The Heiress in Kent by Gregory Kopp

Author:Gregory Kopp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Royalty, New York City, London, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Saga, Queen Victoria
Publisher: Kopp Company
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lincoln, Richard, Josephine and the rest of their party arrived at the Cincinnati Railroad Depot after a brief stop in Dayton. Republican Party officials entered the railroad car to greet Lincoln and to escort him to the Burnet House Hotel.

A large crowd followed their carriage to the hotel. Pinkerton kept shouting to the crowd to watch out and was quickly overwhelmed by the mass of people. Richard recognized what was happening and whispered in Josephine's ear to check into the hotel without him. He rushed to Pinkerton's side to help him with the security for the Illinois lawyer. Pinkerton nodded at him and gestured for him to go to the other side of the street, and they escorted Lincoln through the teeming crowd to the Market House Square. Pinkerton asked Cordwell to stay with him to protect Mr. Lincoln during his speech.

Lincoln spoke from the second-floor balcony, but he had changed the words and tone from the sparsely attended speech he gave in Columbus, the previous day. It was an effort to have both of his Columbus and Cincinnati speeches covered by the Eastern newspapers. The gimmick worked, for both speeches were sufficiently different to be reprinted in the Eastern Press.

Meanwhile, Stanislaus also arrived in Cincinnati earlier that same morning. He sold his harvested crops to the Cincinnati grain brokers but only received half of the amount he was expecting. Stanislaus was at his wit's end, for he did not know how he was going to pay his property taxes. He decided to visit St. Peter’s in Chains Cathedral to pray for his family’s future. Stanislaus entered the imposing cathedral and took a seat in the rear pew. He knelt down and fervently began to pray. “Please Lord, help me find the courage to care for my family. Please, help me find a way to pay my taxes.” He prayed so fervently that his brow was furrowed and the tears soon began to flow from his eyes due to his anguish.

Seconds later, he heard shouting outside the grand cathedral, “Huzzah! He’s here!” Stanislaus dabbed his eyes and went outside to see what they were shouting about. He saw the crowd massing in front of the Market House Square and decided to join them. Stanislaus was mesmerized when he heard Lincoln speak for the first time, as his speech was similar to the Baden orators during the 1848 revolution. He forced his way through the crowd to get a better glimpse at the tall gangly orator with a stovepipe hat. He then recognized him as the man who had pulled the gun away from John Bauer outside the Allen County courthouse.

Lincoln continued speaking to the Cincinnati crowd. Suddenly he changed course and also began addressing the citizens of nearby Kentucky in the audience as they were representatives of the Southern States. After this speech, Lincoln would be lauded throughout the country as a serious candidate for President of the United States. In his high-pitched voice, he shouted for the crowd

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