The New York herald., 1865-04-24

LoAzcn had been black with a.OI. u ~ on his y
he has rod lie way of danger anu o. diiiaeS, nis
shoulders rested government dearcr 10 him i',ss
own ro A. Is integrity Millions OF were stsiins
al home and upon government foreign eyes lowered 4
Il stood on lone island tie sea- ful Of sortns, and
4 every tie and seemed eser to devour H. oPoh Y
thousands OF hearts great sorrows and anAiees nave
rested but not on ono such In such measure u
a Lson that simple truthful, noble soul cur fathui an
sainted Lincoln Never rising the eausiasm OF more
impatient in hours OF hope, and mover snAe
with e,curial natures In hours Of defss such depths
= Of despoudency, no held on with unmcvabe rs'ence
and fidelity pa:ing caution against hope thnt IL miSh
not bs premature and hope against caution that might
not Weld to dread and danger He wrested ceaseessy
through four black dreadful purgatora years
God was cleansing tho sin OF his people Us by nre
last the watcher beheld the gray dawn for tho country
tbe mountains began to give tncir forms forth from o
OF darkness and the East came rushing towards us WIN
arms full OF Joy for all sorrows Then twas ior mn
to be glad exceedingly that had sorowed unm,asurasiy
Peace could bring no heart such JOY such rest suc
a honor, trust and gratitude He but looked upon
Moses looked upon the promised land, and tnen 'he
wal, OF the nation proclaimed that he had gone IRON,
among u.s. Not thine the sorrow but ours sainted soul
Thou hast indeed entered the promised rest wie w S G
the march TO US remains 'he Of duty and
u;gb,s Of Watching but thou art sphered hh above al
dknes far beyond all sorrow and ,S.. has enough
"y sei Tnn hast hched Him who nvsibly, hath led
great wilderness Thou standss says aeono eonopSd
thee every age and the coronet Of glory on thy
elect or upon thee 70, y, e,srnSss ysSTa hs.
brow l as 'a.d a dsaen. yer all The little ..
Over all this land, horizon moyes bncs m. "x'
sT s s:E zSn sSss sss a. ,
In the goodly company % vrowing sonSh, "ns 1h h
ns, on, rest as; thou la sa aaa 'h %
fragrance and besry Iona a. rsycre truth ss ~ upon
and eoodness Mr. Bescher then ", NJ on to speak q
the joyous feelings oi tho people Just ibe ov.r .se
whelnng grief into a nch the nation suItenly
plunged Every household In rhe land secrod ts u
frs. born were gone Business pe and even avaroe
stood stl Rear to his iments found chari
table institutions and write his Hbove them but no
monument will equal the universal pontaneous and
PARTIES covered up animositee hour broa0h
people into unity Of grief and fellowship Of anguish ~
For the present he could not command his feelings 70
delineato the martyr Presidents character but would
40 SO on future occasion The si point he made was
that the nation ehoud not that his departure -
was so sudden Ill the magination the method OF ~
his departure He fell by the bullet like tho soldier in
battle and yet there drummer BOY private II
for whom the great heart Of Lincoln would not have
bed Secondly the blow but the expiring reboi E
lion In euclang this point lr Beccher spoke In the IA
most denuncatory terms OF slavery, which was two
edged sword, cutting both ways destroying manhood p
the oppressed and nsidously destroying manhood the M
oppressor Slavery began wanton destruction all FL
human rights in The dissertation OF oil the sancties OF
homo, ard the universal enemy Of mankind and II %
could only be maintained the sacrifice OF every moral E
feeling in its abettors and uphoders The problem was
morality and the men living under its influence were
rotten and could not be trusted Nor you find ~
that at to build the ship Of State or lay foundations
households The patriotism that grows up under this 81
leans On il shall be pierced The honor ha. grows up ia E
the midst of slavery Is honor but bastard quality ~
that usurps the place of is beers only to disgrace the
name OF honor and long there is oonscence, or j
reason, Christianity will be byword and hiss ng "a
The whole moral nature Of reared to familiarity "a
u ani
needless rebellion the reachery OF its leaders 10 oehs
land solemn trusts, their violation Of the comnoncs
principles Of I'D ity sitting in councils only 10 bek1
betrayed and destroyed and the unparalleled cruelty 10
prisoners without pro ocation aud utterly without ~
excuse showed that ~s,eTy was deadly poison There ia
were single excel Tons {. hs remark; but they were ~
men who did Dot beiie 20 Ii ho nstitution" Slavery n
was barbarity, and NJ on that cherished IL was III
+ barbarous. II was !, expiring blow should be n
such to take frcsa the last orbearance the
& last pity, and fire the SOM With nvncble determination ~
that the breeding ground OF such mschiefs and monsters
y shall be utterly and forever destroyed We needed MOI
who with treason, with murder and with cruelty in u
: ernal hovered around that majestic destroy life 81
struck liberty, and he carried tho poison that be -
longed to slavery. And as long this nation lasts 1t will
presdent--ncver, never. While time lasts, while ~
heaven lasts while hell reoks and roans will il bs for ~
slying him. made manifest its whole nature and u
tendency. Thirdly-The blow was aimed at the n
coin slain but America meant In treating ri
this point Mr. Beecher stated that in council held in "a
oi thbre-iOn on
the federal commissioner Who was appointed TO ~
TO Washington had an interview with Governor Pckcns n
Gil, and said that the South had boon wronged 81
and they knew L. that they had never been oppressed
VET was necesary for southern sa.csmcp to make he
people believe Gov Pckens declared TIA. the two
sections were antagoniztic in ideas and industrial poll
ces that they could not live together FourthiyTheH d
blow had sgnally failed The Il not stricken Is
strengthened This nation :, dissolved bu. in .esrs
lin Egypt These people neither wasted, nor q
dauned disordcred. Men hate slavery and love lb
ety with stronger hate ana love today than bo.0rc
The government rs moi weakened; IL ~ strengthened III
How naturally and easily were tho ranks closed and r
And eyow my belief Tint he win be found a
y tsey nsl4,t o. bbsIty.true to tho whole .raai N
that Is reposed in him vi.an, ior the con constitution n Y
self for his life long has known what 10 10 suffer from "a
the sngs Of slavery and cries liberty tsr2agh tps e q
The head OF the government in any monarchy DO stten
down BY tho hnnd Of assassin and the I've n
sources Of this country since the need, and
then the stIkng down Of the head OF tho lJvcru1c
fetsred but stood the granite ribs in
tans Republican institutions had been yindicatcd N
nssio Of the EARTH pub csn liberty, based upon true
christianity, is fn rs tho foundations Of the globe III
! Ifnhy-Ee who l-r sleeps has by th!s event been
clo he'd With IN usncc Dead, he speaks to men ~
who now willingly hear wha, before they refused TO II
listen 70: Now his simple snd weishty words WIN oeE
sni chidren's children shall be tsusss to ron. 81
4 der the simplicity and deep wizdom Of the "a
utterances which, In fimo or party hea., ~
paseet ids words The patriotism Of men II
will receive im use, and men, for MS sake, will
love the whole country which no loved well Iswcsr
on the altar OF his momcry 10 lie mose faithful 10 ~
that country FOR which he has perishei by his
perishng and swear anew hatred slavery which
made him martyr and conaueror tAprlause Mr.
Becchor spoke ofeh. Incolas determination ard In M
flexible justice joined with womans tenderness e1d ~
moderation Of spirit Which the hcs. of party could not "a
nhame, and then dyct in pathetic s.rang upon the III
loss which the colorcd people had cxpcrsucd In hi Fl
death, and whose 10 thom sngcl OF 81
God He concluded With the following eloquent poro n
ration And now tho martyr .s moving In tri,mphal
march, mlshtor than when alive The nation rs.s NJ M
at every stage of his coming Ciios and States biz "a
pail bearers, and the spcaks tie hours With
tmn progression Dead deed, deei, he yet epesksth