. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . th this, friends, one and all, I must now bid you an affectionate farewell. The trip from Springfield to Washington was much like a royal progress.*It is doubtful, however, whether any king on a tour about his country amonghis people was ever greeted with such enthusiastic and loyal receptions. Multi-tudes of people gathered at all places where the train stopped, and briefaddresses were made from time to time. 139
. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . th this, friends, one and all, I must now bid you an affectionate farewell. The trip from Springfield to Washington was much like a royal progress.*It is doubtful, however, whether any king on a tour about his country amonghis people was ever greeted with such enthusiastic and loyal receptions. Multi-tudes of people gathered at all places where the train stopped, and briefaddresses were made from time to time. 139 140 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. At Pittsburgh he advised deliberation, and begged the American people tokeep their temper on both sides of the line. In front of Independence Hall, heassured his listeners that under his administration there would be no blood-shed until it was forced upon the government, and then it would be compelledto act in self-defense. A little incident illustrative of Mr. Lincolns sympathy with children may notbe out of place here. In the beautiful village of Westfield, Chautauqua county,New York, lived little Grace Bedell. During the campaign she saw a portrait of. THE DEPOT AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY U, 1861. Mr. Lincoln, for whom she felt the love and reverence that was common inRepublican families, and his smooth, homely face rather disappointed her. Shesaid to her mother: I think, mother, that Mr. Lincoln would look better if hewore whiskers, and I mean to write and tell him so. The mother gave her permission. Grraces father was a Republican; her two brothers Democrats. Grace wroteat once to the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Esq., Springfield, Illinois, in which shetold him how old she was, and where she lived; that she was a Republican; thatshe thought he would make a good president, but would look better if he would ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 141 let his whiskers grow. If he would do so she would try to coax her brothers tovote for him. She thought the rail fence around
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