Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . is pres-ent, and I wish to move that this body invite him to aseat on the stand. Here Mr. Oglesby paused, as if totantalize his audience and arouse their curiosity, and then he announcedthe magic name of Abra-ham Lincoln. Pandemonium reignedfor a while in that wig-wam. Then the motionwas seconded and carriedwith tumultous shouts andMr. Lincoln was carriedover the heads of the au-dience to his place on theplatform. Mr. Lincolnrose, smiled, bowed andblushed,as if overwhelmedwith the enthusiastic attention of his fellow , Mr. Oglesby rose again
Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . is pres-ent, and I wish to move that this body invite him to aseat on the stand. Here Mr. Oglesby paused, as if totantalize his audience and arouse their curiosity, and then he announcedthe magic name of Abra-ham Lincoln. Pandemonium reignedfor a while in that wig-wam. Then the motionwas seconded and carriedwith tumultous shouts andMr. Lincoln was carriedover the heads of the au-dience to his place on theplatform. Mr. Lincolnrose, smiled, bowed andblushed,as if overwhelmedwith the enthusiastic attention of his fellow , Mr. Oglesby rose again with a mysterious speechupon his lips: There is an old Democrat, said he, waiting outside,who has something he wishes to present to the conven-tion. Receive it, they cried. The doors of the wigwam opened and in marched oldJohn Hanks with two fence rails on his shoulders, bear-ing the inscription,Two rails, from a lot made by Abra-ham Lincoln and John Hanks, in the Sangamon bottom,in the year 1830. The audience was beside itself. Richard J. Oglesby,War Governor of Illinois. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 57 Lincoln blushed and laughed. They insisted upon aspeech, and he said: Gentlemen: I suppose you want to know somethingabout those things. Well, the truth is John Hanks andI did make rails in the Sangamon bottom. I dont know
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