The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-02-10

SPTsH0Heso, on the mira Floor OF
Which Was Lincoin's Law Office.
~ well as at midnight and limited no
longer by Lindsay's poetic vision Of
Lincoln Walks at Midnight" The
poet wrote:
It 10 portentous and q thing Of state
That here at midnight, in our little town.
Near the old Courthouse pacing up and
down..
Some Of the locations marked are
o intimate than others to the
writer, though all are worthily and
correctly placed. Four Of the tablets
mark places and events where I was
present and familiar with the events
cited. These are the ones at the old
Journal Office, where Lincoln received
the telegram notifying him Of his
nomination; at the G. NJ. Smith build.
Ing, in the third story, where Lincoln
wrote his first inaugural address; also
the tablet reciting events at the State
house (now Court house,, where his
great speeches were delivered and
where his body lay in state and from
where 1t was borne to the tomb. The
fourth tablet marks the law Office
which Lincoln occupied the last seven
teen years he was in Springfield. This
Is to me the most appealing and sacred
Of all in memory's retrospect.
LincoIn's Law Office.
The first three mentioned I will not
further refer to here, as they were
fully described in my personal Recol-
lections of Abraham Lincoln"
OF the Lincoln law Office some more
intimate recognition Of the part it had
in Lincoln's life deserves mention at
this time. This office was the center
Of Lincoln's legal, political and literary
activities in Springfield. Volumes might
have been written of what took place
here, had there been such a compe-
tent, gossiping scribe as Boswell al
ways present to take notes of what
transpired.
1t is now more than sixty years
since 1 passed daily under the swing
ing sign, Lincoln & Herndon," and up
and down the stairway, into and from
a back room, located in what was then
a two-story building. This had been
the law Office of Abraham Lincoln for
the last seventeen and most strenuous
years he spent in Springfield.
1t was my privilege, for several of
those later years, to share In that Of
fee its routine as a student, and to
enjoy the personality and instruction
Of this most remarkable man of his
century.
The end of his presence at the law
Office came the evening Of February 10,
1861. l recall seeing Abraham Lincoln
passing that night, for the last time,
out of his Office and down the narrow
stairway to the street. On the fol-
lowing morning he departed from
Springfield on his mission into the
strange, strenuous sacriicial life that
has embalmed his memory forever to
endure in the heart of the ages.
Foresaw Coming Events.
No place in Springfield, not ever his
tomb, throngs with memories such as
this Office brings to the students Of
Lincoln's history. LincOln's most
studious years were spent here, a.
well as the most aspiring ones. 1t
was here that he grew clear visioned
on the futures national problems and
threw his whole soul into their solu-
tion. Here he acquired his dexterous
skill in handling human implements.
Political events rapidly succeeded each
other in those years he spent there.
These arose to a climax at length with
swiftness unlocked for by most others.
Not 80 to Lincoln. They eliminated at
last suddenly, bringing fierce strife