Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-02

Know WN9IIleT you hIlO" out hLOW
him to be as honorable man as there
is in the world. You have my permission,
and even request, to show this letter to
Short, but to no one else. unless it be a
very particular friend. who you know
will not speak Of it. Yours ever,
A. LINCOLN.
P. S.-Will you write me again?
To Martin NJ. Norris Petersburg. Ill.
And finally to Speed on the same
subject:
Springfield, May 49, 1913
Dear Speed-Yours of the 9Th inst. Is
duly received. which 1 do not meet as a
bore but a most welcome visitor
| I will answer the business part of it
| first. =
| In relation to congress matter here
| you were right in supposing I would sup
| port the nominee. Neither Baker nor l.
| however. is the man. but Hardin. so far
| as I can judge from present appearances
| We shall have no split or trouble about
| the MATERIAL will be harmony In rela-
| tfon to the coming events" about which
| Butler wrote you. had not heard one
| word before got your letter. but l have
| SO much confidence in the judgment of a
| Butler such a subject that l incline
| to think there may be some reality in 1t.
What day does Butler appoint? By the
| way. how do '-events'' of the same sort
| come on in your family? Are you pos
| sessing houses and lands and oxen and
asses and men servants and maid Serv-
| ants and begetting sons and daughters?
We are not keeping house, but boarding
| at the Globe tavern, which Is very well
kept now by a widow lady of the name
Of Beck. Our room (the same DR.. Wal
lace occupied there) and boarding only
cost us S4 a week. Ann Todd was married
something more than a year since to
fellow by the name of Campbell, and who
Mary says. is pretty much of Ounce"
though he has a little money and prop
| erty. They live in Boonville. Mo-, and
have not been heard from lately enough
| for me to say anything about her health.
I reckon it will scarcely be in our power
| to visit kentucky this year. Besides pow
| erty and the necessity of attending to
business. those coming events" I sus-
pect. would be somewhat in the way. I
most heartily wish you and your Fanny
| would not fail to come Just let us know
the time, and we will have room provid-
ed for you at our house. and all be merry
together for awhile. Be sure to give my
respects to your mother and family. As
sure her that if I ever come near her
will not fail to call and see her. Mary
joins in sending love to your Fanny and
you. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN.
After the race still smarting from
the mortifica ton of defeat and the dis
appointment of a cherished hope. he
took his old friend Jim Matheny away
off to a solitary place in the woods
land then and there" with great en-
phasis." protested that he had not
grown proud and was not an aristo-
crat 'tJim," said he in conclusion. 81
am now and always shall be the same
Abe Lincoln that always was"
Candidate For Elector.
In 1914 Mr. Lincoln was again can
didate for elector on the Wing ticket.
Mr. Clay. as he has said himself, was
his "beau ideal of a statesman" and
be labored earnestly and as effectually
as any one else for his election. For
the most part he still had his old an
tagonists to meet in the Sprin gfeld re-
gion. chief among whom this year was
John Calhoun. With him and others
he had joint debates, running through
several nights, which excited much
popular feeling. One Of lis cd friends
md neighbors who attended all these
discussions speaks in very enthusiastic
terms of Mr.. Calhoun and. after emu
merating his many noble gifts of head
and heart, concludes that Calhoun
came nearer of whipping Lincoln il
debate than Douglas did,
Mr. Lincoln made many speeches in
Illinois. and finally, toward the close
OF the campaign, he went over into In.
diana and there continued ION the
stump" until the end. Among other
places, he spoke at Rockport, on the
Ohio. where he had first embarked for
New Orleans with Gentry; at Gentry
villa of r,1o in 70 1tJ,yr
about two miles from the cabin where
his father had lived. While he was in
the midst of his speech at Gentryyille
his old friend Nat Grigsby entered the
room. Lincoln recognized him on the
instant and, stopping short in his re-
marks. cried out, There's Natl" With
out the slightest regard for the pro-
prietieS Of the occasion, he suspended
his address totally and. striding from
the platform, began scrambling through
the audience and over the benches to-
ward the modest Nat, who stood near
the door. When he reached him. Lin
coin shook his hand cordially" and.
after felicitating himself sufficiently
upon the happy meeting. he returned
to the platform and finished his speech.
When that was over, Lincoln could not
make up his mind to part with Nat.
but insisted that they must sleep to-
gether. Accordingly they wended their
way to Colonel Jones, where that fine
old Jackson Democrat received his
distinguished "clerk" with all the hon
ors he could show him. Nat says that
in the night cat began mewing.
scratching and making a fuss general
ly." Lincoln got up. took the cat in
his hands and, stroking its back ''gen-
tly and kindly" made it sparkle for
Mats amusement. He then gently"
put it out Of the door and. returning to
bed. Commenced telling stories and
talking over old times"
1t is hardly necessary to say that the