Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-29
To-Day.

li9i To-day Columbus takes place In the;
grand Funeral procession that Is sorrow
fully following the remains of President
Springfield, Illinois. Nowhere in the Uni-'
~ ted States was the intelligence of the assas-
bo sination of President LINCOLN received with
uoa greater degree of surprise, indignation, or
with more unaffected regret. 1t is true
that in the past, certain measures of his ad
Ininistration had provoked the opposition
% of some Of our people because Of belief
that they might not be so salutary in the
I suppression of the Rebellion and the main
is tenance of the Union as could be desired (;
but recently they began to look upon him
p with hopefulness and trustfulness; they
sigbegan to believe that he was sincerely
solicitous to bring to the country aPeace that
shonld maintain the integrity of the Union
and be enduring; and the policy the coun- 1
try was given to understand he would par
sue to promote this end found favor In their
eyes, and they began to put themselves in
to an attitude that would enable them to
s1giye him hearty support. All the
bitterness they had at one time cher
ished toward him was surely and rap
idly disappearing from their minds.
eIFltting 1t was, Therefore, that they should
sorrow exceedingly when the telegraph
Brought the startling intelligence of the
bmurder nostfoul that terminated his earth,
ly existence as he was on the eve of en-
forcing policy that would blossom into a
glorious and enduring fame-a policy that
would bless the whole country with Peace
that would carry forward to united coun-
try unexampled prosperity, happiness, and
strength. And fitting it is that these peo-
pie to-day should not only put on the drap-
9eryof mourning and march in the funeral
procession In attestation Of their deep grief
az his "untimely taking off," but as they
gaze on his face now clasped in death, they
should remember that he was eminentlyI
distinguished for his affability and great
good nature; and that although no man inI
the whole country had more just cause
for vindictive,, feelings against the mem
who had embarked in the bad work OF
Rebellion, yet no; man was disposed to
be more forgiEing TO those who had erred
than he. It is Just to suppose that he did
not allow personal feelings to sway his ac-
tions; that he contemplated nothing beyond
the good of bis country. It's said that "the
good that men do lives after them."-
1Should we not, then, strive to emulate his
virtues aud LIT up and carry forward with
aresolute hand the policy that all parties
now concur in saying would have given to
the country an honorable and enduring
-Peace? win we not thus pay more sub
stahtial homage to his virtues, to his sagacity
and to his wisdom, than we can pay in any
other waya To-day we pay our tribute Of
respect to the honored dead. In this we do
honor alike to his memory and to our
selves; but II we shall hereafter take up
oandcarry forward his understood policy OF
hpacifcation, do We not thereby embalm bis
-ssg6city and wisdom? and this Is the high
sthonor that can be paid to mortal man.
sFTar Republican papers are quoting some
thing from speech Of Mr.. Cox's, said to
have been delivered In Chicago, with view
to torture 1t into some approvalof violence
against the late President. If any such
speech was ever reported as delivered by
Mr.. Cox, 1t was malicious falsehood Of
The Chicago Tribune, which made up, In its
own office, speeches Of men at the Conyen-
tion, some of which were never delivered
aud others were reprinted for political ef-
efect!s This was noticed at the time; but, al
usual. unheeded by those who coined the