Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1897 — Not Afraid pf Assassins. [ARTICLE]

Not Afraid pf Assassins.

When Mr. Lincoln went to Washington to be inaugurated he traveled secretly on the advice of his nearest friends. On account of this trip he was often charged with cowardice and reviled therefor by his enemies. In speaking of the trip he said: “I did not believe then, nor do I now believe, I should have been assassinated had I gone through Baltimore, as first contemplated, but I thought it wise to run no risk where no risk was necessary.”