Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-29

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..rrbe .6sonnerbaade, ha said 70
cantIv did NOT annrovo ~ ~ ,neat.
mo ~ Inc lov.,l Stata I,vao,,ti,,a. a.
Albania an Septenber 95 1890 and .a
had "a take a lot Of anuee in return
fo, ON. endorse,ner,t "a, tho prosida,,t,s
! p,oels ma+ion And tn ,biolx ;, Ia aaa-
ed ssy9Is, ~ am the onlv ona laft of
those vsl1o attended maj r,an,orahie
conference.
E,iebtv-one wears of ago and foo faa-
ble nhvsicaIlv to receive the GREETINGS
NJ Iresidont raft an Ued,asdax, 1ss+
ar tba tiftiafh anntvers,,., r.eIahration
! II find historic gathering The old GOV
arhor is sin sclear of brain and dis
crin,i,atinelv nice in his distinctions
v,l9en 10 speaks of the comnIax poli-
! tics, ~ those traphIous times
sonn after fbe battle III Antietam.
lincoln issled his Proclamation warn
ING save holders that II thev did not
la, down their arms Within three
,oonthe tho sfayes Womb ba set free.
| Alnaost immediatelv-jn two DAYS
| tiYne i'm faet-Andrew G. Curtin Gov
o,nor af rennsylyania suggested to a
member of the Presidents Cabinet that
eao GOO ADDITIONAL troops should he rails
! cd. and that it would be an admirable
MEN To call together the Governors of
! the loval states. The matter was laid
| before lincoln. and Lincoln said. Let
| nc have them
| Gath.r;no of the Governors.
| As soon as we assembled said
| Coz, e.nrae one 1--WE made Gov Andrew
&c Massacbusetts chairman. and au-
tbo,izea him To draw nm an address
|
o,.ta tba way even moro VIGOROUSLY
a,,a o1so annrovinp his fermentation
Dc. Then we all SIGNED II
ia se,,t II an IN WASHINGTON THAT
,aaating lasted only about thirty min
ntas We were all Of ono mind,
TIE eieners If this address of en-
o,,,ra cement were. Andrew of Massa-
ch,,setts. curtin of Pennsvlvania.
yyashh,,rn of Maine. Yates of Illino-
ia.s calomon of Wisconsin. Kirkwood.
| ce 1o,,1a. Martin of indiana. piernont
af wet vireinia Tod of Obia. Perry
| ~ New Hampshire. Blair of Michi-
| oa,, ara Snrapue of Rhode island 8;
B,,t more than a wear before this
~ snrapne had testified in a high
| " nractical way to his devotion TO the
/ isa,,s. Of tha North Henry Wizard in
lie memoirs wrote. a'ot} -
80 II was o,,r darkness was not
broken nv \ raw of light tin the 18th
| 9.nr;f 1sg1a and in the meantime. the
in, ma iance : gloom. and depression
were ho,,rlv increasing No one felt it
MORO than the President. saw him
| raneataf,Iv and he fairly eroaned at
the inexnlicabIe DELAY in the advent of
helm from, ioval States. heard him
| CO., too. when he reviewed the men of
+ha civtb sMassa chusetts 4be very
words that Nicolav and Hav
onote Il begin Ia believe there is no
North The Seventh New York Reei
ment is a myth. The. Rhode Island
+r,ons frauortad to he ON the way IN
the potomac, are another. You are the
onIv raaI thing, Rut \ .mvth' prov
| 81 ~ 10 a reality after all on Thurs
| dav the oEth nv very hard march
| of +y,sn..,. fo,,r hours from AnnapoIis
| .l,a e,evantl, New York and the Fiehtl,
| Massacbusatts. managed tn reach An
| ,sno,is Jnnction ON the morning of
| tl,9t dsv 81 cannot express the revi-
| 81 oe bono aud confidence the exbul-
| .atian fbat fell and that filed all
| ,a,ra1 hearts ac that crack BODY of
| Naup ya,,l. Volunteers nearly a fhans-
| ond etrano marched nm Pennevlvania
| Aven,s preceded by a magnificent
/ hand The Seventh was immediately
| followed nv the Eighth Massachusetts
and nv two Rbode Island regiments
| accommodated nv the Youthful Gov.
Snra e,,a,
And again later in the same mem
oirs: lone of the points of attraction
was the headquarters of Gov. Sprague
of Rhode Island. who had recruited
three regiments in his state, and led
them to Washington ~
Youthful Governor Sprague
The youthful GOV. Sprague" was
probably one of the Youngest men ever
elected in this country to the chief
place in a State. He was but twenty
nine years of age when in 1860 he was
chosen Governor of Rhode Island at
crisis IN the history of State and ma
tion. His term was for one year only.
At its conclusion he was reelected
and nine DAYS later Fort Sumter was
fired on Rhode Island ana Spfasue
were the hrst TO respond TO Lincoln 5
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