The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-04-26
The Great Calamity.

II is as If a pail ovefhung the land, and in
the shadow OF il dweled chilled and awe
sruck people. brotherhood of sorrow
sorrow so poignant that il makes strong men
weep and veteran soldiers shudder. has
brought all classes and all parties to the
drear level of companions in misfortune
Our city looks like a vast burial ground,
whose monuments sre hung with the symbols
OF wo aud along whose avenues million
mourners pace silently in the solemn con-
sciousness OF bereavement. 1t is not only
The flags Tapping at half mast in the driz-
zliug ram, or The gloomy vistas of craped
facades that leave the impression OF univer-
sal mourning, for in the somber looks and
thoughtful sadness OF orr cilizsns, their
downcasI eyes their subdusd tones. we find
the most impressive tokens OF the popular
distress
And, indeed, il has really happened that
a people haze been visited with snch
by disease or accident, to take from MS our
Chief Magistrate, the shock would have
been less But TO sec him stricken down
by the brutal rage oil an assassin, murdered
al the very gates oi peace he was about TO
open, abru pity hurled from his sphere OF
usefulness 81 the crisis Of the Republics
fate, in such a misfortune all that is horrible.
aud pillable, aid calAmilous has been COR
cenHaled into one fatal moment 10 over
whelm The country with affliciion For the
z haa
thrown lis dagger into the political scale -
Oh The disgrace Of it, The shame OF it, the
peril, il ever that crime should be Idenrhed
with The American character Let us not
believe, for the honor OF the American name,
lha, it was promp ed by partisan maleV-
oleuce. Let not be associated with The
record Of civil strife, further Ihaa the act OF
a murder whose criminali:y goes not be-
yond his own individuality. We w'il not
insult any section of our country by pleading
for it's people, or their leaders, excnlpation
from completely in this fiendish deed for,
in behalf Of Amsricansm, We assert that
ihey will loalhe aud denouHce IT, For sol
disfs have no sympathy With assassins.-
Dc lHCu CSOrC VI "if'hef NY
for it on the emoaIlied plain. against an
armed and ready ioe.
The full extent Of the misfortune involved
ia MIR. Lincon's death caInoi yet be meas
ursd II depends upon whether his success
sor will take mp The policy of consideration
tha. we know the late Prssi lent had de-
lermined TO pursue. Mr. Lincaln, OF those
in power, was the 5ssi friend 10 the SonIh
In his kindheauedness he wi lhsiood and
baffied lhe vindiciiveusss and fsnaiicism OF
the radicals OF his party. !, is known that
he had prepared and was about 10 pnbish
proclamation Of general amnesy, so con-
ciiatory in its tone and so honorable IN It's
conditions, that il would have been accept
as 10 the conservative people OF the North.
Waa; Of that procIama ion Will II be ig-
nored now that its author lies cold in death
we trust moi. II l. among the legacies he
leaves rbe Republic. Those who have pow
er cannot pay better tribute 10 his mem
ory than 10 fulfill his wishes. His voice
will be no more heard in The Cabinet, but
in the hearts OF those that echoIng the
words of peace and forgiveness, that he
uttered 80 brisf a while before he passed
into eternaly. The living do honor 10 the
dead IN completing the unfinished labor OF
love. No firier requiem 10 Abraham Lin
colin IL an the song of peace swelling from
the greaiful hearts OF his country men.
He asks on hecatombs-leI his grave be
unpoluted by The blood o! Americans
slaughtered for revenge. Let the law deal
with the murderer but, for craftsmanship
and for the influence OF popular opinion,
the mission OF The hour is peace. Shall the
deed oil single man, prompted hy his own
unnaruril in s,incts, affect The policy OF
strong Government, aud blast the hopes
that have 80 recently dawned upon the
landl Shall The legitimate sorrow OF the peo.
pie for the loss OF one who they trusted and
honored degenera. ed into savage vindic-
tiveness towards a race gnillle>s, and, al
this day, unconscious of the crime thar has
Leen perpeiraied ! Il would be a SANDER to
our enlightenment 10 believe H. No let our
statesmen and our people resume lbe con-
c,Iliatory temper that prevailed before
these dreadful tidings came 10 check The
current of popular opinion. Let it be said
that The germ oil peace was planted by The
hand OF Abraham Lincoln. Lei il live and
flourish and become a monument to his
fame.
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