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ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LINCOLN.

LINCOLN'S ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD BEFORE GOING TO HIS INAUGURATION.

"Then came the central incident of the morning. Once more the bell gave notice of starting; but as the conductor paused with his hands lifted to the bell-rope, Mr. Lincoln appeared on the platform of the car, and raised his hand to command attention. The bystanders bared their heads to the falling snow-flakes, and standing thus his neighbors heard his voice for the last time, in the city of his home, in a farewell address so chaste and pathetic that it reads as if he already felt the tragic shadow of forecasting fate:

"My Friends: No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place and the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether I may ever return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I

cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I

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The following story was told by the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who was present at the interview:

"In 1862, the

people of New

York City were greatly troubled,

Robert T. Lincoln, Son of Abraham Lincoln, and Ex-Secretary of War.

(some of them) for fear of a bombardment of the city by the confederate navy. Public meetings were held to discuss the situation, and the matter at last resulted in the appointment of a delegation of fifty men who represented, in their own right, two hundred millions of money.

"These millionaires were to call on the President and induce him to send a gunboat or a warship to protect the city.

"When they called they were impressively introduced, and the fact that they owned two hundred millions of money was made especially prominent.

"The chairman of the delegation made a very earnest appeal for protection, and he also emphasized the fact that they owned two hundred million dollars worth of property.

"In his reply Lincoln stated that he would be glad to afford them the necessary protection, but the fact was that under the circumstances it was impossible for him to furnish them even a gunboat, all the boats being in use and the credit of the government at low ebb. 'But,' said he, 'if I were worth half as much as you gentlemen are, and were as badly frightened as you are, I would build a gunboat and give it to the government for the protection of my own city.'

""The wise men of Gotham' went away, realizing that even the money in their pockets should be one of the factors of the war."

LINCOLN AND THE OFFICE SEEKERS.

A delegation once waited upon Lincoln to ask for the appointment of a certain party as Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands.

They argued their case earnestly, and at last made a strong point of the fact that the applicant was in poor health, and a residence in that climate would be of great benefit to him.

The President, however, closed the interview with the following remark:

"Gentlemen, I am sorry to say that there are eight other applicants for that place, and they are all sicker than your man is."

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The Battle of Bull Run, the First Great Battle of the Civil War, 1861.

LOYALTY TO FRIENDS.

The mildness of the man, and the tenderness of feeling hidden under a rugged exterior, were well known characteristics of the martyred President. But there were times when righteous indignation blazed in his eyes, and his voice was raised in defense of the cause which he had espoused.

The pressure of office seekers often annoyed him almost beyond endurance. During the first few months of the administration, the frantic horde pursued him day

and night. It jarred upon his patriotism to see men so . eager for position and pelf when the country was just entering upon the awful fight for life, and not only this, but unpardonable selfishness was often revealed.

A delegation of California Republicans called on him at one time with a list of proposals covering not only the principal offices of that state, but indeed of the whole Pacific coast.

Their program was opposed in part by Senator Baker, who naturally claimed the right to be consulted respecting the patronage of his section of the Union.

After considerable discussion some of the Californians, in their eagerness to carry their point, went so far as to assail the public and private character of Senator Baker, who was an honored friend of Lincoln's.

The anger of the President was instantly aroused, and he exhibited such vehemence and intensity that the party of politicians fairly quailed before him. His wrath was terrifying when he put his foot down, and declared that Senator Baker was his friend, and that no man could assail him with impunity-if they hoped to gain anything by such nefarious conduct they were greatly mistaken.

The result was that the charges against Senator Baker were retracted and ample apologies made, and such a disposition was made of the offices on the coast as satisfied Mr. Baker, while the Californians were allowed to have their own way to a great extent in their own state.

DANCE AT MIDNIGHT-HOW LINCOLN RECEIVED THE NEWS FROM GETTYSBURG.

"One evening at a crowded party given by Senator

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