but in a case like the present, private griefs are swallowed up in a calamity which affects the interests and feelings of a wide-spread country; and I would not profane the sanctity of domestic grief by mingling it with our present meeting. Circumstances had so ordered it that, in my opinion, no life in the whole country was more important than that of President Lincoln, in settling the unfortunate condition of affairs which now exists.

66

Next to his in importance was that of Secretary Seward. The assassination of the one, and, I fear, the too successful attempt on the life of the other, are events which, from our surrounding circumstances, I believe, will be ever marked with a cursed pre-eminence of evil in the annals of time. It is right that our city should place upon record its abhorrence of the awful crime perpetrated and its views of the lamentable consequences which may flow from it. It remains for the meeting to appoint a committee to report suitable resolutions for its consideration."

On motion, a committee of thirteen was appointed to draught suitable resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, who retired, and, after deliberation, reported the following preamble and resolutions:

Whereas authentic information has reached the city of Savannah that President Lincoln has been murdered by an assassin, and that an attempt has been made upon the life of Secretary Seward and on the lives of several members of his family: Therefore,

Resolved, by the citizens of Savannah in public meeting assembled, in obedience to a call from his honor the mayor

1st. That we regard with deepest pain and sorrow, as a calamity to the whole country, the assassination of the President and the attempt on the life of the Secretary of State and on the lives of members of his family.

2d. That while we should have been pained to hear of these events, even if they had occurred in the providence of God, without human agency, we are especially and profoundly grieved at the manner of their occurrence.

3d. That we sincerely trust for the honor of human nature, that investigations may prove these horrid acts to have been perpetrated by a madman, whose loss of reason has made him irresponsible for his deeds.

4th. That in case it be ascertained that these deeds have been committed by any person or persons of sound mind, or that they are the result of deliberate conspiracy, then we regard the criminals with abhorrence and detestation, as enemies of the South, enemies of the North, and enemies to mankind, and our hope is that they may meet with speedy justice in the extreme penalties of the law.

5th. That this meeting most deeply sympathizes with the families of the late President of the United States and of the Secretary of State, and will unite in any further mark of respect that may be proposed."

6th. That a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be forwarded to the family of the late President and to Mr. Seward.

7th. That a copy be furnished to Major General Grover, commanding this post, and that the same be published in the public prints.

R. D. ARNOLD, Chairman.
H. C. FREEMAN, Secretary.

SAVANNAH, April 20, 1865.

SANTA FÉ, NEW MEXICO, May 8, 1865. SIR: At a public meeting of the colored citizens of Santa Fé, N. M., held on the 5th instant, we, the undersigned committee, were appointed and instructed to forward the following preamble and resolutions to you, and through you to his Excellency the President of the United States. The above-mentioned meeting

was convened upon
the occasion of the death of the late President of the United
States, and the resolutions were adopted unanimously. We present this as a
token of respect for the memory of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the
United States, in consideration of the many noble deeds that he performed and
has left on record in behalf of our long-degraded race; and also to manifest our
devotion to the present administration, and our respect for that time honored old
flag which we can now joyfully hail as the true emblem of the free.

Most respectfully submitted:

W. W. TATE,

CHARLES A. PRALL,

WILLIAM JAS. B. B. STEVENSON,

Hon. Wм. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

Committee.

RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, by the arrival of the last mail from the east we learned with th. deepest regret the very sad intelligence of the untimely death of the great American philanthropist, statesman, and liberator, his Excellency Abraham Liucoln, late President of the United States; and

Whereas, as we feel that in the death of so great and good a man as we are proud to acknowledge that our late beloved President was, it highly and indispensably becomes our duty, as a part and parcel of the American people, and more especially as we are identified by race, language, and oppression with that class of mankind for whom the deceased so nobly and manfully labored, and for the advocating of the amelioration of whose condition he came to an untimely death, by the hand of a brutal, heartless, and fiendish midnight assassin, in the stolen garb of a man; yet, inasmuch as it has pleased an all-wise God, in His kind and inscrutable providence, to so suddenly remove, from a field of useful labor here to his reward in heaven, our late much-beloved President, we will submissively bow in a Christian spirit to the will of Him who rules the destinies of the universe and causes all things to work in unison with his own celestial will, for the good of mankind: Therefore, be it

Resolved, That we, the colored citizens of Santa Fé, N. M., tender our heartfelt and sincere sympathy to the mourning widow and relatives of the deceased, who by a single blow of the assassin's unhallowed hand, have sustained an irreparable loss, and which has caused a vacancy that all future time can never fill; and that, to show our due homage and respect for the moral worth and Christian virtues which he so truly manifested while living, we will wear the usual badge of mourning on our left arms for the space of thirty days.

Resolved, That in the death of Abraham Lincoln the cause of free government and free institutions has lost a mighty advocate; the United States a wise, honest, and patriotic President; the laboring classes throughout the world a true exponent and powerful co-laborer, and the panting slave a devoted friend and successful liberator, and who will ever hold the name of Abraham Lincoln in grateful remembrance as the earnest friend of liberty and equality, without regard to color, and will henceforth speak of his name with due reverence only as the great American emancipator.

Resolved, That in consideration of the many noble and manly virtues of the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, as a wise counselor of the nation, long tried and sincere friend of our oppressed race in the United States, we received with the deepest sorrow the intelligence of the attempted assassination of that noble officer and friend, and that we hereby express the fond hope that he may soon recover, and again assume the helm of that good old ship of state

which he has so judiciously managed for the last four years, and for which we will earnestly hope and pray.

Resolved, That we hereby renew our devotion to the government of the United States, and solemnly pledge our loyalty and support to the new administration just inaugurated, under the leadership of his Excellency Andrew Johnson, in whose ability, sagacity, and integrity we possess the most implicit confidence.

W. W. TATE,
WM. S. KENLEY,

On motion of W. W. Tate, seconded by G. W. Carter, it was

Committee.

Resolved, That we send copies of the proceedings of this meeting to the publishers of the Colored Citizen, Christian Recorder, and Anglo-African, respectfully requesting that they publish the same in their respective journals, and that an authenticated copy be forwarded to the widow of the lamented President, and also one to the President of the United States.

On motion of Jas. B. B. Stevenson it was

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to forward these proceedings to the publishers of the above-named journals, and also a copy each to Mrs. Lincoln and to the President of the United States.

W. W. Tate, Charles A. Prall, and William Jas. B. Stevenson were the committee.

On motion adjourned sine die.

WM. S. KINLEY, President.

CHARLES A. PRALL, Vice-President.
W. W. TATE, Secretary.

CITIZEN'S MEETING.

In pursuance of the call of the mayor a large number of citizens assembled in the theatre to express the sentiments of the community in regard to the assassination of the President of the United States, and the attempt upon the lives of Mr. Seward and his son.

Mayor Dawson took the chair and announced the object of the meeting in a brief address, which was in substance as follows:

“FELLOW-CITIZENS: I have called you together this evening, by request of many citizens, for the purpose of expressing our condemnation and abhorrence of the assassination of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln; also of the attempts to assassinate the Hon. W. H. Seward and his son. I can truly say, for the citizens of this town, that none condemn the act more than we do. It is for you fellow-citizens, to give expression to the feelings entertained by us all. The first thing in order will be to choose a secretary, and after that to appoint a committee to prepare suitable resolutions."

On motion of S. D. Wallace, esq., Mr. George O. Van Amringe, jr, was appointed secretary of the meeting.

On motion of A. M. Waddell, esq., a committee of seven was appointed to draft resolutions. The chairman appointed the following persons: Alfred M. Waddell, Stephen D. Wallace, John A. Baker, James Anderson, Alfred Martin, P. W. Fanning, M. McInnis.

After retiring for a short time the committee submitted, through their chairman, the following resolutions:

Whereas, the intelligence lately received in this city of the brutal assassination of the President of the United States, and the equally brutal attempt to

murder the Secretary of State, calls for a public expression of the feeling with which that intelligence has been received by this community, be it

1. Resolved, By the citizens of Wilmington, that we regard with unfeigned horror this last most frightful and most disgraceful national calamity.

2. Resolved, That we are penetrated with deep and sincere sorrow for the loss of a Chief Magistrate who has presided over the destinies of this nation during four years of bloody war, with firmness and sagacity, and who we believe was about to crown his administration and signalize the advent of peace by a course of magnanimity which must have secured him the respect and friendship of the southern people.

3. Resolved, That the assassins who perpetrated this foul deed not only deserve the execration of mankind, but have proved themselves the worst enemies to our common country, and we trust they may soon meet the punishment which is so richly their due.

4. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Department of State at Washington eity.

Mr. Waddell being called upon, addressed the meeting in the following pertinent remarks:

MR. CHAIRMAN: I have been requested to offer a few remarks upon the propriety of these resolutions. It is not a proper occasion for eulogy, if I was qualified for that task, and, therefore, I shall not indulge in it; what I shall say will be brief, sincere, and true.

For the first time in the history of this nation, its Chief Magistrate bas died by violent hands, and at an hour, too, when such a crime will be more severely felt than it would have been, perhaps, at any previous period.

After a long night of sorrow, and trial, and agony, and just as the blessed dawn of peace is lighting the land with gladness, when the nobler sentiments of charity and generosity are taking possession of all hearts, an attempt is made to plunge us again into darkness and bitterness. He, the Chief Magistrate, who, in the language of the resolutions, was about to crown his administration and signalize the advent of peace by a course of magnanimity which must have secured him respect and friendship of those of his fellow-citizens from whom he has been estranged for the past four years, is taken from us at the hour when he appeared to be the most needed, and in a manner which must mantle every cheek with the blush of shame and indignation.

It is, sir, in every point of view, a most lamentable event, and one over which every good man in the land must sincerely mourn. I am happy to say, that since the sad intelligence reached our town I have not met a single individual who has not thus expressed himself.

And I think it peculiarly appropriate, Mr. Chairman, in us, who have since his first elevation to power only seen the victim of this foul murder through the mists of passion and prejudice, and have therefore been unable to do full justice to his character, now in the light of existing facts to be among the first to come forward and offer our sympathy and sorrow. This is doing justice to

ourselves.

For one I am unwilling, as a citizen of the United States, to suffer this atrocious crime which is a stain upon the nation's character to pass by without raising my voice in indignation and abhorrence, to protest against and denounce it. And I have no doubt but this is the feeling of every one present.

Let us ponder the lessons of the hour, sir, and strive to profit by them. Let us cultivate our better nature more, and endeavor to develop sentiments of kindness, and charity, and forbearance among ourselves as fellow-citizens of a common country.

The failure to do this in the past has eventuated in the calamity and disgrace which now afflicts us, and to mourn over which we are here assembled to-night. God grant that it may be the last of our national calamities, and that there may

be no more sorrow and lamentation among a people who have drained the cup of bitterness to the dregs, and who are now awaiting with anxious and yearning hearts and eager eyes for happier days for themselves and their country. On motion of Dr. Freeman, the meeting adjourned.

JOHN DAWSON, Chairman.

WASHINGTON, April 17, 1865.

At a meeting of the citizens of New York, held in this city on the evening of April 17, 1865, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously passed: Whereas his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, died on the morning of the 15th of April from wounds received at the hands of an assassin: Therefore,

Resolved, That in the death of our beloved President, our whole country has lost its best and dearest friend; that his life is the brightest page of our nation's glory; his death the saddest of our nation's sorrows; that we prayerfully ask Him who ruleth all the people of the earth, in His providence, to work out His purpose in this appalling calamity, that has gone so near to the hearts of the American people, and to decree and hasten that end which our lameuted President so nearly consummated, and to which he died a matyr, namely, Christian liberty and the restoration and perpetuation of the American Union.

Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved wife and children of him who has been so suddenly stricken down our warmest sympathies and condolence; that we offer also to the highly esteemed Secretary of State, and each member of his family, our earnest hopes for their recovery to health and usefulness in the high places which they have so long and honorably filled.

Resolved, That we give our earnest assurance to his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, that he will bring to his administration the same hearty adherence and support as we have always borne to that of his predecessor.

Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for the period of sixty days, and that we attend the funeral of our deceased President in a body.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the late President, to the Secretary of State, and to his Excellency Andrew Johnson. Respectfully, yours,

Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

Secretary of State.

A. G. PRATT,
Secretary Excelsior Union Club.

At a meeting of the citizens of Connecticut, held at Willard's Hotel, Washington, D. C., April 17, 1865, Governor Buckingham was called upon to preside, and W. A. Benedict was chosen secretary.

Governor Buckingham stated that the object of the meeting was to give some fitting form of expression to the feelings of the citizens of Connecticut in view of the great calamity which has spread its pall of darkness over the nation in the death of its honored head, and to make arrangements for participating in the approaching funeral ceremonies.

The following committees were appointed: On resolutions expressive of the feelings of the meeting, Hon. La Fayette S. Foster, Hon. James Dixon, and H. H. Starkweather.

On arrangements for participating in the funeral ceremonies, Governor Buck