American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-07-12
BUTLER. BUTLER COUNTY. PA WEDNESDAY JULY 70 1865

the very feeDlest OF Its str0ngh0lds. III
knew that there was an army in the field
and work shops of the north, which on
ly awaited his call to do this work. A
million of stalwart men sprang to thei
arms upon his summons and the pledg,
was redeemed. The boastful chivalr,
went down before the sturdy arms anc
stormy val0r of the men they had so fool
ishly despised: and where are they now
who laughed to scorn the admonitiuns o.
that day, and arrogantly proclaimed t.
their deluded followers, that the capita
of the nation, and the rich spoils of the
opulent and crowded cities of the North
| should be given to their victorious armsi
They have found only grave, where they
med'tated an easy conquest. But Abra
nam Lincoln lived to see his pledge-ful
blled. His work was done, aud he too
sleeps with his Fathers Ithad cost many
priceless lives TO do that work 1t was
to be consummated by the sacrifice Of his
own-the most priceless perhaps of all
lhe demon which he exercised was to
culiect all his remaining strength iuto one
expiring blow at the head of his destroy
-
er, as he fled howliug, ami in despair,
from the seat of his long cherished. bus
now forever lost dohinion upon earth
The final catastrophe Nqsin precise keen
ing with the whole spirt of the bloody
drama which it concludeA Beginning
in treason, with perjury aua,obbery. and
starvation and murder, as it's hs,d. maids
it could not have ended more Sttipgly
than in the cruel. aud cJwardly, an re
veug geful assassin Of the heroic leaer.
who tad stricken down the saerilegioe,
hand that was lifted against the nation
life. Miserable and short sighted re
yenge he blow which prostrated ou
honored chief, while it made no interreg
mum, and paralyzed no nerve of the Gov
ernment, has been his apotheosis. The
! hand Of the assassin is already cold \
swift retribution has ovcrtaken the mis-
creant who was put upon this work, while
the hands Of justice are already laid uPOr
the highest Of its guilty authors, and thC
avenger Of blond is tracking his accom-
plies to their retreat But they 'oJ vii
not altogether die. The obscurity that
they might we'll pray for, is not for such
as them. There can be no oblivion fUi
such paricide The flash Of that la
tai pistol in the Theatre at Washington
which sent its le, den contents crashing
| through the brains of our honorei mags
trate, will blaze around them like The
4leam OF thcassassjis daggers that sought
| Inc great hearts VI Henry of Navarro
and the heroic Prince OF Orange. and
| !i.ht lh1ir memories down, from age t.
aye, through the lyng currilous OF his.
tory.
Ii was disadvantage. too, of no small
moment TO an untr.ed man, u find him
self s,,s,ouu el by councillors OF lar re
puse, who hal either nothing to propose
or doubled the power or rightfulness OF
coercion in a Government like this. ol
thought that even separation itself wa.
better than war, or hoped to patch up an
i.noble trace. by COMPROMISING the ques-
tons in dispute. AM furnishing addition
al and uerprtual guarantee 10 the insen
sibIe interest which had come to despis
even The privilege of ruling this nation
as Il had done before. Ii will 3earcey he
believed in future times how many there
were. enjoying tho repuations Of States
men. sRo wore committed t., ono or Other
of these opinions Bul while the ancs
tjon hung suspended between these con
! Aietiuo view. althouoh every concession
had been proposed. and every effort TO.
ward compromise had failed. aud while
1.-the nation was sweatin mortal agony. with
seven States defyiny its authority. and
formidable batteries rising from day Il.
dav under the shallow of eur own puns
around our Fortresess in Cha lesion har
bor. the knot wa, bappiIy united by the
imuatieut hands OF the conspirators them
selves. 10 secure the cooperation Of
the States that still stood he.itating. il
was deemed necessary .sto fire the South.
ern heart" by some z,dous act of yio
lence that sholId dig an imnassible gult
between them and rs and their GUN.
were accordingly trained amid the sound,
nf revelrv and the exultant bnz2as of an
intoxicated ponulace. upop the old aao
that was sill aoatino nyer the feeble uar
risop of Sumpter il was a cav tourney
for fair ladies and Gallant kHiohts-ar
easy victnry but shnrf lived trumub.-