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Show I 'IB K tiii: 1 1 11 urn aiiuuuh iSB Iff ' JIUOIA. H VHj.g ', rmdtjp l tlio anniversary of the H jHff ill ul uuf Abrahiin Lincoln, ono of tho I JnB ft i krenieatmem In Aruarlcan Malory, lit H ) 9B'fJ II v" ,nr '" llartllu Count, Ken- lVSS,ff- V j td0y February 12, 1800. At tlili I nff W ' lliue Thomas JetTcriaon was nearluif tlio lljH 11 enUofhlaaeooiul tcrrnas rresltlcut of iJEm 'M r the united huim. I 'BSw fflj ' I In Mr,7 )" tho Lincoln family I ThS! 21 movctl Into Illinois, Shortly After, ImIH youns; Abraham Isfouml working for UnGj H I lilrelu varlrAis raisicltlce aaainanual ISof In 3 laborer. Ills young manhood u HlaKJw 'It 'uuW ly Ulllfrence, InJuatry and HK9H J entrity, llylili owu unaided efforts (B " lie became good surveyor, a fair J Ingllsu scholar and a good lawyer. In 18.12 w Hnil Mm elected ca.taln of a militia company, organUed to BBAj H fight Indiana, In Ilia mm jearlie BEJK A I ' a candldalo for the Illlnoli I.egla. BSER-Af I lalurr, but was u'.trl. Two )tan llc I ,,ler '" w" aucn"ru'i tvl served VftHtr ftl I four VMn In tl.at ldiUinh. f. IB&M I SID lit went lo Congress. After HhHI "-"Inifoiiolfrni.lnirtturiiiJliomoaiiJ EBBEr ailletl himself tarncst! to law. At VJHB9tj .' this time he hail achieved conaldrr- HHl, '( able fame Man attorney , MmK' In 1MI politic had auumed an ex- BbBuBIJI riling phase. The Mlnaourl Coiujiro- IHmII ruin law had been repealed. The KBhEB "tucallon of slavery tame up one mote IBU luall lu hlilcousneaa. Abraham I.ln. HHffJflBJ' coin wu arouied, and wiut Into the HMJ anna fearleit, ljurmji and uncun. HHHj i iiuerablr. In a thort time hnlwrame HH I j errcoiult.lleailtrotthoantl-tlaTrrjr HHi ' l' " l'l t'aleicy and Mlaacrl. BH'I j. lire, l.yuun Trumbull, then n D, mo. KSEMWt! crat, waa elected United Htatra Hena. HPnyflw ' l u" '" preferenra to a Uouglai niau. LbK'Au l' Lincoln blnwelf waa the candidate of K3S j l Irtjr, butiwlnz the Imprulblllly HKCmS oriilaelcctltn he withdrew aud ica'e HISKu ' liieiupporl U au aull-lary Ueroo. nul,, crat. Hut It waa In ISM that ho fully BsHra i denioml rated hla auperlor lntelln tu. HP p allty, moral Inilght, and pollUcal aaga- HJHnLf' i MJ- lnthatynnr liU fanroui dtbat- BkI d I"! tour Willi Henator htlej hen A. HJHHBjj i Si DouglaiKai made. lu ,lhat ear, on HHBKj t I JllDa 10i us uttered the projihello bHb3HM it word; HHHjJh i "Ahooioilltldnl tiraliitt lixlftannot HjHjBMl tiH i '" ' I lllere llila Kuvi rnnirnt enr LVteffbTdV ' a. not endure pvrinAneiitly halt Ue an I HBtHKHJH ,( hair freia. 1 do not etr-rt Ihe Union HjgH9'7' 1 t i -ii. ui i i ii.. not .,,ri HRHJVAV i tho Iioum to f4ll, but I da expert that It HffinMjEBJlnJ will reawtnbedlTldnl. It will become LHSeffiwIVl'a allliieonelMnjor alltheolher Kllhrr HJnlaK I v "' oppoiianla of ilmt; will rrrl Hit HGwHjUlli . fllrllior aprml of II and place It where HHJHHS V "" I'ublla mind alull real In Ibe belief HHHj t jl "'' " '' '" couro if ullluulo eillnclliiu, i''"'''' I orltaadvooaleawlllpmliilforwiirtnnlll llaball Iwounio aUlie lawful In all be It hut, old a wall a nair, nvrlli w mil Abraham Lincoln waa In the early RnP.ll I' lrtof ISW, the uulbiputed hoail of 91'' If '1 lho'Ilfbllcan iwrljr. Ilia New York ESt),f echof I'ebruary 7, lauD, ihoned BprMj I (-owluiltolythatlieWMtlieanAilaud aBaRH' l It' lOnan to truat ltli Ihe ractlral HpVCJL If huilenhlp. It la llttlo wonder then, LwB JoVtlf I that at the Chleagu convention of Jlay, BaeHF'HKll W H0O, hu waa the nomlnio of the party MttStjagli " fortheimldency. HjHK3i The mmpnlEu of that jear wai n MHHErOTI h iniiuorable ouu. The Denicxrale tillt MSnUXf Into faction. There were three ran- BMJKj I dldatea, Douglai, HrerLeurldge aud LaEnffiEll h "'" W'a ! voa of thoLlrctoral BrSTHSbII 1 folleye were taken, Lincoln had IS J, lELjHtWBii i llrrckenrllgeTi,anlI)juglaalS. Ihe laatyiynH opularToletoot:rorLlurolu,I,3lKl,' HBffiPAl , ' 'or J)oii(lu, 1,37,5,18;; fur Ilreck. HHBBPJMt tlirldise, 847,833, for 11.11, tlia.MI. 1 HHaKHjSA , HI l iwu that If the Democrat Rvll oouldhave unltat on one candidate MRnBy? aud on olio platform, their pojailar vote ilWHW I;' I would have bren2,K!3 110. Hut there frTtiflSniA, M I""111 dlrectliJK the coumeof iMtSRW I J f vronla which tho tinthlnklu mind Mki ' doe not tale 110(0 of. That uaa the itevrTaM Hand of Ood, the hand which am KPleV UlrecteJ Wathtugton and JelTaraon.and AvRk. r IhtndlmtedLlnculn. aKiV) Lincoln waa Inaugurate! MarclH, jratj'l ) I 8MIeurrouuUrdlilnurirwltliable W w iieulnhlaCablnit.UllllanilI.Howard, ,' fi Bajmou 1". Chaae, Bhiiou Camiron, fA B ' Hldeon Wellta, Caleb II. Smith, VA. M I 'Ti 'M'ln, ,llU tui '"leomry Jllalr. U ') I Vr "' """ 8,Mv1' f)u1" "d llalia i f riVj reot Whig jaterull), In ullic, g 1 H wl'llo the olheraw mo all of Democrat. ft 5? I. 'I l II '"'dlrtatogoovirlndi.Ull the ' i VJlJlS. f I organlxatlon of Ihe "Confederate Hut '''fvimi 1 I f Almrt" aJ tl' dreadful civil 3ljl I r which lore aaund.r tho Union for ' Wllif '""' l'fa and aanguluari year. after. Ji " ll'aUr Ilutoiwhrtmu.it not I omlltdl, and & .''wiiaeB " ''' ''"'' Abraham Lluralu did not T ''U'Siaeael I reel luto the war. On the contrary, (iH&aeaW '' '"'"' """ """" ' I rriervlng the IWWff 5 U"10" w"ni)u' trcouno to arnu. lie 1 "laft "'" your liaiidainyUNallailfcl follow. JV riffflW ( 'I e.unir)unu, and uoi in mine, la the XX "AW j ' luinKnloualmieaelillwar 'lliagoi. JSfc-r.' f - jrnmint lll u. aan ,. ron '"f ; ''"wnnletmilMituingj-ourHlieii I ' ll.aBr,r, .w haienuoaihngl. f ' I '"ft hi Iwnen 1.1 drtlroy lnejorii. I ,, mint, Idle. I iliall lo m t eohnin j j "' !", 1 rttait ami dtfend It." J 1, , Hhortly after, on Arll It, 1601, 1 ort I , j f Huniler,aurnnderwltothe m-eulon. 1 J f '" IbeuUwMtliatllncolnaliownl I .', ! hlmielf the man for the hour. He I' I f?11"1 '"""Mien aud oWid lluiu. H I t Ural"l'llllflV&ofCoi.g,, It tUL Hu" l'n took plate July si, Hoi. A MUirronlroiriy haaailnn na In llin inolta an 1 1 alrlollam nf the eirly Ira . Mf Ihe war. Hut they ar all lyon I , the reach of liumincrltlclam now. and we mud rharlUbly think that inhere waa error, It waa of the hiad aul nolnf 1 the heart. All meant wall, but all were not llko Lincoln, worthy of III. vino guidance. The lilcrra Ii tella u that one of Ihe great ictora In tills ti r-rlble r-rlble drama, la now on the point nf death. That la fleuoral Khimuiu, one oflhelaitaiirvlvlng gnat aoldlera of tho wnr. Thnt rlod from the attack on rJumitertotlnirillot, ltlchmond, and thoaurrniiderof l at Appomatlo, onAtrllD, MM, laa thrilling one In Amorlcan hlttory. The letter mem. orlra It lua left till! ranklei In tho boaomjof many.anl vlclotn men mi. deavor to riluate and Intemlfy them. ThU la wrong. Our duly la to re-member re-member that we are Amerlcaua and not ptrly tighten or ropagatora pf aoctlonal hale. Unfortunately tho hantoflheawamln muck down IJie nan who could beat heal the wounda midehy the civil wir. That man waa Abraham Lincoln, (lie awiaaln uaa H'llkie llcoth, a mlavulded, Iniano 'anallaivhofaucled hlmaelf n patriot lt the name ti Lincoln lm forever revered. Ila nobleat bearer Abraham, died April 13, ISM. |