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Mil Ml II 11 IMI I.MSS hcl II t'i I IIUL II I -li TMIliil i.H THt Xll.vm it glint MUNtMT. CVra i7ioV IIO UIJ MNSpaper Since 1816 W.OOMINGTON, SUNDAY, FEHKUARY 12, 1028. Tim t-iiuN ii nun Former Governor Considers Lincoln 's Anti-Slavery Talk Turn ing Poin in His Career Birth of Republican Party and Prominence of Lincoln Started at Gathering Here Hitherto Unpublished Lincoln Lctttcr Declining to Enter Into Bakcwell Suit J. W. Fifer Tell, of Speech De-limed in Bloomington Court-houie Square 70 Yean Ago.

amoui "Lost Speeth" De live red in Bloomington Pul Breath of Life Into New Party. Lincoln's Diplomacy Revealed in Letter to Bloomington Man VISITORS TO GALLERY Joseph W. Flfar, fonntr governor uf Jlllnola, revealed what can-aidere ili turning point In th rr tf Abr iiIibih I 'nroln, hin th How Abraham Lincoln onr diplomatically declined taka part in a nionnimaion lawsuit aa aaeoOate Facsimile of Autobiography in Collection of Historical Society. mandator Ilverad a a pawn ZL-W A. Illuoitilr.gton play a ia In groomif.g Abraham Lincoln I the prea.dtnt.j-.

It waa here iiit ha It faiu-'ua "I.at el' dirmg in auta '-omantiua ot I'H. i a gain, una la n.any aa marking tin rtat o.rtn Kepiipiu party, iia r.i--ill of L.ncu.n Kit i-l i. tne of tha i.incn.r.g t.iis ltllt It .1 1 poMer. lMlild-1 h' wt.i.ii huuae. I m-jfljent- I aaalliat slavery on tha court house square In i.looiulngton.

l-orluer Gov Willi Ilia lal Robert L. Willlama. fur tha reason thai "bolh Hi pasties ara old frlenda of niln." la told In a Iniar owned and highly prl-d by Robert L. illlama, Jr- hlomnlngton aiiornay with office in tha Flret Ni. tlonal Hank building, and aon of tha man to whom Mr.

Lincoln wrote tha On ernor H'r haa i LlnrolnUn pliutographf and oil i material relating to tha gieat emancipator, all Jiava deep appeal to been an axiati-alv aludent uf Milan ai'ieing iaril hr and ta vtaiturs at rooms of th ounty lllatoilcal atM- eiy. and at Una letter In question. Mr. I.lnroln alao paid tha Hloom Ington lawyer of bla day tha trlbut of saying that tha llttganta In tha ault "will need no lawyar but you." and la promiard that ha would not ia hla xrviraa to tha opponenla of Mr. Willlama' cllrnt.

th life of Lin. it ioln. avar aitic -v7 i haerd him ha" apeak years ago, 1 I 'From th pe- I il rlod. nearly 70 J. W.

Filar. Tha ltir from Mr. Lincoln to tha Jears aau, when I heard Lincoln i time, the rolln-tmn of epenal interest and la being td ty many piranna. i Jual this Mnk mint xuluul.l" additions to the KuM.ry were uhtiiined from Miaa I-lorem-c hi adv. the daughter if the latn Mra.

Ilarrn-t M. W. Lrady. Mi preeeiited a plintoirrauh of the t'uniior lmei of Lincoln wlili'll la III the atatw I 1 1 at hpringfn Id A li tri pli of the 'tablet marking the site of hail on the south aide of the a.uaie. on alao given to the six lei A I Mar-time painting of lx-e surrender-i Ing to rant at Appomattox, waa also In the group.

viarr vtiiiiama waa l.y tha lal-l-r during hla lifrdma and ha krpt It In hp i.lfn-a and oftrn ahord it to vlailora h.na aflrr tha death of nroln. Mr. Willlama hlmaelf died peas Ilia Aral time, I hav had l. admit utloii lur liliu that appeared Ii Increase with Ilia year Mr. Hft-r declared.

"Probably no on haa darn a greater student of Lincoln ina. .) lalilel. pi In l.y id. uf Aiiicri'sn Itevnlutii.n Tnere jt' to men livuu in In. a city, Joim I ulMi.cr and Jimea A.

hordua, ai heard 111. a addle'S. Keraey one of Plu.imingtan' leudihii i.l."-n. aI the lliat man iw aerloijly of maklns in a in piend.nl or the I il.a II tlie .1...4 Jee.e. ine ljitt.r l.eir at Hist, but liter endorsed It lin Judue have! Da via.

fiiuoua JurHI tf th.a illy. hia approval. First Move Mad. The flr-t timve tu pro. ur 0'itsUa "iippoit Mas made by Kereey Muen he wr te to hia friend.

Judaa Lewis or Vet Cheater, fa. Th liif.er agreed to Intereat leaders in that state and asked for a biog- a ood many yaara ao. and hla aon and namaaaka Inheriled tha Lincoln letter aa ona of tha mementoea of hla than meclf. I hav read every urtl-cle Him haa been written about him and every book that waa piibllehed concerning him. I have mad It a point lo com eras with Jeas Kail, David liavia.

Milton Hay. Dick Ogleaby. Leonard font and In (act lather. Tha aon bad tha letter fraajed, and It waa upon tha walla uf tha offlca for a Ion tlma. Ha now kaepa It aafa within hla offlca TUIa la faitlmlle nf a letter Ahruham I.lnrnln wrote to Rnlarl Wll linma.

til onilnfflnn attnrni'V Antr IS 1 i jT- It la now one of the treasured vault. Included In tha group of Llnc-ln picture la ona showing hla reidnre in hprlngfirld belore the Civil war.1 which la now a national ahrlne. It Tha Dhotoatat nf Uiim n.uM.lniia tf I. l.un.l...i 4m t.i- every una Mini knew Lincoln in- L. Irt I.

i vi ll'iin-l I ll.llllll. HUUI1I Ul'nu i I Olll Ul lUIOCr. inn iiiiigwriiuii or i-incoln. Horn tall ma Ini-ldenta of hla career, and of tha worda may not ba altogether who aere beat gualilled to Inform me legible, henr tha teat of tha letter of hla rharai lrrl.tl. a.

ambltlona and la liar printed. other Phaera of hla being. Hprlnafleld. Aua. 11 Hi? la a coincidence that in the Inner 'part of Ihs aeveutlea.

Lmanucl I Khodes. custodian of the Iih sI ao- and Mra. Khodea thla i hiatorical bouse, living there for a' i period of lag years. Tha value of I tha structure, from Ita Lincoln aa- oclations. waa not fully appreciated until later, when It waa by the aiale and filled with relu-a.

I When Mr. Khodea waa In Sprlnsf ield. I i i i. A "IL Willlama, Dear Blr: Voura of tha Kth In relation to a ault of Bakewell va. Allin.

waa r. celved a day or two ago. 1 well re- "When I waa a.ivernor. I'aleahy. Hay and othera who knaw Lincoln, and who appreciated ni Intenaa admiration for the in in.

would coma to inv ofllce or tha manelon and we Mould talk about him fur Into the nlaht. Ma war ao aheorbed that we Mould forart to nola tha paaaiiaa of tluix. In thla iiiunnur, 1 waa able to cure aome tuluahle' Inlumintlon t-nni-ernlng Lincoln, but they alinply corrolmralcd nnd etrengthened niv rapny Lincoln, tell Induced Lin-1 coin to writ out a brut sketch for pu'dii atlun and he complied. Tula manuscript, now yellowed with use yvl in tha p- aaeaaion uf I ell a deneiidania here. It waa titter intended for publu ation but dei gned aoli ly to furnish the campaign pro-motel a Mini sonic fy, mIi.iIi could be iiuoi poraied lu Siime hier itora Mhieli was being c.rculated.

Of tha I relu-s of meal in.tnciKilor, nm are more vnlii.il. le or 01 greater bis-j tori, al Intt ret than this I written resume of Linoln'a career. A maa meeting Mas held at Weal 1 'dealer in beiult of Liui olu and hla I blogiuphy Mas llret read tliara. At I the atale ronveminn hre in kersey Fell nominated Lincoln as I- -1- niriuiirr ine iranaactlon; but as Uakewell will need no lawyer but you, and aa there la likely to ba aotm feeling, and both tha part lea ara old frlenda of mine. I prefer.

If can. to keep out of the caae. Of course I win not engage against Mr. Auke- lie waa employed l.y the Wnl.ap.li lailway aa chief clerk and rented the etructure aa a home while In that i city. He then mo lo Ion and became ahatract clerk with prrvloualy coni elved nplnlun of him well.

Voura truly. Heard of Lincoln 1 me inicngu and Alton and was In the cur record di'purtmeut for many yeara. Autobiography Important. While eiHice Mould not permit tha When onr family cunia ta Danar Una couiiiv. In lS7.

wa had heard noiiifthlna about Lincoln, primarily reprouuctiuii of all tha Lincoln mu A. Lincoln. Letter at Historical Society Hard to Keep, Custodian Finds Ou. LOS? -SfiSCiP- nictate to the national convention Mie atiiiy uf hla collecting bark fur i-riai or even reter to th van, ma of Ine Itepublican a lire to furnlah light mUIi which to atiidy law at nluhi. Thla naturally Intcn-etcil myacir and my older prcai- party aa It became getierall dent, aome of which ui very old and know at I'hiladelphla.

but he de. prlueleaa, yet It la well worth hue dined, due to luck of me.ina How-to reler to tho facsimile i Llnculn a ever. Lincoln was given Hi on brother, lieorgr, and wa talked about him a greut deiil. Whenever I went to llliHiinlnKtou. would drvp Into ucn whs piiniimcii mc nri pallet Mce-prealdeiit by Jessa W.

Fell of Normal in 11.72. 1M "I thought for a time that I would hava to call out the troopa to help' Mcla-an county coiirrlniiiM- was on ma guard thla Lincoln latter." r- I l' circuit wliicli Abrnlium I.liiiiilu marked Lmanuel Rhodes, custodian 1 rode as a law ver. NIoiip markers the oouit room In tha hope of meet Ing liliu or hearing him argua a cue. Ibis waa distributed James 11 Osgood, a Huston publisher. It I.I, 'he succeeding year, not know-rrjw-t how many Thousand and-the Hrtl hrvthera bu I waa nut aui-ueaaiul.

t-Tlmia a in tt I tin donate ba of the McLean County Hiatorl. al upon hich lb uLoULJJliil'iw. ,0, 1 at IhW "rganlmior of lh t-ourt la W.Kuiilngtun. the Jiulce Pavld Davla. noted Jurist nf former limes In Illisuuliigton was a close friend of Lincoln ami iiinong those first to rrnlize his potential greatness.

epics were sold but doubtbea most tween Llnculn and IJoiiglua In R. hut In that year, Douglaa cama to ,,,.,,,1 mui. iu votiMI- ing Lincoln for the prea deuey be fore the conventien of lISu. The This I an aplstle written by Un- i Pretel on the Main strwl shit- of Hie court hotin-. coin on Sept.

t. lfil. to William rilofttnlnglnn and delivered a apeech In favor of elavery In a grove aouth-eaat of Bloomlmrion. Jamea S. Kwlng and Adlal K.

HleVenaon, whi liyan, Big Prairie. Logan county. of the lihrarlea of the country and many private homes have this re-production framed, and regard It as a very valuable. Tha original In Lincolna own handwriting is let owned by the descendants of Mr. Fell.

The facsimile carries the fol-lowing explanatory note by Mr. Fell: "In presenting to tha public a who waa tha grandfather of Charles Bloomington Woman were especially active at the Illinois convention at In and saw to It that the delegates chosen to the national convention at Chicago were strongly fur Lincoln. They then 0ened Llnculn headquarters at the Tremunt House. Chicago, and maintained these, until Thla'pIiitHitii inarkg Hie placo where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "laist Siwcli" In Major's hull. Front anil Fast street.

it- Him Ics. a prominent farmer of Kmdcn. "A year Mr. Rhodes contin heard It, pronounced It tha greateat that tliey hod ever heard. "JuilKo David Imvla, on of Lin-coln'a rloaeet frlenda, perauaded Lincoln to reply to It ami lie did ao.

Jt nut In rifptember anil a apaaker" ued, "a pompous man walked into lacrmiue oi ADraham Lincoln auto. the room and aald that ha waa from Has Paper Telling of Lincoln's Death W. C. Bragonler, 617 West Locust street, has a copy of the Lost Lincoln-Speech Made in Bloomington Is Published in Book What Is said by tha author to a speech made by Abraham Lincoln in Dloomington and hitherto unpub Men Are Miners in Creation's Mine, Lincoln Told Bloomington Audience biography, it la due to th memory was over and of Unit greut man that a brief chosen to lead his party, statement ba mado of the clrcuin- rttpl' ly rrarhd stances under which It was written I Uayis and the Fell huntrd In the autumn of ISiS. linrinir the I advanced reason way the stste historical society and can.e to take back thla letter.

I told him firmly that there wwa nothing doing. Ha persisted, aasertlng that the let April 16, 1865, New York Herald con- ter really belonged to the stata body celebrated discussion between Sena- 1 "hould be nominated. Tnay labored day and night, almost 'eep- ecaustt it had been written from a -n, I iCame Here in April, 1858, to platform waa arranged- at the north end of the court houa aquare, the old court huuae atandlng at the eouth end. leaving abundant apaca for the audience. "An linmcnae crowd aaaembled.

My brother. Oeorue. and tnyaelf elhoM-ed our way through the Jinn until wo reached a point within feet of tht platform. Everybody atood and It waa tli tin poaalble to accommodate many tlioueand people, three times sasslnatlon of, Abraham Lincoln In occasion to travel in the middle and Ford'a theater, Washington, D. by eastern states, and.

rinding that there S'pilngfleld while Lincoln resided In that city and belonged In the arch-Ivea of the society in Memorial I halt there." was a laudable curiosity to learn steps taken by the old fogies of the human race In arriving at these trl it improvements upon the wtute of nature. "The first half of til lecture displayed great research and a careful study of tho r.Jble. evidencing that tha actor, J. WilUca Booth. The pa Address Young Men's Association on Art and Literature.

something mora of the latter than was gtnerully known, and, looking Laava Without It per, handed down through generations of the family, was first lie property of Mra. Bragonler'a grand- I had a hard time to keen hi iiiso, 10 mo possibility or his becom-Ing an available candidate for the the lawyer la not by any means un from boldly carrying off the relic familiar with the Bunks of the Great father, a soldier In the Civil war, 1st- presidency lu I960, I appealed to hliu hut he finally left. A few days later. lesiiy throughout the long and dramatically Interesting contest, working with a xeal, assiduity, and skill, pribahly never urpassed It equalled during- a slnillsr occasion. It Is related that when tha herculean labors bf Davla culminated In the choice of his trusted and moat confidential and intimate friend, lit feeling" so overpowered him.

thut ha wept like a child. Among the Bin-coin supporters, ha was the outstanding figure. Judge Davis arrived In In IS.16 and commenced the practice of law. He Mas elected lished In any of the booka on his life is found in Dr. William L.

Barton's "The Women Lincoln Loud. The apeech lu question was made after Lincoln's election to the presidency in lStO and before his Inauguration, while tie Mas on his May lo Chicago to meet Hannibal llum-lln, the vice president-elect. It was on Feb. 11, ldijil, years ago Saturday. "The Lincolus were accompanied from Springfield by Kcnalor and Mrs.

Lyman Trumbull audi Hon. and Mrs. Don I'latt." Dr. Harlon relates. "They were careful not to muke any public er the possession of her mother and two more men came up from Spring ror a Drier history of his early life.

Give Early Hutory. Abraham Lincoln was buey man from IsfiS until his death, but even In April, ISfiH, ho was not too busy to come to lllofimingtim lo address the Young Men's association, not on politics, hut on literature. Invcnlluiis na many aa If aeata had been provided. On that day, Lincoln waa a Kueat at the home of Judge Pavld. and Fell, Hwett and a few others alt-dinner there.

Judge Davit Praiidad. "Judg Davis prerided at the mans meeting and tiitimiiiccd Leonard Hwett, then a great lawyer and clone filter repeated error! upon my part. In December, he Placed in now In the keeping uf the daughter who makes a hobby of preserving clippings and mementoea In voluminous scrap books that arc ranged along the side or her living room. The copy nf the paper that came rolling off the presses 63 years ago inv hands a manuscript of which the field and again told me that Ihey had come tn take thla letter back with thim. that It waa state proier-ty and that It could not ba legally left here." Finally, they left after making threats that they would get the letter later- I have not heard from and art.

loiiowing la a copy, a facsimile wi lt ieo in ina.1 ireeitoni and unreserve i.aw -liner. i ne latter hair was brim full of original thought. The whole lorclbly reminded us of Ms legal argument, wherein, he first the facta in a clear and simple manlier, and then reason from those fuels backward and forward to cause eflect." An intcreatlng poriion of (lie report says: "lie regarded written lancuaue as the greateet of all ln-vtitinn. and this must have been In use ri early asMhe tiuie of Moses. Hlrd (racks might readily suggest the are pf printing, so much lauded, and "Mr, IJncoln begun by saving 'the whole crcntion was a mine and men were The I'antnuraplt which one friend would exercise In Judge of the eighth Judicial circuit is still In a remarkable, state of pre announcement of their going, but there was a sixrahle crowd at the scr.allon despite the fact that If to another and In which his In IMS and was thrown with Lin them since." IH-culiar conversational style is uneared for for many years belore That the letter is of great value I Springfield elation to see them off.

coln frequently, traveling over (lu territory together, often on horse They rode a well-filled common coach back and by stage coach. Davla and Mrs. Bragonicr became ils care taker. "Important" la Had. April it, ISTiS reports, "lie thereupon prueeeded-to trace the progress of mankind as exhibited by their Inventions.

He dwelt more particularly upon the early and fundamental discoveries and Inventions, such as clothing, the use of fire, transput-til-Hon hv land and water, written Kersey hell also formed a law part and Interest was indicated by the efforts to get It was from the local society. It Is herewith reproduced: Hprlngfleld, Sept. 9, IS60. Confidential. lis yellowed pages are still bril and hud hone loo good accommodations.

The sheriff of Sangamon county was tukitiff four Ironed convicts to Juliet. He was Douglas Democrat and had no Inclination to nership and this brought Lincoln still closer to tins pair who tlavd friend Lincoln. r-tt wua a nne hMaker and hla preliminary addrea Mas upplauded. Kwett then Introduced Lincoln. Although Sett was a tall man, Llnculn lowered fur above hliu.

The crowd thought Unit Lincoln would never get tfiroiigli the Job of getting vp, ho waa no tall. My brother called my atttntlon to the cnormoua crowd which hi great that It extended far outside, the con-linca of tha court houa ard and well Into the adjacent atret. "Lincoln marled his addreaa rather awkwardl5 He would run out aen- liant with the Ink of yeara ago. so easily enable us to converse with the dead and the unborn: but the Invention of letters, their combination such a prominent part In his In the top left-hand rorner under a bold heading that reads "Important language, etc, showing by a searching analytic process the successive show marked courtesy to the president-elect. He managed to get his William Ryan, L'sq.

Dear Sir 1 understand you are a Fillmore man. Let me prove to you tnat every vote withheld from Fre Is the story of the assassination. Lot Speh The "Lost Speech" delivered In The Herald's dispatch from Wash happily set forth. I need scarcely add that this almple. unadorned state-ment was not intended for publics-Hon, but merely to give a few fact relating to bis early history." The accuracy of the Lincoln auto, biography Is attested at the bottom of tho facsimile by the tgnuture of Davis Davis, Lyman Trumbull and Churlea Sumner.

Extract of Speech, In addition to the autobiography carried on tha Fell publication, thera are also extracts of Lincoln's speeches which Illustrate hi master mind, the majestic languuge and eloquent sentiments, living through the ages. At Springfield on Juno lii, Ington reads: "This evening about Bloomington on May J9, Hit. gv Lincoln his most effective advertl-Ing but tha lack of telegraph for 9:20 p. at Ford theater the pres mont and given to Fltlmore, In this state, actually lessens Fillmore's into syliiiblea and words, tha vast system of permutation which gives us so tnsny thousand worda from so few letters or elementary sounds, must have been a result often struggled for by tha master minds nf Hie early sues and wag certainly the grandest achievement of pure chance of being president. Ident, while sitting In his private box with Mrs.

Lincoln. Mrs. Harris nnd Major Rathbone, was shot by an as Suppose Buchanan gets the two disseminating news and th comparatively few newspaper pravantad widespread publication. In fact, th reporters present failed to tak slave states of Maryland gnd ken- tencea but which seemed incomplete. Thev did net ault him and he would try "it again.

Ha did thla several timea ad the audlenca began to get Impatient. I heard aeveral remark, Apropriation Sought to Remodel Old Ford Theater Into Museum Tha Daily Pantagraph'i Washington Bureau. Washington. D. C.

Feb. II. The sassin who suddenly entered the box and approached behind tha president. "The assassin then leaped upon the stage, brandishing a large dagger. four convicta to seated as to separata the Lincolna from the Trum-hulls.

Appears After Calls. Bloomington a crowd still laiger assembled and after many calls Mr. Lincoln appeared and spoke. 'Fellow Cltliens of Bloomington and McLean county: I am glad to meet you after a longer separation than has been common between you and me. I thank you for the good report you made of the election In old McLean.

Th people of thecourr-try have again fixed un their nf- notes, so enthralled war they over the eloquence of Lincoln. Later, they attempted to writ out th worda of and made hia escape in the rear of in.iit, he uttered these words tuckv: then Buchanan Is not elected. Fillmore goes Into the house nf representatives, and may be made president by compromise. How It Works But suppose again Fillmore's friends throw away a few thousand votes on him. In Indiana nnd Illinois, it will Inevitably give these states "A houso divided agnlnst itself can not stand.

I believe tills government one hundred nineteenth birthday of Lincoln First, Last, Only Choice, Said G.O.P. Here in 1858 can not endura permanently half Abraham Lincoln finds leprtslatlon slave, half free. I do not expect the for further commemoration of hla name still pending in the congress union to dissolve. I do not expect falrs for a constitutional period of the theater. "The pistol ball entered the back of the president's head and penetrated through the head.

''About tha same hour an assassin, whether tho same or not, entered the apartments of Secretary Seward and under pretense of having a prescription was shown to the secretary's sick chamber. The assassin Immediately rushed to the bed and the house to fall, but I do expect that nucha mi which will more than of which he was once a member. Lincoln from memory. The call for the convention which was to become so hlstorto, originated with a group of Illinois editor who were opposed to slavery and who mat at Decatur to decide upon a cours of action. Lincoln was present The call for the state convention waa Issued and Bloomington waa selected as the meeting place.

Men from all parties, all animated by th Sam motive, attended. John M. Palmer, a Democrat waa enmnensnfa him for the loss of it win cease to be divided." An extract la given of his speech Mnrv and and Kentucky: win cieci This man can't tulk. They should have favored Bwect. But la was not long until Lincoln found himself.

Hie flow of language waa fluent and hla utterancaa full of fire, and unobstructed. "Amopg other thlnga he stated that Douglas had accused him of favoring negro equality. In reply to this Lincoln said: 'I forcibly protent agalnBt the false logic of Douglas that beeausa I did not want a negro woman for a slave that I muat necessarily want her for "As Lincoln talked, his list was clinched, and ha was ao jiuch in deadly earnest that the mass of humanity, was wonderfully impressed. They seemed to stand rigid as if newn frym solid rock and they drank In every word. at the dedication of the army ceme him.

and leave Fillmore no chance tery at Gettysburg, in Novem Representative Henry It- Rathbone of Illinois is the author of most If not all of the bills pertaining to the emancipator. He has asked appropriations to remodel the building which was formerly Ford's theater, in which Lincoln was assassinated. In the H. or out of It ber, 1863. as follows: Thla la as nlnln aa the adding up nf the we trhts of three small nogs.

As Fillmore has no possible chance to oa-rv Illinois for himself It i chairman, while another Democrat The Republican party of McLeaji county did not quibble nor hesitate In plucing their support for Abraham Lincoln in his campaign against Stephen A. Douglas for United Stares senator when their county convention was held on June 5, 11.58. "Resolved; That the Hon. A. Lincoln is our first, last and only choice lor tho vacancy soon to occur in tho I'nlted States they pro ns a museum and to exnioit mere the remarkable collection of relics William H.

Bissell. was nominated plainly his Interest to let Fremont inflicted two or three stabs on the throat and two on the face." Then the story relates a touching scene at the bedside of the martyred president. The Washington correspondent writes: "The president is perfectly senseless and there is not the slightest hope of his surviving (this was written fit 1 o'clock on time. By the way. I think very much of the people, aa an old friend said he thought of a woman.

He said when he lost his first wife, who had been a great help te him In hla business, he thought he was ruined that he could never find nnother to fill his place. At length, however, he married another, who he found did quite as well na the first, and that his opinion now was that any woman would do wll who was well done by. So I think of the whole people of this nation thev will ever do well if well done bv. We wllltrv to do well by them In all parts of-the counli-v. Xnrth nnd South, with entire confidence that fill will be well with nil of us." collected by Capt.

Osborn II. Old Famous Lines Thrill. "It is for us, the living, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here thus far so nobly advanced; that from these honored dead, we may take Increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last -full measure of devotion; that we highly resolve that for governor. Lincoln could have had the honor but hp pointed out the take it. Rnd tnus Keep it out or um royd.

now on view In the house hands of Buchanan. Bo not ae- wisdom of selecting a Democrat and thus winning the support of the ceived. Buchanan Is the hard norse to beat In this race. Let him have where the Civil war president died, located opposite the old theater building. The death house Itself Rathbone claimed at the close ot the conven members of that party who were opposed to slavery.

tion, "and thai despite all Influences the morning of April 15.) I'hyslcians Illinois and nothing can beat him: and he will get Illinois If men per-alai In throw-Ins: wav votes on Mr. these dead shall not have died in Lincoln speech, one of many heard believe that he -will die before morn Ing. All of his cabinet, except Sec dosires to see restored to Its former condition and appearance, with such furniture nnd fittings ns can he ac Fillmore. Does some one persuade by the men who assembled In Major's hall, made a profound Impression upon all who heard it. Delivered a It was when the gathering was already aroused to a high pitch of feeling bv quired to make it as nenrly as possible as it was when Lincoln died.

Althnuirh no mention la made of It "Lincoln's voice was not sonorous nor could It bo called musical. It might properly termed 'metallic' His tones were clearly heard a long distance and even those on the outskirts heard him distinctly due to the intensity of feeling, the quietude and tha anIety of all to catch every word that he uttered. "I was but a young man at that time, but 1 was old enough to judire of the quality of his eloquence. It made a deep impression upon ine as It did upon all others who heard it. I regard it na the greatest speech vou that Mr.

Fillmore can carry Illinois! Nonsense! There are over seventy newspapers in Illinois opposing Buchanan, only three or four of which support Mr. Fillmore, all the rest going for Fremont. Are reiary Seward, nro with him. Speaker Colfax, Senator Farwell of Maine nnd many other gentlemen are also at the houso awaiting the termination. Stanton Waep.

"The scene at the president's bedside is described by one who witnessed it as most uffecling. It was vain; that this nation, under God. shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, nnd for the people, shall not perish from tho earth." Alatehlesa lines. They still thrill the American people, and the reading makes the enigma of Lincoln's greatness less difficult to understand. On March 4.

1865, when Lincoln was inaugurated for the second time, he uttered these Immortal words: at homo or abroad, domestlo or forelKii, i lie Republicans of Illinois, as with the voice of one man, are unalternbly so resolved: to the end, that we may have a big man, with a big mind, and a big iteart, to represent our big state." The resolution was published In Tiie Dally Fantagraph of Monday, June 7, IMS 8, along with the account of the convention and another resolution as in ita denunciation of Douglas. This wa at tne time when Horace Greeley and other eastern powers were using their influence to "The flrort i federal sca-lnte at Blnominetnn." we learn, "shot probable not from cannon hut from blacksmiths' tinvlla." Mrs. Lincoln Appear. Senator Trumbull ulso spoke brief not these newspapers a fair index or the proportion of the voters if not, tell me why. In the bill, proponents of the restoration have long hoped to bring back to Its original position the deathbed of Lincoln, now in the possession of tho Illinois Historical society at Chicago.

Another bill by Rathbone the acquisition of old Fort Stevens In the District of Columbia, ly at Bloomington and of Mrs. Lincoln it Is recorded that 'she received surrounded by his cabinet ministers. Again of these three or rour riu- all or Whom were bathed In tears. an ovation as well as her husband. more newspapers, two at least, are not even exeeotfne Mr Sitantnn who She bore herself admirably, bowing the circumstances or the hour, and by the heated oratory of those wll had preceded him.

the calm, lucid and convincing logic of Lincoln, orystalizpd the sentiment nf the en. tire body and placed him mnr prominently In the public eye th8 ever before. Kfforts have since been made to reconstruct this speech, hut with ill success. As Lincoln's masterpiece el oratory' a ppeared to put the breath of life Into the new party, all opponents of slavery turned to him instinetise-Iv the leader, and he soon hecrn a national figure. when Informed 'by Surgeon General get the Illinois Republicans to drop Inaugural Addr.

"Fervently do we pray that the mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet. if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by Karnes that the president could not Lincoln and take up Stewart. The gracefully lo the crowd and shaking hands with those who approached her for that purpose." on the ramparts of which Lincoln stood under firo during the confed live until morning, exclaimed: 'Oh. that I have ever heard.

I teit. as oia others, that this speech was a masterpiece and that it help to make him famous. Waa Turning Point. "Previously, he hart not obtained any national reputation. It' was felt that this was the turning point in his record of the fight over the years and of his famous debates with Scn- no.

general: no and with an erate attack pn Washington. I ne Mr. Lincoln also spoKa iirieuy at supported In part by Buchanan men. as I understand. Do not they know where tha shoe pinches? They know the Fillmore movement helps them, and therefore they help it.

Do think these things over and act according to your Judgment. Tours very truly, A. LINCOLN'. aim- followed tlii ooirli ins impulse natural as It was unaffected. the bondsmen 'of I'nii years of un spot Is nn niHiKed by a monument Lincoln, and of these two speeches Dr.

Barton says: "Thcso two little himns of The I'antiiuraph in that immcniaieiy now ii on a cuair resulted toil shall he sunk, mm mi reeled sonic vonr ago tnc sur vivors of the Sixth tnon army speeches are not great oratory but early dav. it being one of Lincoln's near his bedside and wept like Klaunche'st supporter: I child." I (Continusd on Page 10-C, Col. 8.) they are worth corps. (Continuad on Pas 10-C, Col. 8.) i lV' dv -tyy afrA r--.