The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

fled. Lee surrendered, Mobile captured.
Nothing of the confederacy, in short, re-
mained but Johnston's army and it was gen.
erally believed that its surrender to Sher-
man was but a matter of hours. How COM
pletely the conflict was at an end, however,
the people Of the north had not realized un-
till they read in their newspapers that Good
Friday morning the order of the secretary of
war suspending the draft, stopping the pur-
chase of military supplies and removing
military restrictions from trade.
"Such a day of rejoicing the world has
rarely seen. At Fort Sumpter scores of well
known citizens of the north, among them
Henry Ward Beecher William Lloyd Gar
rison, General Robert Anderson and Theo-
dore Tilton, raised over the black and shat
tered pile the flag which four years before
Charleston now lying desolate and wasted
had dragged down.
"Cities and towns, namlets and country
roadside blossomed with flags and bunting
Stock exchanges met to pass resolutions.
Bells rang Every man who could make
speech was on his feet. twas millennium
day, restoring the broken homes, quieting
aching hearts, easing distracted minds.
Even those who mourned-and who could
count the number whom that dreadful four
years had stripped Of those they held dearestY
even those who mourned exulted Their
dead had saved nation, freed a people
And so subtle JOY, mingled triumph, resig-
nation and hope swept over the north. 1t
was with all men as James Russell Lowell
wrote to his friend Norton that il was with
him:
"'The news my dear Charles, is
from heaven. felt n strange and tender
exaltation. wanted to laugh and wanted
to cry and ended by holding my peace and
feeling devoutly thankful
| Washington almost went literally mad
with Joy when it heard Of Lees surrender.
A contemporary account says;
yesterday april 10, the day after Lees
surrender) was gala day in Washington. A
vacation was given the clerks in the treasury
department, and the workmen in the navy yard,
who Immediately formed in procession, accom-
panied by bands, proceeded to call on the lead
ing omcihls. Inc presiuent anu peho'a' ii"i-
leck made addresses, the cannon on the fortfca-
tions thundered forth salutes, bells were rung
and the general enthusiasm given vent to in in
Vulnerable spontaneous manifestations"
Writing Of the surrender in the New York
Tribune, Horace Greeley said;
"Lee has surrendered! Three words only
but how much they mean! Last night at ii
o'clock this news reached us, and before we had
finished reading the dispatch cheer upon cheer
rang through the night air, so quickly had the
Intelligence, not ten minutes off the wires, es
capped to the street, to be carried, like the flash
from mountain top to mountain top that gath
cred the clans fran whole mountain side, into
thousands OF households. to be repeated il
prayers OF thanksgiving from thousands OF fam
: lily affairs"
: Before the north could fairly don its gar
ments OF rejoicing and before the south coul'
realize it must thereafter set its feet on the patti
, OF industrial rebuilding came the terrific shocl
of Lincoln's assassination, only five days afte
, Lees surrender. Gloom overspread both sec
tions, the north because it had lost its fathe
> and its friend; the south felt the dread, happi
: uniounded, Of reprisals for madman's deed.