Savannah daily herald. (Savannah, Ga.) 1865-1866, April 24, 1865, Image 1

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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD, VOL. I—NO. 85. The Savannah Daily Herald CMOUNING AND EVENING) is rci]Lisuia> by SJ. W. MASON A CO., At- IXI Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia. TIBliS: Per Copy .. Five Cents. Per Hundred *3 50. Per Year.... .: $lO 00. advertising: Two Collars per Square of Ten Lines for first in sertion s One Dollar lor each subsequent one. Ad vertisement* inserted in the morning, will, if desired, appear in the evening without extra charge. job i*iti:vti:vgi every eiyle, neatly and promptly done. 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 -