New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-04
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Owed should be accepted as the Nations chosen one
Outside of the State he was little known, little hon
ored Here he was known to ALL was idolized ny his
political associates and held in no small regard even
by political opponents 1t has been said that the out
side pressure the camor Of tie popuace compelled bis
selection. May be 1t did but if 20 was the TOR popu
which is the del. Five years have passed and
against the camor of the thousands for their fayorte
against the wild tornado of acclaim which shook the
sky when it that he had been chosen against
all the unearthly rejoicing Of that other day there is
to-day silence for clamor. bowed heads for
acclaim. deep sorrow for wild reoicings. and
universal mourning for him who was then and ia still
their universal friend. NewYork and other cities
when IL was known that Lee had surrendered. and
New. York and those cities when word came that the
President had been murdered contrasted widely as the
poles But Illinois when she saw her Lincoln made
President and now when she receives his cold ashes
contrasts widely as heaven and he'll And yet she mus
some balm for her grief in pride that he IN whom they
first saw virtue aud greatness now recAoned ny Tue
whole nation as greatest and most worthy.
The funeral cortege has retraced the path pursued
four Years ago. when the President went to the
National Capita TO assume duties he himself felt to De
greater than Washingtons. Then they would have
killed him in Baltimore where they lifted up their
voices and went Then New-York accorded but cold
greeting, now New.York makes for him great funeral
with more real mourners than Caesar had at Rome
Napoleon at Paris. or Wellington at London.
Then the rural popuaec knew not or cared not OF his
coming or looked with eyes only curious. Now tbey
line the way in uncovered thousands, and their Dands
have prepared touching tributes 10 the memory oil MIN
flor whom their hearts throb sorrowingy as rolls oy
his funeral car. And as have come West where he
was first known and first loved have found the tes
tmonals elaborate beautiful as the mourn
ling is more deep, pathetic. At Cleveland we
Thought nothing in the expression Of can excel
this"
AT Columbus we confessed that there the people had
worked tributes even more original in design and
complete in the effect. And yesterday at lndanapo
lis we said TO ourselves these Hoosiers have exceeded
all that has gone before and there is nothing left for
Chicago; she only copy from the ten cities which
have already honored Lincoln dead We Mistaken
land suspicion that we were dawned at Michigan
|Cty this morning This is the most considerable town
|of Schuyler Coaxs district through which the tram
passed and here were himself and many of his con-
stituents in honor of his and their dead friend
But last night he delivered at Chicago an eloquent
and discriminating eulogy of the dead and he then
hurried back to his home Under his direction there
had been built across the track at Michgan City an
evergreen dome tasteful in structure elaborate in de-
tail and bearing upon each Of the four faces in letters
woven from the arbor. vitae the trailing arbutns by
the hands of ladies' appropriate motto. One Oh
them as follows;