The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-04-29
THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
THE AGE OF IRON

E to whom celestial laws were unknown. aaze
upon the mysterious light with wonderin
' establishment and awe. They saw and rea
. in that CHASTITY alphabet fearful emblem {
approaching eyil-of bloody revolution.
1 wars and rumors of wars-of times of dan
j ger, tumult and anarchy. The old unwritte
f traditions of generations and ages long sine
turned to dust and darkness connected tn
appearance of these mo nsters of the heaven
! with dangerous and tumultuous times
4 Strangely has that old superstition beef
confrmed. A great and powerful Republi,
to whom war had almost become los
science,-whose vast domains pulsated only
with the mighty heavings Of industry, calm
peaceful and free-was, suddenly swept from
centre to circumference BIZ. the fierce hurri.
Icane of human passions-the storm of war
long fierce and bloody a war which in depth
and intensity of passion, in gigantic array
of panoplied and determined armies, in sacri-
fee of life and property, in suffering and sor-
row, is without parallel in modern times
Not only here, but in every division of the
earth, war and preparations for war, have
been the chief occupation of nations.
Among all these remarkable events, there
has been none which can SO shock and STAR
tie the world as that which transpired at
Washington on the 18th of April the assasi-
nation of the President of the United States
1t is one of those great events which live in
the memories of men and in the pages of
history through thousands of years: one
of those events which stand out upon the
promontory of Time, high solitary and alone,
nnmoved, untouched by the great sea of or
binary events, whose waves rise and roar and
beat along the shores Of centuries.
2 Although in mental characteristics, Mr.
Lincoln was not remarkably great man
yet the exalted position to which he was
twice elected, and the prominent part he had
taken in the stirring events of the last four
years, renders his death somewhat analogous
to the murder of Julius Caesar IN the Senate
Chamber of Rome. Both fell in the strength
IF manhood, and in the maturity of aims
ong cherished and labored for.
Mr. Lincoln as warmly as he was esteemed
n life by the American people, had not
that hold upon their personal affections,
which lifted Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson
bove all ordinary friendships: but his ex-
raordinary death at this precarious juncture
will do more to embalm his memory than
ny act of his life. Had Caesar lived, the
astre of his name might have been dimmed.
'erhaps had Mr. Lincoln lived many who
Vill cherish his memory as martyr TO his
ause, would have found much in the acts OF
is after life to condemn. Dying as be has
t the close of successful war, the
eader, the chief of the Anne rican people, he
lied in the MONDAY Of his fame. Ii
The deed was an act abhorent to human
allure, and one which all men and all par
les must condemn and denounce. The MUIR
erer has immortalized his name, like him
rho fired the dome of Ephesus, but it is the
Immortality of a murderer. AS he has gained
be Immortality, SO must he bear the respon- '
Utility alone. One wrong cannot make b
mother right. Those who infict wrongs il
pom innocent men, as in San Francisco, be- !
ause of the crime of Wilkes Booth, avenge :
othing, redress nothing, because wasted
pom objects having no connection with the fl
uthcr of the crime. While Andrew Jackson
coupled the Presdent ial Chair, similar at Ii
'mpt was made upon his lie, as he was de- 81
,ending the Capital steps; but none thought
accusing the whole Wing party of the n
Tense, or any completely with it. u
Deeds like this belong to- the medieval ages !
which we seem to be retrogressing on the <
loody crest of war. The Golden Age of the J
epnblic seems to. be o,er-the age of iron u
IS returned. Prophecy itself may well III
and dumb-founded at the portals of the i
ture of the American Republic.
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RELEF.-The Oregonian, speaking of the in
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