Show in EW LIGH om LIN 4 P ap 2 A A f 5 I 1 zy A ce aws V oa fe e lk a v A S y 4 44 s 4 9 av e ti 12 2 ae 3 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON the act fact that his death occurred only 65 years ago and tl at almost immediately a laree lare number L of people began preserving toes of him and considering the search original material letters documents and the like that has been carried on for the last 30 bears ears at leist least it would seem tint thit by now every available bit of inform relating to abra ham liam lincoln would have been discovered L but t the amazing fact Is that foi tot all this interest in n the great emancipator and all this activity to 0 bring to light evera ever scrap of paper mide vil valuable vilu a able e by the touch of I 1 Is pen new letters new docu u ments merits and other new material about him are con scantly being found and their discovery heralded in the newspapers alere is scarcely a sale held in the leading auction rooms fre quintel by id ci lectors that does not contain at leist least one I 1 lincoln item and often more many of these of course curse are of such historical importance that tl 11 ey were known know n and pert perhaps aps made use tige of by 8 me recent lincoln historian or blog rapt er so they tann cann i be classified as dis overlee but even edlu excluding ling these the cumber number of I 1 lnolan letters aid ai d dol dou u ments unknown to the sch lars jars which make their appearance in public after years of obscurity among the family relics relies and heirlooms of individuals indicates if flat at we e are far from reach ing the end of tl e hitherto unknown which exists today an interesting reflection of this fact Is f und in the book ne v letters and papers of I 1 lincoln compiled an un ler 11 tie e auspices of tt tie e abraham I 1 in coin of si rin ringfield grfield 11 by paul pau at angle secretary sere tary of tilt orani organ zall izatt it an I 1 pub dished recently by the 11 aughton Ilif mifflin flin c apin y this b ok of a tl ti ick vadime I 1 tine of nearly p ages iges contains many of tle writings of I 1 lincoln which have never her re been published as well as many which have appeared in one book or another relating to I 1 lincoln in the to this b ok the ton con refers to previous collections of I 1 lincoln pipers and lists as the most mos fit gnp p tl tie e complete works of Abra abraham harn I 1 inc in w alich I 1 ach wis the first collection of lincoln letters speeches and papers wl ich made any claim to inclusiveness out by nicolay and ilav in two volumes in the gettysburg E llalon of tie tl e works of abraham I 1 lincoln a reissue of nicolav and tiny s collection in to 12 volumes br out bv by the he tandy thomas cc cm n i 1 any in IW 1901 gellert A tracy s un collected letters of afraham I 1 lincoln put in 1917 and lincoln I 1 etters letters at brown pul put by sr wn university in 1927 the present volume is intended as a su pie ment to these three publications says mr air angle since earlier collections of I 1 lincoln s writings were made the interest in I 1 is life has become ever greater WI ere earlier compilers of lin I 1 lincoln coins s writings were inclined to include only those items to u wl I 1 ich feb t ey ascribed some importance the th pres ent collection includes every scrap no mitter how insignificant it may appear in view of the intensive study which I 1 lincoln ns s life has re calved the collection of a holy of material mit erial of the importance and diversity of that presented here bere has been a source of surprise even to the compiler especially gratifying Is its wide range of subject mitter embracing begil of olin inions lons ard family letters notes blotted down d iring diring lie ile trill of lawsuits speeches speed ecles es telegrand tele grans and even verse erge many of these documents throw fresh light on tie tte personality of the wilter writer illuminat ing are the endorsements which form so large a part of lincoln s correspondence during the dency lincoln as the writer of prose of matchless mathie sg strength and beauney such as the address Is a familiar figure to in st but lincoln in the role of bet Is totally I 1 lar jar let et in the I 1 Iter pont morgan in new bew york ity Is the original mar mat t of a p em which I 1 lincoln wrote it came about in this way during the campaign campi ign of 1814 1844 alle while I 1 lincoln was a candidate for the office f lenuial elector eletor he made speeches in llin min Is IQ and s Q uth nth western estern indiana in the latter state he visited the neighborhood of his boswood h me and rind the exi experience ermence so much th thit it as ashe he sald it arouse I 1 feelings in me which were certainly poetry though whether mv my expression of these feelings is poetry is quite another question he ile sent rent two cantos of the poem his visit inspired to andrew johnston an attorney of quincy ill with a prom ise hat bat if it he should ever send another the sub eject would he be a bear hunt I 1 ahe he result of thit promise wis a poem of 22 verses under the title of the beir hunt flunt alese tt ese p ems are interesting if not particularly inspired Insi Insil ired red r insuring iring perhaps the best comment up n them w wis is that made bv by his sympathetic but lonest ionest aid truth seeking biographer of recent vars liars tie life lite senator albert J beveridge who I 1 hinted one of the verses of the first canto I 1 last picture of lincoln taken by alexander gardner in washington april 10 1865 four days before the assassination 2 lincoln letter in the possession of mrs charles E davis of decatur III it was written to her father edward lusk of meredosia Mere dosia closia III a 2 short time before e election day of the year lincoln was running for un ted states senator aga ast stephen A douglas in it lincoln denied any aff nation I 1 w th the K ow nothing party or order of un ted americans an organization analogous to the ku klux klan of recent years lusk was a member of the leg slature and an int mate friend of Lin lincoln coins s and to quiet rumors that had been circulated by lincoln Lincol ns s enemies lusk asked him to write an authoritative denial 3 upon th s walnut desk in february 1861 president elect lincoln wrote his f inaugural address it is the property of the heirs of C M smith of eld III and s now on ech in the illinois state historical HIst orcal I 1 arary in the cen tennial memorial building in springfield which I 1 inola sent I 1 hosit n an I 1 then tor por tuna tely the rei ninin c tint int s f rl if is ig I 1 ro auti it appen to have hien hi en I 1 st t lie I 1 I 1 e bear hunt de serif scripps es in minute detail the pursuit by men an I 1 dogs of a he r 1 alich I ich ha I 1 killel kille I 1 a hog it tells of a short legged hie which c mpg HIP yelping far behin I 1 d diring iring tie ea d ise hut but afler after the hear bear his big h is been killed hilled bv by the rifles of the hunters aforesaid flee of blustering mood bet in 1 and quite fortt fort just low tow emerging from tie wood arrives Ps apon ta tip e ejot with grinning teeth and up turned hair 1 brimful of spunk ai at i anth he ile gr wis and seizes on hear bear and foi tot life and death A I 1 at and swells as if his skin shin would tear ani ar wis and again and swears as plain as I 1 g can swear ahat he ins his won the skin conceited Conc eite efte I 1 wl wt ell I 1 n we e I 1 iuah at tit tl if ee now mind tl if it not a few of p ampo is two li ed dogs logs there be conceited quite as rou vou concerning concert Conc erring ing the leir T air hunt elveridge males mal ethis gently ironic con n e I 1 1 I lire it e in wa was thirty seven years old when he wrote these poems parly nearly twenty years were to el elise if se her re he pro deuced the second rut but if I 1 inolan ni at ani r reri erl I 1 in hie ing life was writing d garel p etry 1 I th h little ind cited the nullity of the prose ai 90 t it te wis to write later he be was wag already rime s mp of those qualities nullities which were t PI et I 1 it 11 him to all till man kind one of tl if cm em vi is s his hig i t testy lest reflected in this letter ti tie e or organal ginal I 1 1 I li I 1 I 1 IQ 1 preserved in the historical ilist orical society of I 1 PI ent av ivania at tit 11 I 1 I 1 ila written while he w is a cn kregsman to an anaf graph seeker your n te reque tit alig g n nv v with a wis re ahel i nd f 0 id have been ans answered I 1 ng rig since simi hm but tt it wis mirshid I 1 am n ix I 1 a very SPI set hi fit ent I 1 man and he tt e best sentiment I 1 cm cin tl ti it t is that if yol collect lie the sigi agures of ill pets ns wl wi 0 are no less legs ds dis than I 1 it 11 I 1 i p a lery very tind unit biln guist ing miss of i tit cirps eg it s kin iness to tl if se re in I 1 sir tr ss gs is provert ial an I 1 an echo eho of it is f r ind in tl it J is letter written in IS 18 S 8 ah as abed as lie wis IQ it r I 1 I 1 li if R f r thi wis the e PI it of the I 1 inc li it 1 I 11 i s Q t tec e uld still find tine to in im e ti ire it HP e age ahse f a bonici orin let who lid tid are IP I 1 t hil hit f r ni at I 1 lie ie nr var te to cinfel steina 1 I k kis I 1 q n ft den 0 I 1 itic genitor fi ri in ne e v T rk as f II 11 Q in march marith is 7 1 I sw tit n tie tl e I 1 afir id being taken fr i t he le 0 o n r t alt it t the I 1 ent enl tent liry iry tl if pre ere a in in f get tier it irly ly appe r ine by if tie e r rime 1 I me of I 1 H I 1 ie le lip ile ne tie and cn versed s Q me as rig to tl it e I 1 i e I 1 I 1 g a 1 ir don A lear sitter hp he lit bip e wd A P tip tie in lobed letter from the I 1 ns n I 1 ou on see ee he nanti it antl ns ng v ur name 1 P aou on re illy w hit aln I 1 if it our C vernor c aid uld le beirn irn if flat tit he has hog hen ben real etal le and Is of respect ihle ible onnet ions r eri erl aps he w uld tild pir p tr ion him I 1 heise ai answer awer I 1 lard ard n the I 1 herty berty I 1 take in ad addressing you several years ago I 1 kaev kne v you slit licitly li Itly aly at wash ington two bears later he ws wis n for resi rest dent by the party the demands deminds upon his time were enormous en rinous visiting committees to be received an extensile extensive correspondence to keep up and many grave connected with his new pos position itin to be solved but in the midst of it all he kok tick the time to write a tetter letter to george latham a good friend of his oldest son robert nobert then a student at harvard university the letter f F fiffe F i if T i P the origin il if t f which Is ovi owned tied bv by at mrs rs 11 S 15 dick dilk eiman erman ei man of Spring bp liel I 1 III rei Is as foil foll ws I 1 have sar scarcely cely felt greater lain din in my iny life efin n leir le arnin nin yesterday yest erdly fr in 15 13 b s letter flat t I 1 at a aou had filled to enter hanara flar Narl an ani 1 yet there Is 11 cry very little in it if ym yu will alloy no feeling of dim our to sc se ye an i prey III u n you it is a certain truth tl if at y u nn cin enter and bradu ite in it arvard university an fin I 1 t tavit 1 h n i ie le the attempt you succeed in it must Is tl if e I 1 know not how to aid y u save gave in the assur ance of one of mature a ie e an I 1 muel sen seele et e elpe th tit I 1 you can not fail fall if you res cutely det ermit e that you will n t the I 1 resi resl lent of the institution cin st ircel be other it flan an a kind man and d ut he w ild grant you an interview and point fut ut the rei 11 est wiy w y to remove or overcome tie tt e olat ol 01 uncles iches which have thwarted yol yo i in your temporary failure tl if ere is no ej e lence that you may not be a better s Q I 1 ofir ol ir and a n ore successful man in the great jp of life tl if an at nany kotlers oti ers who bo have entered ollee i re easily I 1 say let no feel n of rt d SL ir iri ernena prey upon you and I 1 11 I 1 tl if e end y u are sure to sue eed teed an interesting view of tie in bensin I 1 let ie i it Is 1 made upon I 1 lincoln after t e he i e I 1 ri rest r i lent Is ir preset fed ted by mr air anseln the if exl at nil I 1 I 1 1 8 sin if I 1 ie le ments some of tie letters ani 1 fliers liters d tel te 1 in III ilo 10 lo a greater exta I 1 r ri is s tl if it art am other resident in lit li 11 hell I 1 11 I 1 i elf self at the ils t sal of callers ie le elites lit I 1 leie in tie I 1 art of the visit r wis tic it e nh I 1 I 1 lilov re luisise ro to tie attainment of in liter interview vieu of c u aire the nun her who bughi an ar ce was wag li it n inse normally tie tic if f illers ill nil till hive subsided shuhsi led afler the list api cintr engg to me the it hi 1 if been nude made P pit it t e I 1 ise f if tie e w ir it nen ceased men alen seeking c ns rig seeking I 1 ro motion inventors avith jib all u s rag of new leil is of destruction wives and n there fliers of s idlers vv wanting favors of all klida kli ds these and others cr aided the if ps eq nt every o it 0 r I 1 inc in I 1 to all sill S nes hp he acted gum summarily marily up tip n tie tl e c sp se h I 1 e re the aepli int to the I 1 r I 1 er ft it ial fal with a eel certain fain line of action re 0 in m ei pi ae lei I 1 an ana I 1 s it ue e times t te e simi ly w arte a h b cef lettjr or c urd ird of cintr I 1 litin ditth n lin oln s kindie him hun or 01 nd t Is it 11 tv to sn sri lie ile th ih the dukert I 1 irs of tl if sp re f ir kragl keirs are reflected eted in tit tl if 1 s n te f re li ti n he tie original if f M ih is 19 pres iel in the L ill in I 1 li fornia this man v ints to s it om non a w n int that I 1 tt ink it ul UI I 1 I 1 he ri I 1 f p 1 1 I sl 31 ill be obliged to any hei I 1 f 9 1 I irein ire in r 1 pw pirl I 1 i ent who can ili d w rk for 1 iro lin ins ing inte IMP efferpi e fit fn army discipline v i I 1 itt t ritus rius writes mr ir agle the secretary it r war nat the attorney Attorn ex beneral ti tie e judik A cocat ei eral enl the binn run ai at ders of the army in the fiel all protested agi dinst his eisile ehile clemetea clem cleme elci tei but he went right on making each case refe cefere are to him the subject of pers nil anve ti gatlon gation ar at remitting sentences wherever it was at all po ble the fol following lowinA the original nil of which Is owned by gibriel wells f lew new york city is ig 11 of this fact it U Is Q ild tl ti at S n n rei heily lv has recently been tried bv by one of our in courts in this city I 1 can tell no more of the case but his p or wife Is bothering me and I 1 will thank you if practicable to procure the record and report on the case cc 0 by western un on I 1 aha |