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Show REMINISCENSES OF S COLONEL BAIR j Editor Standard Tn I860 I was llv-hig llv-hig in Farmlngton ill , where Abra- in Lincoln's father is buried I v ns there thai I first met Abraham Lincoln, I saw him a number of tlme-i and talked with him I east my first ote for him for president in November No-vember 1&60 1 was twenty-three years old at that time. While I was living Bt Farmington I pot acquainted with a Frenchman who was called Father Chtmlgary He told me he had come to the United States from Quebec. Canada He said he was in poor circumstances cir-cumstances at that time, and that Abraham Lincoln had assisted him a number ol times, and that he was going to do all that be possibly could to help elect Lincoln president of the I'nited Stati- He said heliee that, that man Abraham Lincoln will I i Inspired by God to save this nation na-tion from destruction," He said these were numbers in l-'urope that would do everything possible to destroy this republic After Lincoln was elected president, Chlniquy went to Washington, D. C. I met (himlguy in Washington in April, 1864, and talked with him a number of times. He told me that he was afraid that the president would be assassinated and said the president is constantly surrounded with spies no' only from the south but from I France and other countries After the assasslnatlo of President Lincoln, Mti r the assassination of President Lincoln. Father Chlniquy wrote n his tnry of his visits to the president and of the plot to murder him I have a copy of Father ( hiniquv's stor, which I submit to the reader Concern ing the assassination of President Lin coin. Chlniquy says "A1 the end of August. 1864, hav Ing known for a long time that there was a dot in assassinate i In pre-,i dent, 1 thought it was my duty to go Hnd tell the president what I knew, at the same time giving him a new assurance of my gratitude for what he had done for me In the past. Knowing Know-ing that I was among those who were vailing in the antechamber, he smi immedlatelv for me I am so glad to meet you again ' he said. "1 am sorry to have so little time to see you; but I will not let you go before be-fore telling you that a few das ago 1 saw .Mr Morse, the learned inventor of the electric telegraph He told me ,at when he was in Rome not leng ago he found out the proofs of a most formidable conspiracy gainst this country and all of Its In stltutlone. It Is evident that it Is to the intrigues nnd emissaries of Fur ope that we owe In great part the horrible civil war which is covering I this country with blood and ruin " The president said Man must not car? where and whon he will die But 1 may add today that 1 hae a pre 8eiitimmt thai God will call me to Him through the hand of nn assassin Lei His will and not mine be don ' He then looked at his watch and said "I am sorry that the twent minutes have almost passed away, 1 will be forever grateful for the warning words you have addressed to me about the dangers ahead of my life for I kno. they are not Imaginary dangers Please accept my sincere thanks 'or the new lights you have given me on the dangers of my position and come again. I will always see you with i new pleasure ' The last time I went to pa my respects re-spects to Mie doomed president and to warn him against the Impending danger whkb I linw 'were threaten ing him. when he was absoluteh be sieged by the people who wanted to see him The only thought which seemed to occupy the mind of the president was the dangers that sur-rounded sur-rounded him. he said to me "You are Ihe ursi in warn me against the dan pi of assassination Let me tell ,i that I have lately read a pas-, pas-, in the Did Testament which has p. ide a profound and I hope a salu r i impression on me Here Is that i sage" The president took his I ' ble opened at the third chapter of Deuteronomy, and read from the 22nd to the 28th vers-1 "22 Ye shall not fear them, for the Lord your God Eh.' 1 1 fight for you " j : nd I br-sought the Lord at that time, saying "24 O Lord, C.od. Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Th creatness and Thy mighty hand for what God Is there In heaven or in the earth thai can do according to Thy works and ' according to Thy might "25. I pray Thee lei me go over and see the good land that is beond f the Jordan, that goodly mountain and I Lebanon "26 But God was wroth with me for your sake and would not hear me and the Lord said unto me, Let it. suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. "27 Get thee up Into the top of 1 Plsgah; and lift up thine eyes wesl- ward and northward and southward and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou ahalt not go over this I Tordan." After the president had read these words, with great solemnity he f added "My dear Father Chlniquy. let I mi tfil you that 1 have read these I strange words several times, these lasi fi. or Bis weeks The more I re.id them Ihe niom it seems in me that God has written for me as well as for Moses The only two favors I ask of the Lord are, first, that I may dl I for the sacred cause In which I am I engaged, and when 1 am the standard-I standard-I bearer of the rights and liberties of I niv country. The second favor 1 asfc j of i .ml IB thai nr. dear 1 1 Robert, I when I am gone, will be one of thus.' I who will lift up that Hag of libert which will cover my tomb, and carry I It with honor and fidellt to the end H of his life as his father did ' Never have 1 heard snch sublime if words Never have I seen a humane I face so solemn and so prophet-Ilk' as I th face of the president when utter I ing these things Bverj sentence has I come to me as a hymn from heaven I was beside myself, bathed In tears I tried to sa) something but could not utter a word 1 knew ihe hour to I ,.;,., ,. , rid come and askd from the H president permission to fall on my H knees and pray with him that his life H might hi- spared And he knelt with Kmc. But 1 prayed more with mv tears and sobs 'han with words Then I 1 pressed his hand on my lips and bathed It with my tears and with i heart filled with unspeakable deeds tlon I bade him adieu. m It was tor the last time for the Vnir wMs fast approaching when h was to fall by the hand of an assassin for his nation's sake. President Lincoln could not cross the Jordan, but Lincoln was on top Of Mount Plsgah. and thoueh he had fervently prayed that he might cross the Jordan, and enter with his people Into the land of promise after which he had so often sighed, he was not to see his request granted. The answer has come from heaven You will not tosb the Jordan, and you will not en-ter en-ter the promised land, which is there so near. You must die for your nation na-tion s sake The lips, the heart and the soul of the new Moses were still repeating the sublime words The Judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. when the ns sassin Booth murdered him on the 14th of April, 1K65. at 10 o'clock p m (Signed COLONEL B F BAIR Ogden, Utah.. I |