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Value 80o] apleMGarden—tokil value «2.2 5—sent r X»CATALob SBNT FREE ON REQUEST Happ^ _Birtb_dayf Hard But Little Meaning (or Mian Whom Americans Honor on February 12 Each Year By ELMO SCOTT WATSON • Western Newspaper Union. O N FEBRUARY 12 Amer icans everywhere will join in celebrating an event which tCok place 130 years ago—the birth of Abra ham Lincoln. On that day they will recall many a familiar story about the man whose career began in a little log cabin in Hardin county, Ken tucky, on February 12, 1809. But the chances are that the majority of them will remem ber him best as the “Man of Sorrbws” who was Chief Executive of their nation during one of the most criti cal’ periods in its history^— the Civil war years of 1361-65. Such being the case, it seems appropriate to inquire ‘How was this date, which is now a red letter day on America’s calendar, cele brated during that period? Was there any general ob servance of the President’s birthday and was February 12 ever a ‘happy birthday* for Abraham Lincoln during those years?’* It is doubtful if February 12, 1861, was a “happy birthday” for him, for on that date he was en route to Washington to take up his duties as President of the United States of America. Per haps “the Disunited States” would be a more accurate desig nation. Confederacy Organized. For, six weeks after his elec tion South Carolina had passed its ordinance of secession. Dur ing the next month Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida had followed the Palmet to state’s lead. On February 4 representatives from these states had met at Montgomery, Ala., and organized the “Confederate States of America.” Five more, Texas, North Caro lina, Virginia, Tennessee and Ar kansas, were almost certain to join the six that had already de parted from the Union. The fu ture course of three “border states,” Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, as well as the northern slave state of Delaware, was doubtful. And always in the background loomed the threat of a fratricidal war between the North and the South. Ever since his election his mail had been filled with threatening letters and by the time he reached Philadelphia Allen Pinkerton’s secret service men had uncovered such indisputable evidence of a plot to assassinate On February 23, 1863, Brady again trained his camera on the features of Abraham Lincoln and gave us this picture of the Presi dent in repose but reflecting a soul weary of two years of war. the President-elect that unusual precautions were taken to safe guard his entrance into the na tional capital. As a result, the story was spread by his enemies that “the Prince of Rails sneaked into Washington like a thief in the night.” Never before nor since has a President-elect en tered the capital under such cir cumstances. • • • But if February 12, 1861, was a day of anxiety for Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1862, was even farther from being a “hap py birthday” for him. He had failed to avert a war and in the first test of arms with the Con federacy the Union forces suf fered a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bull Run. At the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, he lost one of his oldest and dearest friends, Col. E. D. Baker, after whom Lincoln had named the son who was buried in Springfield. The “Trent Affair” almost in volved the nation in a war with England, and a scandal in the ad ministration of the war depart ment made it necessary for him to permit Simon Cameron, secre tary of war, to retire from his cabinet. His appointment of Gen. George B. McClellan as com mander of the Army of the Po- torr.''-.' had proved a disappoint- <■ v: * llglllt / » * glllil lllllii m Ip *4 € 1 This photograph of Lincoln was made by Mathew B. Brady, the great Civil war photographer, on February 27, 1860, and Lincoln often said that this picture and his speech at Cooper Union in New York city had made him President. In it the people of the North saw a sad, wise, deter mined man who would do nothing rash and yet would defend their Union. r ment, because “Little Mac” re fused to move against the enemy. “While harassed by this inac tion and obstinacy of McClellan, Mr. Lincoln was plunged into a bitter private sorrow,” writes Ida M. Tarbell in her “Life of Lin coln.” “Early in February his two younger boys, Willie and Tad, as they were familiarly known, fell sick . . . When he saw them suffering and when it became evi dent, as it finally did, that Willie, the elder of the two, would die, the President’^ anguish was in tense. He would slip away from visitors and cabinet at every op portunity, to go to the sick room, and during the last four or five days of Willie’s life, when the child was suffering terribly and lay in an unbroken delirium, Mr. Lincoln shared with the nurse the nightly vigils at the bedside. When Willie finally died, on February 20, the President was so prostrated that it was feared by many of his friends that he would succumb entirely to his grief. Many public duties he undoubtedly did neglect. In deed, a month after Willie’s death, we find him apologizing for delay to answer a letter be cause of a ‘domestic affliction.’ ” • • • It is probable that February 12, 1863, came nearer being a “hap py birthday” for Abraham Lin coln than the two previous ones had been. The victories of Grant in the West and Farragut’s cap ture of New Orleans were partial compensation for the disasters in the East—the failure of McClel lan’s Peninsula campaign, Pope’s defeats at the second Battle of Bull Run and the horror of Fred ericksburg. The failure of Lee’s invasion of Maryland and the re sult of the Battle of Antietam had made it possible for Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proc lamation. Although for a time this proclamation seemed to have a bad effect on public opinion in the North, it gave the war a new meaning and forecast the eventu al defeat of the Confederacy. The Tide Turns. Early in 1863 it became appar ent that the tide of success had turned strongly in favor of the Union and this fact probably made Lincoln’s birthday in this year a happier event than it had previously been. Incidentally this year marked the first celebration of Lincoln’s birthday of which there is any record. It is con tained in the reminiscences of William H. Tisdale, written a few years before his death in 1930. He says: “The first birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln I remember occurred February 12, 1863. At that time I was on duty at the White House, and had been for some six months previous, as the President’s orderly—as confiden tial messenger or dispatch bear er. “There was no country-wide observance. In the early evening a small company assembled for his birthday party, a few especial ly close to him, and a few women friends of Mrs. Lincoln. His son, Robert, a young army officer, ar rived, and all sat down to a quiet but happy dinner. “Just before the birthday feast began one of the Negro boys came to me with eyes wide with astonishment, urging me to see what was being taken to the Pres ident. And following him I saw a turkey—a monstrous big bird. Some admirer in Pennsylvania had sent it.” * * February 12, 1864, found anoth er year of sadness added to the life of Abraham Lincoln. True, the high tide of the Confederacy had ebbed from the shell-torn slopes of Gettysburg and, with the surrender of Vicksburg, “the Father of Waters rolled unvexed to the sea.” But in the East there was still a stalemate, suc cessive calls for volunteers had failed to provide enough men to continue the struggle and the Federal government was forced to resort to the draft, which re sulted in the bloody “draft riots” in New York city. Nor were these military problems the only ones that added to the burdens of Abraham Lincoln. Not only was there dissatisfac tion in the North with his conduct of the war, but there was dissen sion in the party which had elect ed him and it was no secret that men high in the councils of the party were making plans to de feat him for renomination. First they approached Hannibal P. Hamlin, the vice president, to be their candidate but he refused. But Salmon P. Chase, his secre tary of the treasury, was not an unwilling listener for he had been Lincoln’s rival in 1860. All through the winter of 1863-64 Chase carried on a voluminous correspondence in the interests of his candidacy and no doubt the possibility that Lincoln might be repudiated by his party before his work of saving the Union was finished and the task entrusted to a lesser man overshadowed his birthday in this year. Chase Resigns. However, his birthday was scarcely past when a too zealous supporter of Chase issued a cir cular calling upon the country to organize in the secretary’s be half. Chase was placed in such an embarrassing position that he felt called upon to resign from the cabinet and when the legisla ture of his state demanded in the name of the people and the sol diers of Ohio that Lincoln be re nominated, the Chase boom col lapsed. Another such boom, which resulted in a convention at Cleveland that nominated Gen. John C. Fremont, had little bet ter success. So when the Repub lican convention met, it was a foregone conclusion that Lincoln would be renominated. That did not mean, however, that he would necessarily be re elected. For the Democrats nom- This photograph was taken in the last months of Lincoln’s life. Here is a face scalded by time, the face of the “Man of Sorrows.” tr • • inated Gen. George B. McClel lan, declared the war a failure, and denounced various acts of the President as “usurpation of extraordinary and dangerous powers not granted by the Con stitution” and demanded that “immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of all the States, or other peace able means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal union of the states.” McClellan turned out to be an unexpectedly strong candidate, partly because he repudiated the Democratic platform by announc ing himself in favor of peace, but only on terms that would pre serve the Union. For a time the issue hung in the balance. Then Sherman’s capture of At lanta proved that the war was not a failure and had much to do with turning the tide in favor of Lincoln, who won by a large electoral majority. * * 0 By February 12, 1865, it was clearly apparent that the end of the war was in sight so it was probably the happiest birthday that Lincoln had known during his four years in the White House. We do not know whether there was any celebration of the day in the Executive Mansion, as there was in 1863, but v/e do know that there was a “birthday gift” given on that day, even though Lincoln was the giver rather than the re ceiver of it. In the files of the war depart ment are preserved, among many such telegrams, orders and notes from Lincoln, one which was signed on February 12, 1865. It is addressed to Major-General Hooker at Cincinnati and reads: “Is it Lieut. Samuel B. Davis whose death sentence is commut ed? If not done, let it be done. Is there not an associate of hi*:, also in trouble? Please answer ’’ The charge that Lincoln “stole into Washington” is refuted by the words of the noted historian, Benson J. Lossing, who, inci dentally, was born on “Lincoln’s Birthday” in 1813. Lossing inter viewed Lincoln in 1864 and in his diary, under the date of Decem ber 4, says: “I called on President Lincoln with Congressman I. N. Arnold of 111. at 9:30. Met him in the Cab inet Council Room alone. He en dorsed on the Permit of the War Department, his recommendation of me, to the courtesies of all public offices in the Service. At my request he gave me an ac count of his journey through Bal timore to Washington, as follows: Arrived in Philadelphia. “I arrived at Philadelphia. Agreed to stop over night, and on the following day hoist the flag over Independence Hall. In the evening there was a great crowd, and I received my friends. I re ceived a message from Mr. Judd of Chicago, a warm personal friend, asking me to come to his room. I went, and found there only Mr. Judd and Mr. Pinkerton, the latter a detective whom I had seen in Chicago. He had been employed for some days in watch ing or searching for suspicious or expected suspicious move ments in Baltimore, in connection with my passage through, the time of which was known from public announcement. “Pinkerton informed me that a plan was prepared for my assas sination. He knew of the plan, but was not sure the conspira tors would have pluck enough to execute it. He wanted me to go with him right through to Wash ington that night. I didn’t like that. I had made engagements to visit Harrisburgh, and go from there to Baltimore, and I wished to do so. I made arrangements, however, with Mr. Judd for me to return to Philadelphia the next night, if I shall be convinced there was danger in going through Bal timore the next day. I told him that if I should ipeet at Harris burgh, as I had other places, a delegation to go with me to the next place (thru Baltimore) I should feel safe and go on. Wien I was making my way back to my room through crowds, I met Fred Seward. We went together to my room and he told me that he had been sent at the instance of his father and General Scott to inform me that their detectives in Baltimore had discovered a plot there to assassinate me. They knew nothing of Pinkerton’s movements. I now believed such a plot to be in existence. “The next morning I raised the flag at Independence Hall, went on to Harrisburgh with Mr. Sum ner, (now) General Hunter, Ward H. Lamon and others; met the Legislature and people, dined and waited until the appointed time for me to leave. “In the meantime Mr. Judd had so secured the telegraph wires that no communication could pass to Baltimore, and give the conspirators knowledge of the change in my plans. Lincoln’s New Hat. “In New York some friend had presented me a new beaver hat, in a box, and in it had placed a soft wool hat. I never wore one in my life. I had this box in my room. Having informed a very few friends of the secret of my movements, and the cause, I put on an old overcoat that I had with me, and putting the soft hat in my pocket, I walked out of the house at a back door, without exciting any special curiosity. Then, I put on the soft hat, and joined my friends, without being recognized. I was not the same man. Sumner and Hunter wished to accompany me. I said no, you are known, and your pres ence may betray me. I will only take Lamon (now Marshall La mon of the District of Colum bia), whom nobody knows, and Mr. Judd, Sumner and Hunter felt hurt. “We went back to Philadelphia and found a message from Pink erton, who had returned to Balti more, that the conspirators had held their final meeting that eve ning, and it was doubtful wheth er they had the nerve to attempt the execution of their purpose. I went on, however, as the arrange ment had been made. It was a Special train. We were some time in the depot at Baltimore. I heard people talking around, but no one particularly observed me. Thus I arrived, unexpected ly in Washington.” .Ask Me .Another A General Quiz i The Questions 1. How is most of the boundary between the United States and Canada marked? 2. What is the meaning of llanos; llamas; lamas? 3. Which tree is the emblem of peace? 4. How fast does a rainstorm travel? 5. What is your maxillary pro tuberance? 6. What physical feature makes Minnesota the northernmost state of the Union? The Answers 1. By a series of more than 5,009 monuments. 2. Llanos are extensive plains in South America; llamas are camel like animals; lamas are Buddhist < priests. 3. The birch tree is the emblem of peace. 4. Ordinarily rain clouds travel with the wind at the rate of about 15 or 20 miles an hour. 5. Your jaw. 6. Lake of the Woods county ex tension. NEVER SLEEP ON AN “UPSET STOMACH Neutralize excess stomach acids to wake up feeling like a million To relieve the effects of over-indul gence— escape “acid indigestion” next day —ao this: Take 2 table spoonfuls of Phillips’ Milk of Mag nesia in a glass of water — AT BEDTIME. While you sleep, this wonderful alkalizer will be sweetening your stomach... easing the upset-feeling and nausea . . . helping to bring back a “normal” feeling. By morn ing you feel great. Then — when you wake —take 2 more tablespoonfuls of Phillips* Milk of Magnesia with orange juice. 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