Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-19


object was equalled with that Of Lincoln, to
dignity labor. Mr. Lincoln destroyed sla-
very in America, and it should be their wish
| to destroy serfdom at home He trusted
! the result of the conflict of America would
| be to give an impetus to the cause of reform
| in Europe.
Mr.. Baxter, Nj. p, supported the reso-
luton, and expressed his hearty concurrence
with the eloquent tributes paid to the mem
| ory of President Lincoln All the events of
the last four yaers dwindled into insignif-
canoe before the issue involved in the great
contest in America. Not only was the great
question Of slavery involved in the contest,
| but the question of constitutional govern
ment all over the world He did not believe
the great cause depended on any single life,
and felt confident the American people
would hurryto a triumphant issue the policy
and principles of Abraham Lincoln.
/ Mr.. Stanley, second son of Lord Stanley,
Of Aldersly, member of the Cabinet express
sed his admiration of the character of Mr..
Lincoln.
Professor Fawsett also supported the res
olutions
| Mr.. Shaw lie FeYre, NJ. P, said the men
who elected Lincoln could not be wrong in
their choice of johnson.
| Mr. Card, M. p, moved that copies of
the foregoing resolutions be placed in the
hands Of Mr. Adams for transmission to the
President of the United States, Mrs Lin
coin, and Mr.. Seward He paid a warm
complimentto the American minister, whose
moderation, frmness, and Cancellation had
been the best preservation of peace between
the two countries.
The resolutions were supported by Messrs.
Greenfell Curren, and Ewing, members Of
Parliament, and the Revs. Neuman Hall
and Mason Jones.
Cyrus w Field was called for, and was
received with great applause. He thanked
the Chairman and the meeting, on behalf Of
the American people, for their deep sympa-
thy with the thirty millions on the other
side of the Atlantic who were mourning the
death Of Abraham Lincoln. q
The weekly papers all coincide with the
daily press in remarks Of Lincoln's assassi-
nation.
The Army and Navy Gazette, says
Nothing for many years has moved Eng
land like the telegram announcing the
event. Itpays aWarm tribute to Lincoln s
memory, and says the more one looks at the
facts the more one sees that, although Pres
dent Lincoln is dead, the Confederates are
hopelessly beaten.
/ The assassination continues to be the all
pe1vading topic, Addresses of sympathy
| and indignation are most numerous. Par
! lament will vote an address ON the lst Of
| May
Napoleon sent a messenger to the Ameri-
| can minister.
| The Prussian Government and Chamber
/ also give expression of their sympathy.
J II, tho Ha14eo of ord . aY, tho och Earl
/ Russell gave notice that on the 1st of May
| he would move an address to the Crown ex-
pressing the sorrow and indignation of the
] House at the assassination Of the President
of the United States, and praying her Maj
| esty to convey an expression of those feel
! ings to the Government of the United
| States
| Earl Derby hoped the Government had
taken pains to ascertain whether there was
! nothing in the form of the motion rendering
/ it In the slightest degree doubtful whether
unanimous assent would be given by the
! House to the motion As proposed, the
matter was Unprecedented He was quite
/ certain the expression of sorrow and indig-
nation for the atrocinns act cnmmitted would
| not only meet with the unanimous assent of
the House, bat would represent the feelings
/ Of every man. woman, and child in her
Majesty dominions
Earl Russell said the Earl Of Derby was
correct in saying the circumstances were
happily unprecedented and be hoped there
would be nothing In the form of the motion
which would cause objection to be taken to
! it.
In the House of Commons Sir George
Grey, in the absence of Lord Palmerston,
gave notice similar to that given by Earl
Russell in the House of Lords, adding the
address.
The Common Council of London, the
American Chamber of Commerce, of Liv-
erpool, and public bodies in various parts of
England have adopted resolutions of SYM
pathy and Indignation.
Large numbers OF Germans in London
also presented an address to Minister Ad-
ans.
The Americans in London, at the call of
Fernando Wood, assembled In considerable
numbers at the Grosvenor Hotel, on the 9th
to give expression of their sentiments, but
a message to that effect, the meeting adj
journed till the lst of May, when great
meeting Of Americans will take place at St
James Hall, under the Presidency of Mr.
Adams.
The Times of the 2Sth, says 1t is not
using language Of hyperbole in describing
the prevailing manifestations of feeling as
unexampled President Lincoln was only
chief of a foreign State with which we were
not unfrequently in diplomatic or political
collision. He might have been regarded as
not much more to us than the head Of any
friendly Government, yet his end has already
stirred the feelings of the public to the ut
most depths, as the space of tWenty-four
hours has suficed to fll the country not only
with grief and Indignation, but to evoke al
most unprecedented expressions of feeling
from the constituted authorities.
The Confederate Mason writes to the In
dec to repel the assertion of Secretary Stan
ton, in a letter Of Mr.. Adams that the
acts were planned and set on foot by the
rebels under pretence of avenging the South
and aiding the rebel cause. He denies that
Mr.. Stanton has any evidence to substanti-
ate his assertion, and says none viii view the
crime with more abhorrance than the people
of the South.
The Times, editorially referring to this
letter, rejoices to see Mason repudiate the
crime, and says if the Southern States them
selves do not utterly and even more emphat- ]
ically renounce 1t and its authors, they will !
forfeit all the sympathy which remains as
the solace of their miSfortunes.
A despatch from Paris says that Napole-
on, on receiving the news of Mr.. Lincoln
death, sent one of his aides-de-camp to call
on Minister Bigelow, and to request him to
convey to President johnson the expression
OF profound affliction and sorrow with
which the odious crime had inspireaLthe
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