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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
1
A compilation of anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln showcasing how he used stories to steer talks from unwanted topics. The piece recalls lines about Burnside Knoxville, Emancipation policy, and a cabinet moment before the Emancipation Proclamation, plus recollections of Stanton and a Springfield coon tale.
An 19th century tale recalls a man driving hoops to head a hogshead who fails as the top keeps falling in. He places his son inside to hold it up and only then realizes how to free him. Lincoln says this shows how some people always do business.
A Philadelphia woman waited days with her baby to see the President after her husband was shot for desertion. White House usher Daniel recalled the scene as the President halted steps to tea and asked if a mother with a baby remained in the ante room.
A soldier writes from Nickenick near Coblenz on December 26 1918 describing life in a German town near the Rhine. He notes deer and fishing nearby, modern docks, and interactions with locals including a German who favorably recalls New York USA. He mentions Christmas in Coblenz, meals, and reading stories.
In a moment of despondence visitors spoke of the breakers ahead. The president replied with a parable of a school boy who mispronounced Shadrach Mesach and Abednego, once whipped, then recognizing the names in the day’s lesson and whispering to a neighbor that the tormented Hebrews were coming again.
A visitor asks how many Rebels Lincoln faced. He jokingly asserts twelve hundred thousand men, explaining the math of four hundred thousand in the field and a three to one ratio. The exchange ends with the visitor reacting in disbelief.
A New York journal editorial opposing Lincoln's renomination cites a frontier traveler stranded in a hostile night, struck by a terrifying thunderstorm. With his horse exhausted and lightning his only guide, the man, not a praying man, begs simply for guidance, asking the Lord for mercy if it matters to him.
A Civil War era reminiscence recalls General Phelps occupying Ship Island and Lincoln’s remark about a meek husband named Jones. The tale centers on a wife’s switch and a friend’s threat, ending with Jones remarking the whipping would have helped his wife more than him.
Two ladies from Tennessee pleaded before the President for the release of their husbands held as prisoners of war at Johnson's Island. They were postponed to the following Friday.
A friend of President Lincoln recalls a wartime scene in which Lincoln, who had drafted a pardon for a young sentinel sentenced to be shot for sleeping on duty, chose mercy. The anecdote highlights Lincoln’s compassion and reluctance to condemn a farm boy to death for a fatigue mistake.
Hon John B Alley of Lynn Massachusetts carried a petition for pardon to the President from a Newburyport jail inmate imprisoned five years for slave trade and a thousand dollar fine. The prisoner confessed guilt in a letter to Alley, and the President rejected mercy, saying the man who enslaves others is worse than a murderer and deserves no pardon.
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