The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-25

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the occasions Al tie close II The address.
which vas listened 10 with solemn a,tent on
throughout. the pirge "unycl thy b sen
fi,hfnlromb" Was sung, A closing pray
er Was then offered a "a The tenedietion pro.
nouneed By Tie Rev. james Anderson, after
which the whole audience joined in singing
"Amerioa The procession then returned
to the other villa &c, and The exc Uses o
the day we're concluded.
At a meeting Of the citizens Of Rupert on
last Wednesday evening the following reso-
lutions we're unanimously adopted, anu a.
roc,ed to lie published in the Journal
Hhcreas, II has pleased Almighty Col,
for some wise purposes Of his own, to per-
mil Abraham Liucolu, the President Of these
United States, TO he ratAiessly struck down
~ the assassin's band a martyr 10 our I'M
ion AID the cause Of Freedom,
Re.olpe9, Thai it is with The deepest sor-
row We bus to- this affecting dispenshtlon Of
Divine Providence, N permitting 70 be re-
moved 50 suddenly hom = the head Of the
nation, whom We bad, ton his 'teil anu ~
BILE qualities Of mind, learned to rove ana
reverence 80 we'll, and whose name y ~
down 70 posterity coupled Rith that y
Washington, and the noblest Of an that no.
bic army Of martyrs, Who IN time past have
sealed with tleir blood their devotion to the
cause Of universal freedom
Resoipci, That IN the midst Of our grief
SIC sorrow not as those Who have 10 hope
Though
God moves in q m ysterions way
and ets inserutable proyilenees are b~1tiling
to all hul..an ingenuity, we know He cap
override the sto.rl AMI control it eventually
for good May We BOT hope that. as the
marty rdom OF Old John Brown il the She
nandoa Valley preeipitilel the avalanche
of Freedom that was &c over Wltlm and x
tinguish tcreg er American Slavery from this
nation so may tie precious iite blood Of
Abraham Lincoln So consolidate public sou-
timent at tie North as ID utterly Vrhid an
compromises with the shattered yestiges Of
Slavery aud offer nothing short OF c1ier-
mtaati0A, a halter or a foreign country TO
he leaders 81 this rebellion.
Res0lUe4, That we recognize in Andrew
johnson, the present President OF the Unit
ed States, eapfahcu ky a SELF made man
Rising, by almost ]superAuman eNcrtions
from beneath the slave trading arlstocracy
Is the highest office that it is ia the power
of the nation to hes oW,-born aud bred il
a land where he not only yIyiiiy saw, but
kceBly felt the cursiaE, lighting effect
Of human bondage. "a drm friend VI a
free government, free Institutions, and a
free home to every man who has energy 70
cultivate It, and most tmphatically opposed
to every traitor waQ would eudeayor 70 ovel
through these institutions VIC cordially
agree wiri him ID his views that the poor
man who has been forced into this rsbeilIon
should be treated leniently. but the leaders
who have conspired to break up the best
government on earth, who have murdered
thousands 0f Union men in the South, aud
starved 30, 900 Northern prisoners 10 death
in rebel slaughter pens should be chung high
err than Hamda, aud their property cdntis-
Gated for the benefit Of the widows and or
phans they have produced.
RcsoLred, That this last murderous con-
spiracy 10 overthroy the government is an
additional proof Of the depth Of DEGRADATION
to which the sum Of all yillanies' has re-
duced the leading men Of the South, and il
Is with feelings Of horror that we are COM
PEELED to believe that a man could be found
ia this land Of education and enlightened
christianity IS utterly demon re a. 20 co :
NIT this great crime. Such q man is unit
to live, unfit to die. No human power-no
inQui itionai tortures can properly punish
him.
May the swords
And wings Of fiery cherubim pursue him
BY dag aud nigh i,-suakes spring up in
bis path,
Earth's fruit be ashes in his mouih,-the
leaves
On which he lays bis bead to sleep testr1wed
With scorpiaus /. May bis dreams be Of his
victim,
/ His waking a continual dread Of death
May the grass wither beneath hts feet the
woods
DENY him shelter Earth a home The dust
4 grsye' The sun bis bght! And heaven
her Godi'
Res0irei. That the action Of Justice bowl
ling Of New York City. 10 sentencing to the
penitentiary forsix months. every man utter
iug sentiments o. y over he death 81 Ao-
1aham Lincoln, j. most cordially approved
and If there Is q resident d his conn unity
50 base 70 utterly degraded and lost 20 81
lhe e0mmon feelings q humanity az 70 re-
ice oyef this great national c4lamify, We
wise il understood that dis country Is 90
place lar him. He is anwor1h q i've among
respectable human tetngst or euj1y the bless
uEs 81 q civil goxe-n9ent
MAY never glorious sun reflect hfs beams
Upon the country where ne makes ab9l
Bui darkness ara the gloomy shade Of death
Enfiron him tHi miSehlefaud despair
Drives Assn 70 break BIS neck, ~ hang hiB-