New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-17

in which The Times wond have deplored the shocking
but perfectly logical result of three years abuse of
usurpcd and irresponsible power perverted to the most
od.ous purpOscs-power which should have been
ct octera ct cotera How surely too it would have
deducted the speedy establishment of thai Conlederacy
(Which is better worse morally, for Mr.. Lin
coins murdeT) the moIibund carcasc of which il now
spurns out TO the dogs. And Panoh-who now 'lays
wreath murdered Lincoln's bier" owns him IA king
Of men, and in unwoutody noble verses brands
limsef a liar and shallow puppet-degenerae
PaHcA would have drawn every different
cartoon than the one that Hes before
me- John Tcnncl (whose daboli2ed caricaures of our
late Chief Magistrate have not forgottcn) would
have found it quite congenia to have depicted the
Federal Frankensiien destroyed by the Monster he
Created or the Yankee Sampson pulling down the
pillars of the Constitution and pershng in its ruins
OF something equally opposite. And British pater'
mas would have accepted it as the authentic moral,
aud gone about solcmnly cacklng the peryersy Of
those who won't see things through the spectac!es
affected by him. bat insist using the eyes God has
given to Them That's how it would have been, then'
But you have taken Richmond, Lee has surrendered.
his army is dispersed JEFF. Davis fugitive, and
the Southern Confederacy" nowhere-so every
thing is changed. Enemies as well friends,
Tess that their abuse OF Mr. Lincoln merely intended
TO a bear PickwicAian construction They did but
stab in Jest murder in jest that all and the
only voice raised in saen indirect eNtenueton Of the
deed is that of the homeless Rebel Mason who had
rcapci harvest Of universal opprobrium in ccnse'
quencc. Again say it is not to tie pitcoGs fate of
Nh Lincoln that we owe this change Of sentiment in
our enemies but to oar having triumphed over their
hostility It's great Godscnd this to The Time,
said a nottingham to me- Monday last after scorn-
fully reading aloud certain passages from the editorials
Of that date on late national calamity land the
beauty Of is that the fools who get their opinions from
il will believe in is sincerity" l thought of our co
ten porary at tie corner Of Nassau and FGon.ss., and
held my peace.
leave TO TIE newspapers the task Of recording the
speeches and resolutions at the various meetings held
all over the Kingdom and the addresses RENTED to
Mr.. Adams and our Consuls. That OF the American
residents in this metropolis, at ST. James's Hall was
sngnlaIly effective and imprcssyehardly less so than
the Saturday evenings demonstration that preceded it,
Mr. Adams made an excellent speech. and Mr. Morse
cur Consul addressing himself most wisely to the
present produced marked impression by his eloquent
vndicaon of the character of President johnson from
the aspersions marshaied against it, There was eI
IRENE need OF this for, in the words OF Mr.. Taylor
already quoted. enemies 1T taking the dagger
from tie side OF Abraham Lincoln TO plunge into that
of Johnson For the rest the other speeches were
well what might have been expected from heavy city
men, better qualified TO discus commercial trsnsac-
tions than great exceptional national calamity Their
remarks fell like wet blankets on the audience. Mr..
Sturgs introduced euloPy on M Peabody-who. a.
rbody knows is very charitable and very wealthy
banker
Apropos Of this meeting alluded in my hast 10 an
nbortive attempt ON the part OF Fernando Wood to
make a little political capital by forestalling IT at his
hotel when the melancholy news first reached w A
word in addition In Of the daily papers he Is SAID
to have stated that Mr. Moran Secretary Of Legation.
recomme nded him TO take the responsibility Of doing
this. This assertion was. happen TO know, false.
Mr. Moran gave him such advice or countenance,
but on the contrary intimated quite Enthusiastically his
opinion that Mr.. Wood had no right or title whatever
to assume the initiative in such meeting. that being
only to he appropriately undertaken by Americans
resident in this city and by loyal men, After the judi
cous choking of of which told you Fernando did not
tary till the meeting Of Saturday night but went of
TO Paris very much chop-faen and morally, with his
tail between his leCs.
Talking Of the L. 5. Legation, were 10 record the
names Of the persons who have called thse TO offer con-
doience on the late melancholy event, you would have
TO reprint third OF the Court Guide. Among the earl
lest were Earl Russell, Lord Derby (vhO. am sorry
to say had the bal take uneracous exception
nj the terms Of the address 10 the House OF LordD.
Lord Clarendon. Lord Hougton date Monckton
Mines the Duke OF Argyle. the Prince de Jolnvillc
Count dc Paris Due dc Charres. the Russian Aus
TRAN Belgian Hanse Towns French Prussan Italian,
Portuguese all the other foreign representatives and
vast number Of NJ. Pr. The announcement by Sir
George Grey in the House Of Commons. that the Queen
had already anticipated the routine OF diplomatic action
BIZ writing with Ter own hand letter to Mrs. Lin
eoln-a widow TO a widow" has pleased and touched
everybody. Her Majesty il universally believed to
have .ympathzod with throughout. as did her good
husband.
There have been al immense number OF sermons
preached ON the subject of Mr. Lncons death through
Great Britain principally by disscnters, in whose
ranks we have. naturally, more friends than in the
essentially arstocrotc Church Of England But for the
experience Of tie last ou: years one would have found
impossible realize how comfortably orthodoxy, all
the world over could have set itself neck and neck with
slare.owning. Heavy clerical magazines have pub
lishcd euogi-ic lives of Bishop Polk and other
ments of the American Episcopacy, South. But for
vonr Bccchers Cheeyers and Chapins. they have
Of them-indeed. they talk Manhattan" when abiding
10 such The fact is worth noticing and bears moral
yon win read in the papers of the melancholy suicide
of Admiral Ftzroy the meteorologist valuable and
worthy man, who sadly overworked himself. He cut
his throat in his bath last Sunday morning. having
impaired his intellect by study. The last time had
occasion to allude to him ives in mentioning his advo-
cacy OF testimonial TO the Rebel Maury
Constance Kent adhcres to her confession OF having
murdered her childbrothei five years ago. but there
is very general hope that she will escape the extreme
pepaty Of the law. 1t is known that her lot in he fam
ily was cruelty hard one; that she was hnmiliated,