Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-08-14

EEe01eth man blood. BY man shall hts
blood be shed 50 spaze the Almighty
20 his servant Noah, when the great
deigge had rece5ed and the ARK isad
safely rested 8poa the Bo,y sGEmst Of
Io0ut ArzrzE This i Gspd's own lay
and IS wisdom i ackB9gledzs zs1 by All
civilized nations. Now and theH Fe
meet with sentimental philosophers
= ho cliLk themselves wise above hat
i written. ard Ebo deem Z tue,g G9ty
70 lift uD their VOICES r. cCnden nation
Of THE ia: Of JehoFzh, and although
they baYe made but few thorough con
Tert- 20 their pern8ciog. doctrines, they
not uufTcqgently ) sBceeecied 30 creating
ia the minds Of honest and tender
hea rLed people q TitiateG continental
isgn which leads them TOO often 20 1t
thejr ears 70 the stern voice % justice,
and listen only % the gentle, kindly
Enispcrings oi mercy, forgetting that
mercy - the guilty ! injustice 10 tie
innocent With such sens.me8tality
yoa have. s. jaTors, notAiBg 70 DO
IL i no matter Of y0urs % inquire
whether the prisoner At the bar : I
proper sBiJect 0t Executive ciefnency,
If y0u believe bin guilty of PaTiIeiPa-
ting IL. the crime with sHscH nc stands
charged 5e:Drc yga, bat sim ply 10 de-
terrnine hls guilt or innocence.
When the dark Clouds Of war which
for four years had lowered ia oar na-
ti0nal horizon had began u lif:. and
tic SUI Of peace vas about u gladden.
~ again with SIS benign rays; when
the main army cf the rebels wbo fol-
low ed the traitor Lee 10 hi. retreat
from Richmond bad been OFcrpoTcTed.
and had surrendered 70 the u .iitaFy
hero Of The age, and the arm Y under
Johnston was ia vain flying from lm,
pending capture; when our city was
radiant With IlHmiuatioHs IL honor OF
the downfall Ot the stronghold II
most wicked and afrocigu- rebellion;
when the hearts Of al. loyal men were
IsapiHg an4 dancing 70 the merry peans
Of vic;Dry, and when the eyes Of ali
lovers ii peace throughout the land
were eagerly looking TO MIN whose
great heart bad never cherished the
feeling II malice for cTeu an enemy,
ea2ll dStfhHk k1tAS|G 4t4 IDr y ALL E84GE
ali, in the hope that ere another year
Should have passed away the hands
Hh.ch had lifted ap ag4iu-, each other
would again BE- c.asped lu friendship
and br0theriy lose, and States d.ssev-
cred should be 4 gam united IL harmo-
EloUs relations on the fourteenth day
of april, 1865. the Executive head OF
Z ~s.ssr.r. N Il.
Chief Of your army and navy, by the
most foai and wicked conspiracy the
record OF which has ever stained the
pages Of history, was stricken down
at the hands Of the assassin, John
Wilses Booth, ia the metropolis ri the
Republic, and under the very shadow
o! the Capitol.
Historians and text writers may
treat 81 the Nervousness 0f the crime
Of imagining tHe death of weak Or q
wirksd King, Or Of wise and bcnig
nant monarch, but you know, gentle
men, as well a. you know that you
eXist, That 10 murder the duly elected
President 81 the most powerful pcG-
pie on the earth /: not les atrgcigus
80 It's character than 20 compass the
death # a king or ss0 emperor, albeit.
be may have sprung from the strong
IONS VI the people, who have made
f.u their representative head and NAV
have no royal blood c0Hrsime through
bis veins. YOu may be told that j, +.
4 ctine enTpassingIy heinous to take
or ~ compass the life Of him Who vas
boin - inherit IA throne simply because
lac may BIZ the king Of an cnsIayed
people, but that 10 take the life OF q
President Of free republic in an Of
fence oi no greater magnitude than To
murder the verlCst gabOnd that walks
yOur streets; but an American Jury will
only believe this doctrine when the
people have become ~ demOrallzcd
and corrupt, 50 devoid If the love of
i.Dery 7 and patriotic feeling, ~ 10 pre-
.er - hav" Il kiHg and ruler iDistcd np
IN them by the accIdcH. Of birth Or
. fortunate adventure rather than have
the making Of their Own selection Of
him who 10 ia execute their laws, and
for the time being ~ stand as the re
preventative head OF their collective
soycrcignty.
1t is mistake 10 suppose that
free people 10 any country viii ever
consider u more hcin0us crime to Kill
a being, or even desire his death, than
il Is 10 assas-iBatc President. IL is
of no avail to tell yOn that To surround
the life Of u President Of republic
with safeguards as sacrcd and power
ful 80 those which lu monarcbics are
thrown about king, as you have been
told in the argument, is IT modern idea
entertained only by those whose eyes
have been dazzIcd by visions Of stars
and garters, and who arc desrous Of
changing our free institutions for a
monarchiaI form Of government. On
! the contrary, they only can be opposed
/ TO guarding with sucred vigilance the
/ lite Of President Of free people, who
arc themselves prepared To submit to
the rule Of despot. Why should the
people be less proud or less regardful
Of the life Of ruler selected by them
selves from among themselves than
they would be the life Of him who
claimed to rule over them of his own
rightI When this question can be
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