The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-18
HOUSE OF REPREsESTATIvEs.
MoRgIEG SESSION.

I
This morning theseat of the Speaker
and the clerks desk were appropriated
draped in mourning. The House me
at 10 o'clock. Prayer by the Rev. Mr
Huntington, who made touching ant
most beautiful allusion to the calamity
which has befallen the nation. at th,
very moment of its Joy for victory.
A message from the Senate announced
the passage, by that body, of resolution
No. p, for Joint committee to take
appropriate action respecting the death
1 OF the President
/ On the motion of Mr. Cooper the
resolution adopted by the Senate was
1 concurred IN, and Messrs Cooper, Hood
Dillen, Smith Of Hardeman, and Gaines
were appointed on the committed.
The Committee retired, and on It's
return Mr.. Cooper reported as follows
/ The death Of Abraham Lincoln, Pres
! ident of the United States, in the full
Vigor of his physical and mental facul-
ties, by the hands Of an assassin, is a
bereavement that extends to all parts
OF the nation and particularly does it
affect the people Of those States which,
having for years been suffering from
the weight of military rule, made ne
cessary by the rebellion, were endeay-
osing to restore their political relation
ship TO the Government Of the United
States.
In his death the nation mourns the
loss of one of the most gifted and
worthy sons-the highest officer-the
President
And because he was " the President"
of the United States il is right and
proper that the General Assembly of
the State of Tennessee should express
as such, in an appropriate manner, its
SORROW at his death; its condemnation
of the assassin who committed, and the
men who plotted the hellish deed its
appreciation Of the high intellectual,
moral, and social qualities which ever
characterized his private life and its
approval of the lsrge-hearted patriotism
which marked his administration, show
ing that his course Of action was i'm
PEELED by humanity rather than -a's7A1-
fion.
The laborious duties of the Exeeu-
tive Office, during the trying times OF
the great rebellion, gave ample scope
to heart full of sympathy and warm
affections.
As President he had 9 wide field for
manly action. There was displayed his
lore Of the right and his scorn for the
wrong Here his large-heartedness was
made affection, and his generosity and
charities bore fruit
He was, IS President, a model. The
honors he coveted were honorable
With wise and lofty patrioiism-un-
by any-he applied the pow
ers of his great mind to work out the
true principles upon which the Union
of the States could be preserved.
The measures proposed were as moth
ing, unless they were calculated to &C.
complish the end so earnestly desired !
His recommendations were always !
directed towards its maintenance, and |
were unifoTTaly enforced with facility
and aptneas of illnztration which seem
ed ineKhsustible.
Abraham IineGln's originality of |
manners, his humor, wit sarcasm, and !
wondrous powers of ridieule, were wea.
pons particularly his own, which no
one else could initiate
Add to these qualities courage, will |
and indomitable persistency of puF-
pose which never tagged or faltered,
and he was a power felt and acknowl
edged by the nation. Take him all
in ALL it will be long ere We look up
on his like again.
lie is dead, but the days of his pill
grimage although in troublous times,
were full Of "honor, love, and troops
of friends. The nation mourns,-
peace be with him.
Therefore be it RESOLVED, By the
General Assembly Of the State of Ten
nessee that in the death Of Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States,
we mourn in heartfelt sorrow, the loss
Of the nation.
Resoipsd; That in token of his mem
ory, we wear the usual badge Of mourn
ing, and that our respective Halls be
drsped in the habiliments of woe.
Rrsohed That we cannot find Ian
guage enough TO express our oondem-
nation of the assassin who performed,
and the c0HSDiratOrs who plotted the
deed, and our hearty desire that they
meet q speedy and deserved punish
ment
Rssolred; That we deeply condole
with the family of the deceased, in this
the hour of their great bereavement
and fully sympathize with them in their
terrible sffiiction and overwhelming
grief
Rssolr6l That copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded TO the family Of
the deceased, by the Secretary Of State
Rssolved; That confiding in the in
tegrity of Andrew johnson, we will
give his administration Of the govern
ment, the same cordial support accord
ed by the loyal people Of the nation to
his predecessor.
After reading the report, Mr. Cooper
addressed the House as follows:
MR. SrEAKER There are times and
occasions when the customary language
of sympathy and coincidence, is made
auste 70 express the emotions Of the
heart Death, in the ordinary course
Of human affairs, the common inheri-
tance of humanity, excites no unusual
disturbance, bat there are also extra>
ordinary occasions which arrests public
attention, excite the keenest sensibility
OF society, and diffuse general gloom
over its complicated frame work
The death of remarkable and promi-
nent men always awskens the deepest
solicitude and Affections and particu
larly is this the case when the event is
accompanied with such surroundings
of horro es causes the pulsations Of
life almost TO cesse-snd strikes terror
and alarm throughout an entire nation
and such is the event which now
arrests our attention.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, is dead lie was muir
dered-in the theatre At Washington
surrounded by many--he fell By the
hands Of an asssssin--Re can scarcely
realize the fact, that by this dispensR-
ton of Providence, he has been trans
lated from the highest Office in the
Government-to the Bar of God.
To abler hends must be confded on
some future and more appropriate oc.
casion, the duty of delineating the ele-
u1ents Of character, the professional
/ learning, the genius, and moral eleva-
ton Of this remarkable man-who has
lef the impress Of his greatness on the
I political history Of the nation during
the most trying period Of its eyentful
| career.
IL Is not my province or Intention
now, 10 anticipate the expression of
the peoples Judgment Of Abraham
LincOlns prominent qualities, and the
proud pre-eminence which he was fast
/ obtsining in their estimation as the
head OF the Government
As Apr'nus ilt,T paTes, his political
party, without inYidious feeling, have
admitted his indisputable right 20 oc q.
/ cupy the Presidential chair, and 70 be
ranked as the foremost amongst them
--withouts rival, and without fear and
without reproach. And the loyal peo
pie OF the entire nation, without dis
tinetion Of party, all conceded 70 him