, 1865-04-17

shaken The word to It's center, has seen 4. to lii,
tire men Of our country. our Constitution, out
laws. ltwas bnt as yesierdaS'that they hal totn:d
in thu. room In Es}oleing oss. ne gsllaDs deeds e
hearts Of the whole people then rose In gratitude
to Ged, who lad given us the Victory They
were there to-day tojotn ln the solemn n 31otone
lost those who we're At once. her greatest orn1
mepts, her most efficient protectors. Who bu
God conId ard and guafd ns III tits trying nour!
he Ind ottcn urged tnat this war Wa not one o
pnrttcs but i Struggle in which principle
ind truth, and mercy, and justice, wefe arrnye3
on The ona hand, ana On the other crime, rob
two men who, By the ballet and the knife Of tht
assassin, hed been placed by he side Of Wash
inetop md Jefferson aad franklin, in glory, hare
been placed there In obedience TO the policy hict
has for long time been ADVOCATED b the soath
that policy winch springs from the boast OF men
| that they cnn shoot an enemy down at sight, be
fore he has dns M .9 draw: @ He vas not preacher
ls sbs a.nd e1 FroVdeass hss guided u d0'sa q
all tas9neh a,, tns een1ss Of ths teole Ws5
ehowni IN the course Of the Monitor lust at :he
nick Of time 70 save us from national disgrace; !!
5Ga d H. hs a 1sovt q
OFT EoEetpmeEt: 1t was not any Of our Geuer1Is
| who took hin flon among US. he received The
:stsl tu!let from his own sentfnel,. YESTERDAY, 3
dcnee.. Mark the dag, the holr, the place, The
men who arc executed and their executors, Ot
Lincoln he could only say that he had borne him.
tees trumpet tongued would plead against the
deep dsmnation of his taking Of. lie died on The
anniversary Ct the tEst firing Oh our dag. The
where It hsd drat been insoited. Seward, The
| great one, from lbs own IahFe State, he Whom
the speaker had always been taught to respect as
and whose consnrnmate etill has steerea a. safely
an accident was sought n h: oed by he assassin
IN thisi Jes, We could even here recognize The
What should be say of the ms1detcr! Hchad
sat many m evening BY his bedside, listening
with Ordinary Interest 10 his wonderful EecttcL
tlont from the works Of The great Este. OF poe.
and be Knew Vital I'LL J. WiiEea Booth Was but ths
mere INSTRUMENT tn tho hands o! ao1 @ t. open the
1eJoicinEs for victory to the work that is yer to
be done those who had seen the features OF
5 ere sea sa II
fee!11ct. Bnt he had been brought up,
nurtnred amidst tbs institutions OF sla,ezy,
hs bad ,b been 5auEaf thst 5s i hnn.s was
&e had been educated aaaoog the ehiSalry asd
Esrly iu1hfbed their principles. Poor bor! he
5es the e p't eg, shoaa
.get that they nsd work :odo still. That was
tbs first great 1tesen they had to learn from tho
ssere neon aud sew.r how are E, md Ind VOW to
coEa.Ectc the work they had left naaone, Lincoln
Was iso good, too pure, 10 auish this work. 1t
eured, would not be iernd LACKING, notEithsand.
asfailel 81 bis own friends. and which he speak.
was man who had been .hrcusht up among
the hiaeous workl1gs Of the Institution
Of slaseY, and having been a plebetan
thoaidcre % he Would deal With it wta no ' l,cht "a
thc cottage where jackson lived, sna WE endued
Te nen hs e s.Rss R :. tH "a Ss9s @ Old hsEG
never newest" God had se!e:ted hun to nnish
the work, AID had taugh: HIN The necessities
was that 1obesn vas not President Of the United
States when Jef. Davis resigned bis posItion In
the Scuaie-tne war wouor tn all probability,
seceders. and have suspended their bodies where
kites could prey on the oaal =
Whlle we bow in humble submission toGod1
providence we should all Invoke bis btcsslnse
Union. The ship 81 State had just re.ched~ ae
haven Of peace, they had survived the toesines
and befetpcs Of lhe terrific ETA. and Just az thy
were rounding the hcadland with their bsaners
streaming In the breeze, 10, tho cap:sin Of the
yessel Is enaitteu down and his chief mate salad
low Both the officers are gone, yet the rpod
+hip survives, though no! yet anchored md Ia
port. The Tag at h.lt-mast. the vessel Is IN, au
even keel, and the Almighty himself bei,g the
end ere long will BE- safely anchored where no
ktorn1 can toss, no tempest 1njnre.
LlzUT. cor. BEoss;
bon. William Bross said:
Little did we think week ago, only on Monday
last, when We met within these walls to =t1oica
oytr our ytc'orct, that on Saturday the hall would
be draped in mourning for the Presldent Of the
stricken dowu by the hand Of tue assassin. YET,
fel1oH2ctttze1., It becomes ns to bow In submts-
f1op 11 ms d ahas ths 5a3sls
II. Seward have stricken down the men wtp could
do more to save them from that pcEdltton and
the nation. Ard It seems 70 me now, as It mas
proven thousands Of time. IN the history Of the
p,at that the adare fthe old heather, "Waom the
Sf en- ssain slius,rated il this national csl1mity.
Thtt treason, fe1aow-cluzens, winch has stalked
over our nation, which has stalked In The streets
threatened that our eteets should Trn n: ankle lie
deep with youF blood and mine; that
e't a 1t ppSa h' The Onion h our 9ess
has stricken down Abraham lincoln and william
q. Seward. Fellow.ciukenA we feel that in these
are ssT H. on5
all this, our hour Of ttal, there is God to whom
we may look; his vcnceance slumbets not. Tint
the Red Sea and fed t1sem With mamma. and smote
the rock and gare them Tater-that God Who di.
Tfsed our fathers threngh The trta's Of the Reyo.
-"Fear not. for nm with thee; fear not for
am thy God"-she eamc holy being this day, and
HI; b9u TO o1 ead y 1s not Dis
1nourns not as those without hope, foE
as ..s 4hss 1aa s uds rs ,e!s II
frnm1ng them, will guide us In projecting that
Constitution, and IN enforcing those laws, and
And,ew johnson shall be Presldeut, and in spite
of the sinelc net VIC all deplore, naEe reason to
n e e rs
Old tcr1ptars, mat The little aus.r oi Johnson Is
ihsir pan:hmen for hi. internal rebellion. They ~
will find thA: the man who could et1nd in the SEN
ate Of the United States and tell JcG Davis to hi.
states, be would arrasn them as traitors and hang
thrm traitors, will never f4ltet in the punish
neut Of those wno hive been engaged in this In
tsia, this honr Of our sorrow, that God viii Jet
guide us Alright. Let us trust In the abiding pr
totsm Of the matt In that religious element Of
the Amedcan people which they hare been tau.ht
1t f1reeides and IN our churches, and which ts
the basis Of our civilization. Let our filth sill
be TINT the Tag oi this nation shall aoat over every
foot Of this county, from the Atlantic to the Pa
rl1c, and from the glosious lakes 10 the Gulf cl
Mexico.
TIA 7. NUM-.
Mr. Num- had no language whereHith to ex-
PEGS hls tse1gs, a fs he saw me room dIapea N
Ing, more eloquent than Words. more forctble
then any he was matter OF. Their friends, the
he s hand of he assa:s,n. They knew Dew that shs M
efve lis enemies. hut ne telt that he nen who
bcrs oiit Dc cared LOT whether the symp .thiz-
crs, the aidefs the ahettors Of tie vilc treason,