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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
The appalling news which reaches us this morning by telegraph from America will be read with profound sorrow by all classes of Englishmen, whatever differences of opinion may exist amongst them on other grounds. That the South should be avenged by the arm of an assassin, is a lamentable close to a struggle which has already cost more blood than any war upon record. The death of Abraham Lincoln at this moment is a calamity which affects the whole civilised world; and its immediate issues possess an importance that can hardly yet be fully estimated. By the constitution of the United States, Vice-President Johnson succeeds to the President-ship. But will the people of America trust their country in his hands? The foremost man in the North is evidently General Grant, who seems to possess the qualities most necessary for the guidance of the State in this terrible emergency.
The following is the telegram published in the second edition of the Home News of the 26th of April last.
April 15, 9 a.m.
President Lincoln was shot by an assassin last night, and died this morning. An attempt was likewise made to assassinate Mr. Seward, and he is not expected to live.
April 15, 10 a.m.
At 1.30 this morning Mr. Stanton reported as follows :- This evening at 9.30 President Lincoln, while sitting in a private box at Ford's theatre, with Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Harris, and Major Rath- burn, was shot by an assassin, who suddenly entered the box and approached behind the President. The assassin then leaped upon the stage brandishing a large knife, and escaped in the rear of the theatre. A pistol ball entered the back of the President's head, penetrating nearly through. The wound is mortal.
The President has been insensible ever since the infliction of the wound, and is now dying. About the same hour, an assassin-whether the same or not is as yet unknown-entered Mr. Seward's apartments under pretence of pressing business. He was shown into Mr. Seward sick chamber, when the assassin immediately rushed to the bed and inflicted two or three stabs on the throat, and two on the face. It is hoped that the wounds may not prove mortal: it is apprehended, however, that they will. The nurse alarmed Frederick Seward, who was in the adjoining room, and he hastened to the door of his father's chamber, when he met the assassin, who inflicted upon him one or more dangerous wounds. Frederick Seward's recovery is doubtful. It is not probable that the President will live through the night.
General Grant and his wife were advertised to be at the theatre this evening, but they had started for Burlington.
At the meeting of the Cabinet at which Grant was present the state of the county and the prospect of a speedy peace was discussed. The President was very cheerful and hopeful, and spoke very kindly of Lee and others of the Confederacy and of the establishment of the government in Virginia. All the members of the Cabinet except Mr. Seward are now in attendance on the President. I have seen Seward, he and Frederick were both unconscious at four this morning.
April 15, noon.
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, is the brother of Edwin Booth, and is known as a rabid Secessionist. According to the latest reports he has been arrested, and Mr. Frederick Seward is dead. It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, Wilkes Booth being the one who shot the President, the name of his companion being unknown. His description, how- ever, is so clear that he can hardly escape apprehension. From a letter found in Booth's trunk it appears that the murder was planned before the 4th of March, but fell through then because the accomplice backed out until Richmond could be heard from.
Booth and his accomplice were at a livery stable at 6 p.m., and left their horses about 10 p.m., or shortly before that hour. It would seem they had for several days been seeking their opportunity, but, for some unknown reason, the deed was not carried out until last night.
Stanton reports at 8 a.m. that President Lincoln died at 7.32 a.m.
Unofficial reports state that Booth, after committing the deed, exclaimed, "Sic semper tyrannis." Both assassins escaped on horses which were in waiting. One of the horses was found on the road near Washington. There is evidence that Stanton was also marked for assassination.
Vice-President Johnson is at the White House. The assassination of Lincoln occurred so suddenly, and so little time has elapsed since the event, that it is impossible to judge of the effect upon the public mind or commercial affairs.
A general feeling of horror pervades the community.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, June 29, 1865
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I've edited the thread title to provide more context, and less all-caps.
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So where does Evil Lincoln fit into all this?
Who cares?
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I wish I could favorite an avatar.
if you want it to be.
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if you want it to be.
Very well. I bet Lincoln liked this game. With Nazis wielding guns with katanas on the end!
Edit: Realised that link was too inflammatory. Fixed it.
So where does Evil Lincoln fit into all this?
You can't prove anything.
So where does Evil Lincoln fit into all this?You can't prove anything.
Sorry about your thread.
Got carried away.Sorry.
So where does Evil Lincoln fit into all this?You can't prove anything.Sorry about your thread.
Got carried away.
Sorry.
Just take a lesson from it and all is forgiven. That goes for all involved, it's gotta be a team effort to derail a premise like that.
I had nothing to do with the second derail. I derailed for humor, not rage.I can still delete it. Didn't figure it would cause rage.
Edit: Or were you all talking about something else?
Nother thread. You weren't involved.
Presidents who die without finishing their terms are full of fail.
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Presidents who die without finishing their terms are full of fail.
So are chumps who only get elected once.
Loser.
Presidents who die without finishing their terms are full of fail.So are chumps who only get elected once.
Loser.
Don't look at me. It's Evil Warren Harding you want to talk to. He only got elected once AND died in office.
{knocks on door with forehead} Can I come in? I was almost President. I can prove it... look at my charts and graphs...
Guys?
Ah come on, I saw you hide behind the sofa and turn the lights off. I know you're in there.
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Rats. This is Stockdale's fault. {sits on front porch and sulks}
Don't look at me. It's Evil Warren Harding you want to talk to. He only got elected once AND died in office.Presidents who die without finishing their terms are full of fail.So are chumps who only get elected once.
Loser.
And look what that got us: Calvin Coolidge.
Losers.
You say that like it ever worked in the first place. :PSensationalist headlines always work...think FOX.
Someone mentioned Fox. Safe to come here.
I think <obscured by helicopter blades
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God bless America!
Bang! Bang!
BOOOOOOM!
Rat-a-tat-tat!