Show LINCOLN A GOOD LAWYER A NEW arony OF olp HIS KARLY bow raw ile H ahli icet stil corri 18 a or about oas OJ beni la Is illitch ito was abo tb reading CASO and J iret waa brownm abrahm lincoln a good lawyer wee was recently asked of a n prominent chicago jurist there la to no doubt that hu he wae wits replied the jude lie had a good practice as eoon soon as ho be woe was admitted to tho the bur bar and though ho he WM was en tin ungainly follow he lie know bow to manage a citso and a jury ho ila was not eo to good looking it man thoa then us whoa when ho he ivus president ho ila was as thinner and ble his tall loan frame hie his angular body and hie his rugged face were strikingly homely tied countrified lone long before ho be gained iny ally note as a lawyer or politician ha he was bistod by a farmer near springfield to undertake a caio case for him which wis to bo ba trl tried ad in cincinnati rand hero here occurred ono one of the most curious incidents la in lincoln history hi etory ho lie went with this farmer to cincinnati and it happened that there nino nine other in tho the caso edwin M stanton Si milon thon than ono one of the most prominent lawyers ut tho the ohio bar was the ney iney for these nine defendant defendants when ho lie saw nw tho the old farmer como in with lincoln ho he took him aside and in a stage whisper begged him lor for bows sake not to bring that tall angular awk gawk into tho the caso cuse ill ills presence in the court will ruin us 1 enid anid stanton 1 I 1 havo have tho the whole proceedings yell ta in hadid habd and can do aou ou more good without him I 1 bog log us as you regard the in of tho the case to send your man bick to 1 lincoln overboard cheso word words ho waa was very touchy and was so 80 much hurt about it that shortly after told ble his client that bo he would not have anything to do with tho caso case wid that bogad ho had bottor better cot got stanton to try it this the bariner refus refused ml to do ho lie said ho he had paid for lincoln services and ho he was bound that bo he should pro sent tho the caso case to the ourt court and act as s his attorney ho ile toll stanlon stanton this and Rt tanton in his grandiloquent way called on lincoln and said be he hud looked into the case and found that euch such and so wore tho the issues and that ho be had bad prepared iho the papers which ho he hurdly supposed need to bo be changed ho ile thereupon handed the to lincoln lincoln took thorn ind road thorn them oer oter ciro fully fally whilo while stanton waited in the monn time twe tried to draw him out on tho the case but ho he had nothing to say and as ho he saw him read on an carefully through the case looked on and wondered won dorod if after all be he might not bo be mistaken and his assi saut be a greater man than ho thought A day anter the trial came off stanton made tho the loading speech and it took him a full day to deliver himself at tho the close of tho the speech bo he aid there was ono of the defond defendants ants who bud had employed another klawier and with that bo le motioned to mr lincoln and sidd ho he suppose dv the court would give him a chance to make a throughout tho the trial lincoln cot bad had beon been tho the observed min m in tn in the courtroom court room and whon when ho he now nrose every eye was turned upon him he ile addressed the court and made a speech of about one hundred borda noil nail then eat sat down in those these one hun dred words however he presented HD tin cuti raly new aspect of the tho cases and otis which brought forth an issue which stanton had on entirely cr which he be did dil not consider ol 01 any moment As Is ho be sat down the jude said IV well 01 I 1 gen alem 0 U wh what at ha havo va you lo 10 vy y as to that point mr stanton andi th the otner bowyers eaid said thy thay bad had not considered it ik and the ludo raid said well gront c lemom it Is is upon that point tho the whole ease case binges aad ald in short this speech ot at decided the case and gave parol aitto tto his cliona lincoln saw no more of stanton from that day on until be awas was elected president of or the united states und and mr nr stanlon stanton wa in washington as the attorney general in buchanana nans ar atlon lincoln held little with him until simun simon cameron resign resigned 01 the of war andi ani ho he then stanton to this posit position tom it was truly a act considering the way stanton treated him in cincinnati |