Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-25
Ths Flight Of Abraham.

Mohammedans compute time from the Hegi-
"a or flieht Of their Prophet from Mecca to Me
dina, rhich took place July Is, 62s. Wssup
nose Republicans will reckon their era from the !.
,sua,ksble and secret elopement Of sod ABE
on the ga Of February, 1861, from Harrisburg
to Washington. .4t4i
twill require the utmost skill OF the iu'u'e
historian to develop the causes Wnicn moveo
ABRAHAM to play of this ru'e upon bis Harris
hr,v and Baltimore friends. Of the iormer he
tool< "Freuch leave" and on the latter ne eia
No. cal, ss had been arranged in the programme
Of bis ro,al prograss from the Capital OF illl-
nois to the Capital Of the United States.
The first teleg-sph!c despatch on Saturday
which informed US of the extraordinary nign'
of ABRAHAM, stated that he was summoned 70
washiue,ou, his immediate presence there being
absolutely necessary. What had turned up which
,sou;red Mr. LiscnLs to leave in the night. ano
without the knowledge OF the people OF mar
,;sburo. vasuo. stated. The second telegraph
10 ipstalneut informs Us that he was moved 70
leave Harrisburg in the night, in disg ano
TINS to p.ss through Maryland and the District
to Washington, to avoid the schemes OF some
assassips ia Maryland. who had determined to
destroy him on lis journey through that Ssase'
An individual of high character, but whose
name Is not given, and never will be, We sup
pose, visited Harrisburg to communicate TO Mr.
LrscoLs the hideous plo. BY which ne was % be
destroyed. - 'nsi A ~ 3s
I. Il generally understood that during the
ever memorable Presidential campaign OF iSoV.
a committee was appOlnted.to "atchover Al
a.H.a, whose special business was to keep
his mouth shut sud his pen quiet. But al
ter be started on his late triumphal progress
toward the White. House, and the men o. the
different towns and cities crowded round MIN
to hear amid the general distress some few
vords of consolation and hope from his lips,
and the women came out in holiday gear TO see
the beautiful incarnation Of President N the
persop of ABRAHAM LincoLr, Is was impossible
fer him, under the eircumstanees,to refrain
from talking to the men and kissing the girls
Tbs consequences was that be, said and did
many things that seemed rather odd ana ecceh-
trio In a President elect. In his anxiety 10
please the good people who gave him such fins
oyations at the different points where he halt
cd, be uttered a,me contradictory, If not absurd
sentiments. lis suspected that his more prn
dent friends and the wiser councillors OF the Re
publicsn party at Washington deemed it proper
20 arrest all this, and, accordingly, sent iorsh
their mandate for him to come on forthwith
direct and taecg.
ABRAHAM obeyed the summons with alacrity.
Perhaps be was glad 70 escape from the people,
and surround himself with the military at WASH
ineton. From the time he left his home at
Springfield, be seems to have been tormented
with an undeiined fear, which haunted him all
he way TO Harrisburg. So pathetic was his
leave taking at Springfield. and so lugubzious
we're his antIcipaiions Of possible harm 70 him
personally, that he set hisold friends and neigh
bors 70 weeping. as though they expected never
to look upon that hsndfome pbiz again he
bade sbem one and all an aBectionAte farewell.
At Philadelphia. his nervousness appears 70 have
become intense After ho bad spoken lew
ssnsences, he told the audience he might shave
s.id soms.hing indiscree.." Kindly and sympa',
shizipgly, some Of his friends sung ous-"No!
mot, This revived him little, and be said,
spurehensively, however; 81 have said nothing
but what am willing to live BY, and, By the
plessursof Almighty God, die by" He put