The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 Page: 207
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Texas Newspapers and Lincoln
Born Feb. 12, 18o9, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Education, defective.
Profession, lawyer.
Have been Captain of volunteers in the Black Hawk War.28
The magazine section of the Dallas News for Sunday, Febru-
ary io, 1924, promoted Lincoln to the rank of "greatest presi-
dent." The first page of the magazine section was given over to
a large picture of Lincoln under which was written, "More than
a century ago, the greatest of our presidents began life in cir-
cumstances more humble, more handicapping, than those in
which the meanest of us came into being."29
Two days later a Knott cartoon showed two figures, represent-
ing North and South, looking at a picture of Lincoln while
sitting on a tough character named "Sectionalism." An editorial
.in the same issue paid tribute to Lincoln, and it is easy to read
into it a criticism of the Harding administration:
In a time of questioning and suspicion it is wholesome to turn our
thoughts away frori corruption and the contamination of gain, away
from betrayal of a Nation's trust and of a Nation's interests and
center our reflections for a little while upon the life and character
of a man of sincerity, fidelity and courage. Such a man was Lincoln.
Hate and contempt for him in the hearts of others of his time not
even his kindly personality and nobility of purpose could conquer
or quell. But what they could not do, the years have done. .. A
man can not live in full dedication of his life to integrity and pur-
pose without, sooner or later, earning the emulation and praise of
them who come after him.0
A Knott cartoon in 1925 linked Lincoln to the Texas political
situation. It showed a girl working in a laundry by day and
studying at night in the hope of achieving a professional or
public career. On the wall were pictures of Lincoln and Gov-
ernor Miriam A. Ferguson.3? In 1930 a cartoon by Knott re-
minded the country that even though it was suffering greatly
from lawlessness and gangsters other times had been bad, too.
It showed a group of men asking Abraham Lincoln to deliver a
28Dallas News, February 12, '1923; Galveston News, February 12, 1923.
20Dallas News, February io, 1924.
sOlbid., February 12, 1924.
311bid., February 12, 1925.so7
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948, periodical, 1948; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101119/m1/275/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.