The Black Republican., 1865-04-29

give you sixty days for reflection If you persist
shall such measures shall secure the integrity
of the Nation" His warnings were not needed.
The rebel armies were increased and he had nothing
to do but call on the Nation to defend itself. You
might as well tell me that whose life was BY
such vile assassin he who has Just cut down the
President should without resorting to prompt
measures have invoked the protection of the law.
The Nations life was in jeopardy and its preserVa-
tion Of Importance than that of an Individual
The Union armies had to be organized. In conse-
quence Of the derection OF bis predecessor the enc
mics Of the Government were enabled to gain great
advantage, and make great headway. Thousands of
lives were thus lost None of these things could
move the President He was undismayed in the face
OF disaster and called on the people to come forward
and defend their country their homes their proper
ty and their honor. How nobly did the nation re-
from every part of this widely extended Union Every
week saw thousands rushing to the rescue until final
rebels compelled to lay down their arms What
came then? Only few days before, he was cut
cause hopeless, surrendered to Gen. Grant terms
dictated by the Commanderin-C Chief. Look at the
humane and generous terms. The whole country had
been poured out like rain, to defeat and destroy this
formidable army and yet, no sooner does its COM
mander come a suppliant, than the only conditions
imposed is, that the men shall lay down their arms
and return to their homes without molestation And
further to mitigate the poignancy of the hunlia
tion the words, " to remain until regularly exchang
ed in due course, are added to the condition.
This was the last struggle of the war. The national
au thOrity was again supreme. The majesty of the
law was vindicated The President was then anxious
to naugurate measures 70 BRING tu reunion of the
people OF the whole country. The day preceding his
assassination he was consulting with his Cabinet on
the best plan Tor conelhatlon. and the next day
would have probably brought forth his proclamation
ct & o Mh hs he9R sd Sdf9Pon a In fs
May we not then mourn the loss of such man under
such circumstances
trust there is not in the length and breadth
of this State but execrates the bastard act that laid
him low. We may all exclaiIn that Abraham Lincoln
So clear IN his great ofice that his virtues
VIII plead like angels trumpet -tongued against
~- The deep dainnatlon OF his taking on
We should profit by this great lesson. 1t should
teach to respect the constituted authorities. If
we do not what are we? All the safeguards are re-
moved from society. Liberty is not license. Ii we
had not neglected to impress these great truths on
the minds of children and grandchildren, can
we suppose this would have happened? What had we
Were our rights threatened? Was our property unpro.
tected2 Was it for the purpose OF perpetuating a
peculiar institution? Such. at least. the pre-
tense. Never was anything more unfounded Not
for an instant could that peculiar institution have
been maintained without the protecting Rgs of the
fired at Fort Sumter. All this foretold by the
wise of the North and the South, but the South
fanatics would not listen to the warnings of rea
SON They cared not for it, nor anything but self
aggraudzement for the empty titles OF President,
Secretary of State Secretary OF the Treasury"
etc, they attempted to sacrifice their country.
Where are these sef-consttuted presidents and
cabinet officers now? Wandering as fugitives over
the face of betrayed and ruined land fugiiyes and
outlaws. II is painful to allude to these things,
While, therefore, we are plunged in grief for the
horror upon the deeds of the attempted assassina-
ton of VIM. H Seward already near the grave from
crees of an overruling Providence. He may have His
good purposes in view Let us bear IN sacred re-
never forget the good he has done nor the lasting
benefits he has conferred upon this Nation. Let him
be caronized one of the greatest of the martyrs
TO Liberty.
Mr.. DURANT's SPEECH.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Roselius's remarks, the
President introduced Thos. j. Durant, Esq, who re-
marked that were he to say that he rose under SEN
tiI1ents of the deepest emotion, ne would but teeby
express his feelings. We are called upon to mourn
the most affecting event that ever befell nation.
nation is plunged in mourning. Liberty her most
lustrious friend This event viii be celebrated in
history as the most melancholy that ever occurred in
the tide OF time. Where JOY beamed IN every heart
When the horrid tidings first came to this city cred
uIty itself stood aghast and refused to believe And
nova am sure that every man within the sound OF
nv voice feels as though he had lost dear personal
frlend-a face familiar to him in the every day walks
Of lifea something valued that ne knows can never
be restored by the lapse of time.
Think Of it as you win you must ascribe this assas-
snaton to preconcerted action. 1t was not feelings
of private revenge that prompted tins deed. Ihe
murderer was but tine instrument of the rebellion
fitting hand for fitting head. 1t was the natural
nation get Old Scarcely SO old as some OF the
venerable men we still see among u.s., We are yetin
our infancy Yet in the cradle this child of liberty Is
assaled by this serpent of fanaticsm But it, like
Hercules will yet strangle the foul monster anC
Iabors vet In the future for it. The
orator then compared secession to tbs
seathing and whitening torrents of real eloquence
ever heard 1t attempted to stand in the path of the
founded After sketching the life and history of tht
late Vice President now President johnson, and re
Iating how he came to be chosen the leader and rle
Of his adopted State CTennessee,) he remarked thai
man ever inherited 50 grave responsibility. Hi
where it was left by his predecessor and to pilot il
through unknown perils. He was called upon to sue
fsed the great man whose spirit had gone to ente1
SO much. He had gone to his account without
was that mild and gentle nature that gives man
cause for cherishing illfeeling. He was man with
out guile. His love of country was above all other
earthly considerations. In the language OF the poet
may say;
Zen his failings leaned to virtues side"
The speaker could not refrain from denOuncing the
leaders of the rebellion the authors of the present
national loss, He denounced them in earnest and
the scathng el0quence of his gifted oratory and the
cogency of hls reasoning by which he traced the
derous and cOwardly act to the doors of the rebel
leaders.
READING THE RESOLUTIONS.
William r. Whitaker, Esq, Chairman of
the Committee on Resolutions, then reported
and read the same that had been prepared
and read at the meeting in the Square, and
which will be found reported above. They
were, on motion of Rev. Mr. Pearne, adopt
ed by a rising vote.
SPEECH OF JAMES IT. BRADY, ESQ
Much interest was manifested on the part of our
people to hear the speech of the gifted New York
orator But in consequence of slight indisposition
and an impaired voice, Mr. Brady was not equal to a
suited his feelings or the condition of his voice he
would prefer to snow his feelings BY silence But he
did not feel at liberty to remain silent shall there
R IN as the ocoason for the abiest lest Efforts Of
cOmmemorated by the thoughtful and i'm
If man past ffty,ve years of age sitting in one of
places of amusement beside his wife, even though
he might % y b Pqsd9nd a6d d IN b e @ e asd tai
would have been branded in every place where cour
age and manhood % had an an abiding place: But when
honored and beloved as ruler and man-when this
Is known as II VIII Decome Known IN Europe, ana
ing in the civilized world who would not abhor the
deed should not be permitted to live. He could not
believe, with Mr. Durant, that the deed instiga-
ted by rebel leaders sympathisers any political
association. He could not believe that half dozen
men could be found in the United States outside of
lunatic asylum that could be made to believe that
any good could to the of such assassins.
instances of the kind in past ages, that the conSpira
tors who resort to such acts have always signally
failed.
But, continued the speaker Mr.. Durant may be
right, and may be wrong. In that case, / will say,
has been the in past ages, let the martyr ta
II thereby the cause may stand. ASSASSINATION Is
not American crime History affords no instance
attack on ANDRE Jackson. to which no Importance
attached at the time, or has since been. But the
He felt assured that the death of the President.
or of any one man in Washington, could make any
change in the conservative feeling prevalent at
washington towards tne no. conquered people VINO
had rebeed. He impored the men of the South to
one man ana serve tller prOstrdlS country
There was no longer the least vestge of hope that
the rebellion would succeed, and it was the duty of
every Southern man to come forward and assist
making their section, part of the glorious Union
great, powerful respected and feared among the ma
tions OF the earth.
Mr.. Durant then announced that dis
patch had just been received from Gen.
Canby's headquarters, reporting the sur
render of Joe Johnson and 30, ,000men to the
heroic Sherman, who marched down to
the sea-
At the request of Rev. Mr.. Pearne, with
the consent of the President, the choir sang
the Doxology, in which the audience par
ticipated.
The Rev. DR.. Beattie pronounced bene-
diction. and the people went mournfully to
their several homes.
ACTION ON REooNsTR UcrIoN.-A New York
telegram of the 10th says:
The Times's Washington special says An
action took place here yesterday, affecting