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- . F. W. KNOX, •
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regularly attend the Courts in Potter an.i
the adjoining Counties.
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0.. T. ELLISON, '
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Let '.lm,nation xi-pep, 1• • ...
As they, bear th`r Mai tyri
To hii.llsst, long i• l eep 1.1 - i
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•Aye.'letl th, nation Weep!' ,
Another sulk: 4 he -
We uet4rmore iluillseit 1' • ' • ' l :'
Thls.side:eternity.l 1 -
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Aye, let the natfott - tVeep,l • . .• •, :
And let: the slow hells toll • " - ' .
FOr the, ntibleSi'SOUl ••1 • . ' ,•
That ever. etveli. in Man, .1 •
Or ever:led the.vdnl , -
or Frei :A(10 ", 'i b6sl , io'vte orTe ' '
And rang the 'cliaile of Liberty.
Well rnAY the na t ion weir • -
And shudder at the stroke
That ail their, slniubermo wrath awoke. •
What .Vrk.ch,sO iMpinu's ftS to dare
I'o smiiii the 1-mllO. of a koOle's choice,
Or si'ek,to login itlsingle hair
Ot hit? Whose heatt, '
I Whose hand, rho e
Yole, I HY. ' '.
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Wen O. employed to workthe nation'sgood,
And:stop' the flow of fratricidal blobd ?
Per,chance heldid. not es* '••
So great to tbuselwho deer t
A traitbrlor all , ercil, 1 • , .
' May t ti l ll appear i hero '
If he hht Wear a :lassie face
Or ape the: superllcial grace
That marks fithl scion of a titled race;
Not such Wa , lhe fol . tnhotn we mourn;
From Wealth or rank he'NVIIS not born '=
Nor heir to p4r.iritolnial lands •
filled fly the hriudinan's beery bands;
His wa the qiistidl beauty
Of a soul that:does its duty; : •, .
Noble patriot,l husband, father,
He dittutd strife to', gather .
The laurels of li, wild ambition,
that oitly.yield l :a vain fruition ;---;.•
To benittit malikiad----ihis was his aim, •
ri , labor and to live unstained' with blame—
He ,
died , withotit t blot upon his name,
Let itll.the teary and Oppressed,
VIIIIM North laud South an 1 East and West.
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for wriom bts great heart yearned,
for wl'itun his Spirit 'itirried,
ro give their slifferingS rest, . • •
Let nil with. lametitatii•n,. ,
Anil with fi's own beloved nation
Becoentli thle fame • •
1 u I,lolfoin'i mime,—
' .It l. l , tilace tor lA:tier:l6oll—, .
T 1 the rein aest gelteratton.
Aye lot Mna Cet on eep,
Vi idle the slow bells toll, . '
And Ile -vanillin roll
for the fondral • knell • • '
ill' his nighty soul 1
V'e etlnilo break the slumber deep
Tula wrap h's limbs in quiet Sleep',
He cannot 'par.
The Crowils'oll.t. teend • .
Around his bier, • .
Nny see the tears they shed,
For he nevermore shall dwell ' •
A TTIOng the people that he loved so well; '
Let the nation's sorron, halve its way
For Min who was Ma
the i n's stay.
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Our harts are sad.ou'r 'eyes are dim
We hoped ILng" years of rest for him,
Toenjav the pence for which he wrought,
The petice with; his erwri life-blood bought.
But he has rue, . '
Among the -Weft: , .• 1
Anii with the Christ he loved. • -
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The;
work Was done, ' •
, • I ,
itor's crown tlas won,
And god hibiself removed • . . '
The:patriot-untitvr to his:home.
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Enough his task was done • "
For us
.remains,to.gnard his tomb,
To bid the willow AvOe
Arofmcl the sacred dave •
Of him who incised Bre slave, , I
And. weave the:fam 1 ' •
Of Lincolos name 1
(With that of Washi gton ; •
While Icingdom's ern ble, lld dud hoary,
In a world where Ull is transitory, •
TheY shall ever shine, twin stars of glary,
With undimmed splendor, in our nation's
Story. , 1 '" I 1 - .•
The National Bereavement.
PHILADELIi b HIA, April 15.
ABB.AIIAM LINCO4N IS DEAD and by
an as-a.sin't. hand hits the idol, the hope
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of die Nation fallen, just rejoicing was
swelling every heart, bad party Hoes were
fading into a Coinitiot sentiment in sup
port of‘the patriotic and generous policy
of the Presineat—just as the terrible pall
of war seemed aboutito be lifted train os
to usher in the augelj of Peace; ourjoy is
tiirned into mpuruing ; and as. we bow to
the inscrutable wisdoin of Him - who.num.,
berg the very ;pairs of our heads, and who
holds the destmtes, of Illations subject to
nig, will, rhera is i'not
,hope beaming
thrcugh the dark borriien that does not
couie mingled ; with agonizing fears for the
safdty of the Republic
grieve net for Abraham Lincoln He
has' filled the !measure of human fame.—
There it'no fresh heady he could have
won. I There ivies no day in the past; no
day could, have belooged to the future in
which he - coeld have died more tenderly
beloved, more'profoundly lainented. His
appoinied time came when passion, had
bowed:_to,his altn, unfaltering wisdom - ;
when rescud Nation poured out to him
its .fondest devotion, just when mosi,
deeplienehrlned in the minfiilenoe aura
love of his countrymen, the-sad summons
came, io circtinstanoe tragic as appalling
and flied the 'love, that confidence, that
veneration to endere until grateful' mem
°ries hall oeitsbi '8134 patriotism belong
to the past. ft4t I oansot but be opprese.
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pebotea to file Thilleiplei of 'rye gqb i'aseh)iiigliog of iliohglity, itei gtgre qqa *taus
OIIDERSPOR9r, POTTER COUNTY,
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t hrdie had no 'yet 6l l -
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ed.:the high, measure of his useful
'nese' to euritn periled government :' Ilea;''
en grant!_ that in . this - universal inprehe*
aion, human jtitigment:'way ert. - " .'.'. .'
• It, may. be . that it o,44,best for Abrahatij ,
Lincoln SO 'to die.. In' the einshing - Sorriiit
th#tentelcipes the Repiddie,' there is Oit: .
silver to the 01614; the hope file ,
illtireines the darkest houra of life,that the
God'yho(hasjust'giten Victory to hnman ,
itittnd Justice;'!• broiten the 'potter of
cruel bondage and scattered the legiOtis of
the'lanten usurper,ttill "doeth'Sll things
welt!•
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To. what, end, iii the`overruling'WlidoM
of the Gelid :Ndtions, ,Abiti 'terrible_ be.
ret.VOient has come, the .fultiese of ' His
purpOse alone cab tell., 'I rush net where
angels dare not tread .to fathatu thOnfi .
nice; but with the living `,.the piegbant
pres'dot,there is no,uncertain purpose--no
doubtful judgment in the .icoeptince of
the '069 &vier' thip - , bloOd:.Of a murdered
rufer inis inscribed in ouriws There
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must be.atobenicat.. Ifoyiever i guilticss of
the immediate act of the assassin that in:
va4Cd - the Natiou'a sacred sanctuary of
pow6i, :may be those .have given •us
causielesS,wicked war,and brouglit mourn.,
ingio.every circle. in the land, still thd
motjdor that ,crimSoned our eppital - with
the blood ofour commonruldr,,is the act
of those who bowed at tho saiage'altar of
treasen,and drenched this faidlandin . fra
ternal - t blood.
.They polutedlthe heart;
nerved the aref,and gave direetiontio the
bullet and steel which have written this
terrible pageiu our history;nd justice,
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n 4, 'vengeanceiS inekorable in its deinand
that the long imperiled but :now rescued
Republic shall vindicdte its might and
majesty ; ~. assure its 'future 'Safety, and
deal mercy to mankind,. by dooming to
igunutinious death the chief ouspirators
of crime.' .
I holie and pray ihat the new adminis
tration will not depart from tile establish
ed pad"accepted policy of 11.1r.ILineoltt.—
In it was the Nation's hope. t promised
early anileoduritiiPeace. It maintained
ou'r common' brotherhood'. I looked to a
tutur. with North and Soutbl as one pea.
ple, cemented rather than eOranged by
our matchless heroism alike lb behalf of
%Tone and right. It justly - !forgave the
daliided ;.-generously invited the fealty of
the erring,'and, srve the 'arch fiends ot
death, all seemed tii be gathering to the
folds of 'oni pi oud -inheritance . again.—
Peace would have come unmarkedby rei
ribUtion ; hilt whi'e it must !still come,
al.d come I earnestly trust as the Martyr:
ed Lincoln bid it come,it must now bring
with it the atonement that a bereaved
Nation demands, forthis - crowning, crime.
There must be other nionunient.s tO Mark
flie chequered path way of the Republio;
to teach its power, its love, its justice :
We worship at the shrine of Washing:
ton as the:Father of our country-4-hence
forth all hearts shall bow over ilia grave
of Lincoln as its Savior. From there the
Nation shall turn to the grave of ate felon
the resting,placed DaVis,When itsijustice
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shalt have been fulfilled). an there will
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be taught how the Republip i as terrible
in retribution:as it is genetou in pardon
There will the hopeful liioi , learn the
crime and the penalty of raurerous trea.
sou ; there will the memory of our mar
tyr,ed dead be reoeutd in s netity and
freshress as we read the sory of our
country's woes. There will be , monuments
of j ustice 'now, as well as of geuerosity,ancl
with them ever teaching the priceless
blessings of virtue, liberty and, law,l
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hope for the perpetuity of our egeherated
Nationality. . A. K. A 'CLuttE.
ADDRESS by the' FRC
In accordance with resolutions pused
L
at u lineal).- r . of the citizens 'of Illinois
held, at the National Hotel 3 , , sterday af
ternoon, the citizens of that State assem
bled at Willard's Ilotel preparatory to
paying their respects to his-Excellency-,!
Andrew Johnson; President of the United
States. Gov. Oglesby, ace+panied by
Senator Richald Yates, Gen. Ishatu N.
Haynes, ex• Senator 0. H. Browning,
Hon. D. S. Phi Gen. J. T. Fernes
worth, Hon. Isaac N. Arnold i Hon. John
Wilson, Gen. Gamble, Col John S.
Loomis, Col. James IL Bowen, Gov.
Pickering, of Oregon. Gen. JUBus \V hiie,
Hon.l. M 'Hann) Major SI Wait, Ma
jor P. Flynn, and a large tencourse of
citizens repaired to the roe* of Presi
dent Johnson, in the Treasur Building.
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Gov. Oglesby presented th delegation,
and addressed the ; President as 'follows:
THE ADDR/.69. ....
Mr. PRESIDENT : Intake niuoh pleas
ure in presenting to you dila delegation
of the citizens of Illinois, representing
almost every portion of the State. We
are drawn together by th i e mournful
events of the past few days, tip give some
feeble expression.to the feelingS we in
common with the whole nation realize) as
proSsin , .,ns to the earth, by I apPropriate
and-respectful ceremonies. We:thought
it not inappropriate before wa should
SIDIENT.
WAsinNaToNi"April 18, 1865.
-44..v . pmpspAlr...;,•ARRIL , 0,.1
separate even In this Sad hodr, to seek
this interview,tirith youi Excellency
410;44111.s the bleeding heart is pouring
out its mournful anguish over the;deatli
of our beloved late President, the idol of
our State and the pride of the - whole
country,We may earnestly express to you,
the living . head of this nation, our
/Irate, full, and abiding confidebee in yOu
as the one who, in these dark hours;
Must bear upon yourself the mighty re•
sponsibility of , maintaining, defending
and directing its affairs. In the midst
of this sadness, ,through the oppressive
gloom "that surrounds us, we look to you
find to tt . bright: future ' for our country;
The isiassinatiOn Of the President of the
United States deeply impresses and seri,
dusly aggravates the entire nation ; but;
ander our, bleqsed Constitution, it does
not delay, nor for any great : length of
time retard its progress, does t not for ad
instant disorgapiza or threatdn its des!
traction. The 'record of your:whole past
life, familiar torall, the splendor of . your
recent gigantic efforts to stay the hand of
treason and assassination and restore the
flag to the uttermost bouods of the Re
public, asiure the noble State which we
represeot, tend, ewe, believe, the people of
the United. States, that we may safely
trust:our destinies in your hand's; and to
this end we come in the name of the
State of Illibois, arid, we confidently be
lieve,; fully and fsitlifully expising the
wishes of our 'people, 'to present and
pled to you the cordial;
.earnest and
unremitting purpose of our State'to give
your administration the strong support
we have'heretofore given to thel adminis
tratiOn
,of our lamented late President,
the Policy of whom we haVe heretofore,
do now, and shall continue to indorse.
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HIS REPLY :
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GENTLEMEN :" I have listened With
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profo'und emotion to the kind Words you
have laadressed to me. The viAit of this
large, delegation 'to speak to m 9 through
you, sir, these 'words of encouragement,
I had not anticipated, in the midst of
the saddening Circumstances which SlT
round us, and the immense re.spansibility
thrown upon me, an expressi4a of the
confidence of individuals, and Mill more
of an influential body like that before me,
representing -a great commonwealth,
'sheets and strengthens my hcdjvily bur
dened mind. lamat a loss for words to
respond. In an hbur like this, of deep
est sorrow, were it possible to e body in
words theleelings of my bosom ) I could
not command my lips to utter them.--
Perhaps the best reply I could ake; and
'the one most readily appropriat to your
kind assurances of confidence, would be
to receive Chem iu silence. [Sensation.]
The throbhings of my heart since the sad
catastrophe whieh has appalled us cannot
be reduced to Words; and, oppressed as
I am with the new and great responsi
bility which has devolved upon me7and
saddened , with grief, I can with difficulty
respond to you at all. But I cannot per
mit such expression of the confidence
reposed in we by the . people to pass with
out acknosiledginent. To an indivilnal
like myself, who has never claimed much,
bit who has,-it is true, received fret' a
generous people. many marks of trustbud
honor for a long time, au occasion like
this and a manifestation of public feeling
so well timed are peculiarly acceptable.
Sprung from the people myself, every
pulsation of the popular ! heart finds an
itutoediate answer in my own. By mlanv
men in public life such occasions 'are
oftanconsidered merely formal. To we
they are real. Your words of counten
ance and encouragement sank deep in
my` ; heart, and were I even a coward 1,
could but gather from them strength to
carry out my convictions of right. Thus
fed i ling, I shall enter upon the discharge 1
of my great duty firmly, steadfastly, [Ap
plause] if not with the signal ability ex
hibited
by my ; redecessor, which is: still
fresh in our sorrowing minds. - Need I
repeat that no hear: feels more senaibiy
than mine this great affliction. In what
I say on this occasion I•stiall indulge in
no petty spirit of anger, no feeling of re
venge. But we have beheld a notable
event in the history of mankind. In the
midst of the American people, where
every citizen is taught to obey law and
observe the rules of Christian eonquet,
1 our Chief Magistrate, the beloved of all
1 hearts, has been assassinated , and ' When
we trace this crime to its cause, when we
rewewber the source whence the assassin
drew' his inspiration, and then look- at
the result, we stand yet more astounded
at this' most barbarous, most dialidlical
assassination.' Such .a orimins the Mur
der oF,tt great and good man, honbred
and revered, the beloved and the hope
of the people, springs not alone front a
solitary individual of ever so desperate
wickedness: We can trace its cause thro'
successive steps, without my enumerating
them here, back to source which is
the spring of all our woes. No one can
say that if the perpetrator of this fiend
-1
ish deed be arrested he should 'not un•
dMga , the -extremest- penalty the law
knows for oriole none will say that tam
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should interpose: But is he alone guilty ?,
Here, gentlemen, you perhaps.expeet me ' ,
to present: some iodication of:my future'
policy , One thing I i will .say. •,-Ftiery
era teaches its lesson. The times we live
in, are not without • iestruction. The
American people must be taught•s—if they I
do not already feel- T rthat, treason is
. ti
crimeland must be punished [applause];
that the. Government will , not always bear
with its enemies`; ; that it is strong, not
only to protect but to pynish.,[Applaute]
Whell we turn to the . Criminal code and,
exam me the .catalogue of - orl*Cit . tve
there 'find Arno laid down as u. crime ;
with its appropriate penalty ; we there
find theft and robbery and murder given
as crimes ; and, there, too, we find . the
last and highest of crimes—treasoo.
[Appleuse.] With o l ther and; inferior of
fences our people are familiar. But in
our peaceful history treason has been al
most unknown. The people blast under
stand that it is the blackest of crimes, and;
will be surely pueished., [Applause-] I
make this allusion not to excite the
already, exasperated feelings of the public
but to point out, the.'principles of public
justice, which shoeld guide our action at .
this particularjunctitre,and which accord
1 with sound pehlie
_Endres. Let it be en
.ravenl on every heart that. treason is a
crime, and
crime, and traitors.shall suffer its penalty
[Applause.] While we are, appalled,
overwhelmed at,the fell of one wan, io
our midst by,the hand of a traitor, shall
we allow men—l care not by what weep.
ons--to.attempt, the life Of the State:with
impunity , ? While we strain our minds
to comprehend the enormity of tins as
assassination, shall we eilow the nation
to be assassinated. [Applause.] I speak
in no spirit of unkindness!. I leave the
events of the future to be disposed of as
they arise, regarding myself as the hum
bie.instrunient of the American people.
In this, as in all things, justice and judg
ment shall! be determined by them. I
do not harbor bitter 'or reventreful feel
ings towards any. In general terms I
would say that public "morals and, public
opinion sheuld be established ,upon the
sure and ieflexible principles of justice
[Applausel] When the question of exer
cising me t comes before rue it will be
considered' calmly, judiciallr—rememb.o - -
hiethat I am the Executive of the no
_
tion. I know men love to have thetr
names spoken of in connection with acts
of mercy—, and how easy it is to ,
yield to
this impulse But . we t must not forget
that what may bc mercy to the individ-I
nal is cruel ty to the State.
i [Applause.l
In the ex ercise of mere l y there should be
no doubt l eft that the high prerogative
is not use to relieve, e 'fru , at the expense
Of the man' . I3e assured that I shall never
'forget the I ant not to consult my own
feeling's al lie, but am,ito give an account 1
to the whole people.' : _Applause ] In re•
card to ; .v y future ' course, I will now
make nd professions, do pledges. I have
been connected somewhat actively with,
public affairs, and to 'the history of my
past public acts, which is familiar to you. 1
I refer to those ptinCiples which have' .
governed me heretofore, and will guide
me hereafter. In Opera!, I will ,say I
have long labored for the amelioration ,
and elevation of the great 'mass of man-1
kind. My opinions as to the nature of
popular goverment have been long cher
ished. ,
; and, 'constituted as I am, it is now
too late in life for me to' t change them.--
I believe that Goyernment was made for
wan, not man . for titrerninent. [Ap
plause.]
plaue;e.] The strum le of the .people !
against the Most gig antic Rebellion the
world ever 'saw dm demonstrated that
the attachment of the i people to their
Government is the 1 strongest national 1
defense-wisdom can devise. [Applause.]
So long as that each man feels that the
interests of the Government are his hi :
[crests; sp long!as the public heart turns„
in the right direction; add the people and
derstand and appreciate the theory, of our I
Government and love, liberty, Our Con
stitution will be trans' unimpaired.
If the time ever c onies when the people
shall fail the Government it will fall, and
we Shall cease to
p e one of the natious of
the eerth. After Inting preserved our
form of free Government, an d shown its
c , its existence ; , ,
power to maintain ts existence t h roug h
the . vicissitudes of nearly a century, it.
i
may be that it was necessary for us to
pass through this last ordeal of in esiine
strife to, prove that this Governme i t will
not peri l h' from internal weakness, but
will sta n d to defend .i tself againstll foes
and pudish treason. [Applause.], - ,n .the
dealing of on Inscrutable Providence
and by the operation Of the Constitution,
I have been thrownunexpectedly into
this position .'' My p ast life,' especially
toy course . during he present nuholy
Rebellion is before you; I have no prin.
ciples.tO r tract. I slofy any one to point
to any of ty public hots at variance with ,
the fixed Principles which have guided
tne.throngh life. , 1 I have no professions
to offer.;.. Professionsiond promises would
be.worth.nothing at this time. No one
can foresee the circumstances that will
.
hereafter arise. Had any man gifted
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with pr • deuce four yoirs•fago 2 satereit
and written down .14 adviince , erenGi•-'
of this peridd, they would liitife - •seeined
mora . marvellous thati'Vriythin'eits;flo
- Night:" I slifq,uor:sittiniA
to anticipate the future.' ,`As,Arcuiiiocr,
cur, and it becomes necessaay for meter
act, rshall dispose of each as 4.liriseii )
deferring any 'declaratioW or; rnes 3 / 4 sikd.
unfit it can be written paragraph by par
agraph in the light ( of-events. as ;Ithey
traiwipirel : t.
Death of Rieliard,lbeltilpfts
America bap auotker, y,uropelin vie
friend. RiOutid COhdeih ; tAe
nod
orator stmesmittiiitea on itie2d , t
and his great, merits hive,beeei
by 4.,rd Palmerston, ;Jeln Brielctlimd m
D'lsraeli in, the . House of mtectis. 7 .- 1 .0
He was the son Ole was'h ora
in 1804, Sussex. Ha labored while
yohng, in commercial pursuits, in Lyoo~
dog, and subsequently
. ceirmerciaL.l,
traveler he traveled in Egy pt, Turkey,
Greece, die United States qpi). o ther
lands. 10,1835 he became not'd "tta
"liberal," and'published two ittifitotatit..,„
pamplets advocating his tiews.
he.took a leading part, iotho rte
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peal of the corn laws, and afreethe strug - .
gle was over;and the repeal Was carried,
Sir Robert, Peel - acknowledged that .to,,
Mr. Cobden the ~glorY of the victory
„I
suainlyi belonged:, The "Hrii.h.h rittiion
provedl its gratitude by preseliting,hiun
with 8850,000 i raised, by subscrlpti.
served'He a number of, constituencieSiit
the House, of Commons, andtilivay
found by te side of Hight aUd , the great
"liberal' leaders After•the outhrev
the American rebellion he' slit; tilt; tot
flflinchingfriend of the uttedStatt:.•_
standing by tl,e cause orAiserieu liper - ,
ty and Union with voice, vote uticl.:,l:
He \ was ode of the ablest orators iii:lLti:.,
land and his steitd , lersistenee in b-
tat. a, __ r oy. pes._ -.ea .
views has gained. for hire the
faaae. • , .
The New York World. (DeLoc ratic; "
construes the capture of the rebel capital
in languae that may be fitly quoted in,
connection with the strong Saxon of
.exanziner. The following
points from. the World's leaderiare
taken ; •
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"The moral effect on the South of'the :
I
fall of Richmond will be far greater their ,
if Grant had succeeded in takiugit in the
early - part of his last year's campaign:— .•
Now that we have succeeded in taking it
in the early part of his last . year's cant—
paign. Now that we have demonstrated;
the general military weakness of the reb..
els,by marching great armies through the.
heart of the South, and taking all their
scapoard cities, the fall of their capital
and hit remaining stronghold -must'; be •
acompaniedl with a Keeling that they haver f
nothing left to fall back upon:, Had •
• iehmond keen taken in the spring- or
stunier of st year, a retreat would have
been easyinto almost any pan of the Smith'
which, from the Atlantic to the Allegbe.
nies,and froth Chattanuog,a.to the t0i1t,.. 1
was'under the. Confederate sway.:ll.iuti
the most they can now hope .is..to mart.i.
twin: a doubtful contest in the mouttininil;
region. To escape with ;an orgacizt4-
arwy.across the Mississippi is ;net eey'
impossible, but even if there were•nootb.
er ohs tacle,it Fs unlikely that soldiers irons
1 Virginia and the. other . Atlanlic Stmt.!
16Bit:onset:a to be led that : ituwecooe dart
ante to light in a cause in 'which 'tioe3.4.
will: no longer have the pimso,roal,,ineeiin,
of men ghtiog for the protection of t belt
hoties,and whose success. onry,,madMen
I ean;any Mager eipect. ; . . • .
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1 4 11 E PRESIDENT'S INaugue4.o.-The.„
Lori(lon Times speaks of ~31r._Liriet7In's
inaugural, as "an address full of:a l kinctet
Cromtvellian dictioo, and, iireathink..,,
spirit very different from the, °snail:op.
earnest utterances of succassfUll
clans." It adds, after a review ofothe.if
message, that, it "appear* to.bc , ,inleitAle4,,,
to repress the tante sangotne expectutlinv,
Northere people, and to,
to them that fresh exertion*andeacrifiee!4..
will ; be necessary for the attainment oi
their object." The London i •Spec4,lo,.?
speaks of:the message as,m , "B:tate , y4l.! - 4 ,
which,,for political, weight moral .ttign;‘,-. ;
land unaffected solemnity, .hos,
equelin our time and, daft `r
freely from the document, adds :
No statestuan ever neteratt wOrds*raoli,q
led at once with the .seal
WifdOM au& so. true a sitaplic4, T ,
"village attorney,'of whom Sir V.r:i
and many' oilier wise inch
so much scorn in 1861. seems deftf. r fs:r.i
be one of theie "fooliilt things rof:
world" which are destined to arifoubdiNie/
wise,one of those weak things which r•Unila
"confound the things which are mightly,/,";
•
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It . stated in nasbi Igton Irmt
malion bas been reeeire4at the Ftecc
Etnbast.y of the 4angerona
Emperof Napoleon.
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