, 1875-03-18


Letter from mir. Joseph 1tcdt11, O9 Tho
chicago TribNnc-Eic Gives S0i1c Q En~
tctcHt1nE "Reminiscences of tftr Lift~
cuIl,-Uo1iRit.. C,.nsrniEh of 1858.
srrin7deM tItl, Joi.rnat, March ID.
The following letter Of Afr. J. X. Magic, Of
this city, to tho Hon. Joacph MedilI. OF The Cut.
cAao TRIBUNE, NTH tho reply which 1t evoked
from tho lattcr, will 10 read with intoross by
large numncrs Of the frlculs Of tho iate preBi-
dout Liucofu:
Mr. stAaIE'e LETTER. ...
sEcnETAnYs OFFICE. sllt1Sur1gIp, IT., Fab,
25 lS7t.-1Na lion. Joseph Mfdta-MY DEAR
FRIEND: / inooso you copy OF llkonesa Of
afr. Lincoln, whIe!, am suro you will 1ceognizo
/ aond this to you bocauac you arc somewhat A.
scented witt 1t. met you and b1t. Lincoln at
da!esburg, Aug. n. 1865. Gu your way to .
rol!!ea.l l.. meeting @ At Augusta. s' yhiel! took !,
tho moottng for coltventfom). and wo all re-
mnineu over night Ut 1.andolph'a Hotel, 1ta-
comb ri, Tho hotoi being crowded, roomed With
ss,1a sea tn o na1t n. S1E s :aes, M Ls0 a5snl saa
~ you may read upon tho bAck Of It, Please
aceops Tue likcness and put It IN your album.
Yours truly, JAMES X. AAa1E.
Mn. ,tEpiLL's REPLY.
CntcAno TH1nuSE, March 10, 1875,-1fr.
James il. .Mdyx-DEAR 6tn: acknowledge tic
receipt Of tAo photograph Of "Old Abe, taken
:!Mring, tilat men,ofabla political campaign Of
recalls how ho looked at tint t.nc.
rs you mention our meeting at Afncoulb. 4
number Of incidents arc thoroby brought back
to nind: ] rocollect that b1r. Lincoln told inc
for some "frlond who would not take no for IN
answer." aalied him II ho Ind rot q good ono.
lilo replied that "ho lad Econ better-looking
pictures u; wlicreat NO both laughed. It was i
if..s.k - .I. xj.AkA
lome1er man in Illinois Than himself, and that
waB hia friend Arc!lts Williams, or Quincy, who,
he sud, Ind carried tho ugly mans fack-knlio
for twenty ycats Without Mceting successful
competitor for It, and 10 rcckoned Archie would
carry It as long as DO lived. though. when ho
died. 1t would doscond to li,uso!f not ~ next Of
kin, bnt Of right 10 tho uglicst man that would
theu bo alive in tho 5tato.
You may remember how facetlounly he turned
tho .'miscugonatton arguments Of tho Demo.
Gratis rs 10 tla consequences that would follow
tho abolition Of sllyory, at bis avcning Moeting
In A1acomb, by producing ttatisttca Of tho NUM-
Der OF mulattos there Wers then In tho South,
which by eonlo concidonce tuas about oqna1ed
tho numbor Of Democratic voters In the SOUTH
ouo nluiatto for cach Donaocrat,-a then asked
tho audience "to form thor own opinions a. to
wllo were tho fathers of this humorous CLASH Of
peculiar people Of uncertain paternity" With
ings of Democracy in tho South, he thought It
did not become them to howl .nisoogenation at
the 1.opnbl!cans, who wero not united With tho
noeroes by any tic Of blood or kinshr." 1wol!
fssoGs shH FEET @ ct tahsso n. shh greeted
You nany ton1pnlber TINT It was 1t tho Fseoport
Joint dobato hs put several intosrogationo 10
Douglas, which tho lattor ansHeEea In such .
Eay az TO pcasd tho Troe-Soli Democrats. and
THUR votes In the close districts ttrnol tho scale
agatnat Lincoln aud beat lin. 1Io wrote out
tho questions ho iutouded to PROFOUND to Doug.
las while in Macon.b, aud showed thoa 70 mo on
tho train on tho road to FEocport. Douglas had
to told mo ho intended to answer At tlleir noxt
encounter, ana that lo would then giya tho
"Little uiant q s4few nuts to crack which ho
thought would hurt hts tooth betnro ho got dono
Tt' With them" m ,l carefully read Eyer vs. quos.
What thought Of thcm. J. replied that
tho second one, In my opinion, yaa dau-
gorons, - 4 Afforded bis opponent an opportu-
orod to persuade him to on,is 1t and substitute
something elao. Wo argued tho matter for
considerable imo; he partly agreed to modify
It little, but sald 20 would gieep over It 1Tat,
Leave It out altogether. When we reached fres-
port. ! told two or three leading Republicans
about tho questions. They called on him at his
room, and be gead over tho proposed iatnrroga-
induce him to el'ango the second question proved
utterly unayatltng. Tho next dly At the great
meeting convened to hear tho toInt debate, 10
Ieaa tho Questions to Dougtan On tlo staud Ia
1uSt tho fonn Of wotds originally written. The
him to modify, reads Al followss
"a. Can tho people Of United G!ase4 Territory, In
any tswiu way, against tho wish Of any citizen Of te
United htaes sxclnao slavery from I'D Nla prior 10
tLe formation Of u Stats Constitution
Douglas answered II yosy much AZ feazed bo
would d,-eveu more boldly Ia tho Affirmative than
l had expected. Io declared that "in lii orln.
ion tho people of > Territory could, by lawful
1ncano exclude slavery from thor mi3st prior to
the formation Of State Constitution" liz went
on to say that Slavery could ouly bo upheld by
"poIice regulations" aud tlist thoso po1ico
regulations could only DO established By Tic
local Legislature, and, II a majority Of TIC poo
plc In United Statcs Territory wcro onnosni tn
Slavery tloy would eloct REPRESENTATIVE to TINT
body who would. by "unfriendly Legislation"
otrectually Prevent tho introduction of il into
their midst, otc.
When we returned to tho hotel after tho meet
Ing, Mr.. Lincoln said 10 MO :" We'll, Wcdilj. how
did you like the way hood my row with Doug
las to-dhy 2"" AIr. Ltuco!D," I ropI,od abaforo
you spoke you had threo olaucos out Of four Tor
the Senate, Now think Dot1ctas hnn thrnn mi