Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-01
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est crisis the .e6untEys qoveg1 passed |
through, has been furnished us by 3 |
distinguished gentleman who was
present, and shows the intellectual ana |
moral power OF the republican uomI- !
zee for the presidency over . suTSIuG |
ana maddened croWA:--z---- "a
81 shall never forget the fret time 4 |
saw General Garfield. 1t was me
morning after President Llnc0In's az
sassinatIon. Che country was excited
tn ina utmost tension, and New YOck
ojtv seemed ready f0r the scenes Of the
French revolution. The Intelligence
of TjncDin's murder had been fashed
nv the wires over thelWhOte lana. Tie
newspaper headlines Of the .tsansac-
,lon were set up in The largest type,
and the high crime wats on 87ary one'5
tongue. Fear took possession Of mems
minds IS to the fate OF the government;
for in a f5W hours the Rows came on
thav Stewards throat was cut and that
| attempts had been made upon the
! lives OF others of the government Off
| GERS. Posters were stuck up every
! where, in great black lie teFs, calling
! upon the loyal citizens on New YUIk,
! Brooklyn, Jerysy CITY and neigh boz
| ing places, TO meet around the Wal
street exchange and give ex preston %
their sentiments. 1t was a dark and
terrible hour. WHAT might come next
no enc could tell, and men spoke with
baged breath. The wrath Of the work
iDgmeu was simply uncomfortable,
ana reVOlVers and Knives were in the
hands OF thousands OF LiDcOln's
friends, ready at the first opportunity
to take the law into their own hands
and avenge the death OF the msrtyred
president upon any and all who dared
10 utter word against him"
eleven O'clock 8. N. was the hour
set for The rendezvous. Fifty thousand
people crowded around the EzChGngo
building, examining and jamming the
streets, and Wedged II Tight as men
could stand together. with a few to
whom special favor was extended, /
went over from Brooklyn, al 8 @. N.
ami, even then, with the Utmost diff
cu.tY, found way TO the reception room
for the speakers in the front OF tiIs
Exchange building and looking Ou
. upon the high and massive balcony
I whose front WAS protected by q heavy
iron railing. We sat in sOlennify auC
silence, waiting for General Batler
Z VINO, it was announced, had stagtel
from Washington and was eilhe
already ia the city, or expected ever!
O | moment. Nearly 2 bundled generals
Judges, statesmen; lawyers, editors
cler2ynen, and others were III tia
room waiting Buffers arrival. w
stepped out TO the balcony 10 Watci
g the learfalIy solemn and awaying mas
g. Of people. Not . huIrah was heard
Dat for the most DsTI dead silence, or
& | deep, OmilOI5 muttalDg ran IKE
:, rising wave up the street tOWaG
n Broadway, and again down toward tn
river OF the right.
at IeDg-h the batoDs Of the polio
were aeen swinging in the air, far u
Oh The left, parting tl8 crowd an
- pressing ii back TO make way for
b carriage that moved slowly aud wis
3. difficult joys, through tbs compaC
-. mulutudu. Suddenly the silence va
broken, and the cry of Butler! But
leg! Butler !! rang cut with tTemeE
duus and thrilling eIzCf, and wa
taken up by the people. But not
huTiah! Not one! fl Was the cry
great people asking to know no
their president Gied. The bloc
bounded IN our veins and the TeaI
= ran like Streams down our fee
How il was Gone / forget, but Butte
J was pulled through, aud pulled III
s. | and entered the room, where we la
, lust walked back TO meet him. 1
a JrOad Grape, 3 yard long, hung troI
n his lafC aGm-terrble contrast wit
a.. the countless flags that were waviU
8 rhe nations victory in the breeze. ~
n FIRST TealiZ d then the truth Of the So
4 news that Lincoln was dead. Whe
a Butler entered the room We shoe
m hands. Some spoke, some COuidn'
II All were in tears. The only wol
- Butler had for Us at the first break
"a the silence was: Gentlemen, he dix
tn In the iUiue83 Of MS famen and IS [
spoke it bis lips quiVered, and Il
- tears ran fast down mis- cheeka.
'7 "PheD, after q few moments, can
the speaking. And you can imagiG
the effect, as The Grape flttered in Il
L. wind, while his arm was upifte
Dickinson, Of New York State, W
= faiEIy wild. The old man leaped 0v
~ the iron railing OF the balcony al
stood on the very edge OveThangir
FL the crowd, gesucuiatng in the mo
ii, vehement manner, anu next thing
Ia. bidding The crowd burn up the reb
= Iced, root and branca,' while a b
~ st20der held on to bis c0at.tail to ket
g hin from falling over. By this tim
the wave Of popular indignation hi
Bwelied 10 is crest. Two men j.
es bleeding on one OF she side streets, Il
~, one dead, the other next to dying; OF
on the pavement, the other in the ST
ls ter. They had said a moment bef0
that Lincoln ought to have been sh
long ago ! They were not allowed
say it again! Soon too long pieces
T. scautliug stood Gus above the heads
the crowd, crossed at the top like &
~ ieltel X, and 3 l0Op9d halter pende
from the junction, dozen men folio
ing its slow motion through t
masses, while 'vengeance! was t
~ ION tie right, suddenly, the sho
~ rose, The World The World y Il
u office Of the World = World! W0rlc
and movement Of perhaps 5000
10 geo turning their faces in tie dire
ton Of that building began 90 be e
, eCute9. IL was critical monel
-"' What might come, no one could tie
III. cid that crowd geG in front of III
Office. Police and military would ha
avaiIad little or been TOO late. a tt
IS. gram lad just been read from Was
.r, lDgt0n, Seward is dying Just the
y at that junCJuTe, 8 man stepped f.
on ward wish small flag in his hant, 81
On beck0ned to the CROWD. Another Tel
or gram from Washington = Aud the
~, in the awful stiffness Of the cris
taking advantage OF the hesitation
the crowd, whose steps had been
Oh Tested moment. g right arm V
vas lifted skyward, and voice clear 8
len e&9y' loud and distinct, spoke OF