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' But let us go back bach to an another another another I anI other Lincoln's Lincolns ' birthday . . .I I . to I February rebrunry ebrunry 12 . , lSG1A 1561A 1861 lSG1 1561 1861A A short , little 10comot1\"e 10comot1 "e e locomotive 10comot1"ewIth locomotivewith locomotivewith \ " wIth a flat topped smokestick smol\.est'lck smol.estlck smol .est'lck estlck smokestack \ . ' . , Is pufling pufung pulling along alongthe alongthe alongthe the single trick tr'1c1 tr1c1 track ' . thit th1t that " winds "Inds Inds among the gentlyrolling gentlyrolling gently , rolling hills hI1l3 of or Ohio Back Bach there In one of the thewooden thewooden thewooden wooden coaches a till t'lll tlll tall ' , , gaunt man sits by a win window windove window dow dove gazing out over the bleik ble'lh blelh bleak ' winter landscapeYesterday landscape landscapeYesterday Yesterday Yesterda3 he had stood on the reir re'lr relr rear ' platform platformof of a train at the brick rallvviy rallw'lY rallwlY railway ' station In SprIng SprIngfield Springfield Springfield field , III IJl Ill A cro crowd " d of nearly a thousand people peoplesilent peoplesilent peoplesilent silent , bareheaded in the cold , drizzle dritzie of ot raIn rainhad , had bad listened llstened to these words : "Friends Friends uFnends " , no one who has ne\ ne never neer \ er been placed In Ina ina ina a like I1he position can t1nder understand tand my feelings feellngs at atthis atthis atthis this hour nor tlie the oppiesbive opptessise oppleS 1\e 1 e \ sadne sadness s I feel at atthIs atthis atthis thIs parting partmg For Tdr r r more than a quarter of a cen century century century tury I have lived among you , and during all a11 that thattime thattime thattime time I ha\ ha have hae \ e received nothing but Un kindness ness at atyour atyour atyour your hands"Here hands hands"Here "Here Here " I have ha\"e ha "e e \ " lived from my youth vouth olltb till now I Iam Iam Iam am an old mm m'1.n m1.n m1n man ' . Here Hcre ilere the most sacred trusts trust : , , of ofeartb ofearth ofearth eartb earth \ were ere as asbumed assumed umed , here all my children clllldren were wereborn \ wereborn ere ereborn born ; and arid hel heie here e one of them lies IIcs buried burled - To you youdear j voudear ou oudear dear flIends fiiends fi lends , I owe o\\e o e \ \ all tint that I hive h'1\e h'1 h1 e ' \ , all that I am amA11 amAll amAll A11 All the strange checkered chechered past seems to cron crowd crowdnow crowdnow d dnow now upon my mind"Today mind mind"Tcdiy "Tcdiy Tcdiy "Tod'1Y Tod1Y "Today Today " ' I leive le1ve le'ive ' you ; I go to assume a tnsh task tnshmore taskmore taskmore more difficult th thin III in that \ which \ hlch de\ de devolved deolved \ olved upon uponGeneral uponGeneral uponGeneral General Washington Wasblnbton iVashlnbton Unless the great God vvho vvhoassisted \ whoassisted ho honssIsted nssIsted assisted him shall be with and aid me I must mustfall mustfall mustfall fall But If the same omniscient ommsclent mind mmd and the thesame thesame thesame same almlghti almIght almlght3 arm that directed and protected protectedhim protectedhim protectedhim him shall guide and support me , I shall not fall fail fallI , I shall succeed Let us all pray that the God Godof Godof Godof of our fathers fatbers ma mai may not forsake forsal\.e forsal.e forsal .e e \ . us now . To Him HimI I commend you ) vou ou all u11 Permit me to ask ash that with withequal withequal withequal equal sincerity and faith you111 you vv \ will \\111 111 \ ill allimohe all Invoke HIs HIswIsdom Hiswisdom Hiswisdom wIsdom and guidance for me"WItb me"With me me"With "With With "WItb WItb " these tbese few words nords I l must leave you-for you for youforhow youforhow you - forhow how long , I know not Friends rrlends , , one and all aU , I Imust Imust Imust must now bid you ) vou ou an affectionate affecUoD.tte affecUoDtte . fare farewell farevvell " ell " " S . * . . "Now Now " I am an old man maD , " he had said saidYes saidYes saidYes r - ' oldr Yes , Abraham Lincoln Is fifty two years 3 j cars ears old oldthis oldthis this tn twelfth elfth day of February rebruarj I'ebruary Iebruary ' , 1SG1 18G1 1561 . But he be has hascome hascome hascome come a long \ way vvay ay In those 52 yearsThIs yearsThis years yearsThis This should be a happy birthday for Abrah'lm Abrahlm Abraham Abrah'lmLincoln AbrahamLincoln AbrahimLincoln ' Lincoln But his bls three bo\ bo bovs bos boys \ s . , Bob and andlllle \ \\lllle lllle Willie \ \ Hlle and andTad andTad andTad Tad . , . , hear bear the sigh that escapes from his lips as ashe ashe ashe he turns from the window and they hush their theirnoisy theirnoisy tlicirnoisy noisy play . And Mary Todd Lincoln sees In the thedeep thedeep thedeep deep set ej eyes e es thit lh'lt lhlt that ' look loob . of sadness \ vvhich which hlch will willshadow \ willshadow \ III IIIshadow shadow the face of this " "Man Man " Ian of Sorro Sorrows " s ' for forthe forthe forthe the next four yearsYes years yearsYes Yes he is President elect of ot the tbe United St'ltes Stltes States St'ltesof Statesof Stitesof ' of America . . . or should he saj say sav "the the 'the " ' DIsunl1ed Disunited DIsunl1edStates DisunitedStates DisunitedStates States ' 1 1fcilx 1 I ISix fcilx 5Ix Six \ weeks \ eek , after bis hIs election South Carolina Carolinahad Carolinahad Carolinahad had Duringthe passed its ordinance of secession During Duringthe Duringthe MississippiLouisiana lss1pplLouIsiana the next month Georgia , . Alibama Ahbama Alabama , MIs Mississippi lss1ppl LouIsiana ind 1nd and ' I : < Horida I'loridn Iloridn ' lorldn had fol1o\\ fol1o followed fol1oed \ ed tlie the Palml'tto Palmltto Palmetto Palmettostates Palmettostates ' state states s lead lend On r . tcbruary ebruary lebruary 4 repre representatives entatI\es entatI es \ from fromthese fromthese fromthese these states had bad met atIontgomery at Montgomery \Iontgomery Iontgomery : \ . Ala , and andor6anlzed andorgunized andorganized or6anlzed orgunized the Confederate 'Confederate ' States of America ' VirginiaTennessee Five more , Texas North Carolina , VIrginIa , Tennesqee Tennessee and Arkansas , were almost certain cert.lln certlln . to tojoIn tojoin tojoin joIn the six siz : that had already departed from the theUnion theUnion theUnion Union The future course of three 'borderstates 'border border 'borderstates ' borderstates states , " Maryland Mars Mo.lrj Molrj . land laud , , Kentucky Kentuchj and Rnd Missouri , as aswell aswell aswell well as the nortbein northe1n northern slave state of Delaware Delaware'was Delawarewas Delawarewas backgroundloomed baclgroundloomed \'was 'was was \ ' doubtful And al\\aj al aj always \ in tlie the time baclground background , loomed tlie the threat of a fratricidal fratrlcld.ll fratrlcldll . war "ar ar " beteen betvveen betvveenthe bet\\ bet betweenthe \ \ een eenthe the Aortlr octh orth and the South . . So much depended upon \ what hat he be said solid and how howhe howhe howbe he said it that lie he had tolled lolled , night and nnd day .1y 1y . , for forthree forthree forthree three threeeehs \ weeks \\eehs eehs over o\er o er \ his Inaugural addiess uddless addhess addiess'He 'He He ' He wrote it as a composer writes a s sym symphony svmphonv ) m mphon phon phony WashingtonStar ) ; , ' savs says su s Don Glas Glassman m.1n m1n . In tlie the Washington Star . 'He He ' . He marshaled all nil the melody In words wordsall \ wordsall or s saU aU all the rhythm of speech and euphony of Iun Ian Iunguuge Ianguage language guuge guage to build a monument mouument out ont of cold S syllablesHe syllables ) Ila les lesI I . . Heelghed He \ weighed \\elghed elghed everyone every one on a musical sCJle scale scaleHe scaleHe I Be He emplo employed , } ed them as full notes and nnd half notes notes.He notesHe . . He Heould \ would \\ould ould \ pronounce eachord each \ word \\ord ord \ separately sep.1tately sep1tately . nnd and nndfeel andfeel andfeel feel convinced of Its necessity neclsslty both as to thought thoughtand thoughtand thoughtand and style . . 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I ) / ie ieYt /Yt Yt / i e et t . , i i A Letter Lett er Ircm rrom From . fch-e fch e the - Souththeir South . their example , , ' " . \ warned arned another , which was wassIgned wassigned wassigned sIgned ' ' from one of a 5orn svv 5\\ 5 \ orn band of 10 \ who vslho \ ho ba have haveresolved hay \ e eresoh eresolved resolved resoh ed to shoot iou you ou from the south side of the theavenue theavenue aenue avenue a\ a \ enue in the Inaugural pi piocesslon ocesslon on the fourth fourthof fourthof of March , . 1SG1 lSGl 1561 " And still another eclared declared declaredThis declaredThis eclaredThIs ThIs Is to Inform you vou ou that there Is a club of of100 100 young men In this placeho place \ who \\ho ho \ have ha\e ha e \ sworn s\\orn s orn \ to tomurder tomurder tomurder murder j you " ou " It \ was as hard for him to believe that anyone anyoneshould anyoneshould anyoneshould should desire his death But com conviction consictiou Iction came at atl.1st atlast atlast l.1st l1st last . . . . More Iore disturbing , though thou6h , \ were \ ere the rumors rumorsof rumorsof rumorsof of men In high plices phces places \ who \ ho " were "ere ere about to turn turntraitor turntraitor turntraitor traitor to tlieir theIr country and \ who ssho \ 110 might h:1\ h:1 h1 h:1e have h:1guIlty haveguilty haveguilty : \ e guIlty hllowle knowledge . ; e of plans for reducing it to a ast'1tc astate astite st'1tc st1tc state ' of anarcliy anarchy . So he lie sent the adjutant gen genoral general en eneral eral oral of Illinolb I11IDoi Illinois to Washington to sound out Gen GenWInfield GenWinfield GenWinfield WInfield Scott , head of the army . Scott was vvas \ \ as a aVIrginian aVirginian aVirginian VIrginian and his lo lovalty loyalty , } alty was suspected B'1ck B1ck Back Backcame B'1ckC'lme Bickcime ' C'lme Clme came ' the reply fiom flOm that doughtv dought doughty old tIghter fighter tIghter"Tell fighter'Tell fighter'Tell fighterTell "Tell Tell 'Tell ' ' " Mr Ir Lincoln that . , If necessary , 111 III I11 pIn plant plantcannon plantcinnon nt ntC'lnnon C'lnnon Clnnon cannon ' at both ends of Pennsylvania Penns3lvanln Penns Ivanln a avenue avenue.and avenueand \ enue . , and if any show their heads or even venture ventureto to raise rnl'Se rnlSe ' a Onger finger , ' I'll Ill ' blow 'cm cm 'em em ' to hell I l ' ' But not even e\cn e cn \ such reassurance could bring bringpeace bringpeace bringpeace peace to Lincoln's Lincolns ' troubled mind As tlie the train trainbore trainbore trainbore bore him nearer and neaier neater to the capital cnpltal and andto andto andto to the day when he \ would ould take the oath of of offlce offlee offlee flce flee , his despair deepened'To deepened 'To To ' To the anxious nm.lous nmlous anblous . listening llstel1lng country his ble ; speeches speecheson on the journey to Washington \ were vvere \ ere dlsnppolnt disappoint dlsnppolntlng disappointlag disappointIng lng lag . , ' vs \ writes \ rites Nathaniel W 1V . . 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