness-his fsreseeing slates-
maDship, that comprehends6 thc elc-
ments and the magnitude Of the strug-
gle thst he vas called upon to under
take-his insight into human character,
that enabled him TO summon around
him the best and the abiest meu-his
euiBently practical wisdom, go much
like that of the first Washington, and
lastly, his progressive etstesmanship,
that rose with every new cyisis, yet
"Jook no step backward = These, sir, !
leave 10 other hands
"ATy heart is in tho coffin there With cr5ar."
] would speak but Of ais virtues on q
day like this
President Lincoln was peculiarly for.
tunate IN being subjected to no life
long career Of politics; his naturally
noble heart was unWarped by any peg
nicious influences: he assembled to the
Presidential chair whit beating warm
ly and healthfIlly, and il beat on tai u
wss shlled forever, with the same
warmth and the same health, for the
poor, the unknown, the widow, and the
MANNED soldier Little Incidents al
ways tell best the character of a man
Sir Philip Sidney, removing the cup Of
water from his own dying lips, 10 that
Of his dying common soldier, saying
Thy necessities are greater than mine,
sets in finer light the grandeur Of his
character than all of his battlefield
triumphs.
There is p brief, ierse letter of Mr.
Lnco'n's, to a poor widow, who had
given her six sons to "aid IN putting
down the rebellion, and 10 death !
Az n AhotNANAAit tue a4au WAAD AtaA VIC |
destlnies Of continent and a free
people resting upon has shoulders,
takes the time-oh how precious that |
time, few understandable President |
writes 10 her an unsolicited autograph |
letter of coincidence The words are /
simple and unpretending, but they are
dipped in star fire and immortal tears
J GU can hear IN every line the throb /
OF the great mans heart Aud what |
heart but one overhOwine with the
milk or human kindness would have !
onered u traltors-the traitors of this
cruel and uucalled for rebellion-so am
pie an amnesty But that heart To-
day, Is stlllsn pulseless You see il
not SO distinctly in the badges Of mourn.
ING hung everywhere, as in the faces of
individuals You know il not so clear.
ly from the booming ofthe minute eup
AS from the low suppressed wbisosr
Verify the land mourns
Again, we owe debt Of gratitude 70
MI. Lincoln, because he taught IA hon,
TO love our country, even with q wo.
man affection, sud how 10 stand bv
heI 10 the very death He saw frsf
ana hrst taught us 70 sec and apprscis,s
nov q record Ike this would LOOK and
ieSd upon the page OF history.
~ the year Is, the American pe-
,'SS4io-ihe last, the greatest expon.Dt /
=, human liberty after almost f.res
quarter tlL; % century Of unparalleled 1
s,,'',.. ,'iae ht--alter ending the great
a. 49,. sc taat hogan ir the IL IA century
me sa ',:o--s iifeedoIn, and ending e 70
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