Daily national Republican., 1865-04-25
SECOND EDFT90N'
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of sIi ihs ehIldrnn q our oodi,,
FOUR o'6E oC8, ~ NJ

NuNus Nefllyt thNre arc no utnu
OF All the children Of our 0odi"
In spite Of the consultations that poets,
philosophers, and even the Minister o. our
holy rslisioh may oast me- wounded heart
will bleed and bitter tears will fall when
Death strikes dOvn our loved ones. And
shils ihsywhais pstipp s Ppnrnipg theiF lost
Chief, ~ his fnneral ooEtegs winds slowly
aions ffom, the Capitol 70 the Western home
from whsnes hs uaA called 70 preside over our
monsntous Affairs, Who shall measure the
grief Of that family who were bound to him
by tondsrpr and holisr ties than those which
linked him to the people he loved, and whose
dsstinies he guarded so wslll II thors Is
gloom IN al the mansions Of the land to-day,
what thicker gloom has settled in the wmrE
BousE, now that tho light Of his copnte-
nance, which has illumined IL for tho last
four years, has beon qusushod forOver,1 ~
When on the morning Of the funeral the
sun Shons out glOriously, little TAD LISeoLS
exclaimed; IT'S sign my papa's happy"
but for the poor ehild's widowed mother, and
for his elder brother, there has been no sun.
Ahino yet. The arst paroxysms Of grief ar,
over-Mrs. LHcoBN no longer calls passion.
atsly TO her dead husbandi "speak TO nis
Just once moro" Come back to life for one
momsnt!, Bring IN Tan, for he surely will
spsAk 10 him." Her son fiosERT no longer
groans with the unuttsrablo anguish that
seemed for while TO almost stop the foun.
tains Of his life. They are moro calm nov
but the contemplation Of the terrible void
made in their happy household Is Eringini
their hearts with . steady force that rsuderl
'Mfs almost insupportable ." 'h1r- J.
How fair were their prospects whom tn,
cruel assassin and liberticids broke ope IN,
Lords anOinted temple and stole thsncs th.
life o. the building" Tho patriotic work O
their husband and hthsr was just being
crowned with complete fription; the remain
der Of his term Of once wss to be given q
the restoration and regensratiop Of his coun
try--to binding up her wounds and AdorninI
her brow with the ehAplst Of more perfsc
freedom. Afser having finished his work hi
declining ysArs were TO be sOlAced by the con
sciousnsss Of having done 1t well and by thI
praises Of his grateful countrymsn. In tb,
bosom Of his family he wSs TO enjoy large
measure Of content and comfort than Is com
rhOnly souehssfed to mortAlsi and they wSf'
70 share his honOrs and hApplhsss, and snjo,
his eounssls. An this was before then
on the evening Of Good Friday, last
In . moment, In the twinkling Of an eye, IN
the fash Of pistol, was all this fair prospect
dArkoned with funersal gloom, and tho Presi
Dental Mansion, which was fsu hours be-
fbrs besst with crowds making an ovation ID
the Chief Magistrate. became as dark Al
the grave. ..r . .. .. .fr.. ... -.-.. ..-.. 90.
While the heart Of The nation throbs with
grief at the death of the Presidsnt, II viii
surely turn with aympathy toward those VII,
hsTe bssn 10 bitterly sflictsd, and the Amer
issn people will bear ppin their hands as
sacrsd trust those who have been bsrsavet
Of "a husband and father through his devotion
to the best intsrssts Of the nation. b.. ~ q.