Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-02

q lad. It was arsugh life. OF course, and
without luxuries, but il was not a life of
exceptional privations. 1 have heard him
tell Of it many times. remember riding
with I, him II fifty miles in a buggy one day,
and he began at my request, and gave me
the whole history Of his life from early
childhood. Those were happy days he
said, abiding to his boyhood. It.was the
life OF the average pioneer-the same life
that most OF the fathers anu grandfathers
OF the present generation lived in Illinois
and Kentucky. Tue idea of suffering
never entered my mind during the whole
telling of his story. He represented that
ne had joyous, cheerful, comfortable
time"
us it true, Mr. Sweet" I asked him,
shat Lincoln long expected to be Pres
ident, and regulated his actions to that
end?'
'Why, no!'' he exclaimed. "Nothing
could be more untrue: Never thought OF
the possibility Of it enough even to Joke
about it till just before the convention
met that nominated him. He had been
talked of some at Springfield a year
before, but he met it by telling story
to the crowd to illustrate his incapacity.' .
Sand you were all the while setting w
pins for him?"
"Certainly. We were all working up
public sentiment, for his success began to
loom up as possible. So, when he rid
culed his chances, I pulled him into an
other room, and said: CHOW, see here,
Lincoln; this it outrageous. We are try.
ing to get you nominated for the Pres.
dency. and you are working right against
us. Now you must stop it, and give us a
chance"
"What did Uncle Abe say to that plain
talk9'
s'He laughed, and said it wasn't serious
enough to make any fuss about, but he
promised he wouldn't interfere if we
were bound to put him forward. The
week before the Chicago Convention met
| said to him: well, Lincoln, are you
going to the Convention?' He answered
with laugh. 4 don't know what to do
I'm most too much of a candidate to 90
and not quite enough of candidate to
stay at home.'"
"Did you ever, talk with Lincoln about
religion, Mr.. Sweet?" / asked.
"Often,h he replied. CATER 1850
was in the habit OF travelling with Lincoln
from county seat to county -seat.an fire.
quently slept with him. / have discussed
these matters with him hundreds of times
He believed the cardinal doctrines Of Chris
tienity. He was fond of discussing theolo.
gy,and was well posted concerning the fact
involved. He would swear sometimes, and
sometimes utter heretical expressions, SC
that he might rather be regarded as g
liberal or Unitarian than strictly ortho
dox; but have heard him say fifty
times that he beliveed he was IAN instru
ment in the hands of Providence to bring
the thing through He was man who
cared far more of deeds than OF creeds.'
have talked thus long about Mr.. Lin.
coin because current discussion seems tc
bring his honored name and fame uE
anew. And am sure have given pref.
ty near Mr.. Swett's words. Mr.. SWEET
by the way, bears a very close resem
blance to Lincoln in stature, in gesture
in face, in temperament, in genial quail
ties, and in the very texture of his mind
and shall be greatly mistaken if he il
not snatched up and sent to the Senate be
fore long, from that State where frst-ratt
Senatorial timber is not very plenty
Jerome. s