The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-02-13
INTERESTING TALK
ON LIFE Of
LINCOLN
WAS DELIVERED BY RABBI LoE-
WENsTEiN AT THE SYNAGOGUE
LAST NlGHT-LARGE AUDIENCE
ENJOYED TIE ADDRESS.

A large audience was present at Ine
synagogue last night to hear an
dress on the life OF Abraham Lincoln,
ds44ered by Rabbi Loewenstein. His
address was as follows:
1T is with some trepidation that
approach the task which / have set
Tor myself tonight. for well know
that the name OF Abraham Lincoln has
not met with the appreciation Of the
people OF this part of our country.
But | shall try to portray 10 YOU the
true Lincoln, the Lincoln as he was
known TO his friends. / shall try to
avoid such ment ionings which tend to
open old sores or stir up bitter re-
sentiment that is still ranking in some
breasts. Let us commence at the very
beginning, not OF his career but his
life.
Abraham Lincoln was a southern
man (as we understand iO by birth.
His father and mother 10th came
from Virginia, that land Of sunshine
which has given us so many OF our
prominent men, and to which We are
indebted for some of our greatest lead
ers.
~rhomas Lincoln married Nancy
Hanks and from this marriage three
children were born One a little girl,
who died in early childhood. and the
second was Abraham There has been
a great question raised as to the
origin of Lincoln aud much has been
written and more spoken about his
legitimacy. This question, delicate in
the extreme. has been settled once
for all by that superior intellect of
the south Henry Watterson. who.
in an article in the Cosmopolitan Mag
azine for March. offers the very best
proof OF the marriage cf Thomas Lin
coin ard Nancy Hap',s. For Years the
recold o. th $ raruia2e rcild not he
fnund. but at Ia Il mas aeen uncoy-
cred and see.aig eeeat wrong
properly righted Thomas Lincoln and
Nancy Hanks were married in Hardin
county, Kentucky. but the license was
recorded in Washington county and
Il was here that il was found DO you
know that even Abraham Lincoln went
down to his grave VIII doubt as TO
his own Legitimacy and believing eNeH
to the end that he had been horn in
unhallowed wedlock But thanks TO
the generosity and chyalry of the
south il remained for a southern man
10 remove ;he stigma from one Of our
greatest men-a man of the people
for the people
Il suppose that with all that has
been found in newspaper and maya
sfres on the subject Of Lincoln il viii
rs be necessary for me to dwell on
u particulars Of his Hfe These facts
re patent to all of us, and we only
rbed to remove the blot on the es
ca'cheon Of a pure woman and a pure
1sa1.
~Iincon's father moved from Ken
tacSy to Indiana soon after the birth
cf Abraham and here the son tried his
hands at politics. always a great game
even IN its infancy At first he was
not successful. hut the more fertile
soil of Illinois received him and il is
hare that we find the first real awak
ching of that dormant spirit, power
ful vet humble. which was afterward
f3 break forth into a brilliant lumi-
nary. and il we may be permitted the
comparison. to rival for a time even
she Star of pethlehem For while
table d not see his birth, a log
cabin did, and he brought honor to
IS hut. as did One other to GER
tain stable
His rise was rapl1 for he could
read and wrlte ana spell and that
was an accomplishment in a land
where the pioneer worke with spade
in one hand and rife in the other.
u'e find him entering the political
arena when barely Of age and his use
81 pen and willing hand made many
friends who worked for him politi-
caHv. 5eine bound by acts of friend
fines Hss star kept rising in the
aecendancy and me find him on the
road to Washington, elected president
:Fesa IHi.ad 1te9
i4ti us iEdNE nun i1i ioA INV h1iO
nent and listen to what he has 10
SAY. Of one Of the people of this state,
q representative in the lower house Of
congre an able advocate Of what
the southland waited ana demanded,
Alexar der Fl. Stephens Of Georgia.
Lincoln. who was a membe? Of the
house with stephens, wro'e 70 friend
Of his back home: Dear William
take mp my pen to tell you that Mr.
Stephens. Of Georgia little slim
faced. consumptive n-an With voice
lite Loean's. has Just concluded the
very best speech Of an hour' lens'
that ever heard My old witnered
a-se then r-- cutie 80 are
g., H Aad great
opinion Of stephens and a high regard
for him, which he kept up TO the time