Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-02-06
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

killed by Indians. His three sons
We're with him. The oldest ran
to the house and reached it I'M
harmed The next in age ran in
another direction for the nearest
settlement. The youngest, a boy
of six, was seized by one of the at
tackers.
When the oldest boy looked out,
after barring the door, he saw his
brother in the grasp of an Indian.
He took down the family musket,
aimed through an opening and shot
the Indian dead. The boy, re-
leased, made his way to the house
In few hours rescuing party
from the settlement drove the raid
ers away.
The six-year old boy was Thomas
Lincoln. He became the father of
Abraham Lincoln.
Thirty-two years later two boys,
, chums, were strolling along Knob
creek, Hardin county, Kentucky.
The younger, only seven years old,
attempted to swing himself over
the creek on sycamore tree. Mid
way he lost his hold and fell in.
The other rescued him. The res
cuer's name was Gallagher, and
but few men have been privileged
to perform equal service for their
country.
The boy he rescued was Abraham
Lincoln.
Twice death was cheated that
America might be saved. 1t was
chance, or something else. Most
Americans prefer to believe it was
something else.
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth pres
ident of the United States, was
born in Hardin county. kentucky,
, On February Is, 1909, being the
son of Thomas Lincoln, laboring
farmer. While he was still boy,
his father moved to Illinois; there
Lincoln beagn life as a laborer in
the bush. building rail fences-a
circumstance which gained for him
in after years the designation of
1.-The rail-splitter"-also working as
a common sailor on the flat boats
which navigated the Mississippi
river. While thus employed he
picked up little learning. and
gave all his spare time to reading
what books came his way. He
served as captain of militia during
the Indian troubles in the North
west and in 1884 was elected to
the Illinois legislature. Three
years later he was ADMITTED to the
bar, and met with much success as
an advocate. In 1S47 he was
elected to congress, where he sup
ported the Whig party and became
conspicuous as an opponent of slav-
cry. The Wing party was broken
up after the presidential election
of 1852, and Two years fater he ap-
peared as leader of the newly or
ganized Republican party. He made
several unsuccessful attempts to OBJ
tain seat in the senate. In 1860,
however, he was raised to the high
est office in the republic.
The national Republican conyen-
ton met at Chicago in June of that
year, and up to the eleventh hour
it was supposed that Mr. Chase OF
the state of Ohio, and Mr.. Bates of
Missouri. would divide the votes of
| the western delegation; but they
were suddenly abandoned. and Mr..
Lincoln was brought forward in
their stead. The local pressure was
so great that he carried the nomi
nation over Mr. Seward, and was
elected president in November,
! 1860
The result of the election was
| tremendous. Nearly all the south
ern states seeded from the Union
before the new president was in
augurated. Then came the attack
on Fort Sumpter and the terrible
Civil war, which for four long wears
devastated the southern states of
the Union. Lincolns tact and SER
| vice during these four years are
too we'll known to be recounted
At the expiration of his term Of
office he was reelected to the
presidency. and lived to see the III
innate success of the federal arms
and the surrender of Richmond and
the army of General Robert f Lee
While on a visit TO the Ford the
atre, Washington, April IA, 1861
Abraham Lincoln was shot through
the head by an actor named John
Wilkes Booth; he passed away on
the following morning.