New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-16
XXXIXTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
norSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON. Saturday. Aprh H. Zoo
On motion Of Mr. GARFIELD, the reading OF the ournai
Of yesterday was dispensed with. .
Mr. GAEFELD then proceeded to address the House at
length. -, a..
Mr. GARFIELD said desire 20 enter motion that this
House be now adjourned. This day viii be memorable so
toup AS this nation shall endure which God grant may De
I'LL that moment Of recorded time when the volume Oh
the world history shall be sealed up and placed before the
Dmnp0ent Judge iOr his sentence, .
On tins DAY for all time 10 come doubt not the citizens
of this Republic viii meet together, looking INTO each
bhers faces with solemn sadness they recall tho SAD
event OF this day in ls0J, an event unparalleled III the us
tOry of nations, certainly unparalleled N our OWL.
think einenty proper that his Congress should put
On its record to-day resolution in memory Of tla event.
The war with It's wonderful events to history many
distinguished names II took the young men Of the and
and made them into heroes. II made the old men patriots
bnd the women became mlniseriHg angels al over ue
land.
But chief among all the great developments Of the
were the character aud life Of that great man. whose loss
the nation stil deplOIes. - ,
He is APPLY described the language Of one Of Engsnds
great poets. as
That divinely gied man.
Whose life IN low estate began,
And on a simple village green.
Who breaks bis births inyidous bar,
And grasps the spirit OF happy chance
And breasts the blows Of circumstance.
And grapples with his evil star;
Who makes by force his merit known
Aud ives 20 clutch the golden keys
TO mold mighty States DEGREES
And shape the whisper Of the throne,
moving from high 10 higher.
Becomes on fortunes ffowning slope
The pillar Of peoples hope.
The center Of a worlds desire.
Such life and such character will go down TO all time
as the great and sacred possession Of the American people
But there is than the character OF any one man
81 the great struggle through which We have passed
There were two scenes in the drama Of the Rebellion. one
was the military scene with all its DEATH with all It's suffer-
ing and tears That scene was closing one year
ago this night just the curtain was lifting Oh the new
and final scene the restoration Of peace, and liberty and
erderus the curtain rising 70 show the char
acters the evil spirit OF Rebellion and could not
resist its desire to strike blow and the chief
character the then closing 10 perish by the E Sd
of assassination IL not tho land Of one man that
killed President Lincoln; it the embodied spirit Of
treason and Slavery concentrated into fearful hate that
struck him down that supreme hour OF the nations 10y
There are times in the history Of men and Of nations when
they seem to stand closely by the vail which shuts out
sortas from immortality, time from eternity, and man
from God that they almost hear the beangs ana iee
the pulsatiOns OF the Heart Of God.
Such time have passed through.
When $50 900 patriotic spirits broke through the folds o.
That thin vail went up into the presence Of God and
Who'll at last It's parting folds admitted the President TO "a
with the head heroes CT the Republic, the nation felt
Indeed that il could hear the whispers Of God coming
down among the children Of men.
Kneeling that troubled hour, when JOY and sadness
were strangely comminged the American people listened
o. the voice Of their God and made solemn covenant Will
ha. aud with each otLeG, that this nation should b