. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City : a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . n mourning goods and tears; To hear your stories and your jokes, we trust no more for years!We are coming, widow maker, from prairie home and glen,A half a million widows of slowly murdered men. We are coming, sadly coming, as the world can plainly see. Not to save the Union, but the contraband to free! And here is another choice specimen from the Standards anthology of campaign poetry: There is an old ma
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City : a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . n mourning goods and tears; To hear your stories and your jokes, we trust no more for years!We are coming, widow maker, from prairie home and glen,A half a million widows of slowly murdered men. We are coming, sadly coming, as the world can plainly see. Not to save the Union, but the contraband to free! And here is another choice specimen from the Standards anthology of campaign poetry: There is an old man of Sangamon Who has furnished us battle and famine; His war for the nigger grows bigger and bigger— Poor, deluded, old man of Sangamon! There was a Lincoln torchlight parade in Paterson on October27, 64, and the Jersey City Lincoln Club was in the line. TheStandard learns that the president of the club was arrested and putunder bonds for having committed an aggravated assault upon a youngman. He is a fit representative of the party to which he you wonder the Lincoln Clubbers didnt commit a few murders!Perhaps the original of the button I am permitted to reproduce from. the Free Public Library museum was worn at thatPaterson party. Dr. Gordon K. Dickinson could notverify that, but he does verify the fact that it was wornby a very staunch Lincoln man by the name of W. , all honor to him! Vote for Lincoln, if youwant war taxes, starvation, abolition and a disseveredUnion, was the final adjuration just the day before a Lincoln64 Campaign , . Button. election. A coarse joke was perpetrated upon a loyal out-of-town newspaperfor printing the following sonnet addressed to Abraham reads, apparently, like a very high tribute to the President: Lincoln! be firm and fear not; bigot men In vain assail thee with their senseless word: Nor heed the slaves to party and their lies Conveying censure. The historians pen— Oh, wand of magic! shall destroy the
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