, 1874-10-16


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"AS'' 'e'e VI e''.s"' "'e 4''' '''''ne's ''"'''
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lT,s nan o. mst1 whose name n M re u! rurere,
Drtgh: b the waking from, thy elnrnoo1s here,
Sweet be tho sleep that folds thinc cyciitaa down.
,.,, CHORUS.
Sill 1rom 10y lips NO near tno5o sweet wordS fGN
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HISTORY AND TRANSACTIONS OF TIE NATION,
Al LINCOLN soNUMEET AssociaTioN.
monument 4o I;s Agsoe1ationswWftten " tho Aon.
tion.-was thou road:
When Abraham Lincoln fell by tho hand Of IN as.as
a Arr! H. 1885, aitsr tho rst expressions Of honor
for tc instant had parayscd lis naiou. sont,neoua
foojng oroso dcma,,tng that some memorial sIou!l
be erected to convey 10 fuiro oonerationa thn nat
mata paced by lis contcmpora1iea trnn tic iIfe rt
tmos. md nuhIu eesyice. of tha Marsyr prtaIcnt
While tho funeral cortege was alowly rroccedtog
from NasbtuHton to 6pripuhot letters Wero rrrnrci
daily by our .nen in public lifc from ali parts Of tho
country aud from people Of evary sfaton suggesting
'A'' osEA4 NATIONAL MONUMENT
be erected over his romains and Ia nnny cssoa tene,
+ Far seine yi days nonc wns said on the subjecs at
all tleir energies 10 prcpaSo for lbs funeral csremo
nlca.
rhe ret mention OF TIM subject in Snrnrnc}1 ,voa In
tlo S1ah Journal on tho morning Of Apri 81 In thc
following words "o suggest that our citizcns as-
Bcbio nt Tie Statc-Houso Al m eariy Hay md
zo IN eeaocinon Tor tho purpose Of scocng ollcere
from the State officials and other loading ctiXeng Of
the State and tan1 seR for I'm cnllection
Of tho necessary f,ids Tho aoonor tlono tic better
Our Idea IL thst TIC Treasury OF lie f}tae rhom H.
postmussor eui every National Dani ia ito Country
should 10 rpoea,ed TO nct aa agontsn Tho edltoria
oncen
Tho tnYne Gay tho Committee Of Arrangrnents that
hs sen n1eysosly nnrointc by n,,bs ,neatur rDa ~
It tlo ronl.ils of Pfcsdsnt Lincoln bcl msotinn
and among othc, ttema of Irsineea
o. r:1tsd nhst pra. ooy Il. slasa [Is J. 9as Ls
tary Of state; the lion. d. i. Mipor. Auditor s Of
Etac: The Hon, N, patennn. sunern,oa,ient cf put,
il Trcat, tho iion jesse K, Dubois to IIon' o. ~ +
Hutch tIe lion. John A. McCleanand' tho Hon. will
Thomn. i Danns si,yor It, sm% s.a tbon. ,.0ns ~
they may select, constitute ' N30'' ~
far N, nnrnoas ~ rtrciyna nnds sd I'm
es,e: for obtsiuInr nrol,,ds and ereettnr nn,
,nent eseen IN sprusae ill., "a tho tne,pory Of our
MRtsoired rfat In Nan 1amr, X lsvcrdo.
Treasurer Of tic Sate Of Illinois In The rreasrnrs II
sa 4; A;;os!stsea 2s!s T. H.. ,..n. b. ~. r,.
oiccrs, soldiers. md nsors In ths army mi navy
in csrs Stations forts, anil ospitss Laval Ieaacys' y'
nnynjent aaaocisons ch,rrhc, ~ III e,on,ir.n,s ~I
au, tle ooorcd nopaatioa 1eauestine c"n;rilu"ns
DS s ssa r. Mas nsrsesr
lneated to .et % agents. 1' N 0' @"'''+' "e'e ~
Yhe were teIesraphea to n! Parts Of ths
,9tar h" 49, aassnc,a.io ~ ~. @ rC1niaI T. . w.
H. ,she w "a r. s s
would ~ oae ,anltaneoas movement te:tlfy IT,
liz serycrs an II Il, t9rro ar ids s
"' '''e toa, @ nsImo,,a % etc no' "ns1a'e'a'
Of the Association WA to secre conaon.1,v ths
not ~ 1rn"na ,ro vi H. ~ @ e. ii Y: i!!e
tns nu M d tho building Of Temporary vault
a s1 sfa sny ~ m and
~ r. ~ sv St uaf ~ a1 ao csnetsr cs ay 1884,
1nt. tI o.. ay ~ Ivy ~ ea W. afnt ont y tne
oYei"m. M ssomf s ~ s ~ s 10 aass W
~ 49, .I .esnun ~ 10 aniay' o"a I'll pubic scooS
1@T ~ At"t t"s'."ss ~ pu''e !nas. -.
MAJ FIX 'xa u "s@ , ega, aaort5 5 mn.
"5 1 - a", "' H. va ~ utAaskco n unHr the etGn-
ts"l t a"s O. tao sate OF Illinois, With
.po WHIT: Hnr'c4Es = Or 4aFoctATloy:
n,,.A' nlenofa !; 0ssso5 Sharon rynlale O. r.
II "sf s,s! ssmsa s,n H. gs'eTgs Newton 1,tsmn, John
u,,ch 1,AE, sasn"' ,,, ~ Isea' Jssse n nnnoss q n