Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-06-10
Eloquent Tribute TO PresIdont Lin

REalNu6nt
coin.
In accordance with the proclamation OF
the President, designating Thursday, June
lst, as day of humiliation and mourning,
services were held in nearly all the church.
es of Providence, Rhode Island. The Rev.
q. 7. Brady, pastor of the Roman Catholic
Church Of st. Patrick, delivered sermon
on the occasion, at once patriotic aud elO
quent, of which we find a sketch 10 the
Providence Daily Post. We give few ez-
tracts:
To-day we are requested to humble our.
selves, because the hand of God has been
laid heavy upon us; We have provoked His
wrath by our sins; it is. our duty to repent,
and sue for pardon; we have swerved a
hundred times aud more into rebellion
against His sacred laws, till at length we
have filled up the measure of our crimes
and abominations, and brought upon our
selves that terrible curse of Almighty ven.
geance-War-horrid, cruel, unreleatiug
fratricidal war. On its ensaDguined battle.
fields, father against son, brother against
brother, relation against friend, Fighting,
fell, mangled, bleeding victims. Nor was
this all, ere the FIRST trumpet note of peace
had sounded on the glad ears of half the
American people, the whole nation was as
founded aud paralyEed blythe news of the
asassinatiop of its Chief Ruler-one of
the best of men-one who, by his stability,
calmness of manner, good sense, and In
tegrity, had almost lived down all the pre-
judices Of his determined. but honest op-
poneuts, and triumphed over his bitterest
enemies by his charity, condecenston, and
natural gOodues of heart. But my friends,
no one man Unnecessary TO the existnece Of
Church or State, and hence Abraham Lin.
coin, In the midst of his friends, in the me.
ridiau of his glory-politIcaI. Presidential
and national bearing upon his manly
brow the immortal wreath OF military tri-
Hmph, Was struck down, under the All
seeing eye OF Providence, by the hand of
the, bastard assassin, aud summoned, with.
out moments warning, into the presence
of the great Arbiter OF lite and death.
Yes, Abraham Lincoln is gone, but his
name still fingers behind. He will be re-
gsrded henceforth Rs the redeemer OF mil-
Iions of human beings, whose bodies are
black, but whose souls4are as ETHEREAL and
as spiritual as any white mans. The ma
ton will honor him as her first martyr
The hearts of generations yet unborn will
throb with pride and pleasure, with admi~
ration and triumph, when they read of the
mighty deeds done by this great man; they
will worship at his tomb 10 the West, while
they turn to the East, and lift their betear.
ed eyes and grateful souls high up TO the
Eternal, audinvoke blessings on the hal.
lowed memory Of him whom they will in-
sist on styling the hero, the patriot, the
statesman of the present American age,
and, beyond all doubt, the benefactOr, and
reReneralOr of the oolored race.
Such one might be justly regarded in
the light of human wisdom, as necessary to
the we'll being and stsbilityof the Amer.
tCan Republic at its present critical juno
ture. Bat to the eye Of an All seeing
Providence the case looked Otherwise
The oonyulsive throes Of our delivery from
mortal strtte and combat have scarcely
ceased when the sure physician and heal
er of all our bruises wastcut OF, aud We
were left, as some thought, without one
sktlltul snOngh to stAuuoh the wound a
coward hand had Inflicted npon the head
and heart of the nation. But, however,
much We may, and must regret the pFema-
tnre fall of Abraham Lincoln, We are foil
of hope and confidence inthe aptitude aud.
ability Of his successor. May God
strengthen his arm, Snd give him power to
WELD the peerless soeptre of this great na-
ti0n with might, aud dignity, and justice.
Setting aside all petty iealousies aud To-
cal prejudices which often and foolishIy
arse out of q mere difference OF opinion on
religious or political subjects, trust this is
the spirit in which all the cilizens Of this
great and glorious country Asssmbleto day
IN their respective places Of worship, to
humble themselves and TO mourn on sc-
count Of the many and grievous sins which
/ brought auch heavy cAlAmities upou them
Let them rthsct, aud US too, my friends,
that while the sad fate Of war has covered
every family in the land with mourning q,
too, have lost the only brother l ever had
he has not been heard of since the battle OF