The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-14

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Fellow citissns: We need not rseits
10 you the circumstances under which
you and AL Of us are convened this even
ing- The object Of this nesting In 10
empress To each other. and 10 our fell
io~-eitizsns svery~hsre. the senss Of
horror Win which this community has
tnss Gay received the news OF the as
sAssin2tion OF Abraham Lincoln. late
fresid~nt OF the United states. and the
attempted assassination or two members
OF the cabinet. The atrocious deed 10
even yet new In the history OF the civ
iissd world and unparalleled In our sx-
penenee As nation In common. there-
FORE. with christianised mankind every
where. We stand ashAst NJ the awful
crime IL cannot be but the curse OF
Almighty God viii rest on a cause which
has 80 long threatened and At last escit-
ed the psrpetration OF such an enormity.
Abraham Lincoln was the last of men
20 nave retributiveiy fallen BY the hand
of violence All his Instincts and acts
were such as to have unneryed the CON
ception OF so murderous n purpose. His
tory VIII recognize In him the chief OF
our martyred dead who have fallen VIC
Tins to the INSCRIPTIONS ambitions OF
the present rebellion. Steadily he had
grown In the affection OF the Christian
world. wherever the American name was
known. until at the time OF his death.
original friends and foes OF his admin
istration had learned to look upon him
as pre-eminently true type OF the sim
plicity OF our republican Institutions
Insensible indeed TO all the good In
stincts OF human nature must have
been the hearts that concerted his muir
der We cannot think OF the perpetra-
tors save as the Vsriest demons OF hell
itself. Even to these ''oaser sort" he
had been lenient and forbearing above
all president With an ingratitude In
fernal I'm Its character the unholy plot
tiers. abettors and perpetrators OF the
murdsrous deed. struck down the man
OF all others whose sympathies were
most actively intervening TO temper the
just punishment due to their reoeliious
crimes with the largest measure OF
mercy. A great people slow TO anger
and disposed to be magnanimious In the
hour OF their victories will not fall to
see In this unnatural requfttal the trse
spirit that has aetuated the leadership
OF the present rebellion, and when its
origin and fun extent are known they
will exact such retribution as becomes
them
Thus prefacing more formal express
sion OF the views presumed TO be enter
tanned as the sense OF this meeting. we
submit for its consideration the fol-
lowing resolutions;
1. That. humanity speaking. We de-
plore the death OF Abraham Lincoln as
the sorest calamity that could have be
fallen the nation at this critical period
OF its history.
:. That. both as Americans and West
Virginians. We lamen, his untimely end.
TO US MS name and memory VIII be Tor
ever especially dear. "hen We needed
a friend he came 20 our rescue. and
ena,ehed Us as a brand from the burning
OF the reoeihon' made US tho happy peo-
pie OF new and better commonwealth
d Ihat STRIVING 10 rise IN TINS DARK
nour 10 proper conception OF the hish
outies OF our eitiEenship, ana torsettins
al e,se save the nnss.ihs pe.iis Wnich
sun h4ns 'ounu our ois'iao'e country,
/ we pleuse our-slSes' sna %k All our
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