<h3>NOT TO DISAPPOINT THE PEOPLE.</h3>
<p>The strictly religious went so far as to call the Lincoln
assassination a judgment(!), as it happened in a playhouse on a Good
Friday! It appears that the President had compunctions, and at the
last moment was disinclined to go, though a party had been made up
to oblige a young espoused couple; but General Grant, who was to be
a feature of the commanded performance, was called away--no doubt
escaping the knife the murderer had in reserve to his pistol. The
President said that he must go, not to disappoint the people on this
gala night, as the rejoicing was wide over the dissolution of the
Confederacy.
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