New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-02

la upon Mount Sinai which constituted he Israees
nation. and appointed them the chosen ana peculiar
songs Of praise. offerings, blowing Of trumpets and
more or less ceremonies among the different jewish
Synagogues Of this city AZ the most Of them suitable
mention was made Of the lamened President although
according to the Jewish custom unusual
OF grief is excluded at the Feast Of Pentecost. The
moarner Kaddisb which is never used except on the
the Jewish faith was rected to express the deep regret
the Hebrews feel in the loss Of Chief Magistrate.
Next Sunday the Christian Pentecost will commence
Frederick 1eusl..s'. Lecture At Cooper
| Isstitute.
| An immense audience filled the large hall OF
Cooper Institute last evening to listen to the GRAFTON Of
Frederick Douglass the Death Of Abraham Lincoln.
The colored deputation the platform represented nu
merous societies. who were intended to have psrtci'
patcd IN the recent funeral ceremonies Of President
Lincoln In the metropolis; while the musical exercises
were exceenty rendered by the oofed pupils Oh the
public schools
The Committees statement in connection with the
refusal Of the Common Council Committee u assign
colored societies &c. place in the funeral procession
was then read. It was strongly written document
denouncing the action of the Common Council culogz
ing the press which had exposed the outrage and en-
tcrDg into the details Of the insult which had been per-
petrated upon the colored citizens.
Mr. FREDERICK DoUGLAss upon being intrpuced to
the meeting was received with vocfer0us applause.
He raid that he felt than his usual degree Of
barrassment this evening The highest genius which
this nation has rrodlccd might be evoked now and yet
fail 10 meet The require OF the OCCASION Every
thing connected with the death Of the deceased Prcs.
dent remarkable. Had he died by any Of the Ills
which csh heir tohad he seen the end Of tho great
work which II was his privilege TO naus urate our task
would be simple: but dying no did. sssassnated--
not BIZ any motive OF hatred. for man who knew him
could hate himthe case was different IL was for this
that We pay homage TO his memory a. q martyr 70
good government and human rights. The
most any man can do with subject
like this, Is 70 give back 10 the country IN some
measure the thoughts aud the feelings derived from tic
con- try occasion like this To-day all loyal men
have been thinking Of their martyred President IL
ell it ia proper. all deserved on his part and grateful
and beautiful ON ours l think ono thing Will be con
ceded. No class Of people have more occasion TO &c
honor tho death Of President Lincoln than have the
colored people Of this nation The attempt to exclude
the coorod people Of New.York from the funeral pro
cession viii not here denouncc but II were TO de
nounoe IL should characterize II as about the
meanes smallest piece Of business over perpelrated
coln was emphn,ically the black mans Presi
dent. For the white people. l would say: Follow
MIN. therefore. to his grave; do all the homage
possible 10 bis memory; bat give some space to the
love and enthusiasm entertained by the coorcd people
for the dead Precedent. The coored people. through
ALL believed " Abraham Lincolni even when. at times
he appeared q sme them they still believed In hiu
thorough They regarded him not In regard to GER
tain words which may have occaionally dropped from
him. but they believed In him % whole. IN his great
.,aiesmanship and manhood. They saw Themselves
being gradually lifted freedom under his rule they
saw millions Of their brethren declared free;
nnder his rple they cav the Rebellion ground "a
! powder; under his rule they saw the iDdepeu.
dence Il Hoi and Liberia recognized and IN that the
general progcas % the colored Henceorth there
| Ia % be no EOrih East no South but we are to
have q county for all. lApplause.l Heneeorth, an
American citizen may DO able to defend his country
without defeating Slavery. Henceiorth, the American
Republic is 10 stand an acknowledged power before
nations of the EARTH lis something that the crash
has come my irendsi We behold from side 10 side
the bow full Of promise for tie future Of our country
Nat ov. ~ ~
repented not for wrong doing against the oppressed
But such national self knowledge has been impaired by
this war. IL had been predicted by the European
despots tina, our Government was ship which would
60 down in the Whirlpool Of revolution The cost OF the
experiment in blood and treasure has been vast. but
the heel OF tyIan Mexico to-day, lifts up her head
hopefully at our success and the lovers OF liberty
througo the world reoiced at the success Of our
this war sprung out Of the fundamental principle Of our
national 1t -ucture. Where VIZ sowed. we have sown
When the spirit Of Slavery was diffused across tins
Land then the seeds Of treason and assassination were
sown ard We are now reaping the bloody fruits
The lesson Of this war 10 that. II We have IN
corporated into any OF the new States the seeds
beo the curse to children The evils that we
are now suffering were provided for by ourselves we
planted We watered, We titled II. until 1t grew up TO
This tree with its bloody fruit Slavery and Freedom
here side BY side and being here they have brought
about the collision. The history OF the war will have
nothing equal In interest the changes Of Slavery dur
upheld In the Of law and order had been suddenly
struck dead by crime which is felt in every quarter of
the globe. Hereafter, when men think OF Slavery
they will think " murder; when they think OF slave
holders they Will think Of assassins when they
think Of Southern chivalry, they will think OF the
mean towards who starved our prisoners
Al Andersonyie and other Southern strongholds JET
erson Davis was the very express image OF the hspe.
lion; Booth the assassin. was of the Soyth he hred hs
deadly shot in the interest Of the south there Is no,h
ing his rails and manners Ia separate him from the
Snnth or the South from him. The same South Whch
80 generally applauded the attempted assassination Oh
Charles Sumner will always applaud the ASSASSINATION
Of braham Lincoln. Take the Union soldiers away
from the South and you will have the Southern cue
drinking the health of John Wilkes tomorrow. But
this spirit accords well with the attempt To bnrn up
seeping women and children In our Northern cltles; IL
accords well with tho attempt to import the yellow
fever 10 our households 1t acc0rds WITH men VINO whip
women with their hands tied-bnt bring something
more than Southern words OF onor 10 show that they
do not sympathze with j. Wilkes Booth Great as
was the crime Of Booth still think he has got his full
deserts. Some have been regreiiu that he was not
caught tried and executed; but have no regrets Of
this kind His friends claim that he was brave man
grant that ho was braver than his captain-Jef.
Davis but his courage was that Of the thief and r0bber
The intense anguish which he suffered in those ten
DAYS Of his flight was unspeakabc We need not follow
him In that awful flight 10 imagine his terrible suffer-
Ing nor to that last moment when he cowardlike.
begged that his captors would Kill him as mercy.
Assassination hnds Encouragement In the career OF
Booth. nor does treason find any in the career
OF jefferson Davis On the other hand was there ever
nOurlieu Ike Our arms wtlo
triumphant in field and the loyal press of the North
was appealing for leniency toward the Rebels, when
this terrible catastrophe fell upon US. AT first We re.
fused 10 believe IT, While seated In the theater beside
his wife, quietly observing the play there, unconscious
OF the presence Of harm, he received his death wound
at the assassns hand. With the same news, came that
Of the assassination Of Secretary Seward. They were
representative men. All that others to have
fallen 1t not the President, but the country that
struck down. The heads OF the people were bowed
only TO raise higher, however. after tho storm. What
WA a incidental
the death Of President Lnconf 1t was because the
people loved him. The death OF a monarch is looked