Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . cognition wouldhave been continued. With heroic bravery he marched to his duty, though hecould not but foresee what risks he ran in its performance. No one who knew Mr. Johnson would doubt his word on such an occasion,and on a subject of so great importance. Neither can it be doubted that we havein the foregoing extracts one from a republican, the other from a democraticpaper, a substantial report of what he said. In corroboration of this is the factthat Mr. Johnsons office was within two blocks
Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . cognition wouldhave been continued. With heroic bravery he marched to his duty, though hecould not but foresee what risks he ran in its performance. No one who knew Mr. Johnson would doubt his word on such an occasion,and on a subject of so great importance. Neither can it be doubted that we havein the foregoing extracts one from a republican, the other from a democraticpaper, a substantial report of what he said. In corroboration of this is the factthat Mr. Johnsons office was within two blocks of each of these papers, theybeing the leading papers of the city, read by every one, and no word of dissentappeared from .Mr. Johnson or any other person in Peoria. It is more probablethat the account published in the National Democrat underwent his personalrevision. The interpretation placed tipon his words by those present was well voicedby Lucien H. Kerr, who in the legislature next preceding had represented thisdistrict in the senate, who said: In the explanation that has been made by ABRAHAM LINCOLNTaken at Peoria, Ottoljer 10, THE NE HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 209 Johnson, justice has been done to Judge Kellogg. At the time he stepped forwardit was necessary for the safety of the country that Mr. Lincoln should standuncommitted. The mind of the nation was deeply moved and nothing but bloodseemed to satisfy the demands of the crisis. Kellogg stepped into the knew it would be his political death, but he died politically for his countryas heroically as the soldier who faces and braves the sword or bullet of hisenemy. And he went down to his death and made no sign. He kept it all withinhis own hosom. Knowing he had been maligned he raised no voice. This is thelast, the greatest, the highest tribute to his memory. Mr. Alonzo M. Swan, a life-long citizen of Canton and the historian of thecity, in a communication to a friend gives a long statement of the occu
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