Smyrna times., 1858-09-02
WHOLE NO., 388.
The Fight in Illinois.
DOUGLAS AND LINCOLN.


The following, from Douglas sketch of him
sell and OF his opponent, will amuse cur read
ers:
IN the remarks which have made upon this
P'a'Iorm' and the position of Mr.. Lincoln upon
"' meant nothing personal. disresDectful or
u"hIhd TO that gentleman. have known him
i'r nearly twenty-five years. We had manv
! points OF sy mplthy when first rot acouointed
with him. We were both comparatively bovs
-Colh struggling with poverty in stranGe
Town Tor our support. an humble school
'eacner IN tie town of Winchester, and he a
houfISnln5 grocery keeper in the town of Sa
Iem' Laughter. lie was n.o ore successful in
occupation than J, and hence became more for
'uh"te III THIS worlds goods Mr. Lincoln is
one OF those peculiar men that has performed
with admirable Skill in every OCCUPATION that
Ae ever attempted. [ made as rood school
te"chef as could, and when a cabinet. maker
ll7de thc hest hedst' ads and tables, but NV old
oo'S Siia succeeded better in bureaus and Sec
ittarles than IN anything else TLauobter
Bat believe that Mr. Lincoln was moro sIo
cessIul IN his business then l. for his business
soon carried han directly into the Ie0islatnre
mere met hm in little time, and had
sympathy Tor hln, because of the up hill strup-
?Ie We mad IN lite. Cheers and laughter. l.
lie was then as good al telling n anecdote ss
now lie could beat any of the boys at wrest-
Ontrun them at a foot race-beat
lhem at pitching quoits and tossing copper.
ana could WIN more liquor than all the bows mt
together laughter ard cheere1 and the dion nj
~ ana lmParlality with which he presided alta
HoFse-race or tisi-fght were the praise of
enefyo"aY 'hht were present and participated.
,NGhe"cd laughter Hence had sympathy
I"r hlm' because he was struggling with misfor.
tune and so was |.
Mr.. Lincoln served with me, or with him.
~ the legislature Of 1896 when we parted
ne suOsided or submerged for some wears ard
lost sight OF him. In 1916, when Wilmet
'alsed the Nlimot Proviso tornado, Mr.. Lincoln
again turned up as member of Congress from
oangamon District. ], being in the Senate of
ne United States, was called tu welcome him.
men without friend and companion. He then
distinguished himself by his opposition to the
Mexican war, taking the side of the common
'heny' IN time OF war, against his own cOun-
fy. lCheers aud groans When be returned
iome frCn that Congress, he found that the in
Ilgnation of the people followed him everv-
where, until he aga retired to private life,
ma was submerged until he was forgotten arain
~ his friends. He came up again in 1854, in
lme TO make the Abolition Black Republican
,iatform. III company with Lovejoy, Gddings,
|hase and Fred Douglass for the Republican
'ariy 10 stand upon. Trumbull, too, was one
u our own contemporaries He was one born
ma raised IN oil Connecticut Bred Federal
ST, lie reno cd 10 Georgia, and there turned
inIl'hrr, wien notification was popular But
5 soon as lie disposed of his clocks and wound
lp his hus'n $, he emigrated to Illinois,
" hen he g't mere, having turned politician and
awyer, he n'ede his appearance in 1910 Al as
! memb r "t the legislature, aud became noted
: the 'thor OF scheme TO repudiate large
'ortIon OF the state debt of Illinois, and thus
ring lnfamy and disgrace upon the fair es-
utcheom OF our glorious state. The odum at
ach'd to that measure consigned him to OBJ
Ivlon ior time. | walked into the House of
and replied to his reputation
peeches until We carried resolutions over his
cad drnounc'ng reputation, and asserting the
moral and legal obligation of Illinois TO paw
very dollar of debt she owed-every bond
earlng her signature. TrumbulTs malignity
owards me arises out of the fact that defeated
rs Infamous scheme TO repudate the stare debt
nd state bonds of Illinois.