New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-04

ter what the event may he. lnV VIII he DONE"
The service was closed with singing, with silence
n'union service followed.
VIEWS OF TIE REV. DIR. BELLOWS.
The Rev. DIR. Henry ". Bellows preached
yesterday at An Souls Church (Cnitarian) upon Clouds
in our National sky" lie spoke OF the "maohine in
politics. the evils OF which due. not to tlc exist
cncc of thc chine bat to the character OF the men
Who managed it. What necessary was not that it
should be abolished hut that politics should DE nae an
honorable profession, and tDat tho machine should be
conducted by of character ana reputation true
civil service reform the means accomplish this.
had written thus 7, lie continued, When the dread
full udugs of the attempted assassination Of
cur President arrested every other Thought and
hIed thc Nation with horror and alarm.
The report that reached seemed terrible 10 Ice
credible so bamclcss, free from personal enemies
growing upon the confidence and respect the pco-
PIE had our PRESIDENT been, ana calm and tranquil
the country under his benign Administrations so lit
tie sectional luminosity LETT In the land and liic
divided were the people the main policy of the Gov
ernlnent, that did calamity Of this frichffnl
magnitude burst out on clearer sky II II the
beautiful comet in our northern horizon had suddenly
swOopcd down upon tie peaceful observers its course
On tue nions that looked wondering upon
splcudor and dashed the earth out OF its orbit and
hcapcd the cosmos ia ruins God knows hopes arr,
centred in the life and energy, the statcemsuship
and patriotism Of our PrcsiIcnt-the first for
many terms Who possessed che claims OF a
troincd and experienced legislator upon the OK
allied oni,e hc filed II seemed almost a happy
accd ut when party put the right man in the rst
place, and made candidate III for any Office rs any
i'll the country tie nominee OF t'uinr hant party and
ut last the President o. the Nation Aud now in q mo-
itnt, J the b,bta shot OF disappointed onco-sec kcr
oar PRESIDENT lies Lai dead and ia danger o. mortal
solution, Wills the national heart the eve Of is
ertatcst festival is shocked fearful susrcnsc and
waits with alternate hopes aud fears upon the hourly
bulletins from the bloody chamber where his stalqnrt
frame and manly vigOr Of constitution struggle unrcr-
tainy with The angel of death.
There is great alienation OF IN the fret that
thus far no evidence appears OF political conspiracy or
of sectional or party backing in the frantic acl Of Der
sonal caprice ana hayward madness that has Laid low
our yesterday Greet and vigorous chief ruler
II he dies he dies by the hand Of his own Western
fcllowctzcns; an obscure person without political
significance following, wholly unknown in social or
public life 1t is painfully true that tho mailman claims
some party reasons for his conduct and cxcscs himself
~ the necessity Of putting Of the way an obstacle
to the fH power OF one oi the factions The miserable
quarrel of the Republican party There is no reason for
thinking that lac had any prompting or support from
those who may benefit by the improbable vacancy TO
be created in the Presidential chair But il is probable
If not certain that the imosity personal abuse ana
inc nnaeemiy tone ana character Of the quar-
Iel ~ the party, aggravated ly virulcuce
OF violence ib,t now apais thoee Who ion.ei Il "''
II was less nercusaDle that sectional bitterness and
hate ehOnld have brcd, while "a fearful r,,r cty,D,
North a.d south was s going on the muttcruus shirt
but ihat mere quarrel party sloils sholI ba
been able To poison the brain and nerve the arm a"
fanatic to s,y, not personal enemy, not his inIlrrf
%,d no, Grct riiy t. e strife, but the beloved and
m,norcI rio,m' OF nc nation in time of peace and
tit open 10 keep up de- INT divisions one of tho sal
within party iucs nay cad i it not new lrcg,
M ltths IN spols "i once out OF patty politics when
Let MS hope that the country viii come 10 its scue,e ana
inc party in question TO it's stool OF repentance when
IT sets what consequences follow the orgies ana ace,
Gn,on5 ana malicious countercrcs of factions in Al
Aa Tor the da when second President OF the United
St"tSs "ci's IN me blood Of assassination! What IN
@ust bu what injurious what unacceptable yet Mhn ise
.iipssoiiS are already LETT On the European mind by
Hyr|hi, an emperor, king bat elective Precedent
nQW Wi Russian abs0ust- rejoice 10 see The horror Of
Nhilsiic crimes oudone by children of free stc.
now VIII nonarcs stilen and oondcnso the bayoncis
Jusics' ruler over the equal citizens OF the most happv
CAPITAL wbont p,Hp9 cannot move about in thrir
~; it is dreadful to feel what perycrrc uses
strengthen hateful tyrannies and to insult and dsnar
osth T a9 %nd JiSi principles Let gs swear solemn
weaken our faith in liberty and the fatal insfor
eoi on the principles for which they stand 1t would lie
we last counsel OF our noble President were he-whch
,' hNcrt TO be called away from by arocious
nri o. violence, to stand faithfully by American
aer pilot were shot down; and TO honor and maintn
anc nag ana freedom of the Nation against ali assai
1,io,, ana worse Than that. against the treachery OF
Of co.'s pS 'f for r9 ana the e eeeess
humanity hthess to receive them.
The Rev. DR.. Robert s. Macarthur. of Calvary
Baptist Church. from which Guiteau was expelled for i'm
moral tics while living in this city follow ed his scrintre
lesson yesterday forenoon with prayer for the recovery
OileWounded President He announced that e had laid
ASIDE the sermon which he intended for the morntp
service amid the excitement and gloom Saturday and
hastily and sadly had prepared other thoughts He read
Tor his text H. Samuel l., 10: How are the mighty
fallenp
We have here, he said, Davds lament on tho death of
a inFlv f.,,H.
been hney said OF this wonderful clegy that every word
IL swollen with sigh or broken with sob" We might
study 1t to-day for its literary beauty; or we might study
IL because OF That sympathy which reaches across all
spaces and times and makes the whole world kin But
there Is to-day better reason; there is to-day nearer
sorrow In the minds OF all noble men and women
throug out our broad land, and the world there il to-
oay aeep grief In thousands of homes to-day