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


the throne of God, but Justice and Judgment with
MEMORABLE dread, follow behind and when law is
jected those who would be their best friends, then
comes Justice with her hoodwinked eyes and with
Of Your dead Chief, from every wound of your
dying Secretary OF State, and his son. dying too let
me voice go up from the people to sec to that our
thing more, fellOw-citzens. For mere vengeance
would do nothing; this Nation is too great to look
future would do everything. All along the battle
fields, on many of which l have had the honor to
stand haye assembled the spirits of our departed
dead II they could look down upon this scene would
they not say to you: We have committed to You
the high and holy, charge that shall not have
American character to become assassns like tho
people Of France and Italy do not believe that
But If they do, the red lightning of peoples ven
w y ssep oo VIII not
one member of the Cabinet Washington and LETT
him only yesterday; and almost the last words he
SAID TO me were: " love our President more every
day hat see him. There is point of this rebel
lion that he does not seem to have thought upon and
matmreiy upon this subject than any other Ameri-
can. tie has gone; and though dead, he is your
PRESIDENT and mine, and we mourn him.
The loyal press of that time was of course in full
accord with the feeling of the public In THE
TRIBUNE of the Monday following the murder Mr..
Greeley wrote:
When we last saw Mr.. Lincoln, he looked so weary
and haggard that he seemed unlikely to live out his
tcrn-anu one main reason for this the in
cessant prosecutions of Otfce-seekers Let his sue
cessor erect stern tarriers against their approaches
ana let hn also take lit precautions against assassi-
nation. Since we know that the spirit of murder is
abroad and that it seeks the Highest in the land for
It's Victims 1t Is not right to afford opportunity to
every miscreant who may aspire to win dist notion
or crafty malice by killing President. Mr.. Lin
coin was often most unJustly assaled for having
petty guard of cavalry when he rode out to his
Iner residence. sore miles from the White House
We trust that chance will be afforded an assassin
to strike down the new President without exposing
himself to instant and certain arrest One such
tragedy thai of last Friday evening should suffice
us Tor II century.
The great crime against the individual and tho
Nation was made the theme of almost every
church service on that mournful Easter Sabbath.
To one congregation Mr.. Greeley voiced the sent-
ment of the Christian community. He spoke, in
part as follows. and the words have too q strange
fitness at the present time:
1t is of all things the most abhorrcnt that man
or woman IN the pride of life and strength unap-
prchcnsive. unconscious, should be suddenly by u
violent hand, stricken down to death. When one
OF the family circle in the midst of social enjoy
'nent ana the ease and qrllct of domestic life il
wonld seem that would he found dcpravcd
enough To perpctrate such % deed. When death
comes under these circumstances it gives Il shock to
the human mind such as no other tent produce
No matter how we may seek to bend minds to
other thoughts to-day-the Resurrection being the
great theme of Christian mcditaton-dcath takes
prcccdcnCc stalks into the domestic chamber, and
into the sanctuary. | trusted in the man who has
been taken from MS: and who shall do the work
which hoped to see him do cannot say. know
MS in our hours of triumph and in Him place my
hopes.