1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOME TOWN newspaper w COVERAGE of him as PRESIDENT-ELECT

Description: 1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOME TOWN newspaper w COVERAGE of him as PRESIDENT-ELECT BEST Jan 1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOME TOWN newspaper Springfield ILLINOIS with local COVERAGE of Lincoln as PRESIDENT-ELECT - inv # 4P-338 Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auction SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Daily Illinois State Register (Springfield, ILLINOIS) dated Jan 30, 1861. This rare original newspaper was published in Lincoln's home town of Springfield, IL while he was still there as President-elect and contains a long detailed inside page editorial on LINCOLN's future as PRESIDENT of the US. Lincoln would leave Springfield, IL for his inauguration in Washington, DC on Feb 11, 1861 and this LOCAL Springfield, IL newspaper would be one of the last issues printed in Springfield while Lincoln was still living there as President-elect (Lincoln would not return to Springfield, IL in his lifetime and would only return after his death from being assassinated in April, 1865).Very very rare Lincoln home-town newspaper, printed while he was still living there as the President-elect, and containing a long detailed editorial on ABRAHAM LINCOLN On the morning of February 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln stood on a platform at the Great Western station in Springfield, Illinois, to bid farewell to friends and to a city where he had lived for twenty-five years. Lincoln expressed his sadness at the parting and his feeling for Springfield: "To this place, and the kindness of these people I owe everything." Lincoln moved to Springfield as a young man, and as the city grew and prospered so, too, did he. His successful law career, complemented by his political ambition, culminated in his election to the presidency in 1860.The capital of Illinois, Springfield was a political community, and an important part of the community was its newspapers. Avidly read by the citizens, the newspapers related social and government news. By 1854, Illinois was home to more than 150 newspapers, including the Illinois State Journal and the Illinois State Register. Like most papers of the day, they were political organs, preaching the importance of allegiance to party ideas and leaders. Newspapers and their editors held a great deal of power, power to help an aspiring politician like Lincoln.As a member of the political community in Springfield, Lincoln was associated with city newspapers. Since the press was the primary means of communicating to the electorate the views of office holders and office seekers, it was important for Lincoln the politician to develop a working relationship with the Whig-Republican organ, the Illinois State Journal. The paper became an outlet for Lincoln's opinions through letters to the editor, reports of his speeches, and editorials he wrote.Lincoln's association with the Journal was more than political; it was friendship too. Lincoln knew Simeon Francis, the editor, perhaps better than he knew anybody else in Springfield except his law partner, John T. Stuart, and his close friend Joshua Speed. The Journal supported Lincoln throughout his rise in politics. In 1864, Lincoln wrote: "The Journal paper was always my friend; and of course its editors the same."Previous to Lincoln's inauguration as president, the Springfield Journal became virtually the official voice of the party. From the time of the nomination until the Lincolns left Springfield in February 1861, national attention focused on Springfield and the Journal. Lincoln refused to make any public statement concerning the impending national crisis for fear he might be misrepresented. Observers therefore sought clues to Lincoln's thought in the Journal. It was among the few newspapers in the country that remained devoted to him during the war years.The newspapers in Lincoln's hometown were not much different from papers across the nation. At the outbreak of the war, both the Journal and the Register urged men to join the army to defend the country. However, as the war lengthened, the Register cooled in its enthusiasm. The Journal remained loyal to Lincoln and his policies, but the Register criticized the president and his conduct of the war.On February 11,1861, the day Lincoln left Springfield, the Journal stated its belief in the president-elect's courage to do what was necessary to protect and defend the Constitution. The Register was not as optimistic. It expressed fear that Lincoln was now in a position to make true his declaration of 1858: "This Union cannot permanently endure part slave and part free." The editor hoped "that he may prove less ambitious to be considered a prophet than a patriot."On inauguration day in March 1861 Lincoln outlined the course he would take against those states in rebellion against the federal government. According to the Register, the people were uncertain what policy would be in regard to the seceding states. The speech said the Register was patriotic but "a mountain of ambiguity." The Journal interpreted the speech much differently. Lincoln, the "true," "brave," "patriot," "statesman," and "noble Chief Magistrate" had "electrified" the nation. People of all parties could rejoice. The Journal acknowledged that the speech might lead to civil strife: "But, thank God, the responsibility for civil war will rest with the traitors and not with the government."The Register, its columns quiet in editorial comments on Lincoln during March 1861, finally had enough. "The Journal's daily affirmation of unwavering confidence in Mr. Lincoln, with its every accompanying lugubrious commentary, has the right of the 'grave-yard whistle' painfully grating on "IRREPRESSIBLE" ears. Why is it that the Journal has to make daily record of its confidence in the president elect. Is it to create or dispel doubt? This is getting to be a mooted question at Mr. Lincoln's home." The point had been made, but the Journal ignored it; the Journal's expressions of allegiance to Lincoln continued.The Register believed that Lincoln could have prevented the strife between the states. Stephen A. Douglas, the "ever faithful, ever true, the champion of popular rights," could have brought peace to the country. That opportunity had now passed. "Whatever may be our party leanings, our party principles, our likes or dislikes, when the contest opens between the country, between the Union, and its foes, and blows are struck, the patriot's duty is plain take sides with the 'Stars and Stripes'." This patriotic theme was recurrent in the editorials of the Register. The paper, however, did not endorse the principles of the administration; it condemned them. The Register noted that not everyone agreed with the president and all had a right to express their opinions. This included the paper with "the right of American citizens to criticize the policy of their chosen servants. We intend to do so. Who dare say nay, at the 'home of Lincoln'."The two Springfield newspapers were party organs and reflected different views of the war and of Lincoln. Their significance is twofold: they were published in Lincoln's hometown and Lincoln had a close relationship to the Journal. An editorial appearing in the Journal on March 8, 1861, summed up Lincoln's relationship with the paper: "Our long acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln, our constant contact with him, and our knowledge of his views led us to make an earnest effort to create a sentiment in the public mind that should harmonize with his own."Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. 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