and the negro, I take the side of the negro; but as between the negro and the white man-I would go for the white man every time." Lincoln, at home, noted that; and afterwards, when he had occasion to refer to the remark, he said: "I believe that this is a sort of proposition in proportion, which may be stated thus: "As the negro is to the white man, so is the crocodile to the negro; and as the negro may rightfully treat the crocodile as a beast or reptile, so the white man may rightfully treat the negro as a beast or reptile."

LINCOLN'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH DOUGLAS. "One day Douglas came rushing in," he related, "and said he had just got a telegraph dispatch from some friends in Illinois urging him to come out and help set things right in Egypt, and that he would go, or stay in Washington, just where I thought he could do the most good.

"I told him to do as he chose, but that probably he could do best in Illinois. Upon that he shook hands with me, and hurried away to catch the next train. I never saw him again.”.

PEN PICTURE OF LINCOLN, AND HIS SPEECH IN NEW YORK CITY.

"When Lincoln rose to speak, I was greatly disappointed. He was tall, tall, oh, so tall, and so angular and awkward that I had fo n instant a feeling of pity for so ungainly a man. He began in a low tone of voice, as if he were used to speaking out of doors, and was afraid of speaking too loud.

STATE HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL., NOW COURTHOUSE.

"He said 'Mr. Cheerman,' instead of 'Mr. Chairman,' and employed many other words with an oldfashioned pronunciation. I said to myself, 'Old fellow, you won't do; it is all very well for the Wild West, but this will never go down in New York.' But pretty soon he began to get into the subject; he straightened up, made regular and graceful gestures; his face lighted as with an inward fire; the whole man was transfigured. I forgot the clothing, his personal appearance, and his individual peculiarities. Presently, forgetting myself, I was on my feet with the rest, yelling like a wild Indian, cheering the wonderful man. In the close parts of his argument, you could hear the gentle sizzling of the gas burners.

"When he reached a climax, the thunders of applause were terrific. It was a great speech. When I came out of the hall my face was glowing with excitement and my frame all a-quiver. A friend, with his eyes. aglow, asked me what I thought of Abe Lincoln, the rail-splitter. I said, 'He's the greatest man since St. Paul.' And I think so yet."

REMARKS UTTERED BY LINCOLN, 1858.

"Though I now sink out of view, I believe I have made some mark which will tell for the cause of liberty long after I am gone."

TRENT AFFAIR.

Through Minister Adams he said to angry England: "It is unnecessary to remind your lordship that this

means war."

SLAVERY.

He said of slavery in '55: "I bite my lips and keep quiet." A while later, in indignation: "Gentlemen, I'll make the ground of this country too hot for the feet of slaves."

"THE HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.”

Lincoln read the speech, containing the above, to many of his friends, before he delivered it in the contest for the United States Senate against Douglas. Some condemned, some indorsed, characterized it as "fool utterances, ahead of its time"; another said, "Lincoln, deliver that speech as read, and it will make you President." Lincoln answered all their objections, substantially as follows: "Friends, this thing has been retarded long enough. The time has come when these sentiments should be uttered; and if it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth-let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right."'

To one complainant who followed into his office he said proudly: "If I had to draw a pen across my record, and erase my whole life from sight, and I had one poor gift or choice left as to what I should save from the wreck, I should choose that speech and leave it to the world unerased." This was Lincoln's position in the Lincoln-Douglas debate. His opening speech at Springfield contained this memorable sentence. In a letter to a friend, August 22, 1858, Lincoln said: "Douglas and I, for the first time during this canvass, crossed swords here yesterday. The fire flew some, and I am glad to know I am yet alive."