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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 19ll
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LINCOLN'S FOE
AS WAR CHIEF?
But For Untimely Death of Stephen A.
Douglas the President Might Have
Made Him Head of the Army.
By J. H. ROCKWELL.
ICopyrlght, 1911, by American Press Asso
ciation, j
'OW generally this fact Is known
I cannot say, but that Presi
dent Lincoln had It In mind
to place Stephen A. Douglas
at the head of the army Is vouched
for hy Judge William 0. Evvliig, for
merly a well known lawyer of Qulucy,
111., and a noted lecturer on Christian
Science. Judge Ewlng was Intimately
acquainted with both President Lln-
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STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
coin and Senator Douglas. Ho en
Joyed their confidence and friendship
as perhaps few other men ever did,
and any statement from him touching
the administration of Mr. Lincoln Is
unquestionably to be relied upon.
At a recent reception In Judge Ew
ing's honor at the Soldiers' homo la
Qulucy the Judge told his hearers that
Douglas was a man of military gen
ius, and he related In words sub
stantially as follows the Incident of
Lincoln's Intention to make his old
political opponent commander In chief
of the army.
"I obtained this Information," sold
Judge Ewlng, "directly from Senator
Orville LI. Browning of Illinois, one
office, for reference ns the war went
on, to see how fur It might prove to
be true. Meanwhile so firmly con
vlnced did tbe president become of
Douglas' high military skill that only
for the letter's death June 3, 1801 he
would have made him commander in
chief. 'President Lincoln told me that,
said Senator Browning, 'with his own
lips.' "
Why Secretary Cameron Quit.
Another wartime Incident related
by Judge Ewlng, not widely known
If known at all beyond those lnimedl
ately concerned, related to the reslg
nation of Secretary of War Simon
Cameron.
"Thurlow Weed," said the Judge,
"was thoroughly possessed by the
idea that Mr. Cameron as secretary
of war was not strong enough to
cope with the military situation like
ly to confront him. So deeply was
ho impressed by this notion that he
finally went to Mr. Lincoln, stated his
view of the matter and asked that
Cameron be requested to resign. 'Well,
I can't do that,' answered the presi
dent; 'I simply cannot do It. I would
resign myself before I would do that.
" 'Well, now, Mr. President," urged
Weed, 'I can make the matter per
fectly easy for you so easy for you,
in fact, that all you will have to do
will be to accept his resignation. In
deed, I will so arrange it that Cam
eron will come to you himself volun
tarily and ask to be relieved.'
"To this plan Lincoln readily assent
ed, and Weed went about Joying his
plans accordingly. As a result the
next time Weed called on Cameron he
stepped back hastily, looked at the sec
retary with marked anxiety and said:
'Why, Cameron, what's the matter?
You look ns pale as a sheet!
" 'There is nothing the matter with
mo,' replied Cameron. 'I am quite well.'
"For several days this performance
went on, different men calling and re
marking their surprise at his apparent
Illness.
"Finally Weed called on Cameron
again himself and again spoke of the
secretary's look of illness. 'It Is evi
dent to me, Mr. Cameron,' said Weed,
'that the work of this office is under
mining your health. You have no
right, in Justice to yourself, to allow
these responsibilities to kill you. Come
with me up to my place on the Hud
son and take n good long rest.'
"Cameron accepted the invitation,
and after he hnd been at Weed's for
some time Weed tactfully suggested
that they quietly call In a certain noted
specialist. This physician said:
" 'I find, Mr. Secretary, that you have
no organic trouble, but you have been
greatly overworked, and a long rest Is
absolutely essential to prevent a nerv
ous breakdown, and I would suggest a
sea voyage.'
"By this time Mr. Cameron was
ready to nsk that the president relieve
him of his duties as secretary of war,
and Weed, recalling the doctor's rec
ommendation of a sen voyage, hinted
to Mr. Cameron that ho would do well
to ask for n foreign mission.
"Fortunately for Weed's plnus Cas-
slus M. Clay, our minister to Russia,
hnd Just tendered his resignation on
account of his desire to enter the mili
tary service. So Weed went to Presi
dent LIucoln about the matter, and the
result was that Clay became a major
general, Cameron became ambassador
to Kussla and Edwin M. Stanton be
came secretary of war."
ddrew ofBbmbaiiiHincolii
cdication of
HcttvsburoHd
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Qttrscore and smn .years a$o our father brought
forth on tl)i$ continent anew nation.conceived in
jibertp.and dedicated to tbe proposition that all
men are created egnaljlS ow we are encd in areaf
civil war, testing wbetber tbat nation, or any nation so con
ceived and so dedicated.can lonj endarajfc are met on a
. T. zz : : or rn i
3reat battlefield of tbe war.Bje have come to dedicate
portion of tbat field as a final resting place for tbose wbo
bereave tbeir lives tbat tbeir nation mi.qbt XmSMi is al
together fitting and proper tbat we sbould do this.
gjjut,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate.we can not con-
wi : t. 7-. r
mg) secrate.we can not ballow tbis ground.
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living and dead, wbo struggled bere.bave consecrai
be brave men,
ed it far above
our power to add or detract jgjjbe world will little note.nor long
remember, wbat wc say hi re, but it an never forget wbat tbey
didbere.jlfjt is for us, tbe living.ratber to be dedicated here
to tbe unfinished work wbicb tbey wbo fought here have
thus far so nobly advancedlSt is rather for us to Te here
Tn '. 1. Tii : : iSzsi- ; . ;
dedicated to the jreat task remaining before us-that from
these honored dead we take increased devotion to tbat cause
forwhich they gave the last full measure of devotion -that
we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in
vain-that this nation, under d5od. shall have a new birth
of freedom -and that government of tbe people.by thepeo-
pie, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
WHAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS DOING
ON HIS BIRTHDAY FIFTY YEARS AGO
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8TRPHEN A. DOIIOLAS MONUJIUNT AT FOOT
OF THIHTY-Fll'TIISTltlOIiT, CUICAUO, OVBH
LO0K1NO LAK1Q MMIIKIAN TUB "MTTl.B
GIANT ' L1U8 UUKIKD UNDKU THIS MONU
MUNT. of Lincoln's closest associates. '1
want to tell you something that Lin
coln told me recently about Douglas,'
Bald Senator Browning. Then lie went
on to say that Lincoln told him Doug
las called at tho While House early in
18til to talk about the military situa
tion and urged that Instead of issuing
his call for 75,000 men, us the presi
dent already had done, the call should
have been for 000,000. Douglas asked
Mr. Lincoln for a map, pointed out to
him t'jo various Important strategic
points which would be developed In
the coming struggle and contended
Unit it would require ninny times tbe
number of men called for to properly
take enre of thesj points.
"In tho course of his discussion
Douglas pointed out, as Inter events
proved to bo true, practically every
ftreat future battleground and out
lined what a few years later was the
march of Sherman's great nrmy to the
ea. The president suggested that Mr
Douglas visit the war olllce and pre
ent his views to General Wlntleld
Bcott, who nt that time was the com
mander In chief of the army. This
was done, and General Scott was so
profoundly Impressed by what Doug
las pointed out to him that ho con
fessed himself to be thoroughly satis
fled of Mr. Douglas' correctness, but
he objected to a call for nddltlonnl
men for the reason that the country
fc-ould not understand tho need of It
and would not sustain the call.
"President Lincoln was no less deep
ly Impressed by Mr. Douglas' views
than was General Scott, and lie care
fully preserved tho map that Mr.
Douglas hnd marked, laying It nwaj'
in a private drawer. In bis private
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Emancipator Buried In Concrete Vault
Beneath Springfield Monument.
INCE Sept. 22, 1001, the remains
of Abraham Lincoln have re
posed in a vault beneath the
splendid Lincoln monument at
Springfield, 111., imbedded In a solid
mass of concrete. The entire mouu
ment, which was crumbling to decay,
was rebuilt ten years ago. Temporari
ly the metul casket containing the env
bnlined body of Lincoln was removed
to another vault.
Before placing tho remains in the
new vault bulit under the reconstruct
ed edifice tho monument commission
ers caused tho casket to bo chiseled
open, bo that the body could bo Identi
fied as a matter of record and to pre
vent nuy future dispute which might
arise as to tho identity of tho contents
of the tomb.
Eighteen persons wero preseut when
tho casket was opened. All of them
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viewed tbe remains, positively identi
fying them as Abraham Lincoln's.
Then the casket was sealed up anew
and placed In the vault, where, after
being surrounded by n steel cage, It
was imbedded iu n wall of concrete
which will mako it extremely dilllcull
to gain access to the remains should
any occasion for such access nrlso In
the future.
It Is tho earnest hope of the commis
sioners and of the general public thai
no eucu occasion will arise.
IiOHKUT DON'S ELL.
MR. LINCOLN'S SAFE ARRIVAL
Extract from Memoirs by Hon. Elihu
B. Washbitrne.
"On the INtli of Fobrnurv, 18IU, the
two liouKou of oongrens mot iu joint
session to count and declare tlm olno
tornl vote. As iu all times of great
excitement, the air whh tilled with
numberless and absurd rumors; a few
were in fear that iu some nufoiseen
way the ceremony of the conut might
be interrupted and the result not de
clared. And lieuoH all VVneliingtnu
was on the qui vivo. Tho joint
meeting was to take place in the hull
of the house of representatives at high
noon. An immmiso throng filled the
houso end of tho eapitol. All the
gilded corridors leadiug to the hall of
the house wore crowded, and the gal
leries packed. Ueantiful and gor
gootisly dressed ladies entered tliB
hall, found their way into the oloak
rjonis, and many of them oconpied
the Boats of the members, who gal
antly surrendered them for the occa
sion. "The joiut convention of the two
hounei was presided over by Mr.
lireokenridge, who surved out his
term of vice president, till March 4,
18iU The Hon. Lyman Tiutulull
was appointed teller on the part of
the senate, and Motsri. Phelps, of
By J. A.
EDGERJON
CopyiitSt, 191 1,
by American
Picm Anociatios
N Feb. 12, 1801, Abraham Lincoln was on his way to Washington to
take the oath of olllce as president. The day previous, Feb. 11, he
had left his home In Springfield to begin that memorable journey
from which he was never to return. The simple and touching little
Speech of farewell to his neighbors has since become a classic. The night of
Feb. 11 was spent in Indianapolis, then little more than an overgrown country
rlllage. The Indianapolis address of the president elect was a momentous one
In that It broke his long silence and gave an anxious country a line on the
future policy of the incoming administration.
Feb. 12 Mr. Lincoln was fifty-two years old. It was a mild and beautiful
Say. Early In the morning Mrs. Lincoln and her two sons joined the presiden
tial party. Governor Oliver V. Morton called at the Bates House, where Mr.
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LINCOLN'S PK1VATK CAIt AND FACSIMILE OF INVITATION TO
HIDE ON SPECIAL THAIN WHICH TOOK THE PRESIDENT ELECT
FROM SP1UNGF1ELD TO WASHINGTON.
Lincoln had lodged, and drove the president elect and his companions to break
fast at the governor's mansion. An immense crowd filled the corridors of the
iotel and adjoining streets, and an even greater multitude had gathered about
the depot, to which the party were escorted by a committee of tho legislature
md the governor. At shortly after 10 o'clock the trip eastward was resumed
mild the shouts of the people.
One picturesque feature of the journey was that every half mile the rall-
oiul had stationed flagmen to Indicate that the line was open and everything
ias all right. Instead of the usual red or white railroad signals, however,
hese men waved American flags.
Short stops were made nt Shelliyvllle, Greeusbuig, Morris and Lawrence-
liurg, and at each point Mr. Lincoln said a few words in farewell. The crowds
n-ere not confined to these larger towns, however. At every station was
aeard the sound of cheering as the Lincoln tralu whizzed by.
The crowd was so great at Cincinnati that the train had to stop until the
)olice and military could force a way for the locomotive. Those on the track
rled to get out of the way, but the multitude behind prevented. Mr. Lincoln
mis met at the station by the mayor of the city and escorted by a military and
ivle procession to the llurnet House.
After a brief rest Mr. Lincoln was escorted to the balcony, where he was
nt reduced by the major. Referring to the only speech lie had ever made in
Cincinnati, the president elect quoted from this address some humorous re
marks ho had made to the Kentuckians. He had told thorn that the Kepubllc
ms would beat them and had also promised what the victors would do with
:heni when beaten. "I will tell you," he had then said, "what we mean to do
-i t 1b you. We mean to treat you as near as we possibly can as Washington,
lefrerxou and Madison treated you."
Tbat night a reception was held at the Burnet House. It was remarked
;lint the president elect looked very well and was in good spirits.
COPYMOHT 181Lf AJUR.1CAX tS.t MVOOUIOK
VNCE Lincoln said." What words ot
weight ere treasured
And linked forever with his deathless name
Words tender, true, that by no scale are measured,
' Whose worth all future ages shall acclaim!
And Lincoln's deeds how wondrously recorded,
Beyond the skill of monumental arts!
Let others be to temple shrines accorded,
While his are graven on our loving hearts.
i i "NCE Lincoln said." How many a merry
story
By words like these are heralded each day!
Though great his worth, though unsurpassed his
glory,
This is the homage we most freely pay.
His courage to historians we leave it;
Til known to every boundary of the earth.
His wisdom without question we believe it,
But cherish most his simple, kindly mirth.
"Once Lincoln "id'"
can still us
No trumpet note
With power so sure a simple tale to hear;
No other name has such a spell to thrill us
Or such a charm to hold the listening ear.
So shall it be in all the ages after.
The world itself shall feeble grow and old,
Be out oi tune with wisdom, truth and laughter,
Ere the last Lincoln story has been told.
HE DIDN'T KNOW LINCOLN.
New Englander Tells -f Opportunity
He Missed as a Boy.
"Way down east" Abraham Lincoln
was no celebrity when, early In 1800,
he made a trip through New England
Though that was but a few mouths be
fore his nomination for the presidency,
Lincoln passed twice through Boston
practically unnoticed, and . to this day
nobody knows whether he put up nt a
hotel or ate at a restaurant. William
Walnwright, who was a boy in Exeter,
N. H., tells this story of Lincoln's visit
to his homo town. On tho morning of
Lincoln's nrrival he was engaged in
fishing for eels In a canal.
The eels were biting well, and Waln
wright was using two poles, oblivious
of everything but the pleasurable task
In hand, until he became conscious of
somebody climbing the fence behind
him.
He supposed It was another boy, but
on looking up was surprised to see a
tall, solemn looking man. The man
smiled and remarked that the boy was
pretty busy. The boy replied that be
was; that "they were lilting tine." The
man then asked if he could use one of
the poles. Ills request was granted,
und after cat. hing a few eels he accl
(entaiiy broke the pule, whl; h was n
rough alder stick, such as New Hamp
shire boys nre wont to use. lie offered
to pay for the pole, but on the boy's
refusing he climbed the fence again
and went away.
Voting Walnwright did not learn un
til later that his guest was Abrahan
Lincoln.
ROBERT LINCOLN,
SON OF ABRAHAM
Only Surviving Child of Emancipator
Might Have Been President but For
Moral Honesty Like His Father's.
By R.OBERTUS LOVE.
AT Robert Todd Lincoln, the
only surviving child of Abra
ham and Mary Todd Lincoln,
might have become president
of the United States had he but said
"Barkis Is wllllti' " is the belief of
many persons who understand Amer
ican politics and human nature. Sev
eral times Mr. Lincoln has been "prom
inently mentioned" for nomination on
in
the Republican t ket. The present
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ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, ONLY SURVIVING
CHILD OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
writer recalls a day In boyhood when
his father said to him during the ad
ministration of Fresident Arthur:
"Well, Robert LincolD Is going to be
our next president."
'W-hy?" asked the boy. "How do
you know?"
"Because," answered the man, "he
Is the son of his father, and, moreover,
he Is a good man for the place."
But Bob Lincoln would have none of
It. Ho kept on practicing law In Chi
cago, where he still resides, and let
the mentloners keep on mentioning
him. He did absolutely nothing to
boost his own political fortunes. Why?
I know now since I have grown up.
This Robert Todd Lincoln possesses in
considerable degree that quality which
more than any other characterized his
Illustrious father. Moral honesty Is the
quality meant Commercial honesty,
business honesty, Is quite another qual
ity. Moral honesty lies deeper. Abra
ham Lincoln never did and never
would accept any favor which was
based upon the achievements of any
other man. His tub stood on its own
bottom. He paddled his own canoe.
And Robert Lincoln, after him, has re
fused to take political preferment
based upon the reputation of his fa
ther. Now at sixty-seven years of age,
eleven years older than was his father
when the Booth bullet cut him down,
Robert Lincoln no longer is mentioned
for the presidency.
President Garfield made Mr. Llncoia
his secretary of war when the latter
was only thirty-eight years old. Lincoln
did not seek the appointment. He had
shown his ability ns a supervisor In
Chicago and as a lawyer. When Garfield
fell before an assassin's bullet and
Chester A. Arthur succeeded him Rob
ert Lincoln was the only member of
the Garfield cabinet who was retained,
and at the end of Arthur's administra
tion he was the only member of Ar
thur's cabinet whose work was wholly
approved by the public.
Back to Chicago and his law offices
went Lincoln, but when Benjamin Har
rison became president he made Lin
coln minister to England. Lincoln did
not seek the post.
Nevertheless Mr. Lincoln Is a presi
dent For about thirteen years he has
been president of the Pullman Palace
fihe Double
Tragedy
Of Fresident Lincoln and the Man
Who Had Saved His life
By MILLARD MALTBIE
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 1011.
Missouri, nuilIWashbnrno, of Illinois.
on the part of the houso. The count
proceeded without incident, and the
vice president annouueed the election
of Lincoln aud Hamlin.
(("There was a oertaiu feeling of re
lief among the loyal people of the
country that Mr. Lincoln had been
declared to bo duly elected president
without the'leasi pretense of illegal
ity or irregualrity.
"That there was a conspiracy in
Baltimore to asensiuate him as lie
passed through, there osn be no rea
sonable doubt. We hoped he m'ght
be able to come through in the day
time from Philadelphia, taking a,
train secretly aud cutting the wires
so that his departare could not be
kuowu. But General Scott's detec
tives iu K.tltiniore had developed
such a condition of things, that Gov
ernor Siiward thought that the president-elect
and his friends in Philadel
phia should bs advised in renard
thereto, aud on the night of the 23d
of February lie sent bin son, Frederio
V., over to Philadelphia to consult
with them.
"Mr. Liucolu bad previously had a
conversation with the detective Pink-
ertou and Mr. Frederic W. Seward
Jndd, of Chicago, one of the most
conspicuous and trusted friends of
Mr. Lincoln, who had accompanied
the party from Springfield, suggested
a plan which, after full'discussion by
Mr. Lincoln aud all his friends pres
ent, was agreed npon and successfully
carried ont. This plan, as ia gener
ally known, was that after the dinner
which Governor Curtin bad tendered
to him had been finished, at six
o'olock in the afternoon, he should
take a special car and train from
Harrisborg for Philadelphia to inter
cept the nigh train from New York
in Tegaru io;me couuiuun oi iniugs a to Washington. Xue telegraph wires
Baltimore. Tbe Hon. Norman B from Harrisborg were all cot, so
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS RON THOMAS
(TAD), WHO DIED IN BOYHOOD,
Car company, with which the Wagner
Palace Car company Is consolidated.
How did he get It? Tull? Father's
name? Not at all. He was for years
counsel for the Pullman company, and
when George M. Pullman died he was
elected to the place because of his abil
ity and availability.
Resolutely has Robert Lincoln ad
hered to his determination not to per
mit his illustrious ancestry to put him
forward. He has occupied a peculiar
position before the American people
and the world as the only living son of
the great war president He has occu
pied It with unfailing dignity. He has
fhrunk from public notice based upon
lis descent from Abraham Lincoln.
there con id be no possible telegrphlc
connection with the outside world.
The connection was made at Phila
delphia Mr. Linooln was transferred
to the Washington train without ob
servation, to arrive at his destination
on time the next morning without
the least miscarriage.
"I stood behind the pillars in the
depot awaiting the arrival
train. When it came to a
watched with fear and trembling to
see the passengers descend. I saw
There nre many stories in the life of
Abraham Lincoln. Probably no man
ever lived who was connected with
more romances. But iu them all there
Is something sad. It was a period of
war in which these events of which he
was the central figure occurred, and
only a very few of the romances ex
tracted from war have happy termina
tions. No one can look upon the por
trait of Abraham Lincoln without see
ing there the solemnity of those four
years when the boys of '01 to 'Co were
being mowed down like wheat, when
every family iu the north and in the
south were mourners.
There is one event in the life of
President Lincoln which, If certain
efforts that were made had been un
successful, would have left nonexist
ent his leadership iu tbe great struggle
and he would have gone down In
history simply as the man whose elec
tion brought it on. True, It would
have been adorned with the crown of
martyrdom, but at the beginning In
stead of the end of his career.
This is the story of his escape from
that earlier attempt to assaslnate him
which was a failure:
It was In the spring of 1SG1, when
secession sympathizers were plotting
against the lines of communication
leading from tho national capital, that
a man, middle aged, muscular and
with a determined though tranquil
face, appeared In Perrymansvllle,
Md. He was a Plnkerton detective
and had been sent there to discover
plots to damage railroad property.
When Mr. Lincoln went to Washing
ton for his first inauguration, having
passed through New York, he went
southward on the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio railroads. Allan
Plnkerton, chief of a Chicago detec
tive bureau, learned through a master
machinist of the latter road that a
number of secessionists had bound
themselves by on oath to assassinate
Mr. Lincoln while Journeying to the
capital. There was but little time to
act, for the president elect was about
to leave his home. When the assassi
nation plan was conceived It was not
known by the conspirators by what
route Mr. Lincoln would go to the cap
ital. They were therefore obliged to
arrange for an attack upon him at sev
eral different points. The Perrymans
vllle branch of the organization pre
tended to be a cavalry company. Web
ster, who, though of a quiet exterior,
knew how to sham very deep feeling
against the Yankee government, at
once enrolled himself In this cavalry
company. -
But getting Into the company was
far from getting Its plans, and unfor
tunately there was very little time to
discover them. Webster relied on his
pretended hatred of tbe government to
secure his initiation Into the inner cir
cle. His ruse succeeded. He was In
vited to go to the house of the captain
of the company, but not to say a word
about the Invitation. In a room every
window of which was protected
against hearing and seeing from the
outside he met men from the central
point of the conspiracy, Baltimore, and
was received as one of the planners
of the work to be done.
Seated about a table, the party dis- .
:ussed different methods of assassi
nating the president elect. Webster,
being a new man and of a reserved
disposition, listened to the others, only
occasionally pointing out some weak
spot iu a proposition or suggesting a
way to obviate It. Before the confer
ence broke up it had been decided to
shoot Mr. Lincoln at the depot as he
wns passing through Baltimore on the
23d of March.
Webster now had the plans In his
possession. Taking himself away
from the so called cavalry company.
he went where he could safely commu
nicate with his chief, Allan Plnkerton.
On the night of the 21st of February
Plnkerton met Mr. Lincoln at the Con
tinental hotel at Philadelphia and re
vealed the plot.
The question now, arose how, having
the plan, to defeat it. A ruse was
adopted. Instead of going on to Wash
ington direct. Mr. Lincoln was taken
northwest to narrlsburg. But It was
no easy Job to turn the gaze of mil
lions of people from the most promi
nent figure In the land with hosts of
newspaper correspondents watchlns
his every movement. The telegraph
wires lending out of narrisburg were
secretly grounded, thus cutting off that
city from the rest of the world.
Mr. Lincoln now being able to travel
without news of his passage being tel
egraphed from every station, a private
train was made up at Ilarrlsburg, and
the presideut elect-It is said that he
was dlsguised-was taken back to Phil
adelphia and at midnight of the 22d
Instead of the 23d, as had been ar
ranged, was rushed through Baltimore
and early the next morning arrived
safe In Washington.
This brief statement of the plan to
assassinate tbe president elect and Its
defeat Is essential to the story-a story
of Abraham Lincoln as the central fig
ure and Timothy Webster, whose
quick work was instrumental in sav
ing him for the great work he was tc
accomplish. It would have been well
had the president kept Webster by
him until, his task having been fin
Ished. he should return to the less dan-
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sleepng car three persons. I could
not mistake the long, lank form of
Mr. Lincoln and my heart bounded
with joy and gratitude. He had on a
soft low-crowned hat, a mn flier
around his neck, and a short bob
tailed overcoat. Any one who knew
him at that time conld nni h.
failed to recognize him at once, but
I must confess, he looked more like a
--ao rarnier irom one of the
vac uue 'i jo ijavies i
every car emptied and there was do ! ing to Wa hinston to see the citv
Mr. Lincoln I was well nigh in ( take ont his land warrant and get the
saw slowly emerge from the last dent of the United States.
presl.