This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com FORO EXCHANGE & 4 1 A BT THE CITIZENS OF TROY, M TO TnB Memory op ABRAHAM LINCOLN. ALBANY, N. Y. : J. MUNSELL, 78 STATE STREET. 1865. .Tft CONTENTS Page. Introduction, vii Friday, April 14th, the day of the assassination, 1 Saturday, April 15th, 1 Assassination of President Lincoln, by George Evans, ... 2 Proceedings in the Kensselaer County Court, 4 Proceedings in the Police Court, 5 Orders of the National Guard, 6 Scenes in the City, 7 Service at St. John's Church,. 9 Address, by Martin I. Townsend\. 15 Other Services, 19 The Assassination of the President, by John M. Francis, 20 Our Duty on this day, by B. H. Hall, 22 The National Calamity and Humiliation, by F.B. Hubbell, 24 Abraham Lincoln, by James S. Thorn, 27 Proclamation by the Governor, 28 Recommendation of Bishop Potter, 29 Citizens' Meeting, 30 Sunday, April 16th, 31 " Hung be the Heavens with black," by C. L. MacArthur, 31 Extract from a Sermon, by Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., 32 Sketch of a Sermon, by Rev. S. D. Brown, 36 Sermon, by Rev. Jacob Thomas, 43 Sermon, by Rev. D. S. Gregory, 47 Sermon, by Rev. Edgar Buckingham, 66 Other Services, 78 Monday, April 17th, 87 Announcement by the President, 87 The Assassination of President Lincoln, by A. G. John son 88 iv CONTENTS. The National Bereavement, by W. E. Kisselburgh 90 The Death of President Lincoln, by Mrs. E. Van Sant- , voord, 92 Common Council Proceedings, 93 Address, by Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, 96 Kequest of the Committe of the Common Council, 97 Resolutions of respect, by Jewish Citizens, 98 Tuesday, April 18th, 99 Announcement by the Mayor, 99 Orders to the Tenth Brigade and the Twenty-fourth Regiment, 100 Proceedings at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 101 Wednesday, April 19th, 104 Discourse, by Rev. C. P. Sheldon, D.D., 104 Sermon, by Rev. J. Wesley Carhart, D.D., 116 Address, by Rev. D. S. Gregory, 127 Address, by Rev. Duncan Kennedy, D.D., 136 Sermon, by Rev. Joseph A. Prime, , 151 Service at the Jewish Synagogue, 157 Other Services, 160 Thursday, April 20th, 165 Friday, April 21st, 166 Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Rensselaer County, 166 Saturday, April 22d, 168 " Sic Semper Tyrannis," by E. H. G. Clark, 168 Abraham Lincoln, by Julia A. Burdick, 169 A Dirge, by A. S. Pease, 175 Invitation from the Common Council of Albany, 177 Order of the National Guard, ; 177 Sunday, April 23d, 178 In Memoriam A. L., by B. H. Hall, 178 Sermon, by Rev. Marvin R. Vincent, 181 Substance of a sermon, by Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D.D., 223 Substance of a sermon, by Rev. Edgar Buckingham, 229 Meeting of the Concordia Society, 237 Monday, April 24th, 238 CONTENTS. V Proclamation by the President, 238 Common Council Proceedings, 240 The Guard of Honor, 241 Tuesday, April 25th 242 Announcement by the Mayor, 242 Invitation by the Twenty-fourth regiment, 242 Proceedings of the Executive committee of the Troy Young Men's Association, 243 Meeting of Veteran Officers, 244 Officers' Meeting. 245 Wednesday, April 26th, 245 An Account of the Participation' of citizens of Troy in the obsequies at Albany, 245 Thursday, April 27th 254 Resolutions of the Troy Young Men's Association, 254 Friday, April 28th, 255 Decline of Amusements, by F. B. Hubbell, 255 Saturday, April 29th, 256 Proclamation by the President, 256 The month of May, 257 " To everything there is a season," by James S. Thorn,... 257 A dirge, by Josiah L. Young, 258 Lincoln and Cicero, by B. H. Hall 260 Letter, and Order of Services, by Bishop Potter, 265 Proclamation by the Mayor, 267 Thursday, June 1st, 268 Discourse, by Rev. Thomas W. Coit, D. D., 268 Address, by Charlton T. Lewis, 279 Discourse, by Rev. David T. Elliott, 297 Sermon by Rev. Hugh P. McAdam, 318 Other services, 329 Common Council Proceedings, 333 ERRATA. Page 33, lino 14 for not read no. " 66, " 22 for Gods read Oof I. " 91, " 8 for loose read lose. " 100, " 1 for Forty read Twenty. " 158, " 20 for public read republic. " 1M, " IT for votumnious read voluminous. " 216, " 1 for p/ read to. " 266, " 16 for Agreeably read Agreeable. INTRODUCTION. The tokens of grief and indignation so generally shown, when it was made certain that Abraham Lin coln was dead, gave at once the clearest proof, not only of the deep detestation with which his foul assassination was regarded, but also of the warm esteem in which he, who for four years had guided the affairs of the nation, was held as a ruler and as a man. In many countries an event of this nature, happening at such a juncture of affairs, would have been followed by an uprising of the people, resulting in scenes of indiscriminate and passionate vengeance. Here, however, a different result was witnessed. In a few instances, men of virulent nature and seemingly lost to human sensibility, who had expressed a modi fied approval of the dreadful deed, received unmistak able warning of the danger of indulging a sentiment so brutal. But the indignation of loyal men found vent, for the most part, in efforts to arrest the mur derer and his abettors, whoever they might be, and in demands for their condign punishment. The spontaneousness and depth of the sorrow evinced on this occasion, bring to remembrance the Viii LINCOLN MEMORIAL. account given of the occurrences consequent upon the death of Sir Philip Sidney in the year 1586. The grief of the people of England at his loss, say his biographers, was wide-spread and sincere. His body was brought to London and there interred, although the subjects of his late government in the Netherlands begged that it might be suffered to remain among them, and offered, should their request be granted, "to erect for him as fair a monument as any prince had in Christendom, yea, though the same should cost half a ton of gold the building." His funeral was performed with great circumstance and pomp, "the seven United Provinces sending each a representative to testify respect for his memory by their vicarious presence at his obsequies." The universities of Cam bridge and Oxford, also, " poured forth three volumes of learned lamentation, on account of the loss of him whom they considered as being their brightest orna ment; and indeed so far was the public regret, on this occasion, carried, that, for the first time in the case of a private individual, the whole kingdom went into mourning, and no gentleman of quality, during several months, ventured to appear in a light colored or gaudy dress, either in the resorts of business or of fashion." Of a similar nature, but wider in extent and more varied in expression, was the mourning for Abraham Lincoln. In truth, history does not present another instance, in which the grief of the civilized world has LINCOLN MEMORIAL. ix been unitedly expressed with such real earnestness, at the loss of any man, be he public ruler or private citizen. Throughout the north the manifestations of sorrow were well nigh universal. The funereal tolling of bells ; the booming of minute guns ; the sable draperies that shrouded the fronts of buildings both public and private, and garbed the interiors of places of public worship and the chambers of legislation and the halls of various organizations ; the flags at half mast or furled and festooned with crape ; the emblem atic decorations expressive of grief; the noble senten ces that fell from the lips of the departed, set forth in grand lettering on the extended canvas ; the craped arm of private citizen as well as of soldier and gov ernment official ; the black rose of sorrow or the features of the dead in miniature, worn like a decora tion of honor on the garment ; the mourning border which edged the sheet of paper on which man wrote to his fellow ; the black lines dividing the columns of the daily and weekly journals ; the multitudinous representations of those honest features in every home and office and counting-room and shop window ; the varied delineations that filled the pictorial papers to repletion ; the solemn dirges sung ; the prayers utter ed, instinct with the earnest inspiration of the soul; the churches thronged with mourning worshippers ; the impassioned utterances of those who minister at God's altars ; the eyes of the strong man filled with unaccustomed tears ; the weeping of women, the B x LINCOLN MEMORIAL. clouded faces of little ones, whose being seemed, for a time, overshadowed by a mysterious and sympathetic awe ; — these manifestations rendered those dark April days, in this year of victory and sadness, memorable and historic beyond all precedent. Then came the grand and solemn obsequies. The funeral at Washington inaugurated the imposing ceremonies, and for two weeks, the procession, start ing from that city, passed through the land to the wailings of a bereaved and stricken nation. At Balti more, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis and Chi cago the funeral scene was repeated, and thus the honored and beloved dead was borne to his western resting place. Springfield — once the home, now the grave of Abraham Lincoln — where the obsequies be gun at Washington were ended, is henceforth sacred among the shrines of the earth, sacred to every lover of labor, common sense, humanity, patriotism and God.