Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-04-27
Murder of President Lincoln.
Immense Meeting at New York
en Saturday.

An immense meeting was held in front OF
the Custom House, New York, on Satur-
day. Hon. Simeon Draper presided. Be-
low will be found some Of the best speeches
on the occasion:
ADDRESS OF GEN BUTLER.
FELLOW CITIZENS: But q day or two
since we assembled throughout the nation IN
iey, gladness, and triumph at the success OF
the armies of the Republic which opened
to US the promise Of n glorious peace and
happy country in the future. These flags,
now the tokens Of mourning, we're then
raised in gladness To day, III short hour,
we assemble to miugle our grief with that
of the loved ones at home, who mourn the
honest man, the ipcorruptible. patriot, the
great statesman, the saviour Of his country
iu it's crisis, Abraham Lincoln, struck down
by the assassin. And while with reverence
we look to God to override this dispense
ton for our good, we.mingle our tears to.
gether as a nation for the loss, as we find
the hearts Of those around him melted IN
sadness, yet to US there is higher, sterner
duty, and that is to see that his death is not
lost to the country. Other retelllons IN
other countries have heretofore almost ever
been inauRurated by the assassin's knife
II Is lClt IUT us 10 tAutplt thO spSOtooiO VI
Rebellion crushed in its body. crushed in its
strength, crushed id it's blsod, crushed in its
bones, reyivifying its soul by assassination
and death Sensation. And with q
blind hate which has ever characterized its
purpose, it has struck down in cold silence
the most torgiving, the most lenient, the
most gracious friend that the misguided
men of the Rebellion ever had in this coun-
try. [Cheers lfRebellion can do this to
the good, the wise, the kind, the benevo-
lent, what does it teach us we ought to do
to those who from high places, incite the
assassins mind and guide the assassin's
knife. lCheers, and cries of Go ahead on
thatp' Shall we content ourselves with
merely crushing out the strength, the pew.
er, the material resources of the Rebellion?
[Shouts of mol" "NoP'l Shall we leave
its spirit and soul unsubdued to lig hit the
torch in this City, and fire the pistol in the
Capital at all the good and great? Cries
of "No." Are we to have peace in fact
or only in name? [Cries of ''ln fact" "In
fact l. this nation hereafter to be peace
able2 Are the avocations Of lite to 60 on,
each man going about without fear and
without dread, or are we, in our condition,
to rival hereafter the tales we have heard
of the Old Word, where every man feared
nlb helkupOl, duu uO Luah "Oht aoout "a
cept armed to the teeth or clad in panoply
OF steel? This is the question that is to be
decided this day, aye, this hour, by the
American people. And perhaps l may
say, reverently, that this dispensation Of
Gods good providence is sent to teach us
that the spirit of the Rebellion has not
been broken by the surrender of its armies.
And, my friends, echoing the words Of the
last speaker, would say be of good heart
There is no occasion of dependency; A
great, good man, has gone in the fullness
of his fame, in the hight Of his glory, to
| Join the sages and patriots of the Revolu-
ttienary days. His lite was saved four years
ago when it was needed, when he went
through Baltimore, and the waves OF Re
bellion were beating around him. Then he
was spared to the country. But now his
work is done; and it remains for US to do
that which was left for US to do in the same
direction. He has driven out the life and
the spirit, and it is for us to take care OF
the soul Of the Rebellion. (Cheers) And
| am glad to speak here, to assure you,
what know to be the sentiment of the
present President of the United States,
who has succeeded by this great dispensa-
Earth, that he feels as you and | dol
know ton the subject, that the Rebellion
is to be put down. He has had nearer
view of it than we have had. 1t has been
at his h. arth stone, and he has had almost
his roof-tree blazing oven him. Aud every
one ought to know that he is not only able,
but willing and desirous that it should ba
dealt with as we would have it dealt with,
And therefore, let every nan heof good
cheer. Cheers 1t may he said, hcarit has
been said, that those who recommend con-
dign punishment for treason and either
wrongs are blood thrsty-that we desire TO
shed blood for the shedding of blood. But,
fellow-citizens, could he who is gone before
us have foreseen Whist would have been the
end of his policy of clemency aud Forgive
ness, it might have soured his heart, but il
might have informed his judgment, and we
had him spared to us in this hour. If hs
could have seen that forgiveness meant as
sassination, that clemency meant death
that even the sick man whom the provi
dence Of God had for season was to bt
murdered on bis sick-bed as result OF tht
Rebellion, perhaps he would have nerveet
his heart against these men, and forgot tn,
goodness of his natare. But he has gon,
before us, the first victim of this clemency
with words of forgiveness upon his tongue
even, has he died, and it is lett fer US t.
review the course, and see whether or no
we are to be instructed by his death. Ant
therefore say it to you, my friends-no
in the spirit Of vengeance, nor, | trust, i
any spirit of boodthirstness, God forbid
but in the spirit Of mercy for thousands,
ask that punishment should be visited upo
those who have caused this great wrong =
The nation demands it, This sentimen
J was indorsed by the most emphatic ar
:, plause, swinging of hats, etc., The widow
B ed wives of those of our fallen soldier
sleeping in Southern soil cry out for it,.
The insulted majesty Of the nation has d.
termined upon it, and woe be to him ths
gets in the path of justice and Of the excel
ton of the law (Cheer upon cheer wer
up from the vast multitude as Gen Butte
. concluded his address.) a..4.nl..
ADDRESS OF THE HON. DANIEL s. DICE
ISSok.
10 The appearance of the Hen. d. s. Dicl
], inson, conspicuous from his long. fewiu
white hair was the occasion for a demoastr
tion of cheering such as is seldom witnes
D ed. After the subsidence Of the applau
be said:
The spirit Of the Rebellion, my frien'
: and felow-citizsns, has finally culminat,