Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-26
Masonic Address and Resolutions
ON the AssaSsinatiOn OF E'resi-
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Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazettc.
COLUADrs, Oct 10.
Grand Master Sparrow, in his Annual Ad-
dresses to the Grand Lodge of Masons, nllu-
ded to the assassination of President Lincoln
in the following eloquent and patriotic re.
marks: On the 18th of April last, the public
mind was astounded by the announcement
that the constitutional ruler of this great ma.
ton had been bascly murdered that he, who
so lately was in every mouth the theme of
praise or blame, had gone beyond the reach
of both. No man ives ever called to greater
trials with greater patience. In the very
midst of them, in the very last exposition Of
his principles and purposes, he paused to give
utterunce to the noble sentiment which trust
will govern us on this and every other occa-
sion. with malice toward none, with chari-
ty to all, and firmness in the right, ,as God
gives us to see the right let us press forward
TO finish the work VIC are in" Praise to the
man who could utter such sentiment He
was stricken down at the very moment when
the minds of men of all parties, and of every
diversity of views, had acquired confidence
in his moderation and wisdom, and were turn
ed toward him as the only one capable of ud,
jnsting the complicated questions arising out
of the state of the country, and the bitter an
imoslty generated by four years of civil strife
Praise to the man! A nation stood beside
his collin with wet fycs--hcr brave her beau
tiful, her good-as when loved one dies
In the universal grief Of the nation thought
it proper that the fraternity, as such, should
express their utter adherence of the "decp
damnation of his taking of" but also pay q
tribute OF respect to his virtue as man, and
his integrity as public servant. According
ly, at the request of the brethren of Cleveland,
l issued II dispensation, authorizing them to
appear in public on the reception of his re-
mains in that city, and on their arrival here,
| opened the Grand Lodge, and in conunc.
,ion with the right worthy Duputy Grand
Master and a large concoursc of brethern
from all parts of the State, participated in his
funeral obscquics. ID. t
That portion of the address having been
referred to n committed for report to the
Grand Lodge, the following resolutions were
reported and unanimously ndopte I, to.wit
Resolred, That the Free Mnsons, of Ohio
yield to no class Of citizens in their devotion
to the Government and Union established by
our patriotic fathers, and haye attested their
loyalty thereto in every possible manner, the
record of which is found not only at home
but on many crimsoned field.
Rcsolred, That while VIC sympathisc with
tho country at large, in the bereavement
which it sustained in the death of its Presi.
dent, VIC regret with unminged abhorrencc
and detestation, the fendish act which depriy.
cd the nation of its constitutional head, at n
perilous jnncture in its history.
The following Grand officers were duly
elected for the ensuing year Thomas Spar.
row, Grand Master; Howard Matthews, De.
putty Grand Master; Octavius Waters, Grand
Senior Warden; Thomas j. Larsh, Grand Ju.
nior Warden, Flavius j. Philips, Grand
Treasurer; John D. Caldwell, Grand Secrc-
tary 'Ht#
After the installation of the grand officers
elect, the Grand Master made the following
appointments: John d. O'Connor, Grand
Orator; Rev. Henry B. Waltbridge, Grand
Chaplain Joseph B. Covert, Grand Marshal;
Milton Leyder, Grand Senior Deacon; Joseph
NJ. Stuart, Grand Junior Deacon Jacob Ram
dali, Grand Tyler All of whom were duly
installed
The next session of the Grand Lodge will
be held at Toledo, Ohio, on the third Tues
day in October, 1866. The present session
closed at 5 o'clock this evening.