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Excerpt from Discourse, the Day After the Reception of the Tidings of the Assassination of President Lincoln: Preached in the South Congregational Church, Concord, N. H., April 16, 1865 And murder, murder just like this, horrible as hell could conceive, which has stunned the nation this day, which will shook the world, we had, perhaps, full rea son to expect. When, four years ago this last fall, the votes of the nation declared to the South that they could no longer rule the country, that their power had departed, then were formed plots to seize upon the government by Violence, and prevent the rightful occupant from ever reaching the Presidential Chair. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. We well remem ber how, only through the adroit management of friendly railroad officials, the President reached Wash ington at all. We could not believe it till the fact was forced upon us, that there was a definite, well-laid plan to assassinate him on the way; and that leading southern men were both cognizant of theiplot and accessory to it. We know, however, that for a long time guards were felt to be necessary about the Pres idential mansion. We know how that, from time to time, discoveries were made of new plots, requiring new precautions. We remember how, When for health's sake the President had retired to the Sol diers' Retreat as a summer residence, it was found requisite for his safety that he should be daily aecom panied in and out from Washington with a mounted escort. The threats of the dangers of assassination thus have always hung about him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an