The Indianapolis journal., 1885-05-27
MIR. LYNCoLN's FUNERAL.
Mr.. Blaine's Account of that Mournful Event
as Told in His forthcoming Book.

as Told in His Forthcoming Book.
Advance Sheets of Twenty Years in Congress-"
The remains of the late President lay in state
at the executive manson for four days. The en-
tire city seemed house Of mourning Lit
was remarked that even little children on the
streets wore no smiles upon their faces. so deep
ly were they impressed by the calamity which
had brought grief to every loyal heart The
martial music which had been resoundlng IN
glad celebration of the Nations triumph had
ceased; public edifice and private mansion were
alike draped with the insignia OF grief; the flag
OF the Union, which had been waving more
proudly than ever before, was now lowered to
half mast, giving mute butsignifcant expression
to the sorrow that was felt wherever, on sea or
land, that flag was honored.
Funeral services, conducted by leading clergy
men Of the city, were held in the East Room on
Wednesday, the 10Th of April. Amid the solemn
tolling of church bells and the still more solemn
laundering of minute guns from the vast fortl-
fications which had protected Washington, the
body, escorted by imposing military ard
civil procession, was transferred to the rotunda
of the Capitol The day was observed through.
out the Union as one Of fasting, humiliation and
prayer.
The deep feeling of the people found express
sion in all the forms of religious soemnity
Services in the churches throughout the land
were held in union with the services at the ex-
ecutive mansion, and were everywhere attended
with exhibitions of profound grief In all the
cities of Canada business was suspended, public
meetings of coincidence with kindred people
were held, and prayers were read in the
churches
Throughout the Confederate States, whore
war had ceased, but peace had not yet come, the
people joined in significant expression of sorrow
over the death of him whose very name they had
been taught to execrate. Early OF the morning
of the 29th the body was removed from the
Capitol and placed on the funeral car, which was
to transport it to its final resting place in
Illinois. The remains of a little son who had
died three years before, were taken from their
burial place in Georgetown and borne with those
of his father for final seputure in the stately
mausoleum which the public mind had already
decreed to the illustrious martyr. The train
which moved from the national capital was at
tended on its course by extraordinary mani
festations of grief on the part of the
people. Baltimore which had re-
luctantly and sullenly submitted to
Mr. Lincoln's formal Inauguration
and to his authority as President, now showed
every mark of homer and of homage as his body
was borne through the streets, confederates and
Unionists alike realizing the magnitude of the
calamity which had overwhelmed both North and
South. In Philadelphia the entire population
did reverence to the memory of the murdered
patriot. A procession of more than loo, 600 per-
sons formed his funeral cortege to independence
Hall, where the body remained until the ensuing
day. The silence of the sorrowful night was in
strange contrast with the scene in the same
place. four years BEFORE when Mr.. Lincoln. in
the anxeties and periis of the opening rebellion,
hoisted the national flag over our ancient Tenn.
pDosadar ps Of Liberty Snds ana before daa s Essa' % noa
Guided in words which, deeply impressed
at the time, had proved sadly prophetic
now that his dead body lay in a bloody shroud
surrender these principles l would be assassi-
mated on this spot" In the city of New York
the popular feeling was if possible, even more
marked than in Philadelphia. The streets were
so crowded that the procession moved with diff
Guilty to the City Hail. where, amid the chantings
of eight hundred singers, the body was placed
on the catafalque prepared for it Throughout
the day, and throughout the entire night, the
living tide of sorrowful humanity flowed past
the silent form. At the solemn hour of midi
night the German musical societies sang fune
raj hymn with effect so impressive and so
touching that thousands of strong men were in
tears. Other than this no sound was heard
throughout the night, except the footsteps of the
advancing and receding crowd. At sunrise many
thousands still waiting in the park were obliged
to turn away disappointed. 1t was observed that
every person who passed through the hall, even
the humblest and poorest, wore the insignia of
mourning In city accustomed to larger as
semblies and to unstrained expressions of popu-
lar feelings, no such scenes had ever been wit
messed. On the afternoon appointed for the pro-
cession to move westward ali business was sus-
pended, and the voice of New York was pro-
nounced in Union Square before great con-
course of people in funeral oration by the his
torian Bancroft, in funeral ode by William
Cullen Bryant. Similar scenes were witnessed
in the great cities along the entire route. Final
obsequies were celebrated in Oakridge cemetery,
near Springfield, on the 4th day of May Major
general Joseph Hooker acted as chief marshal
upon the OCCASION and an impressive sermon was
pronounced by Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Perhaps in the history of
the world no such exhibition of deep feeling had
ever been witnessed as this funeral march
from the national capital to The capital of Illi
nois.