The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-09-11
INCIDENT IN NEW YORK

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has been furnished us by a distinguish.
ed gentleman who was present, and
shows the intellectual and moral power
of the Republican nominee for the pres.
idency over 4 surging and maddened
crowd.
al shall never forget the first time
saw General Garfield. II was the morn
ing after President Lincoln's assassina-
ton. The country was excited to its
utmost tension, and New York city seem.
cd ready FOR the scenes Of the French
revolution. The intelligence Of Lin
coins murder had been flashed by the
wires over the whole land. The news
paper headlines Of the transaction were
set mp in the largest type, and the high
crime was on every ones tongue. Fear
took possession OF mems S minds rs To the
fate of the Government, for in a few
hours The news came on that Seward $
throat was cut and that attempts had
been made on the lives OF Others OF the
Government officers. Posters were stuck
up everywhere, in great black letters,
calling upon the loyal citizens Of New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and neigh
boring places, to meet around the Wall
Street Exchange and give expressions
to their sentiments. IL was dark and
terrible hour. What might come next
no one could tell. and men spoke with
batcd breath. The wrath of the work
ingmcn was simply uncontrollab!c, and
revolvers and knives were in the hands
of thousands Of I.incoln'S friends, ready
At the first opportunity to take the law
in their own hands and avcngc the death
of the martyrc,l President upon any and
all who dared TO utter word against
him.
"Elcvcn o'clock 4. NJ. was the hour
set for the rendezvous. Fifty thousand
people crowded around the Exchange
Building, examining and jamming the
streets, and wedged in tight as men
could stand together. With few TO
whom special favor was extended,
went over from Brooklyn, at Q 4. NJ,
and, even then, with the utmost difficult
~, found way to the reception room for
the speakers in the front of the Exchange
Building. and looking out upon the high
and massive balcony, whose front was
protected by heavy iron railing. We
81, in solemnity and silence, waiting for
General Butler, who, il was announced,
had started from Washington and was
either already in the city, or expected
every moment. Nearly hundred gen.
erals, judges, statesmen, lawyers, editors,
clergymen, and others, were in that room
waiting Buffers arrival. We stepped
ont TO the balcony to watch the fearfu,ly
solemn and swaying mass Of people,
Not 4 hurrah was heard, but for the most
part dead silence, or 4 deep, ominous
muttcring ran like a rising wave upon
the street toward Broadway, and again
down toward the river on the right.
"At length the batons of the police
were seen swinging in the air, far up on
the left, parting the crowd and pressing
it back to make way for 4 carriage that
moved slowly and with difficult jogs,
through the compact multitude. Sud
denly the cry was broken, and the cry
OF Butler Butler. Butler = rang out
with tremendous and thrilling effects,
and was taken up by the people. But
not 4 hurrah Not one II was the
cry of great people, asking to know
how their President died. The blood
bounded in our veins, and the tears ran
like streams down our faces. How it
was done forget, but Butler was pulled
through, and pulled up, and entered the
room, where VIC had just walked back to
meet him. A broad Grape, Il yard long,
hung from his left arm-terrible contrast
with the countless flags that were wav-
ing the nations victory in the breeze.
We first realized then the truth of the
sad news that Lincoln was dead. When
Butler entered the room We shook hands.
Some spoke, some couldn't. All were
in tca,s. The only word Butler had
for us all at the first break of the silence
was: : Gentlemen, he died in the full
ness of his fame = and As he spoke it
his lips quivered, and the tears ran down
his checks.
"Thcn, after few moments, came
the speaking. And you can imagine
the effect, as the Grape huttcred in the
wind, while his arm was uplifted. -
Dickinson, of New York State, was fairly
wild. The old man leaped over the iron
railing Of the balcony and stood on the
very edge overhanging the crowd, ges-
ticulating in the most vehement manner,
and next thing to bidding the crowd
burn up the rebelsced. root and branch,
while a bystander held on to his coat
tails to keep him from falling over. by
this time the wave Of popular indigna-
ton had swelled TO its crest. Two men
lay bleeding on one Of the side streets,
the one dead, the other next to dying /;
one on the pavement, the other in the
gutter. They had said moment before
that Lincoln ought to have been shot
long agol' They were not allowed tosay
it again Soon two long pieces Of scant-
ling stood out above the heads Of the
crowd, crossed at the top like the letter
y, and looped halter pendent from
the junction, dozen men following its
slow motion through the masses, while
Vengeance = was the cry.
"On the right, suddenly, the shout
rose The U1rLi" The UoTLfP The
Office Of The HSvki! HSyLi! U~Lf|
and a movement Of perhaps 5000 or
10, 900 turning their faces in the dircc-
tion of that building began to be exc
cuted. Il was critical moment. What
might come no one could tell, did that
crowd get in front of that Office. Police
and military would have availed little or
been too late. A telegram had just been
read from Washington, Seward is dy-
ing Just then, at that juncture, man
stcupcd forward with n small flag in his