The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-04-21
Assassination of President Lincoln.

IL has become painful necessity for the Ansricar
people look upon the strsncs and the awful
crime, fha. the annals Of their nation record Ia
this bloody picture their attention Is called from the
most pleasing prospects, and brightest hopes. Al
President OF the United States ia whom The nation
repcscd t1s highest confidence, and in whom they
TRUSTED for guidance ia the struggle for national life
Is stricken down IN the assembly Of his country men
where he had gone in Republican simplicity and IN
accompanied by that display Of power With which,
Royalty j. wont 20 SURROUND itself
What cause or motive should have prompted the
desperate deed at this late purod, we are unable to
divine, unless being dsapPon ted at previous tim
Che mabgnent 6cnds determined carry oct in sp.e]
that which could DO longer aid their rebel aba.tors.
Had ,hs daBolical plot been carried into execution
almost any time during the past four years, II might
have seriously ntsrfsred With. entirely destroyed.
the perpeiuaton OF the Republic.
Bat at The present hour the strength Of the REBEL
ion is broken the government IS acquainted with its
power and resources tbo people united, and whenl
the first ahoek Of grief for the dead is passed, they
VIII eIemplfy the strength Of the gogcrnmena Rud'
the durability Of our institutions.
Upon The fate Of the rebels, thc Presidents death az
this time viii bare marked effect. 10 she oab
man from whose cIemeacy aHd kiad-hsartednesa they
had aught to expect.
20 which traitors, hoping for pardon, should have
resorted OF at which they should reoice. Though
they may not be directly connected with this dreadful
traRoiv yet the American people do NOT and can not
ever hold the leaders Of the rebellion in any other
light than eulpable 10 bringing about this sad
state Of Affairs and their merited punishment must
follow.
BY thc rnurdes Of oar Presidents lose great and
good man. who was CT o in che midst 81 his useful
meas AMI az when he had gained the affections
NJ HE ~ tu asgres tnat tasy knew not the
depth their confidence until be taken from them
Yes there is consolation IN tho fact that success 10
his Is not always Synonymous with personal ease
ABRAHlN LINCOLN, has persisted sacrifice upon the
altar Of bis country, aud martyr TO the cause OF
mauknd bot the principles he advocated and the steps
he took in tar man progress, will remain long a.
two races recognize and mourn him as common
benefactor.
Though the hearts OF the American people sanl
within them at This great calamity, still there j
something subhrnely grand in the closing Of tn
Presidents career. After life spent IN battling il
noble cause; after conducting his country through
It's greet trial 70 fall the foremost man ia Al thi
world the hour Of triumph. ana auiii the dawEin
lights % ITO coming day.
Hcnceforth, let US remember the fifteenth of Apr
IS sacrcdy remember the annual returu OF q,
DAY from which We date Independence or the on
upon which honor tie rst "Faher Of bis Country
Let be a day Of fasting and Of sorrow row fo
him whose name IS amoog those which set ii
delble seals upon the ages marked FOR immortality
The duty OF every American is to stand by q
government, ami rally The man upon whom Il
administration dsvolves, with that same unaninity
which we mourn our irreparsble loss.