The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-02-20


vote against sending help to General Tay-
lor. and therefore they voted for both to-
gcther Is there any difficulty In under
standing thisg Even my little speech
shows how this was. and IL you VIII go
to the library you may get the Journal OF
1856, in which you can find the whole
for yourself.
we have nothing published yet with
special reference TO the Taylor race, but
we soon will have, and then VIII SEND
them to everybody, | made an internal
Improvement speech day before yestef
day. which / shall send home as soon as
/ can get Il written out and printed and
which / suppose nobody will read Your
friend as ever. A. LINCOLN.
Washington, July TO- lSis.
Dear Willam-Your letter covering the
newspaper slips was received last night
The subject OF that letter is exceedingly
painful 10 me and / cannot but think
there Is some mistake In your impression
OF the motives OF the old men. ! suppose
/ am now one OF the old men. and | de-
clare on my veraelty, which ] think IS
good with you, that nothing could ahord
me more satisfaction than 10 learn that
YOU and others OF my young friends az
home were doing battle In the contest
and taking a stand far above any ! have
ever been able to reach In their admra-
ton. cannot conceive that other old
men feel differently. OF course ! cannot
demonstrate what say but ! was young
once. and | am sure | was never ungeh-
erously thrust back ! hardly know what
to say The way for young man 10 rise
is to improve himself every way he can
never suspecting that anybody wishes 10
hinder him Allow me to assure you that
.sosrs~.--- 49,. is...s,, .,evsr did help any
man in any situation There may some
times be ungenerous attempts TO keep
Young man down, and they VIII succeed
TOO IL he allows his mind TO be diverted
from its true channel, TO brood over the
ATTEMPTED injury. Cast about and see II
this feeling has not injured every person
YOU have ever known to fall into II.
Now. in what / have said l am sure you
Will suspect nothing but sincere friend
ship | would save you from fatal err
ror You have been laborious, studious
young man, You are far better informed
on almost all subjects than | have ever
been. You cannot fail in any laudable
object unless you allow your mind to be
improperly directed ] have some the
advantage of you in the worlds expert
ence, merely by being older, and 1t
this that induces me to advise
You still seem to be little mistaken
about the Congressional Globe and Ap-
pendly. They contain all OF the speeches
that are published In any way MY speech
and Dayton's speech. which you say yo
rot I'm pamphlet form, are both word TOT
word In the Appendix. l repeat again al
are there Your friend as ever,
A. LINCOLN.
The internal improvement speech
-
TO which Mr.. Lincoln alludes In one OF
these letters was delivered on the 10Th
of June and contained nothing remark
able or especially characteristic. IL
was In the main merely the usual
Wing argument IN favor Of the constl-
nationality Of Mr.. Clay's american
system"
lincoln's "Elechoneering Speech.
But after the nominations at Balti-
more and Philadelphia everybody In
either house Of congress who could
compose anything at all ION bis legs
or I'm the closet felt 1t incumbent upon
him 10 contribute at least one cleo
| tioneering speech TO the political 1T
erature OF the day At last, on the
oTth Of July, Mr.. Lincoln found an or
portunlty 10 make his. Few like "
have ever been heard in either Of those
venerable chambers. II is a common
remark OF those who know nothing OF
the subject that Mr.. Lincoln was de-
4 void OF imagination but the readers OF
I this speech entertain a different opin-
I ion. II opens TO us a mind fertile In
I images suiscIently rare and striking
I but Of somewhat questionable taste
! II must have been heard In amaze
ment by those gentlemen OF the house
( who had never known a Hanks or
seen New Salem The one interest
ing phase OF the speech Is Llncoln's de-
rcriptlon OF his experiences In the
I Black Hawk war. He said
by the way. Mr.. Speaker, did you
know am a military beroi Yes, sir.
I In the days Of the Black Hawk war
fought. bled and came away. Speak
ing OF General Cass' career reminds me
Z OF my own. wdy not at Stlllman's de
4 feat, but was about as near II as
Z Cas- was 10 Hul's surrender, and. Ike
him. saw the place very soon after
ward. IT IL quite certain did not
break my sword. for ] had none 10
break, but ! bent my musket pretty
badly on one occasion. r. Cass broke
his sword. the idea is he broke II IN
desperation bent the musket by sc'
cldent. " General Cass went In ad-
vance Of me picking whortleberries !
guess surpassed him in charges upon
the Wild onions III be saw any I've
fighting Indians. II was more than
ala. but ! had good many bloody
struggles with the mosquitoes. and. al
though | never tainted from loss Of
blood. can truly say was often Yery
hungry.
"Mr speaker, II ever ! should con
cinde 70 dor whatever our Democrats
friends may suppose there IL Of black
coekade Federalism about me. and
ihereupon they shall take me up 81 Their
candidate for the presidency. ] pro
iest that they shall not make fun Of
me, as they have Of General cass- By
attempting 10 write me- into military
hero
Congress adjourned On the lith Of
August, but Mr. IADcoll went 10 New