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Show WRITTEN BY LINCOLN VA'-UAOLE RELIC 6WIIED BY THE fw STATE OF IOWA. The Formal and Official Acceptance by the Great President of His , Second Term as Chief Ma(jlstrate of vl the American Nation. &&' Abraham Lincoln was chosen to his $'HBl' second term as President of tho D" BB?'" United States In November, 1SG4. & JBffi .. After tho ofllclal canvass of tho votes, BiT commltteo of tho two Houses of 0 " 'Mft Congress was appointed to notify him i! H8& llls election, says tho Dcs Moines Hsl Register and Leader. Tho commltteo f 'flli' :onslstcd of Lyman Trumbull of Ml j,' 'Bk 30'8' " "10 '1tlrt ot tho Scnat0 nni1 Kvr Messrs. James F. Wilson of Iowa and ( or ;T John F. Dawson of Pennsylvania on r , iho part of tho House. It will bo ro- " '(' t aiombcrcd that Mr. Wilson was at Id I ihot tlmo a member of tho Houso of IlcprcBcntatlves. Waiting upon him ", it tho Uxecutlvo Mansion, tho commit- J 'f tee, by Its chairman, notified him of if hs election to a socond term. Mr. ft Lincoln, In nntlclpntlon of this ofllclal ,J " rlBlt, had his acceptance, written by I his own hand, and filling a llttlo moro than hnlf a paGo of old-fashioned letter let-ter paper, ready for tho occasion. Ho read as follows: "Having served four years In tho depths of a great, and yet unonded, national porll, I can view this call to a second term In nowlso moro flattering flatter-ing to myself than as an expression of tho public Judgmont that I may bolter bol-ter finish a difficult work, In which I have labored from tho first, than could tny ono less severely schooled to tho tnsk. In this view, and with assurod rellanco on that Almighty Iluler who has so graciously sustained us thus far, and with Incrcasod gratltudo to tho generous peoplo for their continued con-tinued confidence, I accept the ro-newed ro-newed trust, with Its yet onoroua and pcrploxlng duties and responsibilities." responsibili-ties." When tho ofllclal coromony was over Mr. Wilson said: "With your & permission, Mr. Presldont, I would bo :. glad to koop that page of manuscript." ". "You aro vory wolcomo to It," roplled Mr. Lincoln, handing It to Mr. Wll- Bon. This paper, which was Mr. Lin coln's formal and official accoptanco of his second term as President of tho United States, was rotalncd by Collator Wilson until Ills death, "it Ims slnco remained In the possession of his family. Just now they hao turned It over to Mr. Charles Aldrlch, by whom It has been placed In his i, great autograph and photograph col- lection In tho Historical Department i , of Iowa. While It Is not signed, It Is . , yo'. a mniniHcrlpt of great value. It K, "t fi would command a prlco In New York P ".'' i' City or London which would have to 4 L' k u0 epressed In four figures. It Is a ' k precious memorial of tho great mar- t "A, ft' tyr President and of James F. Wilson jjj' iff of Iowa. Wo may add that tho pngo S. upon which It Is wiltten also contains , Su , seven lines, which aro In tho hand- ?t'i writing of Mr. Wilson, explanatory of It - tho manuscript. |