The heroic life of Abraham Lincoln the great emancipator Illustrated in black and white and with colored plates . will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. When Lincoln rose tobegin his address, lookingfor a place for his hat hisi\e caught that of Douglas,who reached forward andtook it. When Lincoln hadfinished his address herestored it to its owner andat the same time warmlygrasped the Presidents handand pledged that he would>tand by him. The two menclasped hands and werefriends ever after. Lincolns first Cabinet
The heroic life of Abraham Lincoln the great emancipator Illustrated in black and white and with colored plates . will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. When Lincoln rose tobegin his address, lookingfor a place for his hat hisi\e caught that of Douglas,who reached forward andtook it. When Lincoln hadfinished his address herestored it to its owner andat the same time warmlygrasped the Presidents handand pledged that he would>tand by him. The two menclasped hands and werefriends ever after. Lincolns first Cabinetwas a notable one. Four ofthe members had been can-didates for the Presidentialnomination; viz., Seward,Chase, Bates and Seward was a man ofgreat following and of greatability, and there were manywho supposed that .Sewardwould be the power behind the President, but Lincoln soon proved to Seward and the world that he alone was President of the United States. Lincoln was now installed in the White House* but the times and the circumstances were most perilous. The Rebel Congress, assembled at Mont-. Dhkknse of Fort: Sumpter 30 THE HEROIC LIFE OF gomery, liad sent commissioners to Washington, as if they were representativesof a foreign country, to negotiate a treaty with the Federal Government. Lin-coln refused to receive them. They their departure as long as possible,but after receipt of Mr. Sewards memorandum formally telling them that theycould not be recognized by the Government of the United States, the commis-sioners in their reply said, referring to the Presidents intention to send reliefto Fort Sumter, that this was in effect a declaration of war against the Con-federate States, and that as representatives of their people they accepted thegage of battle which had been thrown down to them. But Lincoln made nosign. He waited for the Confederate States to fire the first gun. Many menin the North clamored for a vigorous policy, but Lincoln was determined th
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