Semi-centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois, 1858-1908 - circular of suggestions for school celebrations (1908) (14756905506)

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Title: Semi-centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois, 1858-1908 : circular of suggestions for school celebrations
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Illinois State Historical Library
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Phillips Bros., state printers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library



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Qvincy, III., Whig. Nov. IS, 1858 DOUGLAS COMPLAINT. (Prom the Wide-Awake Vocalist, a republican campaign song book of 1860.) He punished meâin fight you see,And said I had the wrong of it;For I am small and he is tallAnd thats the short and long of it. He split a rail through my coat tail.He quickly thrust the prong of It;Im five feet one, that lofty sonIs six feet four and strong of It. UNCLE ABE. . CFrom the Lincoln Campaign Songster. 1858.) (TuneâNellie Ely.) Uncle Abe, Uncle Abe! here we are again. Weve got a platform now we think that will not bend or strain, Beat the drum, unfurl the flag, freedom is for all, And so we fling it to the breeze as in the ranks we fall. Clioius. Ho, Uncle Abe! Listen Uncle Abe ! and see. We sing for you, work for you, hurrah for liberty ! Uncle Abe. we have tried, and weve found him true.We know that he Is honest In the work he has to do,Uncle Abe has his faults and so have other men.But in firmness for the Union, well not find his like again.
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THE LINCOLN MONUMENT. 37 Uncle Abe is the man for the work in hand ;He knows the ropes about the ship upon whose deck we standWaves may dash and winds may roar, but hell guide us on,Till slaverys storm is over and port of peace is won. EMERSON ON LINCOLNS LITERARY ABILITY. He is the author of a multitude of good sayings, so disguised as pleasant-ries that it is certain they had no reputation at first but as jests; and onlylater by the very acceptance and adoption they find in the mouths of rhillions,turn out to be the wisdom of the hour. But the weight and penetration ofmany passages in his letters, messages, and speeches, hidden now by the verycloseness of their application to the moment, are destined hereafter to awide fame. What pregnant deflnitiveness! What unerring common sense!What foresight! and, on great occasions, what lofty and more than national;what human tone! His brief speech at Gettj^sburg will not easily be surpassed by words onany recorded occasion. This and one other