Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-05

concitOrf N Tue lOuOWln8 termn;='
May h please yoar hohogsa since ihls
court adjourned in March last, and ordered a
recess until the present time, an event has
occurred which has clad the whole land In
mourning. and to-day we weep At the tomb
OF him upon whom the people had second
time constitutionRlly conferred the highest
Office in their gift To-day all that was
earthly Of Abraham Lineoin, after having
been borne nearly across the continent, fol-
lowed by the nation In sadness and Kfief, h
10 be committed to its final resting place IN
that State whose idol he was, and who gave
him to the nation that Union, In that divine
purpose and spirit In which II came to Us
from our fathers, might be saved. 1t is meet
that, whom the nation Is In mourning, the
busy pursuits Of mon be laid aside. Even
justice may wait another day when great
sorrow smites man, the world goes on in the
old way, needless Of his pain; but to-day the
nation Is smitten, and there Is mourning
everyEhcre. Not only here, bat reaching
across the continent, you hnd everywhere is
fitting emblems, speaking more eloquently
than words Of the deep personal and public
grief Of whole people. What can say Of
this great and good man He has mo need
Of eulogy, for his deeds will speak Of his wis.
dom, his purity, and his greatness, long after
those who loved him so well shall speak Of
him to-day. b.
I chanced 10 be standing beside our Ia.
mented President when he made his farewell
speech to his old friends and neighbors who
had gathered to speak some kindly words Of
confidence and hope to him, upon his dspar.
ture from among them 10 assume the duties
Of the Office TO which he had been summoned
by the people. Speaking with unusual i'm.
pressiveness, he said: To-day Ikeare yoH,
for h0Ic long km0v not. ! 20 10 asJums
respoHSibiiitisJ grSatsr than eUer Warrington
kH,p, and HHieJs the same Aimighfy arm
that gHiaed and pr0teefea him shall SNadiIf
and direct me, must fail ~ We all know
with what sublime faith and reyerent trust
he held fast TO Him whose guidance he had
invoked, and brnvely he bore MS in perfect
triumph through three dark and terrible years
Of desolation and war out in che calm sun
light Of returning peace. We know when he
was reyied and trnduced he reviled not again,
but quietly trusted in H6d. In the old
Egyptian State, when n ruler died, procla-
nation was made, and IL he had done any
wrong thing, and It could be proven against
him, he was denied the honorable burial. ]
would trust Abraham Lincoln to that test
today. I would defy any man, living or
dead, to prove that he committed any sin.
may say Of him what the world will say Of
him, that he was pure and good man. and
that neither in his public nor private life did
he knowingly do any wrong.
AsRl LAWYER Mr.. Lincoln was entitled to
no medium place. lie brought TO the Iabors
of that profession but little Of the culture of
| the schools he brought rather that acute.
mes, Of intellect. thai earnestness that
power OF comprChendinp np great principIes
and Of stating them IoSicaJ,y and briefly
which seemed a part Of Ms nature, Tn his
argument Of Legal ouestions h. vas ALWAYS
concise and clear in his statements. using no
useless or unmcanlng words. lie went d.
rectly to'the question involved. and brought
| to It's discussion the same practical common
sense for which. ms President. he became 40
distins .,isbed. As nm advocate he possessed
charaotc ,istics which at once placed him nt
the head Of the profession of bis own STATE.
| How eloouent he was. only those who bhye
tened 10 nj, appeals In behalf Of The ON.
pressed can tell Ills was the eIoousnoe
which comes from earnestness. from sineerity
and from nm honesty of purpose Noman IN
Illinois was more a fnyorite with the bar tban
he none mourn his loss with dsepcr grief
than those who knew him intimately and well
in their everyday associations with him, In
tho earnest iabofs Of his profession.
To-day n grateful hut mournful people win
lay him tenderIy in the bosom OF his adopted
state, remembering that he was feithIess 10
no trust, false to no principle: and future
generations will say of him. that he was nm.
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