New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-26

At a meeting OF the Bar of Washington City
70 make arrangements for participating in tho funeral
Of President Lincoln, JosEPH Is. STEWART. esq, Of
Kentucky said:
"A good mans life bns been destroyed bya bad one.
The blow aimed b. tie assassin has struck the heart OF
he people; is dcsih.shocs is felt by ALL
Prom the aged sire 10 the infant fie.h from the
hands # God a the mantle OF sOrrOw spread Ike the
dark shadow of night over the " epng nation. The
wanted Heavens seem offended aud the CANNED ana
blacklist hosts If he'll stand aghast at the foul deed
For this. q nation IL made a. mourn. We mourn not
alone ir the wrong done 20 tho ilusUious des, eDoi
nous though 10 bc. Ne mourn ms loas 10 mankind Tor
man never sustained greater los than the NE OF one
whose only aim was mans gTcatc.t good aud such n
uan Abraham Lincoln. the sixteenth President OF
The United states.
scale OF injustice mad no balance in bis heart lie Was
rhe f1erd OF the people; he was The mend OF popular
governments he Va. The friend OF popular iyht. ne
the friend Of frcco ON he aboicd for The liberty oil
man ind-uno stcutatOus IN manner. liberal IN seDt
mont Just in Judgment, and humane IN action he was
best pleased when hc had done The Lust good Jutuce
he denied % none right he conceded 20 all Vengeance
he har bOfrd for Even the offender against The
law Of the labd found sympathy at his hands, while he
no commended for the night ever i0unu .ih "Inhg
and able advocate. Then why was he siam nay, nor
only slain but assassin6tedf Elevated 10 the fres
dcrCy by the voice OF oemen be Was assalied by the
hama ofTcasOn. The constitutional laws were tram
Cd under foo by those who plunged the country into
Rcbehon-a Rebellion not prompted 10y au oppressed
people Ia secnfe freedom but 10 perpetuhte slavery
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which ia righ H. the msaHeH right winch ever found
sanction in the most Odous exercise Of power ORR man
bynnn.
But even willie he opposed treason, he never forgot
mercy Or mercy md Kindness were part oil De Haure
Willie he ba,ed for our constitutional laws, he never
'coudescsnaed 10 reyeugcfOr revenge had no channel
fo his heart ClrnenCy bCamcd from Biz face and sym
patty dwell in 81. bosom. Beng above ' bascncs'.
ie trusted himself and. trusting himself ne could nor
but trust his fellow man. Meaning To harm no one. he
feared no harm. but M common with the Lunblest o
Ds fellow citizens, he iet tLat De hnd Dut one grabu
object 10 obj lin-thc GOOD Of our beloved country
But vet oil. strange Oh with shame 10 mankind be
liz said the ha.d Of the assassin awaited him not for
wrong committed. but because lie opposed wrongs not
for anv injury threatened or conceived toward the
wretch who cOypas-cd aud contaminated hls oehth was
Inc slim In L. head where wisdOrus counsel presided
for the good his bind lodged the I1al ball OF the
assassin but that bali rests not alone in The head OF
) brahnm Lincoln; 10 leaden weight Is iet IN the
hearts OF ilois Of people and VIII there lnger upi
goutiv worn away by he wasting pillows OF time.
"but his death shall he our cross-the Nation cross
All he peoples cross In the highways vii We ben
M around our irCsdrs Will We rear IL The MONDAY
sun shall attest ts truth In tho midnight hour shall
We q b. pcf IT'S sacred obligation We viii cherish II
in or uenories We will twIne u around our hearts
For It's will we battle IN its name We Will 1--we
For iis triumph we viii die
ali shall DO the morning star Of the young, the even
ng star Of tie Old from the eyed sire to the infant
Sc vii form eternal wreath Of hearts and hands,
,VliL stall circle the last link OF pOftcry rnti We
Irvine IL around jehovah throne IN the nna dissolution
10! time.
This shall be our cross and pledge Ourselves be
fore God 10 bear, support ard cherish u Abraham
i1con's BODY will pass from our sight but Biz spirit
IN dwell with us. The assassin could destroy the one
but God will preserve the other and his shall
form an additional diadem IN the crown Of Freedoms
canse.
"For these reasons Tie adoption OF the rcso.
linton IN order that We oyince bonding ap.
nreejgtlon Of the great calamity which has bealen tie
Nation and ~ just tribute 10 Tie ustrious dead"