. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . occasions, Mr. Lincolntook up a book containing a careful canvass of the cityof Springfield, in which he lived, showing the candi-date for whom each citizen had declared it his intentionto vote in
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . occasions, Mr. Lincolntook up a book containing a careful canvass of the cityof Springfield, in which he lived, showing the candi-date for whom each citizen had declared it his intentionto vote in the approaching election. Mr. Lincolnsfriends had, doubtless at his own request, placed the re-sult of the canvass in his hands. This was towards theclose of October, and only a few days before Mr. Bateman to a seat by his side, having pre-viously locked all the doors, he said: Let us look over this book; I wish particularly to seehow the ministers of Springfield are going to vote. The leaves were turned, one by one, and as the nameswere examined Mr. Lincoln frequently asked if this oneand that were not a minister, or an elder, or a memberof such or such church, and sadly expressed his surpriseon receiving an affirmative answer. In that mannerthey went through the book, and then he closed it and H Edw w c!Wf n>z o > >H O O 1—1 > o o 50 z oorz > z o Z>H mo. I08 LINCOLNS STORIES AND SPEECHES. sat silently for some minutes regarding a memorandumin pencil which lay before him. At length, he turned toMr. Bateman, with a face full of sadness, and said: Here are twenty-three ministers of different denom-inations, and all of them are against me but three, andhere are a great many prominent members of churches,a very large majority are against me. Mr. Bateman, Iam not a Christian,—God-knows I would be one,—butI have carefully read the Bible and I do not so under-stand this book, and he drew forth a pocket New Testa-ment. These men will know, he c
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