Show t. t J A STOP 1 D HOC e O I t C l L CHAPTER Continued 24 On Ola his return home Lincoln confessed con con- that we had soon to deal with that question I was In n his office when Herndon said Mia I tell you that slavery must be rooted out What makes kes you think so Mr Lincoln asked I III feel It in my bones was Herndon's hem Hern- dons don's answer After that he used to speak with respect of Bill Bm Herndon's bone phil phil- His terra term in congress having ended he came back to the law In partnership partnership partner partner- ship with William H H. H Herndon a a man manof manof of or character and sound Judgment Those days Lincoln wore black trousers trousers trou trou- sers ers coat and stock a of satin and n a Wellington high hat He Hewal was wal wont to carry carTY his papers In his hat Mary had wrought ht a great ent change In n his hie external appearance They used to call him a lIa dead square lawyer I remember that once Hernton Hern- Hern ton on had drawn up n a fictitious plea pIca mounded founded on a shrewd assumption Lincoln Lin Liu coln coIn e examined the papers Is Ills it founded on fact he asked No 1 Herndon answered Lincoln scratched his head thought thought- and asked Billy DIlly hadn't we better withdraw withdraw- that plea You know know- Its It's a sham and generally that's another name for a alie lie Dont Don't I lot lat t It go on record The cursed thing may mar come staring us Inthe in inthe inthe the face long after this suit has hns been forgotten On the whole he was not Dot so communicative com com- communicative as ns he had been In his young oung manhood He lIe suffered 1 da days s 's of depression depression depres depres- sion when he hp paid Mid little Often in good company compan he seemed to be thinking thinking think think- ing of things In no way connected with the talk Mary called him a 8 rather shut mouthed man Herndon used to say that the only thing he had bad a against Lincoln was his habit of ot coming In mornings and sprawling on the lounge and reading aloud from the tho newspaper The people of ot the town loved lo him One day as we were walking along the street et to together we came upon a girl dressed u up and cr crying in front of ot her fathers father's door the matter Lincoln asked Cd I III want to take the train and the wagon hasn't rome come for my trunk said she Lincoln went In and got the trunk and carried it t to the station on hl his back with people laughing and und ing jokes joltes at him as us he strode along alonI When J I think of at him his chivalry and kindness ss come first to mind He i r a ad 1 much but his days s 's of hook book study vere ere nearly ended learning learn n learning ing wv no nosy T got mostly in the school chool of ot experience Herndon says and I think t la 18 s true that he never ne r rend read to the nd of ot a law hook book those dar drays days The study st of ot authorities was left to the juror His ills rending was mostly outside the law His Ills edge of or science was derl derived d from Chambers' Chambers Ve Vestiges of time the Natural History of Creation He was afraid of at the Abolition Movement in 1852 and left town to toI torf rf tl I old avoid a convention of its adherents lIe He thought the effort to resist b by force the laws Jaws of ot Kansas was criminal and would hurt the cause of freedom Let t us ha have base e pence peace and revolutionize through tho ballot box he ur urged In 1854 1814 a little quarrel Jn In N New w York YorkI I began to weave cave the thread of destiny Seward Weed and Greeley had hud hudI I wielded decisive u Diver p i er ver In the party council of ot that ate a Seward was a high- high headed t Idol Ills III plans and his triumphant progress orb ab absorbed d II his thought Weed was dazzled by th the tho splendor of ot this great star Neither gave a thought to their able colleague a a poor man struggling to tt build up upa a Ii great newspaper An office with fair pay would have he been n n a help In those days But he lie got cot ot no Do reco recognition of his needs nerds and talent talents and services service Suddenly Y he wrote a n letter tetter to Weed Veed Weedin in n which he said The liThe firm ann of Seward Sew Weed and 1 ley i Ia hereby t dissolved Nl by the resignation resl res res- l ignation of its Junior member When Greeley had grown In power tul wisdom until his name was known and honored from ocean to ocean the they tried tiled to make makl peace with him but butIn tn In vain Then suddenly a new nev newt party and anil anew a n pew new Lincoln were born on bom-on on the same day In 1850 O t at t a n gre great t meeting In on Illinois There his soul was to come into Its s stateliest man don out of its lower vaulted past pant For Kor him the of at time had nr ar rived He was vas prepared for It HI nl h l had al alma al o reached r 1 the Hie a c Its power cr Now hl hW gnat prent nf rt right ht lad waa was wady for the thunderbolts 8 till ch his hie sp spirit hod had been heen slowly forg for IMP lug GOt God r him In Inthe the orf voices s of the rm o wd eo Ea was as onick to an an tw r He He- went up the steps to the time platform I saw us liS he came forward for that he hl had taken the cross upon him Oh It was a n memorable thing to see the smothered flame of or his s lilt leaping Int Into his face His Ills hands were on his hIp hips flips He ne seemed to grow taller tailor n as he advanced ad The look of him rc reminds me now of what the famous fatuous bronze founder In Paris said of the death death- mask that It was as the most t he beautiful head and face he had ever seen What shall I say soy of or his words save n that It seemed to me that the voice of God was In them The reporters rs forgot to report It Is a n lost speech There Is no record of ot It I suppose it was scribbled with n a pencil on scraps ps of paper and md on the backs of envelopes at ut sundry times agreeably n with his habit and committed to memory So this great rea t speech ch called d by hr tome some the noblest st effort of his life was is never neer printed I remember one sentence relating relating re re- lating to the Nebraska bill hili Let us use ballots not bullets against the weapons of ot are nrC tho those e of Their fruits are arc the d dying bed of the fearless s Sumner Sumner Sum- Sum ner the ruins of the Free State hotel the smoking timbers of the Herald of for Freedom dom the time governor Jo of r m Kansas nc chained to a stake stone lIKe n a horse horse thiet In Tune June S 8 he took the lon longest t step of nil all The Republican state convention con con- had hod endorsed him for the Halted UnIted United Uni Hal ted States senate It was Tas then that I he wrote Tote on envelopes and scraps scrap of or paper at nt odd odel moments when his hi mind was off oft duty the speech be beginning begin III ning A house divided against Itself must fall faU Our government can cm not long endure part slave and part free I was among the dozen friends to whom he read rend that speech In the State Statehouse Statehouse house library One said of at tho those e first sentences It Is a fool utterance Another It is ahead of pf Its time Another declared that it would drive away amy the Democrats who had lately Joined the party Herndon and I were ere the only ones who approved I It Lincoln had come to another fork In Inthe Inthe Inthe the road For a moment I wondered which way war he would go Immediately he be ro rose and said Mid with an un emphasis that silenced opposition Friends this thing tiling has been held hack long enough The Time time has hal come when hn these se sentiments should be he uttered ut- ut tercel and if It It Is decreed that I shall tea ate l y f Ir ll tJ n rl rS i. i I r K Y I 1 Y I 11 He za V Built for a Tool of God In Tremendous Moral Issues o 0 down because of this speech then lot me go so lawn down linked to the truth His HII conscience nU prevailed d The speech was dElIvered Douglas the Democratic candidate came on ID from Washington ton to answer It That led to Lincoln's challenge to a n Joint jont de de- hate bate hn e I was IS with him through h that lung long campaign n. n Douglas was the more thumbed finished orator Lincoln spoke us he split plat rolls rails HIs FIls conscience was his beetle He lie drove his Imis arguments deep depp Into the souls fouls of his hearers The great thing thin about him was vas hl his conscience con con- science Irl Unless his theme were big enough to give she It play pIny In noble words he could be he as commonplace as anyone any anyone one He lie was us built hullt for a tool of or God GodIn GodIn In hr tremendous moral Issues s. s He ITe was awkward and anil diffident In beginning a 0 RII lt 1 Often his hands were locked behind him lie gesticulated snore more with his head than thon his hands He stood toed square 11 always 1 He never nEr r I walked about on on the platform He scored hl his pt points with HII the long bony huny finger of his hh rl right ht hand ham Some Some- Minos Im he would hang a hand on the lapel of nil coat oat as af If to ro lest It It P IVr- IVr r d from hs h's Tore face jC HI His M voice high pitched at first mellowed Into a pleasant sound One One sentence in Lincoln's speech at Ottawa thrust The liThe Little Giant of Illinois out of or his way fore forever r. r It was this pregnant query Can Cnn the people of a United States territory In any nay lawful way and against the wish of any citizen of the United States exclude slavery from Its limits ts prior to the formation of at a state constitution 7 He Ile knew that Douglas would answer answer answer an an- yes and that doing so sn he would alienate the South and destroy his chance to be President two years year's later Inter That Is exactly what came to pass The rhe Little Giants answer was the famous Freeport Heresy He De was elected to the senate but was no longer long ton er 1 possible as a candidate for tor the presidency I come conic now to the last lost step In the career of my friend and beloved belo mas mas- ter It was the Republican conven convert convention convention tion lion of 1860 In Chicago o. o I was a n delegate Time Tile Nc New w Yorkers came In white beaver Cr hats enthusiastic for Seward their favorite son He was the man we dreaded most Many Inthe in inthe Inthe the great crowd were we wearing his col col- col- col ors The delegations were In earnest session the night before the balloting began The hotel corridors were thronged with excited men My father tather fa ta- fa ther had become a man of ot wealth and great Influence In Illinois I was with him when he went Into the time meeting of the Michigan delegates and talked to them He told how he came carne West ina In Ina Ina a wagon an and 1 saw the spirit of America AmerIca America Amer Amer- ica In the water floods of Niagara and saw w the spirit t of America In the life of the boy Abe Lincoln then amen flowing toward Its manhood When he sat down the Honorable Dennis Dennl Flanagan arose and told of meeting the time Traylor party at the Falls when he lie was driving on an team ox-team in n a tall beaver lint hat how he had remt remembered their goo good advice and cookies and Jerked venison Gentlemen he said I am willing willingto to take the word of a man whose hose name Is I hallowed by my dearest And believing what he hns has said of ot Abraham Lincoln I am for him on the second ballot The green gren Irish lad whom I 1 remember remE-m- remE her ber dimly had become n a great prent political political cal chieftain and his words hud had much effect There I Iwas was a stir among the delegates ates I turned and saw the tall form of Horace Greeley entering the tile door His Ills big full face looked rather serious He Be wore gold bowed cles He was smooth shaven save forthe for forthe forthe the silken white throat heard beard that came out from under his collar Ills head was bald on top with soft silvered silvered sil sil- sil vered locks over each ear They called on him to speak He stepped forward and said slowly In a pitched high drawl Gentlemen this is my speech On your second ballot vote for Abraham Lincoln of Illinois lIe He bowed and left the room and visited many delegations delegation's cn and everywhere everywhere every every- where here expressed sed his convictions inthis In Inthis Inthis this formula Backed d by his tremendous n- n dous persona personality lit and Influence the he simple words were Impressive I doubt douht not they turned turn scores of men from Seward to the great son of Illinois Then the Then the campaign with Its crowds Its enthusiasm Its lm mutter- mutter In Ings s. s There was a curious touch of ot humor and history In Its banners Here lIere are three of at them Menard County for the Tall Sucker We are ore for old Abe the Giant Giant- Killer r. r Link on to Lincoln Then those Then those last ca days s 's In Springfield He came to the time the afternoon before he lie left and threw himself on the loun lounge e and d talked of bygone days with Herndon Hilly Billy how 1011 long have we been beery together together together to to- gether he asked Sixteen years Never Ne a cross word N Never ever Keep the old sl sign n hanging A littie little lit lit- tie tle like the election of a n President President dent should make muke no change In the firm fit ro of at Lincoln and Herndon If It I Ilive live Im I'm coming back some time and then well we'll go right on with the practice tlc tice of the law as If It nothing had hap petted ned Then that Then that Monday morning In Springfield at eight o'clock on the eleventh lc of ot February the train bore him toward the great grent task of hl his life lire Hannah Armstrong Armstron- who had foxed his trousers In New Salem and the theY Y venerable Doctor Allen and the Brim Brim- tends and Aleck Ferguson bent with age ana Harry aria and mOl umi ana ond their four tour handsome children and ancl my father and mother and ev my maiden sister sl-lter and Ell Eli were there in the crowd to bid him rood goad A quartet sang Mr Lincoln asked his friends and neighbors to pm pray for his success lIe He was moved mo by the sight of ot them and could not have said much mouth If he had tried The bell rang The train started l. l He waved his hand and was gone Not many of ot us who stood trying to see through our tears were again to look upon him The years ears of preparation were ended and those of sacrifice had hod begun besun Now we nr are nt at the foot toot of the last hill hili For lor a n long time I had s seen n It looming In the distance TI Those ose lays days It filled fined my heart with a great greut ten fear 1 Now o how beautiful how lonel lonely it seems scents Oh but what a vineyard Id I'd on that ver very fruitful bill I I speak low low- when I think of at It Harry Needles arid and I were on our way to Washington ton that fateful nl night ht of April 14 14 1805 We reached there at nt nn an early hour inthe tn in the rooming morning I We made our way h t the crowded streets to the tit lit tl II I 1 i rte Fords Ford's theater thE An Ano o of r MI me rime et Ho away u way for forn n n statesmen t En w were pr massed in the street waiting walling with tearstained tears tear stained faces for the end Some of ot them were sobbing as we passed We were admitted without delay A minIster minister min min- ister an and 1 the doctor sat by the bedside The latter held an open watch In his hand hondo I could hear It ticking the thc last moments in an age of history What a silence as ns the great soul of my friend was breaking camp to go co home Friends of the family and members atthe of at the cabinet were In the room Through the open door of a room beyond I saw Mrs fibs Lincoln an and 1 the children an and others We Vc looked at our friend lying on the bed bcd Ills HIs kindly face was pale and haggard He breathed faintly and at ut long Intervals Ills His end was near Poor Aba Abel I Harry whispered as he ha looked down at |