...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...nry S. Burrage, of Portland, Me., and to General Tho- mas J. Henderson, of Illinois. For various courtesies received, the editor is furthermore indebt... ...and some of his pieces were even deemed good enough for publication in the county weekly. Thus he won a neighborhood reputation as a clever young man,... ...m a friend to buy a new suit of clothes—”store clothes” fit for a Sangamon County statesman; and thus adorned he set out for the state capital, Vandal... ...o of so dramatic a con- test, he had been induced to visit several Eastern cities, and had astonished and delighted large and distinguished audiences ... ... to be immortalized; their names were to be transferred to coun- ties, and cities, and rivers, and mountains; and to be re- vered and sung, toasted th... ... respecting petition of H. N. Purple, claiming the seat of Mr. Phelps from Peoria, Mr. Lincoln moved that the House resolve itself into Commit- tee of... ... asked him how he came from Spring- field; that Fisher said he had come by Peoria, and also told of several other places he had been at more in the di...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the lib...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, the Pennsylvania St... ... Instead of running away and joining the army. Rather a thousand times the county jail Than to lie under this marble figure with wings, And this grani... ...your vision watched for men and women Hiding in burrows of fate amid great cities, Looking for the souls of them to come out, So that you could see Ho... ... would have lynched me Had I not been secretly hurried away To the jail at Peoria. And yet I was going peacefully home, Carrying my jug, a little drun... ...e OVER and over they used to ask me, While buying the wine or the beer, In Peoria first, and later in Chicago, Denver, Frisco, New Y ork, wherever I l... ...u: If all of the children, born here in Spoon River Had been reared by the County, somewhere on a farm; And the fathers and mothers had been given the... ... something washed and ironed. Harmon Whitney OUT of the lights and roar of cities, Drifting down like a spark in Spoon River, Burnt out with the fire ... ... try. 78 Spoon River Anthology Roy Butler IF the learned Supreme Court of Illinois Got at the secret of every case As well as it does a case of rape ...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State... ...t calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, respec- tively, have b... ... and flog negroes in Nebraska was popular sovereignty. SPEECH A T CLINTON, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. The questions are sometimes asked “What is all... ...stood, I will read you a few extracts from a speech that was made by me in Peoria in 1854. It was made in reply to one of Judge Douglas’s speeches. (M... ...e. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN [Newspaper cuttings of Lincoln’s speeches at Peoria, in 1854, at Springfield, Ottawa, Chicago, and Charleston, in 1858. ... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five TO H. L. PIERCE AND OTHERS. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 6, 1859. GENTLEMEN:—Y our kind note inviting me to attend a... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished... ...ent means to counteract, even, if neces- sary, to the bombardment of their cities and, in the extremist necessity, the suspension of the writ of habea...

...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania St... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ...n 5 river in the old times, could have transferred a slave from Missouri to Illinois and made a free man of him. The Mississippi does not alter its l... ...pse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America woul... ...lous and painful trips between Montreal and a fort which he had built on the Illinois, before he at last succeeded in getting his expedition in such a... ...e frozen river, on foot, and dragging their canoes after them on sledges. At Peoria Lake they struck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi... ... a barkeeper on a boat; four sons of the chief merchant, and two sons of the county judge, became pilots. Pilot was the grandest position of all. The ... ...ania’s had happened near her doors, and she was experienced, above all other cities on the river, in the gracious office of the Good Samaritan” The si... ... think it is; for there are plenty of ladies and gentlemen in the provincial cities whose garments are all made by the best tailors and dressmakers of...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... .... If the old system be thought to be vague, as to all the delegates of the county voting the same way, or as to instructions to them as to whom they a... ...join in proposing them only because I choose to leave the decision in each county to the Whigs of the county, to be made as their own judg- ment and c... ... In Philadelphia alone this drain averaged $5000 per quarter; and in other cities of the seaboard it was proportionate. (7) The embarrassment of the d... ...whom was referred the petition of H. M. Barney, post- master at Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, report: That they have been satisfied by evidence,... ...ed the petition of H. M. Barney, post- master at Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, report: That they have been satisfied by evidence, that on the 15... ...aid the damages. Even between the different wards and streets of towns and cities we find this same wrangling and difficulty. Now these are no other t... ...al dis- trict, I believe. Yours etc., A. LINCOLN. REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS—PEORIA SPEECH SPEECH AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS, IN RE- PLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS, OC...

...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...