Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-20

| vI0usly announced, the district court OF the
| United States proceeded 20 take action in rela
ton to the assassination Of President Lincoln
The court was opened at half-past nine o'clock
The judges Of the supreme court OF the state aud
Judge Finch of the Circuit Court. together with
Judges Davis and Mcdonald, occupied the bench.
The venerable Judge Morrison. chairman of the
committee appointed previously. arose and said:
May il please the Court
| Ga behalf of the committee heretofore ap-
| pointed TO report 70 your honors resolutions
| touching the occasion of the death of President
Lincoln. / nov respectfully submit to your
honors the following:
Posthumous honors, however gorgeous or i'm
posing, do not always prove the sincerity Of the
1 tribute thus paid, offers in memory OF the depart
| ed nor even the presence OF the sentiment which
such hOnors are held to symbolic. But there is
| no danger of mistaking the import of those man
ifestations. which but few DAYS ago shrouded
| this whole nation in the hsbiliments of the
| grave.
| Never, il is believed. the history OF the
world, has the demise of any man. or any ruler.
called forth such profound sOrrowing, such pOg
nsnt grief. aud such evidences OF devoted attach
| meat as has the death of President Lincoln of
| the United States.
| As the astounding intelligence of the atrocous
assassination of the chief magistrate sped on
| lightning wing. from city to city, and to town.
and hamlet. and cabin. the whole population
gasped convulsively. The public mind was hor
ror struck, stupeted. stunned. Men held their
breath, calculating hurried prayers that life 80
precious might still be spared. and when the
seemingly Incredible story fully confirmed,
and the phases of the terrible tragedy began
to be realized, the great popular heart sickened
and almost ceased to throb; and then came
action. and the stern resolve and VOWS Of ven
geance against the traitor felon who had perpe
trstet The internal act and his no less guilty
| completes
And now that the solemn funeral train has
passed. and all that is mortal OF him whom the
people delighted TO h ,nor hal been consigned TO
IT. last esrthlv resting place. there 10 wait the
general resurrection at the last day, IL has been
deemed to be eminently proper that unitag
| with the Judges of this court. the members OF
the bar should record their high appreciation of
the distinguished public services. aud exemplary
private worth OF the ilustrous dead; it is there
fore
Resolved. l That in common with our loyal
fellow citizens every where. we deplore a great
national calamity, the death of President Lin
coin.
2. Thatin the discharge of the various and re
spOnsible duties of his high Office, President
Lincoln was ever guided by the inspirations of
an unsel6sh and lofty patriotism, designing
above all things. and laboring for the perpetuity
| of the union of the states.
| That perfectly honest and upright in inten-
ton and act, posed Of rare practical wisdom
and tolerant, lenient and forgivng, President
| Lincoln had gained and secured, as no other
man had the confidence aud respect aud love Of
| his country
| g His was the upright deed,
| His the answering course,
| Mid every thw srting currents force
Unchanged by yens aims, or fatery's hollow reed"
T. That in all the separate private and fam
lily relations the dead president has left record
unsulied aud worthy of imitation
That the honorable aud successful CO
| reer of the departed president, in the profession
to which the bench aud the bar OF this court be
| long, should serve an incentive to who
main. as well as to those who shall succeed US,
to pursue our high calling with diligence, hold
ing fast our integrity.
8 That the bereaved family Of the deceased
| have our sincerest sympathy aud coincidence in
their great and rreparable loss.
T. That the court and the bar will wear the
usual badge of respect for the memory of the
deceased for thirty days.
That the honorable, the Judges OF thus
| court be respectfully requested TO permit these
proceedings to be entered npon the minutes. and
| that the clerk be directed to transmit a copy,
under the seal of the court TO the stricken ia mily
of the departed president.
After the reading of the resolutions, Hon. T.
A Hendricks seconded them. following in APP
propriate remarks after which Mr. Ketchim,
Judge Sullivan. Hon. A G. Porter, Hon J Z
Mcdonald. and Mr. Fishbsck spoke briefly con
corning the character OF the late president which
was listened to with the most profound respect
by those present After the members of the bar
had spoken Judge Davis, the personal and init
mate friend of Mr.. Lincoln, delivered a most
touching and eloquent tribute to the memory of
the departed, which We here give:
GENTLEMEN OF Tue BAR: The death of Mr..
| Lincoln by disease. at any period within the last
tour years, would have shocked the civilized
world. but occurring at the time. and in the
maDner il did, il has produced an ineIpressible
feeling of sadness and gloom. A of uni
sersa JOY and estivity has been turned into grief
| AMI lamentatiOn Victories are no longer cele-
brated by bonfres and illuminstions. Great dis
asterS do not even arrest attention. and the fact
that armed rebellion has ceased, hardly excites
remark. All hearts are touched. and the people
mourn a. no people ever mOurned before Sor-
row IL IN every household, and throughout the
country. The feeling is not alone for
the loss of grea, and wise ruler. but tor that
of dear aud well-belove Ell personal friend That
| such man, with the truitiou OF his hopes and
| lab0rs near at htni. should be assassinated, L.
To finite wisdom, all iDscTutable dspensation OF
| Providence But as a christian people we sub
| NIT with humble resignation knowing that God
intends our good in all that He does, and all that
! He suffsrs TO be done, aud that, in His own
! proper time be will make manifest what appears
now 20 dark and mysterious do not propose
To deliver eulogy on the liie and character of
Mr.. Lincoln
The bret limits of a reply to the resolutions OF
the bar viii not aunt OF IL, and time has not vet
Sufficiently cha>tened this sfllictiOn To Us TO do u.
~lseiy. HIS in Lie remarkable as
veil A. glorious. and illu-tIates the beDef cence
OF our free institutions From the humDlest pow
ertv without education the means OF attain
ing il; unsided by wealth or influential family
connections. he rose. solely. by the strength OF
hi intellect and the force of his character the
hig hest position in the world He died patriot
martyr aud the greatest man OF the generation
| in which he lived Hereafter history will asso-
eiate him with the beReiactors OF mankind aud
! with the great and good men of every age. To
| you gentlemen. it has seemed 10 me more ap
propriAte To spesk of Mr.. Lincoln n LAWYER
Oar profession trains men for greatness and il il
A high privilege 10 contemplate the character o
man who has Gignihed aud adorned that pro
fession l enjoyed Tor over quarter of a cen
tury the personal friendship OF Mr. Lincoln ",
we're admitted TO the Bar about the same time
and Travelled for many years, what IS know
in Illinois as the Eighth Judicial Circuit