the continued growth of the fame of Lincoln may I refer to the Drinkwater play, which toured the United States about fifteen years ago, after playing in all the principal cities of England; the many movies portraying his life or parts of it; and the "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" play running in the

, 1860: "Springfield, Illinois, "December 31, 1860. "Hon. Simon Cameron. "My Dear Sir: "I think fit to notify you now, that by your permis- sion, I shall at the proper time nominate you to the United States Senate for confirmation as Secretary of the Treasury, or as Secretary of War—which of the two I

making the United States wholly inde- pendent of foreign countries in all articles of the first necessity, and in many of mere luxury and elegance. In the hour of war and affliction, the fostering hand of government was promised to these benefactors of the nation; liberal encouragement was unsparingly