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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD,
VOL. I—NO. 85.
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OCR PAPER TO-DAY.
We reprint to-day much which appeared
in our columns of yesterday, for two reasons.
Firstly, we could not, in one edition,
supply the dem:nl for our paper of
yesterday, containing the report of
Guvat Loyal Meeting; and, Secondly, our
patrons will readily see that everything said
by the speakers at Saturdays meeting cannot
fail to have a most powerful influence here
after upon the commercial, financial and so
cial status of Savunnahj and sho Id, there
fore, lmve the W:dest possible oireulatiou.—
Heuce our action, and this our excuse.
ADDans3 of mua. gen. eitteefi ad.
We have met together this afternoon to
pay an humble tribute ofrespect to the mem
ory ot t u* purest Patriot and noblest manes
mod rn times Abraham Lincoln, Presidtut
of tli t United States, is Dead ! he has been
stricken and >wu iu tne lull bloom of man*
hood, in tne prime of life, when he was full
big.i aiv meed upon the proudest monument
of fame, by the cruel haud of an assasdn.
Scarce had tne glad tidings wnich filled
every loyal heart from the Atlantic to toe
Pacific, from tne Lakes to ihe Gulf of Mexico
win joy ami gadne-s died away, wnen tne
in our iful intcl ig*nse fell upon our ears that
our chosen leader and honored chieftain had
gone son ver.
Yesterday we inscribed Victory upon our
banners, t > day we write President ou tue
President's grave.
Oh! tne terrible grief of this hour! we
mourn a loss irreparable. The soldier has
left the ranks the sai’or has dropped his
anchor, tiie trader has cleared his mart, the
fanner has stopped iiis plough, the merry
ring of the anv.l and the hum of business ar.
hushed and still,that ail may pro trate them
selves armnd his grave, with hand in hand
and eye suffused, bathe our land in tears.—
When after a f.-\v brief moments to rise from
cur bed of sorrow to swear before God and
high heaven to meet out to uarepenting trai
tors death, and to tne assassin the assassin s
doom. A crime has been committed which
uo pormiel iu the anuals of Republican
history.
Humanity has been outraged, and the
great soul of the Nation is shocked with
emotion from centre to circumference.
Four years ago the political leaders, those
in tiie councils of the Nation, sought to de
stroy the Government for the single reason
that” they refused, in the great election ot
] 800, to keep them longer in power. It was
tinir determination, as they could rule no
longer, to destroy this country and erect
up u the mins a desfkntie govenjitaent, that
they could rule or ruin, according* to their
caprice or fancy. Tuere was in the contest
ot l SCO n ) nn >re th in there had been in the
•various elections that had preceded it—party
lines were drawn tight, but had they not
been so before ? The war was no revolution,
■as the peop e bad no right to contend for, but
wliai tu y ail received under the old flag, nor
had they any grievance to redress.
The first great cause ot all this war can be
foun l in the ungratified ambition of a few
paiizan leaders. Ail otiier interests were
hi't sight of, it was such a cause for war, that
had tne p ople of the North said to them,
«• Come and rule us,” they Would have been
sathfied.
When the Democratic Convention met in
the eity of Charles on. S C , 1860, William
L. Yancey, of Alabama, was regarded the
leader of the ‘‘fite eaters. ’ Col. J. Knox
Walker, of Tennessee, r. pr anted the in er
ets of Stephen A. Douglass. After con
thud battling, the Menu* of Senator Doug
lass became e fivinced that lie cpuld not be
nominated, and telegraphed him to that ef
fect Sei.at r Doudass replied: “If they
will adopt the Ciuclnuatti platform, or the
pr niipl s therein endorsed, you may Wim :
dnw my name from the convention and
pic ge my hearty ,-upport for any man they
mignt nominate. ’ Col. YValktr, when lie re
ceived this, sought Mr Yancey, and sh wed
him the cl spaten. Mr. Yancey replied, *‘ I
may us well be frank with you first as last,
ami I tell \ o t that any pioposiilon. that will
be acceptable to Senator Dougla-s or Ids
friends, is thereby in itselt un c.eplabl# to us
—I mean disunion. Twice Lave I been before
my constituency advocating it; twice have I
"been defeated, l ut now I shall succeed.” And
Jet the-people i.nd parties go as they wish,
we care not; our organization is such that
we will drag out all who will not go peace
ably. Thus, as we lift the veil of the past
four years, we can find the real cause of this
war. I i.sk you, people of the Bouth, what
Was the cause as stated by them to you ?
what means did these heartless leaders take
to arouse the passions and prijudices ol the
•iiflitfbirsMts f Did they, as men and patriots,
state to you the facts upon which they based
all their r. sis ante to the established author
ity ? Was it not rather by traducing Abra
ham Ln< o!n, by . rraigp'ng him before the
people «s one of lltp- vilest of the vile, and
actually chargingdjim of committing nearly
<r. ry « ri«,v jji'thecriminal calendar?
Now let 'is lodow briefly the pathwsy of
the great man, to hear tile verdict of his
lu-inhbnrs and friends and see what truth
. there'is in this ridiculous statement.
Pom in Hat den county, Kentucky, in the
12th day of Februa.y, 180a. He was of
humble and lowly bit to, away from schools
am the belielits of an early education, yet
like the great Father of our Country the
seeds of fmurc greatness were Sopu sown in
bis mind bv a Christian mother; the oft Re
peated and never to be forgotten story ot
Washington and the ‘-Hatchet” was read to
him, leaving a deep impress on aud strange,
to say. History has fonud, in the eariy life
of our late President, its counteract. A Mr.
Crawford, one of the early settlers iu the
ueighcorhood where young Lincoln resided,
opened a school in his log cabm; with a
raccoon cap and a buckskin suit and anold
arithmetic found for him, he commenced his
studies tor the “Higher Branches.” Mr.
Crawford lent him a copy of Ramsey’s Life
of Washington. During a severe stoim
Abraham improved his leisure by reading his
book. One night he laid it down carefully,
as he thought, and the next morning lie
found it soaked through. The wind had
changed ; the storm had beaten in through a
crack in the logs and the appearance of the
book was ruined.
How could he face the owner under such
circumstances? He bait no money to oti'er
as a return, but he took the book, went di
rectly to Mr. Crawford, showed him the irre
parable injury, and frankly and hou sily
offered to work for him until he should be
satistied.
Mr. Crawford accepted the offer and gave
Abraham the book for hi- own in return lot
three days labor in pulling fodder. ’ Tliu
we find the first recorde I act of the illustrious
man,, winning by his manliness aud straight
lorw .ldnes-’, the love and esteem of all his
neighbors, thus the iucidents of his boyhood,
all foreshadowing the 1 it-r st anl integrity
which has characterised him so in later lift.
Little ebe took place in his career till !83t>.
wbenThom*9 Liucoln, his father, moved to
Dec atur, Illinois. Mr. Linco n was now
twenty-one years of age, but did not go Irom
home to act in lep ndently until he had help
ed his father locate his family, break the
grouuci for com, and make a rail fence round
the.farm. We n<*xt hear of him as a volun
teer in a company raised in Manard couniy,
Illinois, ft)r tne B'ack Hawk war, he was
was made a Captain. He served out his en
listment with nouor and distinction. Hs
courage and patriotism shrunk tr an no dan
ger or hardship. From his kindness of heart,
nouesiy of purpose, and m< st excellent judg
ment, lie became the friend of all who knew
him; and the judge, to wuotn was referred
all difficulties and disputes arising between
the soldiers,and he here received his historical
name of “Honest Abe ” At the c ose of the
war he returned to civil life, and stud'ed and
practised surveying.
In 1834 he was sent to the legislature of
Illinois, where he laid the foundation of his
future career as a statesman. In April, 1837.
he removed to Springfield, Illinois and com
menced the practice of law. With the ex
ception ot two terms iu the Illinois Legisla
ture aud one term in Congress, he lived as an
humble citizen with the people, loved and
honored by all who Were favored .with his
acquaintance.
The children all speak his name with rev-;,
erence, the aged fiud iTt ibim 'to levs'
and cherish, but notbiug to condemn.
It has beau my good fortune to share the
friendship, to mingle with him iu private
life, I have see r J him under all circumstances,
and nevtr have I heard his name mentioned,
as a man, but in terms of prai-e aud respect.
Os his public career I will not speak.
There his record stands, and theie it will
stand, while the sun winds her course thro
the Heavens, as an illustrious example of
purity and patriotism.
No ruh-r ever met more fully the highest
hopes of' the People ; those who at first tho'i
him slow, found in good time that lie best
comprehended the great issue. His own
party met but to record in convention the
popular verdict of the man for the hour, and
all lovers of their country%as;knowledge the
wisdom of his re-election.
Feeling these high oxpectations, Sherman
marched triumphantly througu the Confeder
acy. Gillmore raised the old flag over the
shattered cradle ot secession, and Grant in a
single grasp compressed the Capital and Vet
eran army of the rebellion. The country is
tumultuous witti joy and every heart ovi r
flows with giatifude pi the brave officers and
soldiers and the iliuatrious coramaudtr in
chief ; mingled love and reverence are hjs as
the savior of his qountry, more heanily ac
corded because lie decliues it for himself.—
To the army tie gives the praise, to God the
glory I Proudly the old ship of State in all
her magnificent proportions outers the haven
of peace, with Lincoln at the helm. In the
Jury of the storm the great Captaiu cut away
s'a very, making the Oon-tiiption what our
Fathers inteuded—the Charter of Liberty.**■
When bad mortal more reason to be proud of
success? When had any people greater
motives to embalm iu their hearts a Chief
Magistrate ? In Such an hour the assassin
strikes down this great and good man, pierc
ing every heart, with grief. As we recover
from the shock we seek some motive for the
atrocious crime. It was not to tarnish his
proud fame, lor that was secured beyond
mortal power to harm. It was not to der
stry the country, for Ids counsels had se
cured that also. But it was that spirit of
bell conceived in ihe interest of Slavery,
born in the peijured oath io sup|K>rt the con
s'itution nurtured in the fiendish torture of
Simon prisoners christened in this last mur
erous crime, that should appal our hearts
and paralyse our conquering armies. Shall
it succeed r No! a thousand times no! 1
1 appeal to you who met ihese men at the
ballot-boxr-who roused them on the b ttle
field—risking y< ur lives, not that traiiors
might die, but that your Country might live.
If they retreat to the lurkiug place of the
assassin, shall not these suae hands, tri
umphant in honorable warfare, prove God#
swift messengers of vengeance.
We have sworn to obey the President of
the United States, against all enemies whom
soever, and over his crimson bier we renew
that oath. By the holy reverence we tear
h s name—by our love for our Country—by
all that is sacred to Liberty, we will main
tain that oath. This we do swear, lamented
Chieftain, in reverence to thee, to preserve
our Country the proudest monument of your
wisdom and glory.
Our tat er, our leader, our friend, has gone
tores'. It is well hr us that his ts< -rover
did not complete his w< rk before. He has
been spared by an All-Wise Providei.ee. to
carry us thiojgh the darkest hours of our
SAVANNAH&GA., MONDAY, APRIL, 24, 1865.
Couutiyaj gloom; and with one voice we
aeeOrcmp him the welcome plaudit of “ Well
done # and aud faithful se.vant.” Spirit of
the P;i®Luts bid him wehome, as he comes
fresh fifan the fields of glory; Pilgrims, in
your dkaty beds make rucm for him, oar
“Counting idol.
J>EECU.OF BBIG. GEN. WASBDCBN.
Felidfif-eitizens of a yet coble and glorious
couatiyiTcome to day to join my voice and
to mifigfe my tears with yours around the
grave.oJbur loved and lameuu-d Chief MsgLs
trate. ftavenot words to give utterance to
mv leelilgs—language is inadequate to des
cribe fliafmany virtues Knowing him as I did
as a citizen and lawyer, little did I appre
ciate those high statesman.ike qualities he
ofieutimes displayed as our Chief Magistrate.
Asa raft® he needs uo encomium, “there he
stands.” When 1 look around me and see so
many (junior fatees, that, during the loug
night or darkness and gloom have been lock
ing furwaid to me k .ur of peace witu an en
duiing fai h that it must com**, X can but re
joice urnid the gloomv despondency of this
uotir Diking me last four years, many of
you, Wuc7 a, e now around lire have suffered
and toiled— l n.; and weary years—yeais fill
ed vvuii ghorny, disc a. s date defeats as well
as g.> aluas victories—-'witnout fa teriug.—
Never and übting. you have looked tor ward to
tne time, When be.ore our victorious armies,
this wicked caudle-s rebellion should b w
it - un ioly head, and to day, in the fulness of
lime navi we cause to 'rejoice amid our
m umiug—to day welt mftfit the welkin
ring vv th f, ud acclaims of joy—for to-day,
iVea to-day, die.Uis of peace, ox joy, of home
c me tliKjJigiug memory’s vision. Your
fathers auu notuers, wtose gray neads have
bowed so many times in prayer for your
saeiy aud surcess, are tremoling iu tne
wildest e staey of p!e Sure, tor they
reaLze that their prayers are answered ; the
sisters an i broth/rs who ha/e wa cued and
waited, and are iow imp.tiently looking f r
tne time wh nagaiu th y shah w iconic you
home ; the wife of your oosom, wao through
me long night of VVhr, has h ped again t
tiope, gathers to-day tar little ones aroan t
her, as the has to often clone, aud draws
closer to her bosom your lavorite darling,
not with tuc long drawn sigh. of de-pair, out
Withr the impnlSive oeatin.s of a heart filled
with hope-—nope f r a bfiglit future, sur
rounded by the joys Os peace. VVeiit i-day
may we lookfieyond this mantle of mourn mg.
The long weary mareii, the hung r ami
fatigue, tne danger and exposure oi the last
four ytarsare ilnugs » nly to be re me mb red
aud reucarsefl as oi the past. No more .-hail
the beat of drum or echoes of ifie shnll tite
call you to deeds of daring aud ot deatu. With
the cairn sutisiactim tuat you have done
your duty, your Whole duty—you cau look
back upon the many bloody fields where you
have met the auoctfi*pt battle, beneath your
Couniry sFk.y r aztdj£ih the proud couacivius-
Uess that ho biofetaflas taiuhhid hel* fair
; ,sciuo;- -., . .Mtuougn wh*. n you r. cal! Pen
Ridge and Opequau, Pori Hudson and Fish
era Hill, Black River Bridge and Cedar
Creek, and Vicksburg, and those brave,
gal.ant men who so nobly lougkt
ueside you, and to-day are “sleeping the
sleep tuat knows no wukiug''—as you recall
their memories and remember how in a sol
dier's grave you laid them away, ihe tear ol
regrei, of sorrow comes to your eyes. Well
may you weep, for the best bio >d of our army
has iatlen, but, the tear loses itseltiu the proud
consciousness that they have not fallen in
vain. Thsf afl|ve» arc ours- our Nation s Fag
sual wayeitifloriaus triumph over them until
the ResuHnpci tin morn. Tacir graves suait be
hrinorcqyShali be Kept sacred —their metno
rfcs'shaif'b e enshrined in the hearts of a gen
erous people, and Wacu we go to those
bloody battle fields, u ■ loivLn flag e ‘a.ll be
there; but beneath the banner ol Liberty,
we .-huh r.gret that th y fell, but rejoice that
ibey fell as soldiers love io tali—to save a
Country's Flag and a Country’s Honor.
Our Grandt'amers of the revolution demon
strated the great problem that a democratic
republican iorm of government was sudlci
emiy strong to wrest from England's throue,
our lights; our Fathers during the war of
1812 demonstrated the fact tnai a democratic
republican form- of government was strong
enough to protect th se rights when assailed
from without j oar Bioih.rs iu the war with
Mexico demonstrated the lact that lor inju
ries done th<>seright*, <<ur government Was
able to punish »m a loreigti snore, but it was
lett lor Abraham Lincoln to demonstrate the
more teariul problem, that a democratic re
publican form of government could resist
power from wlthihrwibut sucu a l aw of gov
ernment had sulUcient coliesivencss to put
down treason and punish traitors.
Abraham Lincoln demonstrated another
fact, that our government was u > patclied-up
confederacy—but one and indivisible—no
miserable raft of logs, floating down the
rinam of time,that couid be separated at wid
and each go floating on by itsch withi ut detri
ment to 'he otln-ts; but rather a noble Ship
of State, full and connected in all- her dittcr
t-nt pans. You cannot strike the bow—you
cannot strike the keel—you cannot strike
her noble masts, but she quivers to ha 1 very
centre. Dest oy any part. of her nobie
structure, and she sinks to rise no more.
Not only has he proved tuat our government
is a noble Ship of State, nut that she is sea
worthy, caiianle ot outriding the dark storms
that seemed to have doomed her to destruc
tion. Ftoin amid the gloom and depen
dency and the dark breakers of disunion,
while around her ma-ts the lurid iightni <gs
of an evil ambition fla-h,„sremb ing. ou the
verge of destruction—now t sring nigh upon
the waves of foreign intervention, now sink
ing deep into the trough of financial ruin-w
she holds her course while others pro h .-cy
rulu and national death—our pilot wlih a
steady hand and an unswerving eye, gnid-s
her by the Stars of Hope ancfLiberty, on
•w«rd, st 11 onwafd. Oriii rs may grow pale
a«d tremble; but beyond he s.-es the smooth
wo:# , and trusting In tin t overruling “Prov
idence that snipes our ends, r<>ugu hew them
as we wil ” —unheeding the lightnings fla>b
or the growlings of liis a most mutinied
crew, he holds the nobie Sli p upon h r
course, and now as ft on cmia the clouds
and waves, and the lightni- g’s lur and flishes,
she enurges proudly, Btfelv. «n3'gloriously
iuto the harbor ot Peace. Let us thank God !
for giving tls, in our hour of need, such a
pilot as Abraham Lincoln.
Tho War is over. 3%*'
duties devolve upon us. The
wounds of war must now be healed. ** O. e
coun'rv, one flag, ’ and we must be oue peo
pit*.” MySmtuern friends, the changes oj
war are' great, and no doubt tcrrib.e, but
your own good seuse will tell you they ate
unavoidable. You must learn to realize the
stern truth that the chattel of yesterday has
by the war been made a humau beiug. Un
recompensed labor cannot be the rule under
the “flag of the free,” and the sooner you
learn this lesson and accommodate your
selves to the new condition of things, tue
better it will be for all concerned.
To the colored man I say, You, too, have
much to learn—that political equality does
not mean social equality —that liberty dots
not mean freedom from tabor; and you must
learn that now, as much as ever, “bv the
sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat.” Govern
ment will not always feed. Although uo
man can call you slave, yet you are and must
be amenable to the laws of society and ot the
land where you reside. Upon yourselves
devolves the question of your future cofidi
t on. Only by being “good and viituous
can you ho happy” aud respected. Learn to
use the liberty you now have before demand
ing more; by so doing, earn that respect
which, by somebody’s fault, you have 10-t.
Nor, my S >uthern friend, will this change
be> » your great detriment; It may be iucon
v* aient, but not deleterious. The slave a
free man, will consume more of everything
than in his former condition. If industrious,
his family will eat and Wear more than when
on a piantaiion. This greater consumption
will increase the demand; but the slave a
free man, will be a greater producer, and tne
more you produce irom the golden mines of
your rich soil, so men wi.l the wealth of tne
country be increased.
To-d y we ought to rejoice that our Father s
fl ig Mill floats—proudly floats on the’breeze
an iinolem ot freedom. Tuat old Flag that .-o
proud y fl >aied w ex b urne by y -ur father
and mi.ie, at Lundy s Lane at New Ormans,and
goiiousiy iriumpmcf. oyer the walls ot ban
Juan'dHilda. That old Flag that waved
viemri ,us over ineso.is of tie South, aud of
tne North at the bloody fi ids of Buena Vis
ta, and WhnSi.fo ils dtn *ed iu the sun-light
from tue towers oi the Halm of theMouftzu
mU3—the Anieii an Flag.
A few short yea s ago an 1 to be an'Ameri
can was indeed a prou I title. Go to I aly’s
dark- yed maiden aud tell her you are an
American, aud the dew drop in her eye and her
heaving hos an will tell you sue to >kas neurd
of America—America the laud of bright
promise—the laud where she hopes soon to
Join the ideal of her heart. Go to old Father
land and enter the hamlet there, and tell the
grey-haired German that you are an Ameri
can, .and the beating bosom and the warm
grasp of the hand proclaims that Am too has
heard of, America—America, Hfe tome ofg
his children—the *bixihplaca-of4i%»gt’4a#*i
C lildreu—the loved America. Q% entri I.
but of the down-troddeu and oppressed Yh v
green isle, and tell its inmates you are
an American, and his expressions of-happi
ness and joy will be unmistakable, for he too
nas heard of America, as the luture redeem
er of Ireland. As America has been, so
Shall she yet be, when disenthralled, re
deemed, regenerated. She shall be, as God
intended, the bright guiding star of Hope. to
the oppressed of every land—the modern
Israel of the world, the chosen people of
God. Then, when the Goddess of Liberty
shall deck herself in her coronal of stars,
suining brighter than all others, standing out
in full relief, the brightest gems of that dia
dem of giory will be the names of Washing
ton and .Lincoln, the Father and the Saviour
so our Country.
The Chairman then introduced Colonel
Stewart L. Woodford, Chief of Stall to
Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.
REMARKS OF COL. STEWART L; WOODFORD.
Mr. Chairman and FeUuu} Citizens:— The
descending shades of night warn me to be
in uty remarks. Nor should I, at this
late Lour, tresspass upon your ; alienee did
it uot seem truing that the Commanding
Gemral of the Department should
through mo bis sympatuy witu y u upon
this sad occasion winch has ended Us logctu
er.
On Friday, the 14th of April, it was the
g >od fortune of some who are n >w gathered
uere to stand upon the runs of Fori Sumter,
and ou the spot where treason aimed the firs
gun against our Flag, to celebrate its, restora
tion to its familiar and riguiful place. All
Charleston blosomed with the banner; glau
bells rang out their jubilee; the cannon spoke
a nation s joy, aud load hosannas were raised
In that birthplace Ol rebellion, which found
lull echo in auswering songs of joy tt.roug i
out the loyal North and East and West.
Tne i-auae brave soldier, who in April, 188!,
defended the'Nation s Flag and the Natl m’.-
nonor upon tuat uow historic place, was there
to raise again the same old Flag, wnere t
Shall float under God s providence to latest
time. With full hearts we hailed in it&jvtdo
ration the coming ot peace’and the re-estab
lishment of iavv and order. We knelt uon
those crumbled waits and thanked G>d fu
ll s sale guidance in the past; we vowed to
keep that o 4 Flag forever sate against tieason,
aud to restore our loved laud to itagiaciem
power aud peace. On that 3ame day, in tin*
nation’s Capital, toul murder struck horn the
roil of living men our trusted aud honored
President. The Nation paused in its glad
acclaim of joy, and we who so proud
und buoyant “in our hopes of peace, coding !
at last through victoiy, stood sad aud silent,
beside his gray#. Abrahajn Lincoln, wtu> j
had done aud dared all lor the Nation’s Cans ,
fell stricken by the rneau and Cowardly liana
of the assassin. We meetggain to day upon
this Southern soil to commemorate his worth
aufl tkintiy speak with which we
cher s.i his hon.ned name. New victories
have g’or fied our arms, Tne rebel bests dis
banding, se, k their homes. Returning loyal
ty giv s hopeful promise of tue future, and
t e p ace for which, we have lougbt so
puiently, so bravey, and at lust ao tuectis
! fully, seems Hose at band.
| But our joy is turn uin - "vuiming, and a
1 Nat, n bows n sacred grief, to w.»ich u
j vvi rds can give 'fit utteia .. .
I From heaven our sain ed Piesi-
PRICE. 5 CENT ;
dent bends above us' and in this Lour of
solemn joy, yet of heartbreaking sorrow, I
hear him speak as in tno a.most xnsp red
words of his first inaugural, pie iumg * tfia
misguided men o tile bouiu t)
mau endeavor, to ratarn to t icir at' ,
ad to live iu b.otatriy d be. ettij ‘.hi
Flag of our tatfiers.
Biside his grave, the olive bran U, wuich
be so often tendered, wdi ILrovei grow. Ha
w as jus; to North and South alike, and 1 >y and
men will forever love and revere nim as one
Who, in treason’s darkest peril, wu» brave
without rashne-s. just witboui rtveng , ai.d
true in heart and word ana deed to the Nation
and to fiocTiy.
Deep wi a.fi is kindled at his murder, and
fittingly might„we 'ake terrible Veng ranee on
the accursed treason which culminated in his
death. But from ins asiira th. re breatuo the
words spoken of “Id up m Calvary,“Father,
tbrgive mem, for they know not what they
do!" In the spirit of -Abraham Liacona
Proclamation oi Amnesty, we cab the erring
Traitor back to his Wo otter
forgiveness to tlie mftgmaed min who will
now return to repentant loyalty. Iu our sol
emn sorrow, we leave the paSftoxiuu WHO
hath said, “Vengeance is mine, aud I will
rep.iy.”
Bui while we are thus forgiving, let all mrn
remember that tne time bus coiue when t .ey
must etioose between A legi-.nc e uni '1 reason.
The fearful battles of the lour y>.ato are
not to be fought again; the Fiag must be
hereafter honored and the Law obeyed.
Peace and the Union we wifi fluve. H.nce
to ward this bro id laud is to be one nation,
undivided anckil udivisible. (Earnest ap
plause.)
In the name of the Nation wa os<.r
forgiveness ti»r the pa3 ; iu the name
o the Nation we dein nd loyalty for
the future. If you are wise aadlKedt.ua
admonition, prosperity .-nan uie-s your snn
uydiuth. But if defiant Treason .shall still
assail the old Flag, we swear by tne bLr of
our dead President that we wi.l compel obe
dience to the law and loyalty to the Nation,
t lough it b e beside desolated heat ts stones
a id over traitors graves. (Bmotion and exits
of "we swear it. ’)
Soldiers of the Republic—Well may you
m mrn to day! In Abraham Lincniu sde .tli
you have o t a Gommander m-cx}ati whosa
great heart always overflowed with sympa--
uiy tor your suff. rings; whose eloqueut
voice always spok; words of cheer atniu y■ ur
piivation-, and oi prai-e for your victories.—
To you, and to yourgallaut idaders. ho as
cribed all the credit of oar succe-s. You
loved him, as he loved you. And on the
weary march, in the bivouac, and amid and •
light, you were cheered by ms exaupft aud
sustained by his unwavering support His
was the far-sighted mi.,d tuat guided your
effort; .his the loyal heart tbit sustain and
your patriotism; aqd his the arm’
that upheld - v the
Medical 01-c ~.i tills Department are require''
on file, ready at all times for inspccuVAHt Peac#
-tilttf,
let us IH-tfu’/Mian-Mi icsolve that our swords
and lives are for our country, aud tuat to
-long as treason strikes at the N itiou s ife wa
will do brave battle for our land. (Queers
aud cries of “we wilt.’’)
Freedmeu of Georgia—You, too, have
cause to mourn this day. When Abraham
Lincoln tell beneath the assassin's hand, yotl
lost your truest, best, and most parent
friend. Four years ago you were, in the
judgment of the local law, mere things, the
chauels and creatures of your masters will.
Rebellion gave our President fit opportunity
to do you justice. He struck the shackles
from yuur limbs, and today you stand be
side his grave as free by human law as you
are rightfully by God’s decree. Be virluou?,
that you may be respected. Be indus.rious,
that you may rightfu ly earu your fivmg
among m< n. "-vEe palftm. be loyal, be brave.
Re respectful to ail,—cringe to'no man, re
mernb ling that to-day none i» your mast*, r
save G <d, "Who hath made of oue ni.-o ail
nations to dwell upon tuc race ot titj e.iwn.,’
Wbit.* rwc i and win e w men of aiviin
nah—wcc’uarg y »t. tins day toivau ar»iht ii e
te.icniugs of the hour. netueuiu, r that
ij.avcry is and ad; it sua 1 n v rne rtc llctl ;o
hideous life again. By j’our own u
have set the bondman free. No po.ver c« n
now reassemble the scatiercd armies of re*
belli, n. It is whdom, an it is duty, to sub
mit yourselves to the law and to be hertaf.cr
loyal to the govetnimm under w.iicu ynu
were born, and beneath wh<i-e Flag you wii
die. Tne N anon which foster, U >our thi d
hood and made you a 1 that you are. still
calls you back to its arms of love. Iu the
nhuie ot that high sovereignty we re
peat the oiler of forgiveness for Lie mad error
of..the past. In tue name oi that sovtr ignty
we demand aud shail nercaiter enforce obo
d.ence to that couunou law which is alikq tha
master of us all. (Earnest applause.)
. From tiie grave of the President we rever
e ,tly turu to nail the couEHg day ot peace.
May we be just and patient, fpyal arid brave,
as was he i and may that God who ijore the
Mayflower acros-i tne bcPa j'amf planted it
iieside Plymouth Bock, who guid al our fa
thers iu me dart, days ot our revolutionary'
struggle, who j resided over the e rly councils
'of our Nation and made us soglorious among
the people of the earth, who has in these
later days given us victory nVer treas H, *nd
who im.fLia inscrutable wrisifoai has...uo%v re
moved our honored Pre-idcut, still. Watch
over and guide our Nation’s d.siiny.
• A MOXCMEKT TO PBKSIDEM XISCOLW,
Just previous to the adjournment, General
Liit.efi-ld sieppe 1 to the uontofthe piartor.n
and said thai.it a m eting lie{d st Hilton
Hi*ad, last Frid .y, the 22nd inst., the odieers
of the army and navy, atulthe foldi.rs and
-ailors of the nation, had resolved that 'bey
C aim it as a pr.vi ege lora sea m lanm mt
ti Abraham Lincoln, ti e late pKSide.h of
the United Slates. And-they were tint er
respired that tl is testimonial shall ba CP.-cUd
at-Springfi Id, I lino s. Tue Gen. al sp„ke a
few more words in iavor of the, pi, n, which
was heaitily endor-ed by. tb.c meeting, end a
hands me cf'htribufioD, wid, doubtless, at
the pio wr time. l»e i anded to the 8< cretAry
of ibe Fin and as the offering of the citiaen# ou'
Savannah. & 4-isia -
