The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-11

| In the national platform Of the Re-
publican patty, adopted at It's meet
| ing In Chicago last June, we find this
plank: - Z &c"2 y.
'Februsry 12,1sOs, will be the one
hundfedth' anniversary Of the birth
Of Abraham Lincoln, am, immortal
spirit, whose fame has Frightened
WITH the receding yeaFs, and whose
! name stands among the first OF those
given to the world by the great re-
4 public. ave recommend that this
centennial. anniversary be celebrated
Il throughcut the confines of the nation
by all the@ people thereof, and es-
peciallyk N the public shoots, as an
exercise to stir the patriotism OF the.
youth Of the land. . 80, - :, y q y J. !.
Among the resolutions Of the
Dem ocfatic party at the Denver CON
vention, a month later, we find the
following y .n>>, :: ~, Z .cstts - Il
= Whereas, the one hundredth ami.
versary OF the birth of Abraham Lin
coin occurs on February IL, s69; =
! Therefore, be it resolved by the
Democratic National Convention,
That we recommend it's appropriate
celebration, throughout our land.
! And In the closing paragraph Of
the Democratic platform there are
these words: eve Invite the cooper
1 alton Of all, regardless Of previous
political afflfliation or past ~differen-,
ces, who desire to- preserve "A. Gov
eminent. Of the people, by the = peo-
pie and for the. people =. = Do we
/ read Alright? p Has the era Of good
feeling been restored and paradise
been regafned?t Need we r4ook fur
Their for a testimonial to Eineolfi2 LIS
7 1t necessary to, employ words in pays
1 ing a tribute or sproHouncing a
eulogy? rs it. possible to DO $50 m ore
powerfully r5Resaanttfully than in. the
words quoted ~ ! -. :. 81: / ~ +,
: q Rikfaablaee. ~ H.. Us
1.-The wear 1'8 Witnessed the de-
i part lure OF Thomas Jefferson { frSM
the 1Presfd eHcy and from pubic aires.
1T Witnessed THE advent OF ] hrahknf
Lincoln into Hfe!. On February ~
| Of that year. near2.H 6&geAsEille In:
| Hardin (now' LaRu 81 &'ceanfy,, = Kaffe
lucky, he was born OF, Thbnfab' k.ina
/ coin and Nancy! Hanks. sfTfisI gasatest
rival. in later years, Jefferson Davis,
first saw the light of day only eight
monthe before, was born In Todd
| county, Kentucky, hundred miles
away, and removed to mississippi the
year Of Lincoln's birth. The day and
year Of Lincoln's birth were<those Of,
Charles Roberts Darwin, while the
births of Gladstone, Tennyson, Poe.
| Holmes and Mendlessohn contributed
to make the year memorable !. Truly
there were giants in those days.
| OF Lincoln's life for nearly 40
years there is little need to speak,
and none whatever to. dwell upon.
! ALI are, familiar with, his struggles
with poverty and lack OF educational
| advantages; how his mother died,
and her place was taken by an 7esti-
mable woman, to whom the yea thful
Abraham owed much ;fof his fathers
| removal, first to Indiana, thence 20
| Illinois,; of his business ventures on
the Mississippi river and In country
stores; OF his serving first as sur
| veyor, then as postmaster, and how,
finally, after gratifying as far as pos
fsible his thirst for knowledge, he got
hold Of some law books, and thus
realized just what he was fitted for
even though his neighbors thought
him crazy! His course was upward
and onward, socially, professionally,
politically. Beaten for, the Legisla-
fture, though making an .extraordin
ary showing in his own precinct, he
was later elected as q Whig, and ser
we'd eight years In the House He
was recognized, from the first as
| leading member, and was twice made
his Darty's unsuccessful candidate for
| Speaker.
His First Protest.
! Illinois, though a1Northern state
and free, had a large element favor
| ing slavery and bitterly hostile to
abolition. Certain prosecutions
passed the House, with Lincoln and
| five others voting nay. In company
with Dan Stone, he prepared, signed
and had spread upon the journal his
4 solemn protest. In view Of his sub
sequent career and Official treatment
Of slavery, these, his fret expressed
| anti-slavery views, have q special In
| terest.
The protest recited that the In
stitution of slavery is founded, on
both injustice and mad policy, but
that the PRONUNCIATION OF abolition
doctrines tends rather to increase
than abate it's eviis; that the Con
! gress Of the United States has no
power under the constitution to In
terfere with the institution of slave
ry in the different states, and that
Congress has the power, under the
constitution to abolish slavery In the
District of Colum bia, but the power