New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18
LINCOLN IN 1861.

Cath in The San Francisco Chronicle
7 had been some time in Trenton before the reSl-
DENTAL train came along and the MAYOR Ol inc
town vino was a common SNUG knd OF man con-
ferred with about the speech he 0ught 10 ihaAe,
and finally a speech was gotten up Oelore Lihcolh
came. .oou .,oo, ond
not more than half dozen Il coLeh people as J
remember were admitted TO inc car p patterns
bencoop made of slat work, with the ldea oil pre-
venting anybody from getting on tne piast Io ,iI
unless he paid his fare Inc penurouShess on ran IL
road travel between Washington al New York IN
those days no man can now CONCEIVE; the compete
captivity of the travelling public to petty lncIdeh,
tai corporations which had no national spirit anu
were almost as rebeliOus as the states oil Ine
South Inside OF this hencOop depot, IN the middle
of the town of Trenton, waited I'LL the niue Tow
pitched cars and mean-lo0klng LOCOMOTIVE "nIS'iou
and snOrted their way III.
There stepped out of the car among the fIst-l
think, indeed. he was the second mana tail,
almost nOble-ooking parsonage, dressed III new
suit of black broadclOth. with high stove-plpe SIX
hat and instead of the man-monkey he had been
advertised to be, there were the proportions ana
accohtrGments of a gentleman and turning 10 the
Jersey officials with voice deep and dIgnihed he
said as if anticipating that he was to be made a
foOl-shOw of: 80 .
Now, let us be as quiet as it is possible, if You
then felt that Lincoln had been slandcred by the
Douglas element in the campaign aud having seen
Douglas to n suilciency, | saw that the man VINO
beat him was his superior IN temperance, mOuesty
II took bnt minute or two for the Mavor to get
of his speech and perhaps he cut 1t out altogether
1t Is all hay now-and then we took carriages TO
90 TO the state House, on the banks of the Dela-
ware River distant, perhaps thIee-quarterS OF "a
mile | had the third or fourth carnage aiter
/ incoln-I forget with whom and as we passed
through the streets the Irish population set up
loud wells of laughter, not exactly KNOW
mo which man was Old Abe but they seemed TO
have faith that the balloon was somewhere around
Anecdotes of all kinds had been told on LIncol
and he was made to appear fantastic, pref oster-
Gus person.
/ obtained a seat in the Senate Chamber, and
with small delay the Presdent-elcct was brought
ND TO make speech Up to that time ne had SAID
nothing during his long journey from Springfield to
Trenton touching upon the possibilities 0i con
flct With my usual news luck | arrived the llrst
moment he was To be definite.
He stood forth, the same modest, vet kind-eyed
man but with a confidence a little back of The sur
face, which showed that he was an OF aifalrs
and used TO the large shocks OF the populace ana
the politicians. There seemed nothing ungainly In
his appearance, except that he was of good. fine
height without any gross lines about his stomach.
and his arms were long. and every feature IN ms
face had its separate expression, and over all was
fatherly look . =,
After paving his respects and thanks to the
audience rs hich was not probably over four nun
dred to five hundred people. though of this am not
sure as am depending wholly upon tho impression
III the memory he said
/" We do not know that there will be any
trouble; hope not 1t may be necessary to put
the foot down firm"
When he got TO this point the entire audience
arose and stOrmed the occasion with shouts and
cheers and wells and shrleks, in which you could
hear not only the resolution of battle, but the be-
lief that there was now going TO be fight The
South had blufed so long against the successful
war. and did not mean to wait any time about tax
ing up the gage OF battle.