Year: 1865

ened Fow naturally and easily the ranks coied
and another stepped forward in hour 70 take ms
mantle And avow my bel eff that he will be found
man true TO every instinct Of bertytrue 70 the WhoIe
trust that is reposed in him, vgant for the consttu


ton careful OF the la and wise for liberty in that he
himself for his life long has known what it is to suffer
from the stings of slavery, and cries liberty through
the bitter experience Of his own life Applause) Where
could the head of the government in any monarchy be
smtten down by the hand of assassin and the nation


Jt be dsturbe 2 Bat af er npIra leed drains upon the
resources of this country since tie commenced ana
then the striking down of the head OF the government
the heart of the peope such that the public funds
never fateTed but stood as the granite ribs in our
mountains. Republican institutions had been VII
as never befOr and God said by this providence
TO all the nat ols of the earth republican bety based
M on true Christianity is firm the foundations OF
tie plobe Fifthly-He who now seel has by this
event been clothed with new influence Iead he SPEAKS
TO men who now willingly hear what before they r
fused TO lisen 10. Now his simple and weghty words
viii be ratlcled like those OF Washington and your
children ami chdrens children shall be taught to pom
der the simplicity and deep wisdom Of the utterat ces
which, in time of party heat passed as id.e words The
patriotism OF men will receive impulse, and men,
for his sake, will love the whole country which be
loved so we'll swear you on the altar Of his memory
@ be more faithful to that country for which lie has
pershed hy his very perishng and anew hatred
10 that slavery which made him martyr and'a con-
queror (ApplauSe.) hr. Beecher spoke Of Mr. Lin.
coins determination aud infexible justice, joined
with a Woman's tenderness and moderation OF
spirit, which the heat Of party could not infame,
and then dwelt in pathetic strains upon the loss



death, and whose name was to them as an angel OF
Co. H. concluded with the following eloquent Terora
tion: and now the martyr Is moving in trumphai
march mightier than when alive The nation rises up
al every stage OF his coming Cities and States his
allbearers and the speaks the hours with so
iemn progression Dead, dead dead he yet speaketh-
IL Washington dead Is impden dead Is Dav d
dead Is any that fit TO live dead Dis
enthralled Of esh risen to the unobstructed sphere
where passion comes, he begins his illimsble
work. His life is grated upon the infinite, and will


ha f1titful earthly life Pass thou hast
overc ONE Your sorrows, oh people, are his peans
your bells and bands and muffied drums sound triumph
in his ears. Wall and weep here God makes its echo
10y and triumph there. Pass on -Four years ago Oh
illinois we took from thy midst untried man, and
from among the people, return HIM to you mighty
conqueror Not thine any more, but the nations not
ours but the worlds. Give him place oh ye prairies


In the midst Of this great continent his dust shall rest
a sacred treasure to myrads who shall pilgrim 10 that
shrine to kinde anew their zeal and patriotism. le
winds that move the mighty places of the West
chant his requiem Ye people behold the martyr whose
blood as so many articulIte words pleads for fidelity
for "a n, for liberty