Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-08
THE ASSASSINATION OF PREsI-
DENT LINCOLN.


In attempting to describe tho scenes Of tho
night of April "a, 1865, relating to the nS.
sassinaiion Of President LrScoLS, somo very
sLsSses2lEssssy -ss Sca ss SsaisalSaA-siatn-,
ments have from time 20 time been made. IL
IL not surprising that those who had to write
on TINT night and the following day for the
daily press should have made mistakes, hut
IL IL hardly oxcusablc that great errors should
occur In the history Of the affair Published
in June monthly, written certainly ono
month aftor the occurrence. We are led to
these remarks by observing In the June
number Of 'EIar7rr,S MdRa =ino, statement
oT Doorn's movements near the box and
Just before he committed the atrOciOus decd.
The statement Is made In the usual editorial
column, under the head of Monthly Record
of Current Events" Tho following Is the
extract 10 which We allude:
''IIo stood for few moments near the
door OF the passage, near which was no one
who know him. lie then went to tho door.
As no was opening u, tho sentinel asked him
IL he know whRt box he was entering lie
Gooliy replied that he did; IL was the bON OF
tho President. who wished to see him. He
entered the passage and JastcHaa tho door
behind him.
lis n we'll known fact that there 1aS no
scatipri AZ nc dow Of tie Presidents box
that night. It is, perhaps, unfortunate that
IL was so. The Editor of tho RErunLIcAN
was, probably, the last person at tho box of
tho President prior 10 tho assassin's entry of
II. We went there for tho purpose Of de-
liVoring 10 the President message, which
we were requested to convey from tho white
House. Upon approaching the door of the
box we found the passaGo-way leading to II
blockadod by two gentlemen who were seated
upon chairs about six or eight feet from the
door. We requested them to allow US to
pass. They did so, and upon reaching the
door we found no other person belonging to
the Presidential household than Mr.. CHARLES
PoHBES, one of Mrs. LrSCOLN's foOtmOn and
messsngers. who was always in the habit oI
attending the President and Mrs. LINCOLN nj
the theatre. As the play was progressing
we requested PORBEs to hand tho dispatch
to tho President. II was the last ho ever re-
ceiyed. At that time there wero no guards,
watehmen, sentinSls or ushers about the dool
Of tho President, and any ono could have
passed in without molestation.
what soems to US remarkable about th'
above statement in the "MHgaEino" Is thai
anyJoiy knew at that time that BoorH zen
tered The passage and CaSic"m the door be
hind him. - As We stated above, II mnysno
he unlikely that BoOrH entered tho passag
by the door, but II Is quite unlikely Tint any
body witnessed what would have been sus
picious circumstance at any time. Had
sentinel, as stated, been at the door BooT
would not have passed in at all The state
rasnt Is contrary to all the facts elected
ths case.
We do not intend, IN the above comments
70 esnSuro the editor Of "Iiajpcr'S M"g0
sins,'' for no, no doubt has been miSlod b.
some employed writer, Rs is often the case
but We call attention 10 the fact, because III
staIsmsnL appears in one OF our loading an
most influential Monthlies, the last place il
the world whore sueh errors should be found
Our Monihlies and Quarterlies should com
nearest 10 true history, because the writer
for thoso publications have more time TO pre-
pare their communications