Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-12


pIt one OF grief and horror. To MS Abraham
Lincoln has always seemed the finest charac-
M ss produced BY the American war on either
Dy tne force OF geAius-and only the word ge.
Mus VIII describe the power Of intellect By
, whlcn ne S guided himself and his country
through sucn crisis-hut by the simple, nat.
ural strength and dgrandeur. of his charaeter.
Taileyrand once SAD Of great American
yined" his way through any crisis.
Mr.. Lincoln thus OWNED his way through
the perious. exhausting, and unprecedented
difficulties which might well have broken the
Strength and blinded the prescience Of the best
trained professional statesman. He seemed to
arrive by instinct-by the instinct OF noble,
nnselhsh, and manly nature--at the very ends
which the highest OF political genius, the
longest Of political experience could have done
no more than reach. He bore himself fearlessiy
in danger, calmly in difficulty, modestly IN
success The world was at last beginning 90
know how good, and, in the best sense, how
great man he was. l. had long, indeed,
learned that he was as devoid OF vanitya as Of
fear; butt has only just come to know what
magpanimity and mercy the hour Of triumph
would prove that he possessed. Reluctant
enemies were re Just beginning to break into
the bastard hand of vile murderer destroyed
his NOBLE and valuable life. a.. -.
[Fror1 the London Shipping Gazette]
The excitement caused throughout England
eoualled, at least in the present generation.
Even the death of the Emperor N event, hap
penfng in the midst of the Russian war, had q
more direct effect upon ourselv yes. The gene
raj belief at first was that the report was a
stock. iobbing rumor, and in. some Of the pro-
yincial towns this belief prevailed for some
hours In London il was soon dispersed by
the appearance of second and third editions Of
the morning papers containing the terrible de-
tails. These journals were SO eagerly bough.
up that in some cases half a crown was gwen
for single cory
The Most Powerful Ruler of the Century
from the london Herald, Aprn 81
The startling news which was yesterday re-
ceived from America IS such as 70 snroW INTO
the shade even the tremendous catastrophe
OF the fall of Richmond and the surrender OF
Lees army. Mr. President Lincoln has been
assassinated, and is dead, mr. seward mas
been stabbed, and Is reported to be in hopeless
state. MIR. Andrew Johnson is President OF
the United States. The blow is sudden, her-
rible and irretrieyabie Never since tne dean DEAN
of Henry ". by the hand Of fRavaillac-neyer,
perhaps, since the assassination OF Cesar, mas
amurder been committed more momentous IN
its bearing upon the times. In aee we Sery negn.
when all his hopes seemed fulfilled, and all
his labors rewarded, when the capitulation OF
his most powerful enemy had placed Withln
his grasp that prize of empire which he hsd SO
long and so earnestly striven--Abrahan Lin
coin was smitten to the earth by dastardly
assassin, who shot him through the head from
behind.
The commander OF armies that the Macedo-
nian or the Roman might have envled, the
leader in the most gigantic struggle OF tne
nineteenth century, the ruler, or likely soon 10
| be the ruler Of the most populous, and, In the
| opinion of many, the mightiest nation IN tne
| modern civilized world, the man VINO had
risen from low estate to a power as vast as was
|. ever welded by mortal, whose recent sue
| cesses has astonished and bewildered the uni.
is now TO snS of tSe o
| mutability Of human affairs, and the insta-
| bility Of life, pale into insignifcance before
| this tremendous commentary. Much as we
have condemned the attitude Of the American
people during this civil war, and though we
| have from the first opposed the policy and
| censured the acts of the late President OF the
United States, we must synpathize with the
| nation which is widowed by this sudden
| bereavement Now that he is dead the good
| qualities Of the unfortunate Lincoln seem TO
| come into the foreground. We remember his
| honesty and his manliness, we do justice to his
| consistency, we give him all praise for the
spirit of conciliation which he has shown, for
his refusal to be borne along by the sauguinary
| connsels OF his friends: we make some allow
ance for his frequent and unhmely leVity; we
Of the war. Such, we are almost persuaded,
| will be the sentiments ofevery rlght-minded
| Englishman, and they will be shared in by the
| gone; the pilot is gone. His country is left to
| to toss In The sea OF dismal anarchy, arevo-
| luton of which no man can presume TO fore-
| tell the issue. -sy..
From the London Globe, April o. -.
It is too soon to anticipata the depth and
breadth of this great calamity to America
| and Europe. Mir. Lincoln had come nooly
through a great ordeal. He had extorted the
/ approval even of his opponents, at leaston this
| side OF the water. They had come to admire,
| reluctantly, his firmness, honesty fairness and
saeactv. He had tried to do, and he had done,
| what he considered to be his duty with mag
| nanimity. He had never called for vengeance
| upon any one. In his dealings with foreign
| countries, and in his expressions with regard
| to them, he had come to be remarkable, because
among American Presidents he showed just
| ness OF view and tone which was not common.
| Tn fho ypha no "A lahOro0
| was about to triumph, and peace once more
| prevail over torn and bleeding continent, he
was shot in the back at theatre by coward
| ly assassin.
| From the Manchester Examiner, April -. !
| The death of Mr.. Lincoln touches all hearts
| with the tenderest pity. 1t is SAD beyond ex-
preston to see him roughly shot down by q
| ruthless assassin, Just as he was reaching the
climax of his career; just as the people whom
he SO deyotedly served were beginning to do
full justice to his simple and noble naturei Just
as the storms with which he SO heroically
| struggled were passing away, and in the suc
shine Of peace he could look forward to the
speedy re- azation Of his highest heass, hopes
an incorruptible patriot sagaclous guide,
and the loss occurs at the very crisis when nus
great qualities were more than ever required
are likely to arse out OF the termination OF the
war. *
from the Pal. mall Gazette.l
Since the day when Henry ". was stabbed
by Rayaillac, a fouler, more detestable, or
! more deplorable event than the assassination
| of President Lincoln was never committed in
this world. The loss itself is unspeakably
great, not only to the United States, but 10 our
| selves. For four years Mr.. Lincoln discharged
| the most difficult duties which could fall 70
| the lot of a human being, not indeed in way
to strike the ipagin alton OF those who care for
mere external show, but with degree OF sub.
stantial judgment and good sense which 1.
would be almost impossible TO overrate. He
| was our best friend He never lent himself &c
the purposes of that foolish and wicked mi
| nority which tried to set enmity between Amer.
/ lea and England He never said or wrote an
nnfriendly word about us. 1t would be hard
| to show that he made one false step in the
| MANAGEMENT OF the great trust committed &c
him. He is gone, and is to be succeeded by
| Mr., Andrew johnson, who, for the next foul
| years., will be the greatest potentate in the
possible to estimate, Is not even easy to exag
4 gerate the calamity. IN the absence OF all de-
+hic ,l,,an 4 iS Ii