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Beardsley - -Release Date: June 2, 2017 [EBook #54833] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN OUR OWN COUNTY *** - - - - -Produced by Paul Clark and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) Last Edit of Project Info - - - - - - - - - - Abraham Lincoln - in - Our Own County - - A Thesis. - - For the Degree of M.L. in - the College of - Literature and Science - - Henry M. Beardsley 1880. Ill. Ind. Univ. June 9 ’80 - - - - -Abraham Lincoln in Our Own County. - - -We visit scenes of historic interest, because we seem to feel that the -presence of the heroes, whose fame they help to keep, is there. Our -fair West is yet new, and, save the legends of Indian battles and of -the mound builders before them, has little of history. But from our -state, young as it is, great true men have gone forth; and one who -stands above them all, is best known and best honored of them all, was -once here in our midst. The plain streets and surroundings have for us -an additional interest, since we know that Abraham Lincoln has been -here. There are men among us now who have known him and greeted him as -honest old Abe Lincoln, the rail-splitter. - -It was nearly forty years ago that he first came to attend court here. -He was oft times advised to go to Chicago and build up for himself a -profitable business, which he was abundantly able to do. Inducements -were offered him. But he preferred to ride around the circuit with a -crowd of friendly lawyers, telling stories and studying in his odd -moments. Of his power in the former direction, we all know. M^cCarthy, -in his “History of Our Own Times”, in describing Palmerston’s power for -story-telling compares him with Bismark in his early days, and with our -own Lincoln. - -Well as Lincoln loved his fun, he was a diligent student. When a boy, -he had possessed but few opportunities for getting an education; so -that what little he had was picked up at odd moments. He used to carry -with him, on the circuit, text-books such as are used in school. At -one time when here, he had a geometry, over which he used to pore like -an ambitious school boy. At another time, he had a copy of Euclid. -The last time he was here, not long before he was elected to the -Presidency, he was studying German. He had a little book such as in -popular phrase is known as an “easy method.” The German sentence was -written upon one line; and upon the line below it was the translation -in English. As honest in this work as in every thing else, he had -prepared a little card with a hole through the centre, just wide enough -and long enough to allow one line to be seen at a time. He would lay -the card upon his book so that he could see the German sentence; then -after puzzling over it, until he thought he had mastered it, he would -slip down the card, and if his translation had been correct, would slap -himself upon the knee, evidently well pleased with his work. Under such -difficulties as these, the great man drilled his mind. It was a rich -heart back of all that made the simple treasures of his mind gleam as -they did. - -Judge Cunningham has hanging upon the walls at his home, a picture of -Lincoln, which shows him as he was known among us. His face was clean -shaven, and his dark-brown hair thrown carelessly back from his high -forehead. The upper part of his face was handsome; and there was a sort -of wistful look about the eyes that would, even in the picture, hold -one’s attention. The leathery skin was folded upon his face. About -the mouth, there was a firmness that gave additional meaning to every -feature. Looking upon the face, you would feel yourself drawn to it -by a sort of mysterious attraction. His dress showed negligence, yet -was always clean. He scarcely ever carried with him but one suit of -clothing and hence the following incident: - -During the years of his practice here, there was in Urbana a short, -stout Jew by the name of Alschuler, who kept a daguerreotype gallery. -As Lincoln was becoming somewhat famous, the Jew pressed to come up to -the gallery and sit for a picture. Finally, rather pleased himself at -the idea, the statesman stepped in one day, when he had gained a little -leisure from his work, attired in a long linen coat. Now a linen coat -is the worst sort of an affair to have on when one sits for a picture; -and so the Jew objected strongly. “But,” said Mr. Lincoln, “this is -all the coat I have brought with me from home.” “Ha! Ha! I have it--I -have it,” said the artist, after a moment’s pause; “You shall wear my -coat.” Readily assenting to the proposition, Mr Lincoln removed his own -coat and put on that of the Jew. It was scarcely an improvement; for -the garment of the Jew was, by far, too short, while the sleeves came -little beyond his elbows. But this difficulty was soon easily remedied. -At the Artist’s desire, Mr. Lincoln seated himself in a chair, and -after carefully adjusting the coat, put his hands behind him and thus -sat for his picture. - -From Lincoln’s first appearance here until 1859, there appear upon the -court records the names of but few lawyers now practicing in our midst. -There were others, like Mr. Lincoln, who travelled around the circuit. -Prominent among these were Mr Swett, now of Chicago. Mr. Lamon, David -Davis, afterwards judge of the circuit, and O. B. Ficklin, member of -Congress from the district south of us. These were a jovial set of -men, who knew well how to appreciate Lincoln’s stories. The old hotel -in Urbana, stood across the street from where the St. Nicholas now -stands; and during the noon hour, and oft times until in the night -time, passers by could hear the roars of laughter provoked by these -stories. Judge Davis used to delight in these as heartily as the best. -Coming here from some other court in the circuit on the first evening, -so soon as the crowd of lawyers had gathered together at the hotel, -Davis would say: “Now, Lincoln let us have _that story_”--and the story -once begun, the evening was filled with merriment. - -There are some who remember Lincoln as he appeared in court. He was -very tall (six feet four), and very awkward. He used to sit with one -of his long legs hanging over the other, the toe of the shoe on one -locked behind the heel of the other. When he arose to speak, he seemed -much embarrassed, and as is normally the case, knew not what to do with -his hands. So he had a habit of clasping them very awkwardly over his -stomach. As he warmed up, however, he soon forgot his hands; and being -freed, they aided him in his delivery. While standing, likely as not, -he had one of his long legs slung over the back of a chair; or had -his foot placed upon it. - -Some lawyers would address the jury in fine, oratorical language. -He never made a pretense at eloquence. He used to stand before the -jury and talk as one of their number: he was the “thirteenth man” of -the jury telling his opinion of the case. Such homely phrases as: “I -reckon,” made his language familiar. Beginning his argument, he would -state that of his opponent fairly and squarely--would state the case -so that it would seem he had granted his side all away, then he would -turn, and with his ever recurring “_but_” would bring forth his reasons -fast and with force. His style of argument was strong and clear. He -built his position, as it were, a series of steps. Each point was -connected with the one before and after it. Great as was his love of -telling stories, he never used them in his speeches at all. Beside the -influence of his manner, he won upon a jury by his reputation. Every -one believed him honest, and the jury men would sit and look up into -his face, drinking every word he uttered for the truth. Henry Clay in -famous for the number of murderers whom he saved from a merited doom. -I only know of one case where Lincoln argued eloquently against his -conscience, and then he was pleading for the sin of one who had been -his friend and benefactor. He may even then have been honest in his -plea, believing the boy innocent. - -In the Fall of ’58, two men, in a grocery store at Sadorus, engaged in -a discussion upon politics, became angry, and one, snatching from the -counter by his side, a four pound weight, threw at the other and killed -him. Ward H. Lamon was at the time Prosecuting Attorney. The widow -of the murdered man engaged O. B. Ficklin to aid in the prosecution. -Messrs. Lincoln and Swett were the lawyers for the defense. When -the time came for the presentation of the argument, Mr. Lincoln, in -his turn made his speech. As the trial had proceeded, he had become -more and more persuaded that his client deserved severe punishment. -His speech was a failure. Judge Davis told him so afterwards, and he -acknowledged it. Swett, however, took his turn with a fine argument -and the murderer was let off with a few years in the penitentiary. -At another time, I am told, having become convinced that he was on the -wrong side of the case, he was missing when called for to make his -argument. The messenger, sent to search for him, found him in his room. -“Tell the Judge,” he said, “that I am busy and can’t come”. - -His humor oft times served him in a trial. I find in the “Urbana Union” -for March, 4, 1858, a story of his own, to the point. A crowd of men -were in an office discussing the fight in Congress upon the “Lecompton -Constitution”, when Lincoln entered and was asked his opinion on the -matter. Having seated himself in a chair, and having thrown one leg -over the other in his usual way, he said he could best illustrate -his opinion by means of a story. There were two men, he said, in a -neighboring county, who had often met at “logger-heads”. One day, after -an earnest discussion at their border line, one of them, in his anger, -leaped over the fence and gave the other a sound thrashing. “I was -engaged for the defense. The witness for the prosecution was a very -talkative fellow, not confining himself to the mere matter of the -questions put, but willing to tell all he knew. When it came my turn to -question him, I asked: ‘You say you saw the fight?’ - -‘Yes, stranger, I reckon I did’. - -‘Was it much of a fight?’ - -‘I’ll be darned if it wasn’t stranger, a right smart fight’. - -‘How much ground did the contestants cover over?’ - -‘About one acre’. - -‘About one acre’, I repeated musingly; ‘well now witness, tell me, -wasn’t that just about the smallest crop of a fight off, of an acre -of ground that you have ever heard of?’ ‘That’s so stranger. I’ll be -gol-darned if it wasn’t.’ The jury” said Mr. Lincoln, giving his leg -a twitch, and waiting for the roar of laughter to subside, “fined my -client just ten cents”. - -At another time, Oliver Davis, now judge at Danville, was opposed to -him in a case. Davis, in reviewing his opponent’s argument, repeated -again and again; Mr. Lincoln holds _this position_, Mr. Lincoln holds -_that_ position. Finally Lincoln looked up from where he sat, and -asked, with a twinkle in his eye: “That was a curious position, -wasn’t it?” Coming from any one else, so little a thing had not been -noticed; but as it was, the question destroyed a great deal of the -power of Mr. Davis’ argument. - -Mr. Lincoln never cared to accumulate wealth. His charges were always -reasonable. There was once in our midst, a worthy carpenter by the -name of Campbell, who had taken a horse in part pay for some work -he had done. The horse proved to be unsound; and Campbell sued the -man from whom he had obtained it. Lincoln took the case for him, and -worked hard all of one day trying it. “I was standing by,” says one, -“when Mr. Campbell asked what the fee was. ‘Five dollars will do, I -guess,’ said Lincoln.” At one time, Lincoln had a case for the Illinois -Central Rail-road Company, and won it. He made his fee one thousand -dollars, which the company refused to pay. He sued the company for the -money; and during the trial of the case, several lawyers called upon -to testify to the value of the service rendered, placed it at five -thousand dollars. - -There was a man for some time residing in Urbana, who used often to -speak of Lincoln’s kindness to him. It seems that the man had become -involved in a law suit upon the result of which much depended. He went -to several lawyers, who refused to take his case because they doubted -his ability to pay. He came to Lincoln and laid the matter before him, -showed him that if he lost the case, he was a ruined man. Lincoln -undertook the case for him, and won it. One day the man met Lincoln on -the street and stopped him to thank him for his services--said he could -not pay him then, and did not know how soon he would be able. “That’s -all right, my friend, that’s all right” said Lincoln, as he grasped the -man by the hand. “And would you believe it,” the client would add, with -tears in his eyes, as he told the incident, “He left five dollars in my -hand.” - -When engaged in an important case, Lincoln was all absorbed in his -work. He would walk along the street lost in thought; and would not -even notice his best friends. “I have seen him,” says one, walk back -and forth in the court yard regardless of every thing around him. - -He was a very careful lawyer. Long as he had practiced, he would never -write the simplest forms without his book before him. He was very kind -to young men just beginning their study. One time, when others were -laughing at one who was much embarrassed, in making out some forms new -to him, Lincoln arose, and speaking kindly to him, showed him what he -needed to know. He even spoke encouragingly to those who were just -beginning their practice. - -Lincoln made several speeches in our county. In the Fall of 1856, he -spoke from the court house in Urbana, upon the constitutionality of the -action of Congress with regard to slavery in the territory. The county -paper of the time speaks highly of the effort of its power and logic, -and of the speaker’s ability. - -At one time he spoke in what is known as the goose-pond church, a -little building near the Doane House. During his speech, he had -occasion to read from some paper which he had in his posession. -His eyesight was beginning to fail him; and it was with great -difficulties that he could see to read. He held the paper off at arm’s -length, and then drew it to him, moving it back and forth. Finally some -one back in the crowd yelled out: “Put on your specks.” “Ah,” said -Lincoln reaching out his long bony arm, far as he could, “My eyes are -all right, but my arm is too short.” - -The most important speech that Mr. Lincoln ever made here, was upon -Sept. 24, 1858, in the old fair ground. Douglas was here, and spoke -upon the 23rd. Lincoln’s speech was made in reply to the one he gave. -Mr. Lincoln arrived, and was received at the Doane House platform, on -the afternoon of the 23rd. It was in regard to the occasion that a -characteristic letter was written to Mr. Cunningham, who had invited -Mr. Lincoln to speak here. The letter was written from Ottawa. “I -crossed swords,” it read “here today with Douglas, for the first time. -The fire flew some, but I am happy to say that I am still alive.” -In the evening, after his arrival, Lincoln was the guest of the -Champaign (then West Urbana) Republican club. The night was passed at -Mr. Baddely’s, the large brick building across the street from the -Episcopal church. Until a late hour, the house and yard were filled -with citizens. Speeches were made and music had in abundance. On the -24th, at 10 o’clock, the procession formed at the park to march to -Urbana. It was the finest procession Champaign has ever witnessed. -The deep interest taken in the occasion is made more apparent, when -we remember that the time of the year was the worst possible for the -getting together of a crowd; that the county fair had just closed, -having filled three days with excitement, that there was scarcely a -family in the county, in which there was not some sickness; and that -Douglas had drained the country the day before. The crowd was immense. -“The procession, led by the Urbana Brass Band, German Band and Danville -Band, over sixty young ladies on horse-back, with their attendants, -thirty-two of whom represented the states of the Union,” was over two -miles in length. All proceeded to the old fair ground, where a basket -picnic was held. “Have the dinner first,” said Lincoln to the officer -of the day: “Folks will listen to me better for it.” The table at -which Lincoln sat was well loaded; and the best of the luxuries were -placed around his plate. He, however, chose out a turkey leg and -biscuit and began to make his meal upon these. Looking around, he saw -behind him an old lady known as “Granny Hutchinson,” standing looking -longingly at the feast. “Here Granny” said Lincoln springing from his -seat, “you have my place.” And the kind hearted orator sat back upon -the root of a tree and finished his turkey leg and biscuit, while -“Granny” enjoyed a bountiful dinner. Thus the man’s kindness of heart -showed itself everywhere. In his speech, he began by asking if Douglas -had made his point on that; and having found what arguments the senator -had used, he proceeded to answer them in his clear, logical manner. - -Douglas used oft times to abuse Lincoln’s character, accusing him of -having kept a saloon. To such personalities as this, Lincoln seldom -deigned to reply. It was in one of his speeches made here that he said: -“Douglas has accused me of having kept a saloon. But I have never -before mentioned that during that time, he was my best customer. -While I served on one side of the counter, he served on the other.” - -On Sept. 6, 1858, Lincoln spoke at Montville. One writing from that -place says: “About 10 o’clock, hearing that the delegation from -Champaign County was approaching town, a company of thirty-two young -men on horse-back, with flags in their hands, under the best of martial -regulations, galloped out to meet the Champaignese, whom they found in -strong numbers making a procession nearly a mile long, headed by two -bands of music.” - -Our people took a great interest in Lincoln’s political career. It -was at Bloomington that a resolution was passed, previous to the -senatorial conflict, that we want a _big_ man, with a _big_ heart and -a _big_ intellect to represent this our _big_ state. At our own county -convention in June ’58, the following resolution was adopted: “That -the Hon. Abraham Lincoln is our first, last and only choice to fill -the vacancy to occur in the U.S. Senate on the fourth of March next: -that we are jealous of his honor and rights; and that we repudiate -all influence whether coming from home or abroad to thwart us in this -cherished and unalienable purpose of the Republican party of this -state.” - -Then the thought came that Abraham Lincoln might be our president. -“We had the pleasure,” says the editor of the “Central Illinois -Gazette”, published at the time in Champaign, “of introducing to the -hospitalities of our sanctum, a few days since, the Hon. Abraham -Lincoln. Few men can make an hour pass away more agreeably. We do not -pretend to know, whether Mr. Lincoln will ever condescend to occupy the -White House or not: but if he should, it is a comfort to know that he -has established for himself a character and reputation of sufficient -strength and purity to withstand the disreputable influences of even -_that_ locality.” - -Speaking of Lincoln’s honesty, the same editor relates an anecdote. -It was in Springfield, during the session of a Douglas-Democratic -convention. Any man used to wire pulling would have been on hand with -his schemes. Lincoln was seen standing in a direction opposite from the -convention; and when asked where he was going, replied that it was to -attend the funeral of an old neighbor. - -A point worthy of notice in Lincoln’s character is his temperance. -While it was the custom of the lawyers of his association to drink, -he never drank with them. Once in a while he would play a game of -billiards. “I remember” an old citizen tells me, “the first game I ever -played with him. When it came my turn to play, he said to me in a very -legal-like manner: ‘now if this were my case, I would hit this ball, -make it roll against that one, have it hit the cushion, and then roll -back against the third ball there’.” - -The last words of Mr. Lincoln in our county, were uttered Feb’y. 11, -1861, at Tolono. He had been elected President of the United States, -and was on his way to Washington. Secession in the South had already -begun its work; and all eyes were turned towards the coming President. -In passing through Tolono, in response to applause, which hailed -his appearance upon the car platform, he said: “I am leaving you on -an errand of national importance, attended, as you are aware, with -considerable difficulties. Let us believe, as some poet has expressed -it: ‘Behind the cloud, the sun is still shining.’ I bid you an -affectionate farewell.” The train moved on and vanished in the East; -and when next it returned it bore the form of Abraham Lincoln, cold and -still, wrapped in black; while his soul had pierced “_the cloud_” and -entered into the sunlight beyond. - -Abraham Lincoln was not a man of great intellect, but of rich heart -powers. In the dark hour of our nation’s need he came, found his place -and filled it. “Melancholy dropped from him as he walked”; yet all -who knew him loved him. There are old grey-headed men and women in -our midst, who speak his name with affection; for have they not known -him, heard his voice, felt the grasp of his hand, and comprehended his -great, warm heart. Such a man has lived and moved among us. - - -The End. - - - - -Transcriber's Note: - - -Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as -possible, including non-standard placement of quotation marks. - -Underlined text has been marked with _underscores_. Characters -preceded by a caret appeared as superscripts. - -The following is a list of changes made to the original. -The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. - -Page 1: - - have for us an aditional interest, since we know - have for us an additional interest, since we know - -Page 2: - - student. When a boy, he had posessed but few - student. When a boy, he had possessed but few - - over wich he used to pore like an ambitious school boy. - over which he used to pore like an ambitious school boy. - -Page 3: - - method” The German sentence was written upon one line; - method.” The German sentence was written upon one line; - -Page 7: - - Begining his argument, he would state that of his - Beginning his argument, he would state that of his - -Page 13: - - those who were just begining their practice. - those who were just beginning their practice. - - House. During his speech, he had occasion to from - House. During his speech, he had occasion to read from - -Page 14: - - here today with Douglas, for the first time. The fire - “here today with Douglas, for the first time. The fire - -Page 20: - - sun is still shining.’ I bid you an affectionate farewell. - sun is still shining.’ I bid you an affectionate farewell.” - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Abraham Lincoln in Our Own County, by -Henry M. 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