M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-04

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Hapsburgs, the Reman fist, and he
Bonapartes. Mount Vernon was ss.
cred to me; 80 was Bethlehem. Bur
there was something indescribaly 80!
emn about the E,st Room-something
grander and nobler than ever before
shrouded the remains of king or em
peror. Alhielt--- N
That the Gheif nourpor To-day
Was tho nation whose father was taken away;
Wifo, children, aud neigh5ors should moui u
at hi knell.
He WAS lover aud friend Il his country as wen
The stars on our banner grew sullsnly dim :
Lot a. waeP in cur EAdness, but weep not for
him
Not for him, who departing leaves millions in
tearsl
Motif him, who has dio full Of honor, and
yeArs!
No. fDr hi n, who has m,uutsl fans's ladder 20
high!
Eron ;hs round at the to he has stept to the
,sy.
How dwaried are all other crimes
by this feudish assassination. Saul
hnrliug the javliD at David, or Ju-
i!th cutting of the head Of Holoier-
nes, the murder of the Macedonian
Philip, or the co wardIy act of Bru-
tus. Ravsillac's bloody knife in the
heart of the good King Henry OF
France, the murder Of William OF
Orange, or the shooting of the King
OF Sweden in his box at the theater,
are all overShadOwed by this gigantic
crime, arising as much from the won
derfuI attributes OF the man who was
murdered, as the extraordinary inter
est he represented
Our mourning is universal. The
East Room only shows the grief OF
every household, That eigl< hund.
red represents as many millions. |
bear OF mon expressing pleasure at
tue deed, but | nave yet to meet that
man who, by word or act. or express
ION OF eye, no matter or hov rabid |
the partisan, has shown the least tx
lltatlons over this most damnabls
act. Lee says he surrender ed to the
of the Commander in Chief
ls much as the bayonets of Grant -
The Richmond Wig says the South
las lost its best friend, for Mr. Liu>
'olu's Christianity covered oil our
counry:
DoAr to him the southa fair laud.
D!ar, New Englands rocky strand,
D1ar the Central mOuutaiR band,
Dlar th1 prairied West
Intense griof gives vent in passio n
wild feeling of revenge is seen in
he eyes Of men. While Mr. Beech
r AMI Mr.. Lincoln were preaching
lndness AM god will to men, many
tier 30 called Christian ministers
re recommending vengeance instead
It mercy aud juStice. Abraham the
rood took his text rom the New Tes.
1nent, while their are many who ::
10 ote from the Old.
The Old Testament closes with a
urse. the New commence with a bles
ing. Not many yeays ago walked
yer Mount Calvary, through the Via
)olorosa, and around the walls OF Je
usalem, passed down the Valley of
ehOsophat, and sat down under those
Id olive trees in the Garden Of Goth
omane, and then went up tiat rug =
ed mountain, known as the Mount
t Olives. That celebrated discourse
poken by that great preacher Was in
~ mind. 1t is known in history as :
le Sermon on the Mount. | believe
says
"Blessed are the m1rciful, for they shall OBJ.
lin mercy.
" Blessed are the Peac, makers, for thoy shall .
. called the children Of God. l
Ii | have not been misinformed l
lese were the words used by Mr.. Lin t
oln in that remarkable Cabinet NEE
ing the day before he died: "The q
Loria in eseeIIS was in his thought.
rlory to God in the highest, peace il
nd good will to men," /
Ask Stanton if his last official act C
u Friday was not an act OF clemen- v
y to distinguished rebel ia Cauada q
1ho wished 10 escape to England. - I
DIR. Seward and the President we're
nll of bringing back eight millions t
/ Americans, in their own way, as b
ltlzens Of the Republic. 8
The war is over! Johnston will u
i've up to Sherman, Foster to Thom i
$, and Kirby Smith to Candy. The b
ebellion is dead! No rebel dares to Fl
ndorse the assassination. If he does 4
nay God have mercy on his soul! for I
these insurgent chiefs stil! breathe {
efance, a whirldwiud OF Northern b
zen will sweep them from the face of a
be South. &
"PRESIDENTs MAY DIE BUT GOVERN q
TENT is ETERNAL" d
There ia q vOl1t)p of truth in tLo o