New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-11
From TIE Daily .ye,-s, .rprR 90.

I In the hour of his great work done, President
Lincoln has fallen Not indeed IN the flush Of tn.
uuph for thought OF triumph In that honest and
humble heart in the intoxieaton of applause for
the fruits Of victory not yet gsthered in lis hand,
was the Chief OF the American people the foremost
man in the great Christian revolution OF our age struck
down But lis task was, nevertheless accomplished.
and the battle OF his life won. SO lac passes away
from the heat aud the toll that still have to be endured
sgll Of tie honor that belongs TO one who has 80 no
done his part and carving IN Lis last tLca@'- ne
VI deep s.cdfast thankfulaess that lie could
see the assured coming OF that end for which he had
so long stIiYen in faith ard hope. Who shall pity
lament such death. while the tears Of nation fan
upon his corpse, and the world softly speaks low true
aud good be was who will not bow the head submis
sive the inscrntabe decree which mocks our plans
and fapces, but in makes us feel that
II is wiser jaster kinder than our vain wishes might
have teeni
For in all time TO come, no. among Americans only
but among al who think of manhood as more than
rank and set worth above display, the name of Abra-
ham Lincoln viii be held in reverence Rising from
among the poorest Of the people, winning his slow way
upward by sheer hard work preserving in every sue
cessiye stage a character unspotted and name M
tainted eecur" wider rssn@". 81 be became better
SnoNu never pretending To more than no was nor De
Dg less than lie pr0fessed himself he was NJ length LOT
very snglcDess Of heart and uprghtness Of Conduct
because all felt that they could trust him utterly ana
would desire 10 be guided by lis hrmness courage ana
sense placed in the chair Of President at the turning
pont of his nations history. life 80 true, rewarded
|by dignity 20 majestic, defense enough against
the petty shafts of malice which party spri', Nolept
enough TO light civil war. aimed against him. Inc
lowly cailings lc had first pursued became his
titles 10 greater respect among those whose
respect worth having the little external rus,iel
ties only showed more brightly, rs the rough matrix
he golden ore tie true dignity OF bis nature. Never
any one set in such high place, and surrounded
with 80 many motives Of furious delracon, 80 little
mpeached of aught blomeworthy. The bterest enemy
could l.d NO morS =, 49, 10 s ,.au ,nr M
"""- Las sometimes too honey .5r supersensi
tive taste or that he conveyed IN testing phrase what
they deemed more suted Tor s,a'eher s'!ie DIV
these specks. what thorough hopi'} haNo We
not to sci; pur.iy OF thought wOrd ana ceeu never
baong.d disnt sickness never suspectedhh non
esty OF purpose never ilnpugned gchilehess s' &
dcrness that never made prVSte enemy " ~ ll
frieudthese are indeed qualities wncn may Wen
mnke a nation mourn. But be had lnte!Iect as Won
as goddess Cautiously CONSERVATIVE Tearing W P1s5
the limits Of established systems, seeking ,uc
amendments rather from growth thah sileIasions ~
himself in the crisis the very man best snltu io
Ills post He held back the ardent while he gave conn
ldepce TO the timd his reluctance 10 Innoyete dd hot
prevent him from recognizing ana accepting 'ae eas.
IN tue situation which the progress OF events brought 70
pass; aud the frmness with which nc REFUSED 10 pro
coed faster than they warranted was equhed ny the
enacity with which he refused 10 retire from the posi-
on he had at last thought right to take up 80 iour
years Of trial convinced his countymon that there wa
enone among them who could better fiji his place Ahc
there can be doubt that in his known respect or e
tabished rights well in his known justice impair
TALLY and benevolence. South, as well rs North nae
bogun 10 look upon him as their sure; friend ana az ''
sale arbiter in whom they could both trust 10 exact NJ
more aud to claim no less than might suce 10 inah'
Their reconciliation perpetual
i But he has fallen and by Southern hand. we can
not as vet tell the motive that urged the reachefou
Iblow but the fact that two had conspred 10 murder
the one the President the other the Secretary OF Sate
shows that least there is not insanity 70 De reckoc'
,I as possible explanation. But we VIII not, wthou
proof let the horrible conspiracy or TN
u, phrases of its actors lead lay II TO the charge
kabettors in the South We will not doubt that iron
II what lately was the Southern Government and people
there will come at once earnest disavoWas OF an.
knowledge Of the meditated crime, and that II the r
dorer of Mr. Seward has reached the territory thei
power vet holds, he viii be seized aud surrendered a
one guilty OF O crime against humanity ITSELF On ne
other terms al least will their English sympathizers be
llieve in Southern "chvalry" For though some amoni
M have by growth of prejudice come to think SLAYER
moi sin there Engsbman yet whom secret assas
snation does not hOrry. And the kindly nature, tn
earnest desire TO do right, which even his opponent
II confessed In Abraham Lincoln. WILL now that lac
cone turn 10 him all sympathies and make all amon
Us call with one voice for vengeance q his seesabl
murderer.
Eross The Daily Telegraph, slpT" ~.
/ No fouler crime stands chronlclcd in al
Z history than the murder Of Abraham Lincoln. III
sorry pleas Of State necessity political interest tina
have been advanced time ont of mind TO pnhie assaa
snatiOn cannot De heard with tolefaton III snch
case this. for the il that outrsge6 humat
and shocks the conscience OF the world Al
saccursed and upremely infamous; 10 Is most cOwhrdY
most cruel Every has ite horrors. ana iDe grea
fght between the North aud tho Solih has Dceh u
exception 20 the rule; but there never was aythl
more atrocOus than this-neyer anything more bas
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