New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-20
NEW-YORK DA1LY TRIBUNE,

sessed most discriminating scns OF right and wrong.
and was capable Of whitening rebuPs OF the wrong No
man who Is a patriot con fail 10 pray that God
may ever favor our country with statesmen whose
principles are as safe and who ere backed with pur
poses honest His integrity md moral courage en-.
.abed him TO give verdict after he hl investigated
,as 20 tho right. and then by the gravity OF conviction
to stand npon as firmly as upon the base Of mountain
go that his tried friends and ayOwed foes generally dis
covered his integrity by his consistency His heart
was transparent; IL knew guile; bat into its riches
deepest soil tender love for the liberty 81 every man
that brcathos struck deep its roots Add TO this the
'evidcnce OF his profound faith in God his p~e life and
love for the religion ofJesus Christ So far is known
he fell into of the vices of public men, He did not
corrupt public principle either by preccpt example
but was pattern Of goodness for many who professed
greater sancity He was scarcely known 10 speak
.dsparagingly Of any man. No statesman has fully
impregnated his State papers with religious reference
land spirit as has Abraham Lincoln in the history Of cur
Government These are some Of the qualities Of hls
mind and heart in the paton OF which whoe
country is clothed in sable If in every honse were
found dead. 1t Is humiating and ds;ressingl
la the highest degree that in q Christian country and
under ali the circumstances n crime should be commit
ted upon the Magistrate of free people. elected by:
their suragcs voluntarily given, which outstrips the,
20 oxccratc the wretch who p'IpetTatcd this BLACK deed
IN Tie miscIeant IS capable Of feeling lo must hgyoi
already suffered nearly al that humanity can.
suffer- and wherever he may fly, ho VIII SUI,
FER The brand Of Cain is upon him, and tle'
hand Of God must clutch him by the viials,'
take shelter where he may. Tie stain OF blood Is upon
the arm tfGt pointed the instrument OF uealh 10 c,
incorrup,ibc bosom OF Abraham the Good, nnt thnt'
blood viii send up its shril cry TO Heaven day and,
night FOR vengeance upon tie murderer
The Rev. Doctor then. proceeded 10 consider tle.
best influences % be cherished amid these very excingl
scenes First 1T this deep tragedy nerve the nation.
t0 the most jealous self consrar The outside world
win watch with curious soeiirde 10 see the eiect OF
ns desperate act np0n the present ond future OF our
Government. Such act would have given birth 70 o.
revolution in the Republics Of the olden times. Such
an net would probaby overthrow tie throne of any
European power to-day. Bat IL will not inargurate.
anarchy here if the people abstain from elimination.
and recIminaOn 30 the current and exciting topics
of tie hour The storms that would nGllify and
throw and anuiAidte other 1gernments, VIII be harm
rss 20 MS, uuder lofty SENSE of constitutional inde
pendencc. Second. let rally round the new Admin
istration. Whatever there may he acceptable or in
acceptable abou; the present Executive. We oil know
that he is uninehngly oya 10 the country; he hasg
TODD firm pillar II granite in al its II ais and cor
tests Wl he does thai let tie country stnd trm bys
LINZ Abraham Lincoln disciple Of the mil BIZ
of tho SllsAcs AHdrew Johnson "a follower or tie,
storm lcrO OF Newt Orleans.