Show f Linc Birthplace SI S I I L LONG T O ONG G and persistent effort to make of or S I Lincoln's birthplace a shrine of oC national nation nation- 1 al al patriotism at last has been achieved c I 1 and md the log cabin is exalted as 15 a symbol I f of free citizenship In this republic Tho The 5 lo log hg cabin figured conspicuously In the nation naI na na- na- na I thou tion campaign of or 1840 In recognition of oC the successes ses gained b by Gen William Hen Henry Harrison in defending the tue homes of ot IronS frontiersmen fron Iron S against annihilation b by savages sa which made him famous as the hero of ot At that time the frontier was 1 In which Lincoln was Wa horn born anil to which Ills hula father removed remo when he hens was ns but a hail lail S Th The homes bunnies of or several sc of the Presidents S notably of oC Washington of or Jefferson and nd 1 j I of or Jackson and some sonic historic places of or the tho Revolution are kent up un b by private corpora corpora- i tion but the cabin In which Lincoln was born a Kentuckian J H is the tho first to o pa pass 3 under t I the the ownership 0 of or the federal federal government I having been procured improved and a n. permanent perI per per- I manent memorial erected under the auspices aus aus- I plc of of- ofa a 3 volunteer society with funds raised b by popular subscription for the purpose purpose pur per pose of dedicating It to the whole people when completed Three facts In Lincoln's life Ute have had eminence above his humble birthplace In Inthe the minds of or past generations Others having hayI hay hav I ing found domicile In log cabins this was wasI I not considered exceptional In his hs career b by bya i I a a. part of th the people who still m lived hived I t IQ cabin homes home Lincoln was more wJ widely cly I known as ns the tho rail splitter r Afterward Atter he I became tho the emancipator Last and greatest great great- I est cst ho he Is held In m hallowed memory as the theman theman man who preserved cd the Union to which heS he S became till still moro sacred by martyrdom art a The Kentucky p cabin will be a visible and i lasting ld e evidence that the tho pathway to toi i the highest t seat scat itt ift this government may begin at lt the most humble humble- home S When hen President 71 1 Wilson on addresses tho National atonal Suffrage association no doubt he lie liea a will wJ iii explain wh why he Is in favor of f equal suffrage in states where It I cannot cannot be obtained ob- ob tamed b by state action acton |