Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-11-04


pay several hundred dollars for the
damage done. You win be apt to think
that there is too much liberty here In
the West, and perhaps that Is 80, but
the fact is these men are not half so
bad as they seem to be. Lincoln tells
me that they are honest, almost to
man, and sincerely devoted to the pub
lie good as they see It / asked Abe
Lincoln. who all his life has associated
with rough-tongued, drinking men,
how he managed to hold his own
course and keep his talk and habits so
clean.
why, the fact u.s. said he, Il have
associated with the people who lived
around me only part Of the time, but
have never stopped associating with
myself and with Washington and Clay
and Webster and Shakespeare and
Burns and DeFoe and Scott and
Blackstone and Parsons. On the
whole, I've been in pretty good COM
pany.'
HE has not yet accomplished much
10 the legislature. don't think that
he will until some big issue comes
along. I'm not much Of q hand at
hunting SQUIRRELS he said to me the
other day. Wait till see bear The
| people Of Vandalia and Springfield
have never seen him yet. They don't
know him as / do. But they all re-
spect him-just for his good-fellow-
ship, honesty and decency. / guess
that every fellow with a foul month
| hates himself for 1t and envies the
man who isn't like him. They begin
10 see his skill as a politician, which
| has shown itself in the passage of a
bill removing the capital to Spring.
Aeld. Abe Lincoln was the man who
/ put 1t through. But he has not yet I'M
covered his best talents. Mark my
word, some day Lincoln will be big
man.
1.-THE death of his sweetheart has
aged and sobered him. When we are
together he often sits looking down
with sad face. For while not O
word out Of him. Suddenly he will
begin saying things, the effect Of
which will go with me to my grave
although cannot call back the words
and place them as he did. He is what
l would call great captain Of words
Seems as If heard the band playing
while they marched by me as WEI
dressed and stepping as proud ant
regular as the Boston Guards. II
some great battle between Right anC
Wrong you will hear from him.
hope it may be the battle between
Slavery and Freedom, although a
present he thinks they must avoit
coming to a clinch.. In my opinion 1
cannot be done. / expect to live tt
see the fight and to take part in it."
Late in the session Of 1S36-1837 thu
prophetic truth of these words began
to reveal itself. A bill was being pu
through the legislature denouncIng tn,
growth Of abolition sentiment and 1T
activity in organized societies and up
holding the right Of property In slaves
Suddenly Lincoln had come to fOrl
in the road Popularity, the urge 0
many friends, the counsel OF wealth
and power. and public opinion, the cal
of good politics pointed in one direC
ton and the crowd went that way. |
was . stampede. Lincoln stood alon
at the corner. The crowd beckoned
but In vain. One man came back an,
Joined him. It was Dan Stone, VIII
was not candidate for reelection
His political career was ended. Their
were three words on the sign-boar
pointing toward the perilous and lone
" road that Lincoln proposed to fol
low. They we're the words Justice an
Human Rights, Lincoln and Dal
Stone took that road In a protest, dc
claring that they believed the institu
ton of slavery was founded upon In
Justice and bad policy" Lincoln ha
followed his conscience, instead OF tn
crowd.
At twenty-eight years Of age he ha
safely passed the great danger poIn
In his career. The declaration at d.
catur, the speeches against Douglas
the miracle OF turning 100000 beast
into 100000 men, the sublime uttei
ance at Gettysburg, the wise parallels
the second inaugural, the innumerabl
acts Of mercy, all Of which lifted hiI
into undying fame, were now possible
Henceforth he was to 60 forward wit
the growing approval Of his own spiri
J, and the favor OF God.
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