Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-19
nElrH on PRESIpKNr LINCOLN.

With profound sadness VIC announce the death ~
Abraham Lincoln, President at the United States
No event Of modern tlsno win 50 s.Nrte the world
Twice before has this nas5sn been saddeued and
aroused hy The sudden death Of is Chief Executive
General Harrison died in is4i and General TayIOrI
IN 1850; bat both died IN s;s,ss Il peace and bOth
died aatssral Scatks President Lincoln died in The
rais, q the closing scenes Of the mot gigantic war
e the world and BY the bas Of a. qssassiF Both
the time and the manner Of bis death lend intense
interest to is importance The Old as well ss the
New World viii he shocked Our lsad win led
lrapei in mourning and gloom,
Richmond bad just fallen. Gehorsi Lee ard htsl
srmy had jasi surrendercd The Nsticn wss re
iaicIBs in rs trIumphs The coming dawn of pesea
va casting il rzys Of light seross tho horizon
-Four years (sinee tie national Gag was dishouored
and haalel doSa al Fort Sumtr had rolled R~ayI
amid storms snd darkness and on the fourth an
niyeFssry that same Dag had sgain besn hoistl ove
lhsi fort by the same hand that heFoicAlly de-
with 10y This, night the President was assassin
in the presence Of hundreds in The Nations Capital
Oh the morning Of the 18th he ended his earthly
career He died on the fourth anniversary cf bid
oaH for seventy-svc thousand men 20 defend the
Capital and the Nation His work waA vel nighI
eonple:ed. We, in common with ali his loyal ooah
try-nen hsd hoped T. sce him i've to enjoy il peace
the fruits Of his pstriotic Iabor and that be might
behold reunited people, aud Union consolidated
wise he fell victim 10 traitors vengeance and
the land Is filed with mourning.
one Of the most painful circumstance attending
ihe dssth q Nj Lincoln Il, that It seems - ttray
deoP and startling political i,'af- About the .ame
hour that he was shot a, the theatre sp assassin
entered the sick-room of Mr. Seward, and inflicted
three dangerous II no, mortal wounds on thr neck
Of the latter with sa&gger. There Is reason Cor
nec;ing that General Grant was To have been assas
iuAted the same night bat for,ansteiy To- him and
the country he had that evening suddenly taken th
cars for New Jersey.
We bear whispers that the plot originated ID
Richmond, and that letters have beoa found which
prove this. We know TOO LITTLE yet 70 say who the
Yicked eonspirStors aFs, or how vide the Famifes1
tions Of the plot One thing wc'do know, that as
assinsiion, murder, and all other crimes are but th
legitimate results ard fruits Of this terribly wicked
.,It -. ..-,,.....,fo. - ~, DID.
,fteu been discussed in Che South, and never with
iisappTob4tion within the last twelve ~ eighteen
months mRn in Alsbama openly, and In the pub
IL prints, proposed % have him, and probably ether
high functionares Of the Government asssssinated
Tor certain sum of money There are tens Of
thousands in tbe south who bave had the heart and
the viii 20 Do the foul decd There are many traiforz
in the North, who have received tho fsynrs If The
Government, who slso had the same evil spirit 4
History viii look in vain for such eaaseless retel-
on, and yet ODE In which the sectors were animated
by such bitter and mArderoas passioDs That spirit
4.iT mos es them. Like the lost Angel, who wsgsd
Mar with Heaven, they can s.elsim.
What though hsId he Iosts
Al L not lost; he HBcsBgarshie I'D.
And rudy 81 Teysags irsaossal hate,
Ard courage never 70 submit or yisia7
We believe that history viii pronounce Mr. Lin
.on u have bo,r an enIiucftiy honest and ercful
mar. No expression If hayshnsss, or q persona
1l-feeIing can be found in al his yolarnnou. pat
Hc writing. How marked the contrast with he
writings Il NJ Davis Or eycn n General Lee The
messages # DAVIS aboasbdsi 10 falzchoeds and ma
Iguant SANDER. IL Is true M Lincoln sometimes
exercised powers that In times # peace would haFe
teen Of doubtful oonstitutioEaIity But be did u
eli occasions b Js,srrS the Government and nai
~ 2es,goy t. We Justify him in nearly All hs did
There was nothing II the tyrant or asuFpes' about
BIN. As man and p ruler be VIZ generous
mercfal, Conscientious, and fprgyiHg, almost 10 i
fault II is reported tial he bad already prepared
approximation Offering pardon AID amnesty 70 I'D
rebel Whether the rebels will hgYa cause % reo;e
over o. mourn bis untimely end will he sean IN tis
future, We are greatly misisken ia the character "A
his Successor il they do not haze occasion y, cali o.,
the mountains and the rocks 70 hide them rom hid
wrath The sad end Of Nr Lincoln. At the ysry
moment when nearly All men we're Ihclinine Il
mercy and forgiveness sili atol4o sfresh Eterr
spirit Of indignation, and call up he sidisss H.s
y wrongs inflicted on an outraged country.