Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-13
LrNcoIN.s MEMORY.

LfNcoIN's MEMORY.
 From one end of the country to the other this day has witnessed many ceremonies provided to commemor- ate the memory of the greatest presi- dent this country ever had with the possibse exception Of Washington. To day Is the oue-hundredth anniversary of the birth Of Abraham Lincoln ana bs Legislative action the day has been made legal holiday in every state in tho union. The commemo-aion oi the memory of Lincoln has not been confined to expressions from any class or sectien- North. south. east and west have all joined to honor the name of Lincoln and to do honor to bis great deeds.
 Lincoln was born of very poor and very nIiterate parents. The place of his birth was as obscure as his parent age. It was in the backvoods of Ken tpcky. History tells us that for hun dreds of years scolars have in vain searched for the sources from which Shakespeare drew the inspiration that has placed him first among the sons of men. Lincoln biographers, 30 VI. are told. have been equally bafied in similar attempts to discover from whence came the truly wonderful pow CTS to control and lead all sorts ano conditions Of men that was certainly possessed by the son Of the poor whites in Kentucky,
 By the light of a pine knot he stud lied such books as he could pro cure, but he was never able to ae- quire an education beyond reading, writing, and ciphering, until he had passed the threhold Of manhood. As a boy he became a leader in all the simple sports and contests of those days, wrestling, climbing trees. hunt ing, etc. In the Black Hawk war he was made the commander of his sen iors. At the Illinois bar he soon was recognized q man of rare ability and great personal magnetism.
 Finally entering politics he became the recognized equal Of the great or ators of the country and his debates with Douglas over the slavery ques- ton attracted the country to this ur couth raiI-spntter Of the nlonois bot toms. Lincoln believed that it was . great wrong to keep the negroes iu slavery. Granting that t might mol be practicable to abolish slavery al once where it had gained firm recogni ton and hold. stilI he fought agalna the spreading Of slavery to the new states as they were taken into the un ion. His great ability in contendins fo the final abolition Of slavery brough the presidency to him and to the re publican party it's first national sue cess.
 Almost simultaneously with bis in auguration as president the great wa of the rebellion was begun and Taste, throughout his first term. marking tn most sorrowful period Of the country history. Lincoln *as at all time ready to listen to the advise of thos' whom he had chosen as his advisers but af all times he was self-relian and confident that the cause of th' union would prevail trfumphantly.
 When the struggle of the war va over there was no man who felt 1 greater sympathy for the vanQuishe' than Abraham Lincoln and he va planning for policies which woul' bring the states back into friendi, relations when he was slain by thu assassin's bullet, which was perhap the greatest shock the country eve experienced. Had Lincoln lived th' reconstruction days of the south woul' never have resulted in the hitter hs tired in the south towards the north