Gilpin observer., 1909-03-18


nave been solicited by many friend
10 become candidate for the leg
stature. My politics are short ant
jweet, like an old woman's dance.
I'm In favor of National bank.
I'M In favor of internal improvement
jystem, and high protective tariff
fhese are my sentiments and poll
-lcal principles. If elected / shall be
thankful, if not, it will be all the
| same"
He then moved to Springfield, ILL
lois to take up his practice of law
ind lived there until he became pres
| dent
While here and contesting for the
senatorship Of Illinois, he and Doug
as made a great many noted de-
| bates. Although Lincoln was very
earnest in his debates, and had a
great many friends, Douglas, on the
| other hand, made so many flowery
| speeches, and made such an elegant
appearance personally, that he de-
| feated Lincoln.
In 1860 he became Republican
candidate for the Presidency of the
o. S. and was elected by a large
majority.
This capped the climax and a war,
between the North and South broke
out in 1861. In the South the people
thought slavery was right and that
1t did good and helped the country.
In the North the people thought it
was wrong and did more harm than
good. The South wanted more states
to come into the union with slavery,
and the North wanted them without
slavery. The war lasted four years.
General Grant finally commanded all
| the armies of the North, and General
Lee, the chief defender of the South.
The South were billion dollars in
3e5t, food was scarce, the army was
deserted by the thousands, and age
limits had been changed to fourteen
to sixty. The North had lost a great
number of men, but their hopes had
never been so high before.
Lee surrended his army to Grant
at Appomattox Courthouse, April 8
I 1866, and soon after, Johnson yield
ed to Sherman.
On the afternoon of the fourteenth
of April, his cabinet meeting was
dismissed with the words,"W mus
now begin to act in the interest Of
peace"
In 1868, he signed the Emancipa
ton Proclamation and set free foul
million slaves. 1t was: Il ordel
and declare that all persons held a
slaves in the said designated state
and parts of states, are and here
after shall be free, and l hereby en-
join upon the people SO declared t.
be free to abstain from all violence
unless in necessary "self-defense."
1t was on the memorable night o
April IA, 1865 that Lincoln had asket
some friends to attend the Ford
theatre with him. One of the ac
tors, John Wilkes Booth, very fin
looking man, shot Lincoln. H
was Immediately removed to hous
across the street, and there died
few hours afterward. He was burie
at Springfield, Illinois, where a grea
monument has been erected over hi
grave.
Booth jumped from the box to tn
stage, and broke his leg, but escape
to a barn, not far off. and was ther
shot. His helpers were hanged.
All reverence and honor to tn
memory of Lincoln.
Russell Gulch Essay.
, The following essay on the life {
, Abraham Lincoln was written by Kel
meth Lewis, of the Russell Guile
: schools. Kenneth was selected tn
} winner among the five contestant
1t was with difficulty that the judge
: who comprised the teachers of th
, Russell schools, finally determine
: upon Kenneth as the essays submi
: ted by the other four scholars wei
indeed splendid:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
One hundred years ago on the 12t
CT February, 1909, baby was boz
who in after life was the central I'll
ure ia one of the bitterest struggl,
1 the world has ever known, who
years later died in brick house c
tOin street, Washington, taken su
denly from the world by an assas
ms bullet Abraham LINCOLN who