The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-25

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yoaact Lo1 Whald do see. an ever cur
band. where Loyalty as1 Freedom remain
where afe yos laa5 hearts true 60 Gel e. q
Lawaiiliue Litcriy. vha, a. seef--
Thousands usoa thousands q ny country
men gathered 10 the lbly sanctuary and a
ac to,l Il bells. s. Isiely ruug ia pcaliug
aud loyiul tones, are assembled With sad
hearts aud amii ihe tsme insignia q pro-
guul aul uuattgrst.e sorrow aud even woe,
. utter their prayers ard their sighs in the
ear Of Heaven whence any true comfort
can c0ue. Why al tais | asa you Al !
foiicwn, tie lines ,lHt radiate from the
hesrt- entire Of eur National existence, IN
streams Of moaruers We reach inward aud
approach the Home ofPower and National
eiary aud attraction. std pressing cur way
.af.tsh tAe dense crowds Of living, gloomy
acu. women and children Of quite every race
aHd color, We si,h SOLEMN tread draw uear
mraophagus coffin surrounded With
the migbogs Of th, laul-searrei and war
beaten soldiers warriors, whose names 'the
world viii never let die. statesmen Of the
rpcst intellect aud ef the holics aorlh,w
grey locks wbitengd ii the service Of their
country weeping Ike children and ming
lag in one rsGlaiu of anguish, their sobs,
With a family group, sho but a week since.
we're an ca the very summit Of joy, but now
with broken. crushed hearts, are about to
beir away their loved aud honored one, to
hs 0ld Home S4aly we lil the cover
4 ing, aud 0 my soul, who lies therein, |
need not tell you His iase is as familiar,
though we may never have looked upon II,
Is as familiar as the face Of any dear and
neal friend that Jace marked with honest
plainuess, with inherent strength, and with
serene aud smiling grace. you recognize il
ami uhose is ~ Alas, alas, il is the face
Of him, tho we had seen him not, we loved
steemed more and more, and Of whom we
can truly say We did not know TN now how
much We loved him and how our hearts con-
flcd Ii him-our oortiy, Immune, honest,
sl0pt and true Chrisiiaa President, the
leader under God, as ever Moses was Of Is
racl, o. this American People and yet who
Ike Nosee permitted to view from sgah's
top the beauty Of the iand Of Promise and not
L,mself enter in 50 our Leader dies with
in fair sight Of his hope for good, dies just
as be was writing IN the undying page Of
istory-my coun,ry saved from the mad
assault Of Treason But hog is
tals' % he deaf How . ny
country weep. Tell it not in Gath,
pubish it not in tie streets Of Ashka
lon dies indeed, by-the permissiye Prou-
deuee Of God, oserr,a,nsl4u IN utmost wis
dom, though dark ID us, y1t smitteu dowu
in moment, BY one Of cur own country
men, impeled aud frenzed by the murder
Gus spirit Of the most Just and foulest Re
belliou that ever saturated the earth with
its blood and has now eliminated in the
fendish assassination Of our Chief Magis-
trate
This then is the reason Of this Ussembage
I This Is the occa ion Of all this sable dr,pety
ard molruing and tears-this widespread
gri.G It's fitting indeed, that we with the
naiioa, should come into the house Of the
Lord and cluster about the altar Of prayer,
here BOW down our hearts in submission At
the feet Of adorable Sovereignty and Mercy
AID through our tears look up to Him, our
Father Co, whence our hope and help
must come
and who can help mourning, and more
deeply mourn, that he should die at this crit
isll aud yet hopefu juncture in our natiop-
al struggle against the vile spirit that iu-
aueugcd tie heart Of Treason, that neryed
the ann Of the t9uI invader, that opehed the
+ bOod gate Of war and has now as lis legit-
mate aud mad aork ruck with an assas
SINS hand At the very heart Of the nation
Of all true and Constitutional Law and or
der, 10 the laud. This aggrayates and in-
,eusides our grief This adds the emotions
Of horror aud Of just Indignation to our sor-
ron We shudder as We weep, IS the deed ap-
i preheuIe1 an VA We never could believe
there VAS heart lepraYed aud desperate or
arm satanic enough to oonsumuate, has been
accomplished
i and yet the deed is done, no worse in
spiri, or IN fact, than the spirit and fact of
the Rebellion, that prompted it--that threat
euol lac should never take bis seat at the
Capital, threatened to overthrow this Cow
efnment AMI tumble our free Institutions in
/ to chaos, yet it il done There in yonder
coilns see, through blurred eyes, our good,
noble, maguaninous, National Representa-
tive lies-calm and sweet in Death his all
guiding ana great spirit waited away from
tile tumalt and care and madness aud Joy of
earth, aud may We not hope through the
mercy Il that adorable Jesus, whom he low
ed aud that God whom he ever recognized is
safe, where the wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are 81 rest
tie is no more His ear is dead to the
shouts o. ws.eoms At bis presence, Or non to
the vail of wi and anuuersbe grief that
bursts from the bruised heart Of bis COM
paniou and children. His eye is closed up
% the rising glories Of BIS emaucipaied
country lie has listened for the last time
70 the glad voices Of Victory as they leap aud
swell ever the land He is no more-sh :
can we say this Nay, never was be 50 all
peYasi,e As to-day We see and feel him
in cur dreams, "lhough dead lie yet speak
eth. p lie cannot die ont ca earth even -