Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-01
Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln was bora in Harden
County, Kentucky, Feb. ~, 1860, and is oil
course 81 years Oh. His parents were Of
Quaker stock. tnst%migrated from Pennsyl-
van'a to Virginia, wbence.his grandfather
removed in l7ol-2 to Kentucky, and was
there surprised and killed by Indians while
at work on his clearing. Like most
pioneers, he left his family poor; and his
son also died prematurely, leaving a widow
and several children, Of whom Abraham was
then six years old. The family removed
soon after to Southern Indiana, where Abra-
ham grew to The statute Of six feet and
some inches, but enjoyed scarcely better
facilities for schooling than in Kentucky.
Probably six months in oil of the rudest
sort OF SC hooling comprehends the whole OF
his technical education. But hard work
and plenty of 1t, the rugged experiences Of
aspiring poverty, the wild sports and rude
games of a newly and thinly peopled forest
%region-the education born Of the log.cabin,
the rifle, the ak, and tee plow-msde him
the man he has since proved himself.
At 81, he pushed further West into Him
dis, whic has for the last thirty years been
his homo. living always near and for some
years past in Springfield, the Stats Capital,
He worked on a farm as hired man his frs,
year in Illinois; the next year he was a
clerk In a store; then VOLUNTEERED for the
Black Hawk war,and was chosen os captain
by bis company; the mex. year an unsuc'
%cessful candidate for the Legislature; wa,
chosen the next, end served four sessions
with eminent usefulness and steadily in
creasing reputation; studied law, meantime
and took his place at the bar; was early rec
ognized as a most effective and convincin.
advocate before the People Of Wing princi.
plef and the Protective policy, and Of thei
illustrous embodiment, Henry Clay; was
Wing candidate for the Elector in nearly o.
quite every Presidential contest from 1885,
10 1852 Inclusive; was chosen 10 the XXI
Congress from the Central District of Hin
OILS in ls46, and served to it's close, bat wal
not a candidate for reelection; in 1874!
meaturbly withdrew from politics and devo
ted himself to his practice, until the Ne
braska Iniquity Of 1854 called him agar
into the political arena. He was the can.
didate of the Wings for U. s. Senator be
fore the Legislature chosen that year; bu
they were not a majority Of the Idy; so he
declined and urged his friends to SUPP or
Judge Trumbull,, the candidate of the unli
Nebraska Democrats. who was thus elected
Mr. Lincoln's name headed the Fremor
Electoral Ticket of illinois in 1886.
In 1868, he was unanimously designated
by the Republican State Convention I,
succeed Mr.. Douglass in the Senate, ant
thereupon canvassed that State agrinst Mr.
d. with remarkable ability. Mr.. ID ugla.
secured majority Of the Legislature AM
WINS elected, but Mr.. Lincoln had the lar
ger popular vote.
Such is Abraham Lincoln of lllinois-em
phaticslly a man of the People, a champion
OF Free Lu0ur, Of divers fed and p~ospsr.u
Industry, and of that policy which lend
through peaceful; progress to universal intel
lIgence, virtue aud freedom The distin
gushing characteristics of his political ad
dresses are clearness and cundor of state
ment, a chivalrous courtesy t. opponents
and a broad genial humor. Let us crow
the Cooper Institute to hear him ON Monday
night.-N. Y. Tribune.