Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-04

Proceedings OF the United Stutcs G. r.
curt Court for the District Of Indi'
ana.
At twenty minute. past 10 o'clock the Uni'e'
States Marshal opened the session Of this court
the cha nber in the possofhce building. whereupor
The Hon. " Gordon delivered en- eulosy up
on the late President Abraham lincoln BY th'
kindness OF the gentleman We have been furnish
ed copy of hi. address. which -e here give
sPfEcs on Mr. GORDON
May "a phase the Court:
This ball IL craped in the habiliments Of woe
The usfice Of our dear native land is a mourn er
Abraham Lincoln her first minister. strick dead
by the cruel hand OF justice sno crime. lies st
unburied in her presence With streaming eyes
| she follows his funeral train, and goes With the
seeping nation 20 lay bis mortal remains in their
honored grave, where they shall
-.sI-sp in blessing"
And have tomb Of orphans tears wept on EN-"
All the uses OF life unite their signs and tears
with hers Labor, brown with sun, and wind.
aud toll leaves her fields aud shops. aud with
grief stained vissge ~eeps beside his bier. Her
pillow stands stl 10 the unfinished furrow and
her hammer lies idly by the silent anvil. The
| hum OF her busy mills il hushed. and even the
stalwart strokes of her'aImen no longer resoumi
/
with grief. aud drspes her splendid chambers with
the ensigns Of her mighty sorrow
Art catches the mournful Inspiration. and goes
forth with the people in its sad pilgrimage OF
love and tears. Sculpture. and painting. and mu
sic /. and song have found new theme; aud, as
| If ensmOred Of death ana woe. have brought the
charms OF the universe, 10 crown them with i'm
| mortal beauty. 10 the CLEAN of"their bright.
fearful ewes" our poor human souls catch
1 e.ls. Il ~
which the night Of death and sorrow is but the
gate
Religion, with all her temples bearing the
badges of grief that words cannot utter. min
| giles her tears with those OF her sisters, and
greets the mourners with the high consultations of
an immortal life beyond the grave.
O what sad pilgrimage were this. on which
the stricken soul OF the people is gone forth. If
| the grave TO which il leads were all of him
whose sacred dust il soon shall hide forever IL
Is not ALL No; the use. the justice. the beauty
and the Divine in our nature, all tending up
ward until heaven itself bends down aud takes
u up in the strong arms Of religion, combine to
assure Us OF Immortality Let US. then. look up
through our tears, and we shall behold him whom
We mourn dead. made perfect through labor.
and patience aud suffering, crowned aud immOr
| tai
But the soul of Abraham Lincoln will live
country. and in Tie country itself which his
/ labors and blood have done so much 10 redeem
from the curse OF caste and 1.-THE bondage OF
corruption " 1t will live in the language OF his
native land-n the words he has spoken,
and ia the deeds be has done-as long as plain
truth, and manly action are admired among men
What lesson bis life has left the world
Every step be has taken from the rSde cabin door
where he was born, To the honOred grave where
his remains shall await the resurrection OF the
just. ia full of instruction and encouragement to
| every child in the land; and full of comfort ard
consolation TO every parent no matter how sharp
may be the present conflict with poverty and spr
row Parent aud child, bound together by com
mon blood. and love. and labor and suffering do
not sink down and perish in common despair.
Look up to the light of his example. and take
heart again." for It is the star of hope newly
risen to cheer the hitherto hopeless Let it be
your guide. and you not fail in the great race
of life Remember that
The star that guides the wand'rer right
Is virtue fair, and honor bright
/ Let the little boy with bare. sore feet, "mean-
| ly clad'and poorly fed'-and God knows our poor
/ country has many such now-while bending un
der his load OF premature toll ard care read the
history of AIRS ha m Lncoln's boy hood: and then,
il il be given him. raise his eyes and soul to the
great rewards that crowned his later years. and
he will "learn to labor and to wait" None-not
even the poorest-ls poorer than be was for for
him il really seemed as if nature had taken the
poets advice. and
- Cast the bsntling on the rocks
| Sucked him Nth the she woif-teat,
And wintered him with the hawk and fox
in order to achieve that greatest of all human
RESULTS strong self reliant. perfect soul. Like
seed cast far down into deep and gloomy
mountain ehasm. bis childhood fell in the depths
of poverty and obscurity: and. like the lite with
in that seed. the soul within him struggled ever
upward in search of the vital breath of hea ven,
and the warm bright sunshine, that he knew even
10 his lonely darkness must at last crown his
toll
In this hope he endured the labors of the for
est and the feld-fhere with AZ, and maui, and
iron wedge. and wooden glut hewn out by his
own hand; and here with pillow, and hoe, and
sickle and scylhe. "toiling for the altogether in
dispensable-even for dsv Bread" and, it may
be. at times. Dreaming in the depths of his sor
rowiul heart, that he was already conscripted
for that stern warfare as long his lite should
last. But IL vas not so ordained. God had far
other and higher work for him to do; and this
hard struggle in which he WOO the souls food
the bfead of lfe-from the crumbs that fell from
the rich mans table. was but the trial of his pow
ers, designed TO strengthen and tougher the
thews and snews of his nature for the gigantic
conflicts that even then were advancing to meet
him. A such he accepted il all with gentle pa
tience endured hardship as good soldier. not
permitting the rough buffetings of the world to
mingle a drop OF gall or bitterness with the
sweet current of his soul. which flowed onward
even to the moment of his death, pure. sim
pie and loving as erst in the days of his sinless
childhood Had he turned 10 avenge himself
upon the world that buffeted him, he would
have been lost to himself. his country and the
world He superior to hatred or revenge,
and learned without teacher the precepts given
by Wolsey to Cromwell:
Love thyseast; cherish those hearts that hate thee
Corruption wins not more than honesty;
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace
To sile nee envious Be just and fear not;
lie; all the ends thou sm'st at, be thy countrys,
Thy Gods. and truth's.
All these. from his youth up. has he kept: and
now that he has fallen. the whole people cherish
him Gin the innermost shrine of their hearts, as
"a blessed martyr" His example is perfect, EN-
brscing the entire possible of the lie of an
American citizen. in all the relations il may sus
tain 10 private and public welfare Perhaps no
citizen highly distinguished, has ever before
attained such distinction. through circumstances
so adverse and pursuits 50 diversified
How shall account for the wonderful sue
cess of his careerf he did not. perhaps possess
the highest order of mind. Talents he undoubt
edly had. and of a very high character, too; but
few will claim that he had genius He never