Milford chronicle., 1932-02-12
GLENDALE
Abraham Lincoln


whose fame stands out more promi-
nently than the name of Abraham
Lincoln.
Born of poor parents, February 70,
1909, at Hardin County, Kentucky, in
an old log cabin, moved to Indiana
in 1916 and to Illinois in 1890. Lin
coin had the privation and also the
training of a backwoOdsman's life.
Hic later epitaph of the rail split
ter" is reminscence of this early
period. Mr.. Lincoln tried many
things but was a failure, even when
a member of Congress from 1S47 to
1849 he was not prominent. But it
seems after his removal to Spring.
field, he moved forward with more
success. His debates with Douglass
in 1858 brought him more promi-
cent before the people at large and
Nom that time on he went forward
in the political field, until he receiy-
ed the nomination of the Republican
Party in 1860 and was elected the
sixteenth President of the United
States, defeating Douglass Breck-
enridge and Bell. IL seems that at
the election of Mr.. Lincoln the cOun-
try was on the verge of Civil War,
and it was a question whether the
newly-elected President would be
allowed to take his seat on his ar
rival in Washington if he ever got
there. The route which he was to
travel was full of enemies who
threatened his life. Baltimore was
full of such a crowd, whose sympa-
thy was with the South, who would
if possible, retard his movement
while passing through that city ON
his way to Washington.
The officials of the P. w. & B. r.
R., did in some way, gave Mr.. Lin
coin a passage through the city of
Baltimore, and he arrived safe and
sound in the city of Washington,
ready to take his seat on the 4th of
March, which he did
OF course the sympathizers with
the South predicted all kinds of cal
antilles would befall the southern
people after Mr.. Lincoln took the
oath of office.
The first inaugural address of Mr..
Lincoln was very cOnciliatOry and
showed conclusively that the Presi-
dent would go far to save the cOun-
try from civil war and also showed
to misguided people of the South
that he was really their true friend;
which afterwards when too late,
they found out.
If Mr.. Lincoln had been permitted |
to live the people of the Southern
States would not have been COM |
PEELED to endure such a siege of car
pet bag government, which they did |
under the administration of others |
after Mr.. Lincoln's death.
The great EmancipatOr's sole aim |
was to restore the Southern States |
to their former place in the Union
and to do it in the quickest way pos
sible.
General Grant at the surrender of
General Lee at Appomattox on April
9, 1865, said to General Lee, let your
officers and men keep their side
arms and horses, as they will need
them for the spring plowing. This
simply reflected the mind of Mr..
Lincoln when dealing with the men
of the South.
John Wilkes Booth who on April
IA, 1865, fired the shot which ended
the life of Mr.. Lincoln the next day,
did a deed which was a fatal blow
to the future hopes of the South and
made the North more bitter toward
the South which they blamed for the
deed committed by Booth.
Thus was ended the life of great
and good man, who if he had been
permitted to live would have done
for his country greater things than
history has now recorded.
We might call attention to the
freeing of the slaves in 1862 and his
great speech delivered at Gettys-
burg on November 10, 1868, and
many other things which he did, but
we must refer the reader to the
many histories now existing.
We will close by referring to
made in his second inau- {
gural address. He said: 81 see in the
near future a crisis arising which
lnnerves me, and causes me to
Lremble for the safety of my cOun- {
try. AS a result of the war, cOrpor-
alton have been enthorned, and an (
era of corruption in high places ;
will follow, and the money power of
the country will endeavor to pro- {
Ong it's reign by working on the
Dreiudices of the people until all the I
wealth is aggregated in few hands S
md the republic destroyed. ] feel at
his time more anxious for my /
country than ever in the midst of I
var" J
How much of this prophecy came I
rue?
Post /
With the advent of the new Jail, i
which is nearly finished, situated at {
he Almshouse Farm, near George g
own, the courts of Sussex county q
ire now sentencing criminals who 7
re to be whipped, to receive their G
in public, as The law dl- t
ects.
For many years those who were a
o receive punishment oil this kind d
yere sent to the Workhouse in New e
.astle county, where the warden 4
the lashes. Now the S
heriff of Sussex County will do h
MS work. s
The writer remembers well when o
he old whipping past and pillory o
TODD in the yard back of the court Il
ouse. Many culprits has he seen d
landing in the pillory and after
Iards receiving as many lashes so fl
) to carry out the mandates OF the a