Columbia phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-13

Next to the appreciation of conscience, the
highest distinction tie Afnerieau citizen ought
to recognize should be the people pprobatson:
The sordid mind seeks Office for its honors, its
powers and ito etnoluments; the just nau &c.
cepts Office for the good he can be the means sef
efectinc. 80
On his re election TO office, he expressed the
hope and cherished the belief that peace would
soon be restored. that the opportunity would
be presented enabling him 10 fufi II his deter
naination to mitigate, if not remove, all cause
for the continuance of civil dissension. His
acts have new passed into history. The Discus
SION of them would now be. ont Of place, and
viii not trespass longer. I do, therefore, air,
move you that committee be appointed TO
prepare and present to this meeting preamble
ana resolutions expressing their sentiments at
the demise Of the late President.
During the absence of the committee, Col.
James LynAh entertained the assembly with tic
following discourse. He said:
The blow that deprived President Lincoln Of
his life, was a blew struck at the heart of Ru,
u1anity itself. =
No pea before God or man can Justify ex.
tenuate or excuse it. If the. destruction of the
President had even been indispensable TO the
peace and happiness Of the whole nation, the
assassin must stiH be condemned, and bear with
him to his graSe The stigma and the awful sen m
tenee pronounced by God with his own voice
on Cain, the first murderer, ga fugitive andAa
vagabend thou shalt be in the earth"
Cruel and hard, ,.indeed, must sbe his heart
harder than the neither millsSone--who, in such
q place. in the hour Of rational and pleasuraSle
recreation, in the relaxation of arduocs mayis-
terial functions and duties-the very highest
perhaps eooGded to any man upon earth
seated bS the71A1e of Aer who was the partn~ ~r
of his joys and his griefs-presentipg 10 thoss
around them that most touching snd most sa-
cred of all the relations in life, that of husband
and xrSfa-tO deal the -hlauy at
was truly the deed of a monster. Every human
heart will shfink wherever this tale of horror
shall be TOLD. -.
Our sympathies, ther efore as men-onr ga
cred obligations as Christians-our Judgment as
citizens. deeply interested in the observance
and practice Of whatever can maintain the
supremacy OF :he laws, both Of God and man
call upon us to declare and-deliver, not only
to this community, but to all ether conrruns-
ties, our rsprobation and adherence Of this
appalling murder. We avow our profound
shame and grief that so horrible CRIME will
have to blot and blur the annals Of American
Sistory. As it is the first death by violence OF
a Chief Magistrate of republic, may God
in Ills mercy grant that it shall be the last
We avow our sincere sorrow al the saFerin1 1s
of a fond wife. who felt the blow entering her
husbands body as blow piercing her own
heart, and who was not allowed to hear his last
falewel or receive the parting clasp of his hand
No friend Of the President bet must weep
no enemy but must bow his head with solemn
respect to the fedaiem oS Abraham Lincoln.
At this juncture, Col. Phillips returned with