Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1896-02-13
LINCOLN's BIRTHDAY.
"A 'Ae'ch OF the Martyred President for
the Benefit of the Younger Element
of Our City

oAe'ch OF the Martyred President for
the Benefit of the Younger Element
of Our City.
Had Abraham Lincoln lived until We'd
nesday he would have been eighty three
years old. Wedne lay cities and towns
celebrated the birthday of that patriot.
But little is done here in Bridgeton in the
way OF celebrating the event of this noble
man. The banks, however, recognize
the fact that it is legal holiday, but out
side OF this there is nothing to mark the
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln.
In this generation there is little or
nothing to teach the yosa.ag minds. .ex
cept from history. and it is auestion
whether they know much about it or,
not, that such man, great and noble as
| he was, ever existed.
| For the benefit of the children to-day.
| and In respect to the memory of the inn
mortal Lincoln, the PIONEER will give
| short sketch of his life:-
Abraham Lincoln was born February
| IL, 1909, in Hardin county, KY. He was
the sixteenth president of the United
| states. His boyhood days was spent on
a farm, getting common school educa-
ton, shifting from place to place, until
be was elected to the Legislature from
Macon county, Illinois. In 1916 he was
| elected to Congress. At this time Mr..
Lincoln stood six feet, four inches in
height, lean in flesh, weighing one hun
dred and eighty pounds, dark complex
ION, with coarse hair and grey eyes.
HIS career ran along politically, with
many drawbacks, and he was subject to
all criticism that his antagonists could
bear down on him.
On May 10, 1850, he was nominated as
the first choice of Illinois for the Presi-
dency by the Republican State Conven-
ton, held at Decatur. The Republican
National Convention held in Chicago on
the 10th adopted a platform on the 18th
that denied 1.-THE authority of Congress,
of territorial legislature, or any indi-
viduals, to give legal existence to slavery
IN any territory of the United States.|
On the 18th, after three ballotings, Mr..
Lincoln was unanimously nominated for
the Presidency.
| -Ap ehS OAiod4hS ClOCllOu ut ICC6lfSu
l.S57,6l0 votes and Stephen A. Douglas
,29l, ,574 and received $50 electoral votes
to Douglas u. Prior to his depar ture
, for Washington, ne visited his STEP
mother, who, with deep emotion, said
.She was sure she would never behold
him again, for she felt that his enemies
. would assassisates him.'' -Four years
later her forebodings were realized.
In his inaugural address, March 4, 1861.
in full view OF the secession of some of
the States and the wavering attitude of
others, he said ~ consider that in view
OF the constitution and the laws, the
: Union is unbroken, and to the extent of
my ability l shall take care, as the con-
stltutlon itself expressly enjoins upon
me, that the laws of the Union be faith
fully executed in all the States.''
The war commenced and men were
called to the 'front.' President Lincoln
said that ''every man in this country has
right to be equal with every other
man. and after fighting for that purpose
for several years, on the 9th of April he
received the news of Lees surrender. On
the evening of the 14th of April, 1865, he
visited Ford's Theatre, Washington, in
company with Mrs. Lincoln, and two or
. three personal friends, and at fifteen
minutes past ten o'clock was shot in the
head by John Wilkes Booth, an actor
and fanatical devotee of the rebellion,
} and died at twenty-five minutes past
seven O'Clock the next morning. The
dull, bitter agony and fierce indignation
OF the people found vent in general and
heartfelt mourning.
Neither in this country, or elsewhere in
the world, will the memory of Lincoln
ever die. 1t was his mission to preserve
: what George Washington had created,
He relied on the iniative capacity of the
people and by his wonderful executive
ability and spotless integrity, commanded
the attention and confidence of the nation.
The leader whose administration sub
dued rebellion of eight million people,
q the emancipator whose pen struck the
Il shackles from the limbs of four millions
| of slaves, the ruler who assisted to DEM
onstrate the fact,that government rest
ing on the enlightened popular will, is
strOng enough to maintain itself under
the most. ,untoward circumstances. he
now occupies a niche in the temple of
| fame, previously untitled, and will COM
mand the cordial praise of men of the
latest generation. He freed the slaves.
Workman Injured.
| George Br0okman, a moulder at Cox tE
Sons Foundry, was injured yesterday
afternoon. He was going out of a big