The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 10, 1934 Page: 3 of 4
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THE TEXAS STEER Page 3
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HOME LINCOLN LIBRARY
It is well to include in your readingLocated at Eighth and Jackson Streets
in Springfield, Illinois, this, the only
home ever owned by Lincoln was pur-
chased in 1844 from Reverend Charles
Dresser, the Episcopal Minister who mar-
ried Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd.
The house, at that time a story and a
half in height, was purchased for
the consideration of $1,200. Another
half story was later added by Mrs. Lin-
coln during one of Lincoln's absences on
the law circuit.
Although Abraham Lincoln was born
in Kentucky and spent his youth in In-
diana, his manhood and progress until
his inauguration as President belongs to
Illinois. An ox drawn wagon brought
Lincoln to Illinois in 1830, and he resided
in the Prairie State until he departed on
his pesidential train in 1861.
The Springfield home as it stands to-
day, as property of the State of Illinois,
is a memorial of many important develop-
ments in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
His sojourn at this domicile marks the
birth of three sons, Edward Baker, Will-
iam Wallace, and Thomas or "Tad" on
10 March 1846, 21 December 1850, and 4
April 1853 respectively.
The sad death of little Edward occur-
red on February 1, 1850. This was a
hard blow to Lincoln, but it also had
some very beneficial influences on the
family's habits. Reverend James Smith,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
was called upon to conduct the funeral
service. He later became a warm friend
of the Lincolns. Mrs. Lincoln joined the
Presbyterian Church and Lincoln attend-
ed regularly till his departure for Wash-
ington. His religious views were de-
finitely modified by his contact with Doc-
tor Smith.
Another significant event of the Spring-!
f eld habitat was the receipt there of the
tidings that Abraham Lincoln was elect-
ed President of the United States on
November 6, 1860. Then followed three
months of strenuous preparations which
led to a solemn departure on February
11, 1861 for Washington where Abraham
Lincoln was to carry on, as President,SPEAKING OF GANGSTERS
Gangsters are nothing new; they hadprogram books dealing with men and them fifty years ago. In 1876, a gang of
events that are brought to our atten- counterfeiters tried to steal Lincoln's
tion by various anniversary days of the body. Ben Boyd, the master engraver
year. who made their bogus greenbacks, was
February 12 always reminds us of in prison; and their supply of currency
almost exhausted. They contrived the
.braham Lincoln. Some very good unholy idea of stealing the body of
)ooks on Lincoln to be found in the Abraham Lincoln from the tomb of
ews Library are: Springfield. Then, while the whole
Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 (2 vol.) Beveridge North was in an uproar, Big Jim would
Lincoln The Man__-Mastersagree to return the sacred corpse in ex-
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln----------Evans change for Ben Boyd's pardon and aCauses of the Civil War _
The Last Full Measure -
With Malice Toward None
Forever Free _Chadwick
- Morrow
Morrow
._ MorrowThe Crisis Churchill
Up From Slavery Booker T. washington
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
(Continued from Page One.)
keen sense of humor. His creed may be
summed up by the following verse:
"I do the very best I know how; the
very best I can; and I mean to keep doing
so until the end. If the end brings me
out all right, what is said against me
won't amount to anything. If the end
brings me out wrong, ten angels swear-
in. I was right would make no differ-pile of gold.
They sawed the padlock off the iron
door of Lincoln's tomb, stepped inside,
pried the marble lid off the sarcophagus,
and lifted the wooden casket half out;
when out rushed eight Secret Service
men, in their stocking feet from their
hiding place. They dashed into the dark
tomb, and ordered the ghouls to surrend-
er. There was no answer. Tyrrell, dis-
trict chief of the Secret Service, lighted
a match. 'There lay the coffin, half out
of the sarcophagus. But where were
the thieves ? The detectives vainly
searched the cemetery. Ten days later
they were caught in Chicago, brought
to Springfield, and thrown into jail.
But the case did not come to trial for
eight months; public indignation had
died down by the time; and, on the firstfence " ballot, four jurors actually voted for ac-
-A. Lincoln. quittal. After a few more ballots the
12 men compromised and sent the ghouls
to the Joliet prison for one year.
his predestined work of destroying
slavery and making freedom universal, Since Lincoln's friends were afraid
but yielding his life as a sacrifice for 'that other thieves might steal the body,
glorious deeds. the Lincoln Monument Association hid
Lincoln's parting words of farewell to it away for two years in an iron coffin
his home and friends were made from under a heap of loose boards lying in a
the rear platform of his Presidential damp, dark passageway behind the cata-
train: combs, a sort of cellar. During that time
thousands of pilgrims paid their res-
"My friends: No one, not in my sit- pects to an empty sarcophagus.
uation, can appreciate my feeling of sad-
ness at this parting. To this place, and For various reasons Lincoln's remains
the kindness of these people, I owe every- have been moved 17 times. But they will
thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a be moved no more. The coffin is now
century and have passed from a young imbedded in a great ball of steel and solid
to an old man. Here my children have cement, six feet from the inside north
been born, and one is buried. I now wall and ten feet beneath the floor of the
leave, not knowing when or whether ever tomb. It was placed there on Septem-
I may return, with a task before me her 26, 1901. On that day the casket
greater than that which rested upon was opened, and human eyes gazed down
Washington. Without the assistance of for the last time upon his face. Those
that Diine Being who ever attended him, who saw him then remarked how natural
I cannot succeed. With that assistance, he appeared. He had been dead 36
I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who years; but the embalmers had done their
can go with me, and remain with you, work well, and he still looked very much
and be everywhere for good, let us con- as he had looked in life. His face was
fidently hope that all will yet be well. a trifle darker, and there was a touch
To His care commending you as I hope
in your prayers you will commend me, of mold on one wing of his black tie.
I bid you an affectionate farewell," -Keystone.Page 3
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Texas (Battleship). The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 10, 1934, newspaper, February 10, 1934; United States. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161620/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.