How Abraham Lincoln became president . ack-walnut and honey-locustrails. John, said I, where did you cut these rails ? I can take you to the stumps, he answered. We will go down there, said I. We drove about a hundred yards. Now, said he, look! Theres a black-walnutstump; theres another — another — another. Hereswhere we cut the trees down and split the rails. Thenwe got a horse and wagon, and hauled them in, and builtthe fence, and also the cabin. We took two of the rails and tied them under thehind axle-tree of my new buggy, and started for would occasionally pass, and think some
How Abraham Lincoln became president . ack-walnut and honey-locustrails. John, said I, where did you cut these rails ? I can take you to the stumps, he answered. We will go down there, said I. We drove about a hundred yards. Now, said he, look! Theres a black-walnutstump; theres another — another — another. Hereswhere we cut the trees down and split the rails. Thenwe got a horse and wagon, and hauled them in, and builtthe fence, and also the cabin. We took two of the rails and tied them under thehind axle-tree of my new buggy, and started for would occasionally pass, and think something hadbroken. We let them think so, for we didnt wish to tellanybody just what we were doing. We kept right onuntil we got to my barn. There we hid the rails untilthe day of the convention. Before the convention met I talked with severalRepublicans about my plan, and we fixed it up that oldJohn Hanks should take the rails into the made a banner, attached to a board across the topof the rails, with the inscription:. How Abraham Lincoln Became President. 69 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, The Rail Candidate for President in i860. Two rails from a lot of 3,000 made in 1830 by John Hanks and Abe Lincoln, whose father was the first pioneer of Macon county. After the convention got under way, I arose andannounced that an old Democrat desired to make a con-tribution to the convention. The proceedings stopped,and all was expectancy and excitement. Then in walkedold John with the rails. Lincoln was there in a corner,trying to escape observation. How are you, Abe ? said John, familiarly, as hepassed. How are you, John? Lincoln answered with equalfamiliarity. Then the convention cheered and cheered. Therewere loud and persistent calls for a speech from had not known that the rails were to be brought hardly knew what to say about them. Gentlemen, he finally said, John and I did makesome rails down there; and if these arent the identicalrails we made, they certainly
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