Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-06-14
Lille Of Abe Lincoln Judee
Douglass.

Lille Of Abe Lincoln -Judg.
Douglass.
We extract the following brie
recital of the career of Mr.. Lincolr
from one o. the speeches made by
Stephen A. Douglass during tht
canvass in Illinois, in 1858:
II have known Mr. Lincoln fol
nearly twenty five years. We had
many points of sympathy when
first got acquainted with him. W.
were both comparatively boys; botl
struggling with poverty in strange
town for our support an humble
school teacher in the town of Win
chester, and he dourishing grocery
keeper in the town of Salem. He
was more successful in occupation
than /, and hence became more for
tunate in this worlds goods. l
made as good school teacher as l
could, and when cabinetmaker
made the best bedsteads and tables,
but my old boss said ! succeeded
better in bureaus and secretaries
than in anything else. But believe
that Mr., Lincoln was more success
full than I, for his business soon
carried him directly into the l.egis-
lature. There I met him in little
time and l had sympathy for him
because of the uphill struggle we
had in life. He was then as good at
telling an anecdote as now. He
could beat any of the boys at wrestl-
ing, could outrun them at foot
race, beat them at pitching quoits
and tossing a copper, and could win
more liquor than all the boys put
together, and the dignity and im>
partially with which he presided at
horse race or fist fight were the
praise of everybody that was pres
ent and participated. Hence | had
sympathy for him, because he was
struggling with misfortune, and so
was |. Mr.. Lincoln served with me
or with him, in the Legislature of
1885, when we parted.-He subsided
or submerged for some years and, I
lost sight of him. In lS40, when
Wilmot raised the Wilmot proviso
tornado Mr.. Lincoln again turned up
as member OF Congress from SAM
CANON distrlot.-l, being in the
Senate of the United States was
called to welcome him, then without
friend and companion. He then dis
tinguished himself by his opposition
to the Mexican War, taking the side
of the common enemy, in time of war
against his own country. When he
returned home from that congress
he found that the indignation of the
people followed him everywhere,
until he again retired to private life,
and was submerged until he was
again forgotten by his friends. He
came up again in 1854, in time to
make the abolition black republican
platform, in company with Lovejoy,
Chase and Fred Douglass
for the republican party to stand up"
The above clipping is taken from
the Sullivan Democrat of the cams
paign of 1860 and doubtless will re :
call to memory from some of our
readers, the three, sided fight that
resulted in the success of the Re-
publican party and practically united
the entire North against the Dread
Scott decision. 1t will be remem-
bered that Governor Packer and
Forney of the Press were among
the leading supporters of Douglass
in Pennsylvania.
The writer now recalls a telling
speech made by Hon. Ulysses Mer-
cur at Laporte, when he gave these
friends Of Douglass full credit for
honesty of purpose in their endeavor
to accomplish the saving Of the
Union with Douglass as their stands
ard bearer.
Recalling the events on the first
Inauguration of Lincoln. 1t should
be remembered that there was no
man more ready to aid in sustaining
the president than his defeated oppo-
nent. Every true patriot rejoiced
to see the noble stand taken by
Douglass in his vindicating the i'm
portance of a united and immediate
rally to save the Union.
Farmers near Bethlehem, are
much alarmed concerning the Hess
ian fly, which has made its appear
anoe in the wheat fields for the first