New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-01
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING. MARcH | l868

irom that time the senate lost its power.
the commonwealth its liberty, and the peo-
pie were never without master. But the
era IN American liberty, for from that hour
death OF Lincoln marked more glorious
II mas gwen new promise of purity
power, and stability. Thus does he live
though dead, and the waves of his influence
shall roll till they yet break upon human
lty's most distant shore, and like the waters
OF life shall gladden. every land they lave.
Great in his poloer OUer the people, we
nave seen how he nodded the masses
how he combined, controlled, and guided
them-how he loved them, and was beloved
by them. But we did not know 1t all. He
was loved in life, hut how much more in
death lime never before saw such fu-
neral train as his. What millions mingled
the tears of their grief at his grave, and
wept each others woe ~ Behold how the
people loved him Fathom its depth, COM
prehend its extent; tell lif you can how great
the load of anguish it bore, and in the com.
pass, measure, and weight of a nations
sorrow, you have partial exponent of his
power. But only partial, for his funeral
knell Uibrdted through the ,corld and "the
friends Of freedom in every cline, and of
every tongue" were his mourners |!
With such record in life and death, the
future historian will dwell with delight
upon his administration and his memory.
finding little to censure and much to com. .
mend. The future will do him Justice; we
Of the present can not. But in making our
estimate of the man, we should consider
we'll the times in which he lived: "times of
portent and of prodigy" enough Ito per-
plex the good, confound the wise, and
daunt the brave-times when experience
was an infant and calculation @ contin-
gency." And yet he was equal to the
emergency-the man for the times, and
''fOr that reason was he raised up.n
He sleeps "by all his country's wishes
blest." And while patriotism shall boast
its Patrick Henry, while science and phi
losOphy shall revere the memory of Frank
lin, while "glory shall rekindle" at the
name of Washington, while valor shall
cherish the name of jackson, while
craftsmanship shall learn lessons at
the tombs OF Clay, and of Webster; while
military genius shall linger reverently and
l'delighted over the pages which record the
triumph and fame Of our conquering lead
ers, living and dead, in the army and navy:
and while the country can never cease to
be grateful to his cabinet, the angel of
American liberty Will lnstlnctlVely, and
with pride and satisfaction, ever turn to
Abraham Lincoln as the true genius of her
| government and free institutions. And
everywhere, through all time, unto the
latest generations, his life shall be the ex-
ample, his labOrs the illustration, and his
name the synonym Of all that is good and
truly great in an American citizen.
And upon the tablet Of the American
heart shall time write in living characters
this inscription
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
| GODS N0BLESr WoRK-AN HONEST NAN
THE BRAVE, THE WISE, THE GOOD.
| Ambitious without vanity,
| Discreet without fear,
Confident without rashness.
In disaster calm, in success moderate,
in all things upright and true.
| The hero! the patriot the statesman
The guiding star Of the people
The friend of the oppressed!
| The deliverer of the bondsmen.
A victim to slavery.
A martyr la the cause of human liberty
| He died that his country might be free
| A grateful nation will honor his name,
Perpetuate his principles, and
Remember his virtues.