the popular will of which he was the leader and the servant. Abraham Lincoln was in a deep and lasting sense the first American. All the world can see his worth, but perhaps only we who know the taste of the climate, the smell of the prairie, the tone of fresh and Democratic life, can quite appreciate his flavor. General and President Washington, who, standing firm, with wisdom and power, gave the opportunity to build a nation, has left a name that grows with the onward march of his country. Abraham Lincoln, nearly a century later, found the nation grown, about to test the sufficiency of its creed, and with the comprehension of lifelong intimacy helped it to understand itself. His fame also has risen, and will rise, with the fortunes of his country. His deeds stand first, but his story becomes higher through the pure and manifold character which accomplished them and the lastingly fair and vital words in which he defended them. Jackson Democrat, 4 Jackson, Stonewall, 263, 275, 316 Jefferson County (Kentucky), 2 Johnson, General, 241; his army, 397 Journal, letter to the, 54 La Rue County (Kentucky), 5 Lecompton (Illinois), 132 Legal Tender Act, the, 347 Libby prison, 398 Lickern, 4. See Lincoln "Life of Washington," Weems, II Lincoln, Abraham (father of Thomas), 2 Lincoln, Abraham: ancestry, 2 early hardships, 6 his mother's death and its effect, 8 appearance further described, 17 sympathetic nature, 19 reaches out into the world, 24-26 forms partnership with Berry, 35 becomes postmaster at New Salem, declaration of love to Mary Owens, letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning, growth of political power, 72 the engagement and its effect, 75, partnership with Stephen T. Lo- first issue with Douglas, 78 revisits early home, 90 the Dred Scott case, 129 141 the first debate, 143 further meetings, 144-146 the result of the election, 168 preparation for the task before farewell speech in Springfield, 179 245 Andrews, case of, 334 Anti-Johnson men, the, 354 Anti-Nebraska fight, 140 legislation, 128 American party, 125 Baltimore (Maryland), 163, 181, 182, Bates, Edward, 157, 161, 162, 184, Bates, Hymer D., 258 Antietam, 276, 281, 284, 320, 405 Beachland (Kentucky), 5 Beardstown (Illinois), 26, 31 252 Beauregard, General, 200, 241 Bell, John, 156, 168, 171 Bennett, James Gordon, 365, 366 Army of the Potomac, the, 255, 262, Berry, William F., 35, 36, 37, 42 Berry and Lincoln, 36, 37, 42, 97 Bible, the, 11, 88, 347, 392, 403, 405, 298, 315, 316, 360, 362 Atlantic Monthly, the, 369, 370 Austrian minister, the, 239 417 Big Black River, the, 327 Black, Judge, Secretary of State, 176 Black Hawk War, 31, 33, 62, 96, "Black Republican," 143 Baird, James, 2 Baker, Colonel, E. D., 73, 74, 99, Blair, Frank, 185, 186 246, 289 Blair, Montgomery, 130, 185, 186, |
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