The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-10-21

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There are landmarks in the his
tory of nations which stand out
boldly from the great pathway OF
events, leaving their impress upon
the page of history, vivid from
their peculiar briltiancy, or dark
from the overwhelming sorrow they
create. When years shall have
rolled over this majestic continent,
and the history been written of
those who fought for the indepen-
dence and the glory of a land des
tined to be the most fourishing
and progressive upon the face OF
the earth, children shall read with
enthusiasm the triumphs of Wash
mgton, and shudder with horror
over the tragic fate of Abraham
Lincoln. Through the Magma
Charta of King John, and the blood
stained sod of Bosworth field;
through the Commonwealth, and
Restoration, and the judicious laws
OF good Queen Bess, the mother
land strobe step by step to that
Constitution which now commands
the admiration and respect of kin
dred nations. The young Republic
had not lived century OF her
history when from the teachings of
her forefathers, and the preiudices
of caste and climate, there came
storm. darker than the war of roses,
more deadly than the strife of
kings. From the Southern swamp
there rose cry for help, and the
hour arrived when another Tell
should deliver his countrymen from
the hand of the oppressor. From
the great Western land he came,
from the setting of the sun, from
the hope of sinewy labor. A new,
gaunt figure bore this great de-
iverer. No carpet knight was he,
no fawning sycophant. He came
to save, strong in his will and
mighty in his honesty. How he
performed his part the nation
knows; how he struck the shackles
from the limbs of slavery is it not
impressed on the tablets of immor
tahty2 1t was the will of the AL
mighty that this great and good
man should fall a martyr to the
cause of justice, that his name
might stand forth as a beacon light
to coming generations. The night
Of the 14th of April, 1866, is vivid
to day as when the news went
flashing from city to city that the
noble, the just, the generous heart
had ceased to throb. The assassin.
alton was deed which sent thrill
of horror from the rising to the
going down of the sun-a deed to
call down a universal curse upon
the memory of the instigators and
OF the perpetrators forever and
forever. Nine years. six months.
and three days have rolled away
since that never to be forgotten
night, and in the city which best
knew the patriot the people of a
greatfnl country gathered together
to unveil the scuIptured image Of
him they loved SO well. twas but
a trifiing t1ibute Alas! that it
should be all which frail mortality
can give to him who gave his life.
In the account of the ceremony,
the public read the noble tribute to
the illustrious dead spoken above
his ashes by Senator Oglesby. In
the busy wl.irl of life we are apt to
forget the services even of our
| greatest. in cur concern for the
living present. But there is no
man, unless he be a traitor to the
flag which keeps him free, or 2
soul incapable of approaching that
which is good or great, who did
not join in spirit the celebration
which it was our pleasure to record
The spirit of Lincoln sleeps, but
his words will live forever; and the
best tribute we can pay to his noble
memory is in raising our voices IN
support of the cause for which he
Tell; in shielding with all our
strength the amended Constitution
which was the pillar of his fai h
and in advocacy of the rights OF
that oppressed people whom it was
his glorious mission to aid in lib
Grating, enfranchising, and eleva
ting.