The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18

ing OF the Lord etc. Colonel W,lcox
paIoied officer. followed In a Lr,ef speech.
hotding q email piece of paper in his h,nS'
anu read from ii. IL want that hvmn snng
sRain. and the audience To rise ano ;oin IN
the chorus. anu JOIN III
ICE reading was followed by the widest
th IN Chaplain McCabe came to
~ piatIorm. and, turning To the chairman.
STU; L AIN glad. sir, TO be called 70 sipg
Tue hymn again. for I forgot q very I'M
!oI'sht mesnage. given me by q prisoner
was morn,ngl left Libby. He asked if |
. see President Lincoln for him. | said.
res. certainly He said. Il want You to
w see him and tell him / am one of the
uoorest soldiers In his great army; that |
am eniIsted In one of the first regiments
snat cam. out from Vermont: that I was
.np.urea once and returned TO my regiment;
shat nave been in tina prison for six
months; but want you to say TO him for
~, NE ahd the soldiers in your great army.
down one inch from the position
you have taken about the exchanges to be
MADE OF black soldiers for white ones. We
VIII bear all this horrid prison life and
snfier all We are called upon to suffer; we
Will die, IL necessary, rather than nave any
CONCESSIONS made by you to those who are
irving 10 destroy our country" Then,
turning to Mr. Lincoln, he saia: 81 deliver
You this message to might in tie presence
or this vast assemblage in this House of
representative OF this great Nation from
one OF the poorest soldiers in your great
army. Tho scene that followed canno be
described. Hats. handkerchief and bon
nets nad no owners for ut least ten MIN
Etes. After quiet was restored, MIR. Me-
Cabe sang the hymn again, the audience
standing, and tallest of all and singing
Ionder than any, stood Abraham Lincoln.
singing GLORY. glory. hallelujah.n 1t was
q scene never to be forgotten.
BLOOD PAID WITH RIOOD
Another incident still fingers In the men,
ory OF those bitter years. 1t was the Sec
ond Inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln when he
delivered the most remarkable state paper
In the records of our history. The morn
ing was rainy, dark. and dreary, and when
the great procession marched mp to the
east side of the Capitol. the first black
troops which had ever appeared on such an
occasion were in the ranks. their bright
bayonets symbolizing the heroic conduct
of the coIored soldiers in many q contest.
MIR. Lincoln, in his delivery of his inaugu-
raj, seemed like one inspired. and there
flashed out from tho sombre sky the
bright beam of q glorious sunshine as he
began the utterance of those wonderful
words with which he closed his inaugural.
Ihe Almighty has nis own purposes. 90
unto the world because of offenses. For it
must needs be that offenses come. but woe
to that man by whom the Offcnse cOmeth.
| Ii We shall suppose American slavery I'd he
one of these otfenses which In the provi-
dence of God must needs come, but which
having continued through HIS appointed
time. He now wills to remove, and that He
gives to both North and South this terrible
war as the woe due TO those by whom the
oifepse came, shall We discern therein any
departure from those divine attributes
which the believers in q living God al
ways ascr,bed to Him. Fondly do we hope.
tervently do we pray. that this mighty
scOurge of war may speedily pass away;
yet if God wills that 1t continue until all
the wealth piled by the bondman's 250
years of unrequited toll shall be sunk. and
until every drop of blood drawn with the
drawn 10y the sword. as was said
three thousand years ago, so still it
must be said: The judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether" With
malice tow ara none with charity for all,
with firmness for the right as God gives us
to sec the right. let IA strive on to finish
the work we are IN and bind IN the nations
wounds, to care for him who shall have
borne the battle and for his widow and his
cherish @ Just and lasting peace among our
selves and with all nations"
AS all incident of this occasion, inst rs
the great concourse wore marching back 10
the White House, some one discovered q
blazing star in the mid-heavens. 1t was 80
brilliant that every eye was turned tow ard
It. and on the following day, the Sabbath.
bishop Simpson. in the Metropolitan
Church, in most eloquent words. spoke OF 1t
as "the star of Bsthlehem." an omen of
victory and the promise OF permanent