The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10

With my responsibilities" inquired the
president. II think" replied the
frank and honest old senator from
Ohio, II should either force into ex-
le or hang about ten or twelve of the
worst of those fellows; perhaps, by
way OF full measure, / should make it
thirteen, just a bakers dozen" "But
now" reiolned the president; ''are
You going to pick out small number
and show them to be guiltier than the
cest?" at won't do 10 hang very
large number" rejoined Wade, "and
think if you would give me time |
could name thirteen that stand at the
head in the work of rebellion. l think
we would agree on jeff DAVIS, Toombs,
Benjamin, Slidell, Mason, and Howell
Cobb. If we do no more than drive
these half-dozen out of the country we
should accomplish good deal"
The interview was long, and at its
close Mr.. johnson expressed surprise
tnat Wade was willing to let 1.-THE
traitors" as he always styled them,
''escape so easily" He said that he
had expected the heartiest support
from Wade in a policy which, as he
outlined it to the senator seemed in
| thoroughness to rival that of Strafford
Mr.. Wade left the executive mansion
with his mind divided between ad-
mlration for the stern resolve and high
courage Of the president on the oen
hand and his fear on the other that a
policy so determined and aggressive
as Mr.. johnson seemed bent on pur-
suing might work a reaction in the
north, and that thus in the end less
might be done in providing proper
safeguards against another rebellion
than if too much had not been attempt
ed.
THE FUNERAL OF LINCOLN.
The remains of the late president
lay in state at the executive mansion
for four days. The entire city seemed
as house of mourning. 1t was re-
marked that even the little children
on the streets wore no smiles upon
their faces so deeply were they i'm
pressed by the calamity which had
brought grief to every loyal heart.
The marshal music which had been
resounding in glad celebration of the
national triumph had ceased; public
edifice and private mansion were alike
draped with the insignia of grief; the
flag of the union, which had been wav-
ing more proudly than ever before,
was now lowered to half mast, giving
mute but significant expression to the
sorrow that was felt wherever on sea
or land that flag was honored.
Early on the morning of the 2Sth
the body was removed from the capital
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 be-
for were taken from their burial
place in Georgetown and borne with
those of his father for final sepulture
in the stately mausoleum which the
public mind had already decreed to
the illustrious martyr. The train which
moved from the national capital was
attended on its course by extraordinary
OF grief on the part of
the people. Baltimore, which had
and snllenly submitted to
Mr.. Lincoln's formal Inauguration
and to his authority as president, now
showed every mark of honor and of
homage as his body was borne through |
her streets, confederate and unionist |
alike realizing the magnitude of the
which had overwhelmed both |
lorIh and south. In Philadelphia the
,ntire population did reverence to the
of the murdered patriot. A
procession of more than a hundred
housand persons formed his funeral
.ortege to independence hall, where
he body remained until the ensuing
lay. The silence of the sorrowful night
vas in strange contrast with the scene
n the same place four years before,
yhen Mr.. Lincoln, in the anxieties
nd perils of the opening rebellion,
osted the national flag over our an
lent temple ofliberty, and before a
reat and applauding multitude de-
ended the principles which that flag
,piied He concluded IN words which,
ceply impressed at the time, had prov
n sadly prophetic now that his dead
ody lay in bloody shroud where his
wing form then stood: "Sooner than
lrrender these principles, would
, assasslnated on this spot"
In the city of New York the popular
cling was, If possible, even more ,
arked than in Philadelphia. The
reefs were so crowded that the pro- ]
ssion moved with difficulty to the {
ty hall, where, amid the chanting of 5
ght hundred singers. the body was I
aced upon the catafalque prepared |
r it. Throughout the day and I
oughout the entire night the living
lie of sorrowful humanity flowed e
st the silent form. At the solemn
'ur of midnight the German musical s
cieties sang a funeral hymn with an $
ect so impressive and so touching n
at thousands of strong men were in b
hrs. Other than this no sound was a
ard through out the night except D
} footsteps of the advancing and re-
lind Gro Nd. AT sunrise many thou
I'd, still waiting in the park were
iged to turn away disappointed. 1t c.
s observed that every person who lc
ssed through the hall, even the n
mblest and poorest, wore the insig- lie
of mourning. In city accustomed til
large assemblies and to unrestrained ci
,ressions of popular feeling no such dt
ne had ever been witnessed. On lt
afternoon appointed for the pro- in