Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-16
FELT He
WENT TO DEATH
Told Foreboding to Partner on
Eve of Departure for Wash
ington 30 Years Ago.

Boston, Feb. 12.-The Globe TODAY
says: Fifty years ago yesterday Abraham
Lincoln. on his b2nd birthday, was a,
Cincinnati on his way from his home in
Springfield ILL.,, to the White House to
eve Of the Civil War
He had been elected President but i'm
10 States of the South not a ballot wa
cast for him. Already seven States
South Carolina Georgia. Alabama. Lou
lsiana. Mississippi, Florida and Texas
had declared their secession from the
union and We're setting up an indcpcnd-
ent government with a president Of
their own choosing Their senators ana
representatives. had withdrawn from
congress. The federal courts were sus
pended among them and the stars ana
stripes had been hauled down from the
naestaffs OF the federal buildings withiu
their borders. Seven other soathcrp
states We're wagering between uni ou
and disunion At times it was doubted
If Lincon's inauguration would be per
mitted i'm peace.
throughout the campaign. AMI since
MS election he had remained quietly at
home AS pre>ldont-clect he was the
same mode { man AVID Kind ueehho'
hat he had hecn before ,hc grca honor
came to hinl.
one OF his last acts before going TO
assume the exalted station 10 which ne
1ad been called was To nay a visit so
Ms aged stcpmother, who's. hands had
'lcthed him and who had given him am
opportunity 10 attend school and lcatr
MS letters. ON the evening of Fcbruar'
itro ho,l, noon, ,,.or stor, ,,
stretched himself on tho voiI warn
o,,roo he asked his rartuer 70 le.
.boir ,i~n bono ,,,rh,,go1 ,,,r II.
.ano b,cl, from yv,ehlr,.-,n and thor
hey yyou1d 90 nm rracti.lrs l,,. AS If
No never had been nresido,,t Rising and
,vall.inc tn t,,.. door bo,,,.rr IN. s.oi.,
IF a rorobodir.-. that ho would mot return
71ho Al las, TURNING ,,c.y with a
7,ot,rfuI face no v,I..7 down the
stairs and n3s,cd under tr. cr.a,in.
sign for the last time
II. was ia lo,,o homo on fine morrow.
February II. 1861 TO h,rin the lloonicst
..ru tlat ever fen IN tr,. IN, az Il pres.-
Sent. Thai he was conscious Of The great
tssk before him. is pla!n from INF, fare
neu snoccL TO his friends ON leaving
.Drinefeld.
Tho morning Of February Il. 1881. which
VAS on MONDAY. had been stormy. and its
sloom added to the depression felt by
all the party ACCOMMODATING Lincoln. This
Included Mrs. Lincoln and their three
sons. Robert r. William and Thomas.
Inc family physician, Iincoln's two score
taries. John @. Nicola and John Hay.
and about a dozen prominent politicians.
"The leave taking presented a scene of
Fubdued anxiety. almost of solemnity,"
say Nicolay and Hay in their Life Of
lincoln" Mr.. Lincoln took a position
in the waiting room. where his friends
filed past him, often merely pressing his
Land in silent emotion.
"'rhc half finished ceremony was broken
in upon by the ringing of bells and rush
car into which the prcsident-elcc and his
party made their way Then there came
the central incident OF the morning.
1.-THE bell gave notice OF starting, but
as the conductor paused with his hand
lifted to the bell rope, Mr.. Lincoln APP
peared Oh the platform of the car and
raised his hand 10 command attention.
1.-THE byStanders barred their heads
to the falling snownakes, and stand-
Ing thus, his ueighbors heard his voice
for a last time. in the city of his home,
Fara,t-al1 aJIrosc chaeto and