New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-15
blow that was aimed at him meant to fall on them

blow that was aimed at him was meant TO fall on them
Hear hear The ball that penetrated bis brain was
addressed to the heart OF each and every Of u.s.
General expression of assentl TWAS fancied short
way Of parayzng the Government which we have
stryen so hard TO maintain. II was them for
that abraham Lincoln died. and not his own Hear
hear Ii he was called tyrant who was elevated to
bis high post by the spontaneous voices OF greater
number Of men than had ever been given in any republic
before it was only because he obeyng the wishes Of
those who elected him. It Is we WHO must stand re-
atty for executing our will. Hear, hear. Surely.
then, this Is the strongest Of reasons why all OF US
should join, as with voice. in chorus OF lamenta'
ton for his fall Hear hear 1t Of the peculiar
merits of Mr. Lincoln that he knew how 10 give shape
in action to the popular feelings as they developed
themselves under his observation. He sought TO
lead but rather TO follow and thus he succeeded In the
difficult task of successfully combining conservatism
with progress. This surely not like tyranny.
Hear hear His labor was always to improve. Hence
il was that he conducted war OF unexampled magni.
tude always bearing in mind the primary purpose for
which had been commenced, at the time that he
associated with It broader as the opportunity
Hear hear He had pledged himself at the outset TO
accomplish certain objects and he never forgot that
pledge. The time had arrived when he might honestly
claim that 1t would be fulfilled. 1t was in that very
moment he was taken away. On the very same day Of
the wear when the National flag which Just four years
before had been lowered to triumphant enemies at
Fort Sumter. was once more lifted to its original
position by the hand Of the same officer who had
Abraham Lincoln fell. Hear, hearl His euthanasia
is complete. For him we ought not to mourn. His
work done; he had fought the good ighti he had
finished his course The grief is all for ourselves alone
Hear hear And now VIC who stand around his body
may well cry, go up go up with your CORY temples
twined with the evergreen symbols OF patriots
wreath and bearing the double glory Of q martyrs
crown. Hear. hear.] Go up while for Us here re-
naming earth your memory shall be garnered in the
hearts Of US and latest pOsterity. in with
the priceless treasures heaped up by the Preat Fathers
Washington" [Applause. But although we profoundly
lament this loss 1t must not be presumed that we do
as having no hope" Hear hear. We have parted
with most faithful servant: But tho nation has not
lost with him one atom OF the will which animated
others Of its servants az fully it did him. Hear,
hear IL is one OF the notable features OF this great
attempted to lead on the people but rather that the
people have frst given the tone, TO the level OF
which their servants must come up or else sink cut oil
sight aud be forgotten. Hear. bearI They have
uniformly designated 10 them their wishes. To one
man they have said "Come up and TO another Give
way." and in either they have been as implicitly
obeyed Whoever 1t be that is employed, the spirit
that must animate him comes from higher source.
Hear hear The cause OF the country, then does not
depend any man or any set OF men. Hear, hear.
1t has called to the front the individual whom 1t
had already elevated TO the second post In the Govern
ment. lCheersl He had been pointed out for that
place By OF his approved fidelity TO the Union
at the moment when all around him were iaterng or
falling away. Hear hear. In the National Senate
he stood. A6dei like firm and determined in encoun.
tering with truth and force the fatal sophstry Of JEFF
ferson Davis and his associates and in denouncing the
course of action which was Leading them 70 their rum
fCheers -Four years of intense and continued trials
within the borders OF his own state have been
passed in the effort 10 reconstruct the edfce OF cvii
Government which they had overthrow. Hear.
hear No one has brayed greater dangers to
his person and TO all that was held most precious
to a in this world than he. Hear. Those four
years have not been passed without at once proving the
hrmness OF bis faith and the progressive nature oil ms
ideas He too. has been susceptible TO the influence or
the national opinion. Hear, hear He too, has grad
uay been brought TO the conviction that slavery which
he defended has been our banc and the cause OF
all our woe lCheers And be, too. will follow his pre-.
dcccssor in making the recognition Of the principle oil
human liberty tie chief pathway 10 restoration More
cheering | Maybe that he will color his policy with "a
little more of the sternness gathered from the severity
OF bis own trials He may give greater prominence
to the image of justice than 10 that OF mercy IN dealing
with notorious offenders Bat II he do, to whom Is this
change to be imputed tlIear. hear.I Lincoln leaned
% mcrcy-and he was taken OF Johnson has not pro
NOTED himself. The magician who worked this change
IL the enemy himself. Hear. hear Ii would seem al
most as II IL we're the will OF Heaven which has inter
posed the possibility ofths marvellous retributi0n Yet
II make proper allowances for this difference
the great fact yet remains clear, that Andrew john
son. like his predecessor. viii exert himself 10 the ut
most of his power fully reestabish in peace and har
mony the bcnefcent stem OF government which he has
already hazarded much 10 sustain. Hear, hear.
And should il happen that he too-whch Heaven avert
should by evil design be removed from the post
assigned to him. the effect only would be That the
and inspired from the same common source. VIII De
summoned to take his place And so 1t wond 60 on If
need be- In line like that in Aaoeths vision. stretch
ing out 10 the crack OF DOOM" lCheers. The Repub
lie has but 10 command the services Of any OF her
children, and whether to meet open danger in the field
or the per Of the crafty and desperate assassin
experience shows them equally ready "a obey her CALL
Hear hear So long ~ the heroic spirit an.mates her
frame the requisite agents will not fail 10 execute Ler
will Hear hear Any attempt opara ze her by strik-
Ing down more less II them will only end. every
preceding design 10 inure her has ended. In disap-
pointment and bitter despair Hear. hear. Let u.s.
them casting aside all needless apprehension for the
policy Of our land concentrate our thoughts for
the moment upon the magnitude oi the oifense which
has deprived US Of our beloved chief In the very mo-
men of most interest TO our cause; and let us draw
together In the tribute OF our admiration Of
one Of the purest. the most sngleminded and noble
artod patriots that ruled the people Of any
land. Hear hear, and applause.
The following resolutions were adopted;
That have heard with the greatest inclination and tho
profound sorrow Of The a..'inaten which has deprived
urdrrou. assault, which has greatly peried the lives Of the
Secretary End Assistant Secretary of State. and that we re-
our country Is passing through unparalleled trials after all
loyal had learned to love him and all good the
and individual and happiness depended on his exist
the great crime of the sh century memorable In It's
arocy aud cn,ans on its perpetrators tho eAecraon' oil
mankind.
That tender Mrs. Lincoln heartfelt sympathy and
expressions Of coincidence in the great .cton that she and
hei family aud the nation have sustained
That IN the long public career of Andrew Johnson now
President Of the United States the early and peemnent sac
hces made from his devotion to the Of the Union
and his pledges maintain the great principles Of human
liberty every that he will faithfully prose
cute 10 is final the wise humane sud atesnanAe
dome site and foreign policy Of President Lincoln.
That loyal citizens have witnessed with peculiar
the of and throughout
rea Britain at a-assnation Of President Lincoln and
cordial sympathy which has been extended BY the people
of this realm and people of the United
States in this great bereavement and pubic calamity
That copies q Ie.oaon; be transmitted to the Pres
iden, Of the United States and TO Mrs Lincoln . =,
The best thanks the meeting To "A
ans for presiding the meeting and for the able address
he had delivered upon the touching occasion.
The CHAIRMAN. in reply to last rcsolutsn said: MY
fellow countrymcn am deeply obliged to you for the
complimentary reference 10 myself II IL great com.