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

: EiEcpanS Stew not only oratori.
cal and jpolttiSa RhilitS OF a high Or
der. but al ,8r4Sp an insight. one
nigh Sasys' taa, iESIi{tiSn he believed
he GoAi8 dttceIHsthe scope and read
the eatihy e6f IS Ia penainx section,
Al COMPREHENSIVE was sure! he
coy ID sser tSs EsyoRd the present ana
heaE The vot46s6SstAe rature.'' ~ rs,
sAEStpst 4hss sS$fsSice and earnest
entrexty pf,hia n,SdAst friends, he took
his test .fossk tst ineeehes from tbs
ldbl~s ~ l6u5 aIvided against Its
self Hcannot$stS3s 'SThe fathers OF
the republic. Tie, ssixners of the
delarAti6n and + thu constitution be-
lfeYeds at <could their successors,
Webster, CLAY. Gtaa. so held and. SO
voted But not w. LincoIn, lie saw
that she; time -tArs Compromise with
slaEery ~aa paAsG.. that this COY
eminent could not endure. '"perman-
entiy~1hslf slave md half free. ~.
81 ThisFadv4REoshstand cost him the
SepR torshar b,stssained; the Prest-
,dRnSY n>sltho& A&ara.S Mr., Lincoln
5eSibe out otstha atruggle with flying
eoloss, aspeRd lng sbat:: $500, and max
ing hia namesS, AaQsehold word. He
wrntas2 81 am ixhtsI made the late
rteesssIt gave, mese. hearing on the
great and ;u0Sa sunestion OF the age
Which Z. could have bad In no other
Way and though i, now sink out Of
View and ,ahal4sshA forgotten. I be.
ftexe, i hare NH dA3some marks which
VIII tell for Tie GAUGE OF civil liberty
tang after Il ashngone" Was there
ever such modesty-such utten sells
80, -, 49, E%..,t:.S
"a The year 1860 was approaching
Presidential candidates. Democratic
and Republic We're in the Held,
Mn LineoIn Us debates with Douglas
had been publishsd and discussed Tar
and wide> he ,WassA man OF mark. 81
po@Sr, yet the East had never seen
nor heard him. >s*;IS'>'!> Co. =,
u - Made 6EensoeahAe Speech. - -
:, An Invitations "a I'D dress, a meeting
In Cooper Institute, New York IN
February Of that year was accepted,
and before a vasts audience OF ladies
and gentlemen REPRESENTING the best
life of$the metropolis he delivered "a
powerful speech argument tend;
Ing: to show that "our fathers who
framed the Government under which
we live" did mot. forbid the Federal
GoyernmeRt5tpC oafrol slavery, i'm ttha
tsrFitories4 Tho speech & satisfied
Horace Greeley who heardxtt; ftssat-
listed William, Cullen Bryant, who
presided over the meeting -. ~ !
!: IT, did more. - it, reconciled New
,Horhto MEe h ~ 3 nems.pfatiqn Tor
Che Pres d lfl 80 9E Vg1t Mr. a
few month"; Aa6Essss IL pom U he a1attlst6r-
ifys W Mr. KfRsflm jhitiSelt 1T I did
much. to .secdSe| that n6mi2ata Oh aer,
him. The cQnvention waa held at
Chicago In Sma seward led, Ian-
solnts upon 'SSrot 6BISts,,e upon tina
third. Lincoln WIS somtaatea amidst
nm oandsd eRthnsiaslas Hannibal
.HAialin, OF Maine. an Id-fashi enet
OesSf6tSat,, who had taken 8h1sf state
away from, that, pa r&gs- twaa[ named
fottyicS president. f'As>the delegates
.sgd ~hsfheward- in, the night trains
hey va nea4et ip, TIE s b99 Ii frs, and
ehseriFfSscEowas at the stations that
a9rema presidential camp
was al eaay began y ? Pfc Snessfo
OF ala3sa4yz was to be .sttled for all
time So, $40. & = &1aH 10 <,,,s;;
His cabinet, was. constructed In. a
manner. without president. Not on
ly was his leading riyahinxited &c. oc7
cupy the CHIEF seat therein, but the
votba in the nominating convention
were Included by: hie eoaFtesy. He
was generous beyond all example TO
his rivals The South found fault
because his, Was. the first cabinet In
Our history. TO .include no slayehold7
er. ME- Lincoln tried to, secure a
first-ciass man. from the seeding
states. but failed, aid had to com
piete his cabinet from the border
states fp the Union. =: -.
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- War. Wsa< On. -. -.
Meanwhile: the Confederatea had
set up- a government eof5 their own,
and placed Jehere0n, Devts9 at. tie
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