The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-02-06

E but corn 1nd heef Winding thai Me
( destination ca-riel ne 70 Springfield. the
czPitai q ne siate. jasi thirty-iive iDiles
] due north. he toid me hs gouid keep NE
over night Il woad carry sone papers
( q a lawyer there next day After sup.
+ per, sitting aroond = great ire composed
: entire Of comcohs. he sdI he had ssme
Z papers ta send 70 Ahe Lincoln. who
attended - al his business. Dida'i
know him. Well. anyboiy IN Spring
( tieide1 tell yoa where his oaiee is--up by
the cosrt house. Just TIE snartest l4E-
{ yer there was in the Ssase. and would BE-
Governor vet Il i wasn't for his internal
poifics.r
The Old fellow vas iosni IN his praises
of Abe Lincolu, bai vas clearly satisfied
thaf his infernli politics would keep
him from ever amsunting to anything,
and related a nuulbe Of anecdotes 70
saow how much smarter be vas than
some other lawyers whom he had EN-
employed 70 DO his business.
I started the next morning at sunrise
The distznce 70 Springfield was thirty
i've miles. the rad sxactlv straight, sa,I
ths country 50 IegeI [ cruid see the sun
reflected from the STATE House Ione. Il
was very elld but clear. the snow about
f0Er Inches deep. a sirg IS powder. anil
u slipped from under ores feet ike sand
since then.I have walked some long dis
tlnoes and saw some heavy marching
during the var but no single DAYS jour
ney ever exceeded the vearisome monot-
0ny Of this long, level r0ad. Bat ar
rived IN IN city before aishsEail. and the
irst man asked. who happened to Be
castiug wool By the roadside. said
You viii fnl Abe Lnooiuis Office on
the west si,ie of the court horse square,
in the only bailding What amt got any
paint on is.H and - / aid The en-
francs SAs in a hallway, and A. Lin
coin Attorney. on plain strip Of black
tin On a door 20 tue E.h Below this
wzs an5ther riece of tin with the name
of HHtarn " Hepburn. whom pre-
suma vss his partner Knocked, aaI
lnud. cheerful voice instantly replied,
Come in Itimilly opeaed the door,
snd entering observed man sitting in
an Old fashioned spIint bottonei chair
before a great vol fire. mis- feat against
the m4ntel higher than his head, and
reading a copy of the L1aisville Journal.
He never lookei sp. ba- as I advanced
towards the FIRE, which at the moment
attracted me more than ths nan. he said
Well ?" ] instantly reohel,
~IHsvE -oxE psp.Es HEEE
which I brought from Nr. Jacob strau--.
near Jacksonviiie1 Doxn came the feet
and up vent the head, and As he took
the bunile be said Didn't think the
Old eoIgsr would sen.i a horse out sueh
night as this But waen I told him
I had walked the entire distance his in
terest in me became - great that he never
stopped questioning me until had told
him the whole story. Asbe arose from his
chair he seemed 70 unsioGhle ike a peel-
et rule, his legs and arms disproportioa-
ately long. his hair dishev-led, his cloth
ing seedg, and hi general appearance
quite 1npreP0ssessing. bat be had not
talked - me ten minutes in his quiet.
sympathetic way before ! thought him
the bandsomes; nan I ha5 ever seen I
had inst inishel the hardest days labor
Of my life. entered the Office feeling
that VAS halffrozen anl half-starved.
He did not even ask me to sit down. nor
did he SIT down himself yet grew warm
and cheerful 10 bis presence, foryettiag
my great hunger and fatigue, and the
tears I unconscionsiy she'd sere bot an
honest tribute 70 his kindaess and SYM
pashy.
lie manifested great interest in ny
adventure and diseased the slavery
question from stand psints that were
quite mex 70 ne. lie coademed il
unreserve,iiy. il was fas from eyery
point Of view and yet he could find
rauch better e1c1ses flr is existence.
and tolerance for its aIvocAfss than
had ever hearl before. lie eon-
demnei the system on moral, political,
and financial grounds. bur Il was hard
for me- 70 tell for whom he had the great
est sympathy. the slave 1r bis master
Slavery, lie szid, ex. .sis only BY the
tolerance Of Christian people. bat iis
4 ivocates we're determined that Chris
tianity should not only t0-erate bat ap-
prove IT. Il WIS a conflict that e1uld
not last forever. and Il could hsve bat
one eniing i must ceass % exist r.
daring the hl-t twenty yearsiis advocates
had held an anuafi eonyeation % de-
tarnine upon sonsthiay they woald 10
ia the following year 70 annoy or incense
their opponents. they Wouid have pro
posed about what they have done. and
If Il Eas coutin1el in the future A. Il had
been IN the plss. there we're plenty Of
people BOW living zbo Houii eethe end
Of slavery tie Eas quise sure il z0ull
not eEflive the century. The advocates
Of slavery Eers ioingn1cil . hasten ia (
downfall AMI Il l,srsis.el in a. It had fsr (
she last few years. a quarter n a century +
would not pass away before IL value
wouli be Substantially destroyed It
seemed 70 hin that gra.i,lal emancipation /
ana governmental compensation would (
bring It ID an enl.
Finding thas had NJ money, be took +
= from bis paeset AMI gaze i- 10 ne,
siyis1g he Foali ehar-,e il - 70 thzt (
OIL eo'lg rig bringing lie paper, as he .
had to send them tha1 slsy, an4 i wss /
worth $40 to bring them in such wezth- I
r then taxing ~ the newspaper he
hasi laid dozEu. be zrozs on he white
nlzrgin in a line eishtsen inches long
Nr Wilson,
TiEE cteE o. rms E1r
1niiI to-morroE. or longer Il the wealth
sr Is bad. and senl the till = me.
A LISC9LyH
Tearslg tliis OF Al haa,iins u - me,
be pointed out of the 'ris.iosF 70 hotel
lcruss tn Square. ami told ne togo there /
md rernain until I Tas abe y renew
ry parney; that be SIS glad Of the
% d. ne 4 fIvor. AMI world
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