Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-06-16
VOL. III.-NO. "a.
Dissolve the Union.

And man became Distinctions child,
And woman il her passions wild
Danced in the life blood Of her Queen,
Beside the dreadful guiIlotn2
Dissolve the Union! yes you may
Poor counterfeits Of noble Clay,
When mind shall wonder wish the brute
And thistle bear uespcrian fruit,
And Hell in her red arches be
i welcome Heaven to such as ye
Dissolve the Union roll away
The span8cd dag of gIory's day,
Blot ont the historA Of the brave
And desecrate each patriots grave,
And then above the wreck Of years
Quaf' an eternity Of tears
Dissolve the Union can it be
TlIt they who speak sIch w0rds are free
Great God did any die to save
Such soroIid wretchc5 from The grave,
When breas. to breast and hand to hand
Oar patriot fathers freed the land
Dissolve the Union Ho! forbcar!
The sword OF DamocIes is there;
Cut but The hair, aud earth Shall know
* darker, daudIicr tale Of woe,
Tn I'll HisCry's crimson page has told
Since Nero'S ear IN blood was rolled.
Dissolve he UaOn! speak yc hills,
fc everlasting mountains cry,
Shrek out, We streams and mlnging rilI5
Aud ocean roar i'll agony!
Dead heroes leap from Glorys sod
And shield the manor Of yeur cod
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Correspond ence Of the Cleveland leader
Thrilling s Episode in the Life OF Abe
Lincoln
As a Western man, | wish space to
give vent to my enthusiasm over the
nomination Of the Hon. Abraham Lin
cola ior President If the United States.
Mr. Lincoln, or "Oil Abe" IS his
friends Familiarity call him, is a self
made man. \ KeHtuckian by birth,
h emf grated t. Illinois III his bDvhool,
where he earned his living at the an
I'll, deyoting his leisure hours to study.
Having CHOSEN the law rs his future
calItn.5, he devoted himself assidu0usIy
- It's mastery, oonjondin@ at every
step with adverse fnr3g1,. Du.N.5
ta.s period, ii. fir snne1s.Ie foanl 4
hDspltAoIe Aon4 u.i.tef tl1 root 81 one
Armstrong, 4 farmer who lived il log
house soIt eight miles from tie village
OF Petersburg, Manari county. Here,
clad III homyspGn, with elbows out and
knees covered with patches, Young
Lincoln would master his lessons by
the freight Of the cabin, and then
walk to town for the purpose Of recita-
ton. This man Armstrong was aim
self poor, but he saw the genius strue.-
Cling in the young student, and opened
to him his rude home, and bid him wei
come to his coarse fare. How Lincoln
graduated with promise, how he has
more than acquitted himself Of that
promise, how hOno3abtv he acquitted
himself alike on the battle fell, in de-
Tending oar border settlements against
the ravageS Of the savage foes, AID in
the halls OF oar national legislature, are
matters of history, ana need no rcpeti-
ton here. Bat one little incident Of q
more private nature, Standing, as 1t
does, rs Z sort Of sequel already allud-
cd to, | deem worthy Of notice.
Some few years since the oldest son
of Nj. Ljncoln's old friend Armstrong,
the chief support Of his widowed moth
er-the good man having sometime
previously passed from earth-was ar
rested on the charge Of murder. 4
Young man had been killed during q
riotous melee, in the night time, at a
camp meeting, and one Of his associa-
ties stated that the death-wound was
inflicted by young Armstrong. A pre-
Ilminary examination was gone into.
at which the accuSer testified SO posi-
lively that there seemed no doubt OF
the guilt Of the prisoner, and therefore
he was held for trial. AS is too often
the ease the bloody act caused m un.
due degree OF excitement in the public
mind. Every improper incident of the
life Of the prisoner-each act which
bore the resemblance to rowdyiSm-
each school-boy quarrel-was sudden.
y remembered and magniied, until
they pictured him as fiend Of the
most horrid hne. As the rumor8 spread
abroad they We're received rs the COS
pei truth, and a feverish desire for ven.
geance seized upon the infatuated pop
ulace, while only prison bars proven
ted horrible death at the hands Of 8
mob. The events were hearalded in
the country newspapers, painted il
highest colors, accompanied by reioic.
ing over the certainty of punishment
being melted out to the guilty party
The prisoner, overwhelmed BY the cir
euu1stances in which he found himsel