Lincolns In Town Classic Reprint

Author : Percy Coe Eggleston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656129652
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln in New England (Classic Reprint) written by Percy Coe Eggleston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln in New England Two incidents connected with Lincoln's visit to Hartford are of noteworthy interest. Here began that personal acquaintance with Governor Buck ingham which afterwards secured to the Governor so much influence in the nation's affairs, and gave his suggestions so much weight in shaping its policy. Buckingham entertained Lincoln while in Hartford and introduced him to his audience. So far as events could then be foreseen, Buckingham was more interested in the canvass than was Lin coln. He was again the Republican candidate for governor, and his re-election depended upon the result of the ballots to be cast the month follow ing. Here also Lincoln first came in touch with the wide-awake movement, which became such a distinguishing feature of the campaign of 1860. The origin of the movement was purely accidental. A month earlier Cassius M. Clay had spoken in Hartford. A few ardent Republicans bearing torches had accompanied him as a kind of body guard. Two of the young men, being dry-goods clerks, in order to protect their clothing from the dripping of the torches, had prepared capes of black cambric, which they wore in connection with the glazed caps commonly worn at the time. The marshal of the parade, noticing the uniform, put the wearers at the front where the utility and show of the rig attracted much attention. It was at once proposed to substitute oil-cloth for the cambric capes and adopt the uniform for a club of fifty torch bearers. In calling a meeting for that purpose, the Hartford Courant hit upon the term wide-awakes and it was appropriatedas the name of the organization. Before the new uniforms were all ready, Lincoln made his Hart ford address. After his speech, such members of the organization as had secured their uniforms escorted Lincoln to his hotel. This company he came known as the Originals in distinction from the other wide-awake organizations that at once sprang into life in other cities. During the fol lowing summer and fall, these bands, bearing blaz ing coal-oil torches, paraded the streets of almost every northern citv and town, arousing everywhere the wildest fervor and enthusiasm and just one year after the Originals escorted Mr. Lincoln in their first parade, he was inaugurated President of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.