The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-05-06
t'f For the Union t
Reflections on the Assassination Of
President Lincoln. ~


For the first time in the worlds history is the
Chief Magistrate of pure Republic stricken down
hy the impious hand of llood-thirsty treason
Maddened to frenzy and wrought up to the most
intense villainy by the excited thoughts, by the
blackened reflections OF the horrid deed he was
about to commit the assassin pulls the fatal trig-
ger, the missile of death reaches its goal-it
accomp b IS its feindish purpose. The work is
done The greatest among the great is no more /!
The faithful Ruler OF the greatest of nations, is
tho victim of vile assassin and woe and lamen-
tation clothe twenty millions OF patriots in the
hablim ents of mourning ~
Every loyal heart feels the awful shock while
"bloody treason - momentariy "tiourishes over
u.s." The nations heart is weighed down with
SORROW The land is filled with mourning. The
people bow their heads in grief, for which there
is no expression. Bitter tears betoken their un-
told anguish Unutterable chagrin seizes the
breasts of our patriotic sons and devoted daugh-
ters.
The good--the great the true-heared, every
where, stand appalled, at the horrible tragedy
Heart-strcken mourners seek in vain for conso-
laton Alteration, there is none. Bnt yester-
day, we were standing on the pinnacle OF ecstasy,
listening with transports 10 the faint echoes of
Rebellion and gaunt Treason dying away in the
departing moments, as we thought, welcoming
the -for-return Of the universal friendship
or the nltnertO AntaEOnlStlC nedTtS-dHtlClpttnR
the promised time, the jubilee year with all its
train Of blissfu scenes. To-day, cast down with
the deepest gloom--enshroude in the most APP
pallin9 horror The transition is of one which his
tory furnishes no example. But if the history of
our Republic is stained with the infamy ola muir
dered President, we have the proud consolation
of demonstrating to the world, that such an un-
paraleled catastrophe does not disorder the exc
cutiyc machinery, when such an event, in the
transatlantic States, would breed aarevoluton
and bring forth anarchy. If in the family of
Republics, wo are the first to.experence the dis
grace of such foul treason, we are also The rst 10
survive its deadly bow at the foundation OF lib
erty. First TO teach the nations the stability OF
Republics, as we'll as, that their safety rests in
the hearts of their people.
Although our beloved President has endured
the blacklist caumny, the vilest vituperation that
has ever been poured without measure upon the
devoted head Of the faithful servant of any peo-
pie, although subjected TO the ridicule OF the
jester-the abuse Of the vllian-the contempt OF
pretending Aristocracy-the scott of gainsaylng
traitors-he has his reward. In less than general
ton hence, his name will stand below none on the
catalogue of the great--the true-the good. An
unbiased Posterity will assign him place she
has given to few before him.
The school-boy of nineteen hundred will read
Of his llusrious deeds with pride, patriotic PRIDE,
that be is an American and that Abraham Linz
coin was President OF the United States. Cen
tie winds and signing zephyrs will chant tit
ting requiem over the grave OF the departed pa