Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-12

| rule OF three. but thnt was all. i
have not been 20 school since The
little advance ( now have upon this
store of education ] have hckod 40
from time TO time under the pressure
OF necessity.
II waB raised to farm work, which
continued til ! was 90 AZ "a
came TO Illinois ana passed the first
year in Macon county Then / got 20
New Salem, az that time IN SnnRa-
mon, now Monard county. whore 4 re-
mainod a year as n sort OF clork IN a
store. Then came the Black Hawk
var, ana / was elected captain o.
volunteers. a succeas which gave me
more pleasure than any / have had
since went through the campaign
was elected. run for the legislature the
came year (i63a) and was beaten
the only time ] have ever hoon beaten
/ by the people. The next and three
succeeding biennial elections / was
| elected 90 the legislature. I was not
candidate aftcrward. During this
legislative period ! had studied law.
and removed 20 Springfield TO practice
I'm 1876 ] was once elected 10 the
lower house Of congress Was not a
candidate for recollection. From 1919
t. 1888, both inclusive. practiced law
more assiduousy than ever before. Al.
ways "a WhiR IN politics and generally
en- the Whlg electoral ticket, making
active canvasscs. 1 was losing later
est In politics when the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise aroused me
agalE. What ! have done since then
= pretty well known.
III any personal description of me
D. thought desirable. Il may Oe said
am In height six feet four inches
nearly. lean In flesh, Weighing on an
average OF $50 pounds. dark complex
ion, with coarse black hair and gray
eyes. No other marks or brands rec
objected.
Yours very truly.
"a. LINCOLN"
This was written n couple OF years
before he ran the first time for presl-
cent The rest" as the phrase r.,
'is history" Though Douglas beat
him FOR senator. the popular vote 0f
the state WAS with him. as the legls-
lative returns showed. namely, for
Lincoln 12G.0aS, for Douglas 1890
In the first campaign for the presl-
dencp Lincoln received $50 OF the sos
electoral votes. and had a plurality OF
49l,29s OF the popular vote IN n total
Of 4,606.i93 In his second campaign
be received ai2 electoral votes out Of
233, leaving Mcclellan only n. and ne
. bad "a clear majority of 4ti42S IN
: the popular vote. Thus. az In the
I tribute OF London Punch. by Tom
/ Taylor the dramatlst, when the assas-
| sins bullet had laid him low, his
course and conduct OF the war had
keen Wndlcated:
SO he grew up. destined work 20 do.
And lived 10 do IT, four long suffering
years
III fate. IN feeling. IN report lived
through.
And then he heard the Kisses change
60 cheers.
His work was done. but he was cut
| of In his hour of triumph.
Lincoln Speeches and Letters.
Only three years ago ihe whole
1 world united In loving memory OF the
one hundredth anniversary OF the
birth Of Abraham Lincoln. With me
recollection OF that vast volume OF
oulogy still fresh upon as. IL may
sound paradoxical to hint that Lincoln
Is even now without honor In his own
country
Perhaps you have noticed that while
/ paradoxes are not always true, as Mr..
10. X. CheEtert0n would have us be-
lieye, an astOnishingly large number
have much truth In them. So II Is
with this one.
OF cOnrse we are ali able to re.
lsss1ss.ig anecdotes about the young rail-
Splitter, The country stOrekeeper, the
struggling lawyer. the stump speaker,
the presidential nominee. the Great
EmRncipator. We can tell some OF mis-
own yarns and jokes. / wonder n
laincoin's nabit OF Joking is not the
very reason we have withheld his
fuli need Of worship We are SO
prone TO Taught at, as well as with,
the man who seems TO aim az enter
tainment Let us not forget that Lam
coins stories and mastery funnng
were only escape valves for his feel.
lngs,
Well, all these superficial things,
say we know and appreciate, TO be
sure; YeS listen 10 little sermons on
1 qualities that he Is said 10 have
lposaesseh; We have heroic half mys-
tioal notions about him; he mas 9e-
come a myth. But do we know mis-
wordB2 Have we drunk his bottom
less wisdom? Are We vaccinated by
the Lincoln literature against cant
and cowardice?
The man, statesman, martyr, IS
written Ia letters so large that 10
many Il may seem antrclimaK to turn
! 20 the smaller print and read lAncOln.
the writer Of letters and maker OF
speeches Yet here / venture that ne
Is no less great No real man OF let
lers is a mere man OF letters You
and ! and all sensible people have no
/ patience with the man who writes or
talks not because he must but be.
| cause he can The writer who mas no
purpose in writing other than literary
| style may not be as obnoxious as some
other parasites. but his Importance In
the real world OF victory and defeat
Is certainly represented by a minus
sign. Liucoln is one OF the fortunate
few whose genius kept pace on an
sides
Loyal Americans have perhaps been
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