Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-09-03

y be found as the two great representatives OF the
two great parties Everybody knows Douglas,
short, thick-set burly with largo round head,
heavy hair, dark complexion, and fierce bulldog
bark Strong in his own real power, and skilled
by thousand conflicts in all the strategy OF
hand-to-hand or n general fight, oftowering am
btion restless in his determined desire for notori-
ETY.; proud defiant, arrogant nudacious, unscru.
puous, "Little Dug" assembled the platform and
looked out impudently and carelessly on the i'm
mcnse throng which surgod and struggled before
him. native of Vermont, reared on soil where
no slave ever Stood trained to hard manual labor
and schooled in early hardship, he came to Illinois
teacher and from one post to another mad risen
to his present cmincnce. Forgetful of her ances-
trail hatred of slavery to which he the heir, he
had come to be holder of slaves and to owe much
of his fame to his continued subserviencesto south
ern influence
The other-Lincoln-is n native of Kentucky,
and Of poor white parentaeo and from his cradle
has felt the blighting influence 'of tho dark and
cruel shadow which rendered labor dishonorable,
and kept the poor in poverty, while it advanced
the rich in their possessions. Reared in poverty
and tho humblest aspirations, he left his native
state, crossed the line into Illinois, and began his
career of honorable toll. At first laborer, split
ting rails for n living-defcent in education, and
applying himself even to the rudiments of knowl-
edge-he, too, felt the expanding power of his
American manhood and began to achieve the
greatness to which he has succeeded. With great
ulHCuItV struggling through inc uculOus
res of legal lore, he admitted to the bar, and
rapidly made his way to the front ranks of his pro-
fosson. Gonored by the people with Office, he is
still the same honorable and reliable man. lie
volunteers in the Black Hawk war, and does the
state good service in its sorest need. In every
relation of life, socially and to the state, Mr.. Lin
coin has been always the pure and honest man. In
physique heis the opposite to Douglas Built on
the Kentucky type, he is very tall, slender and
angular, awkward even, in gait and attitude. His
face is sharp, large features and unprepossessing.
His eyes deep set, under heavy brows his
forehead is high and etreating, and his hair dark
and heavy. In reposc, I must confess that "Long
Abe's appearance is not comedy. But stir him
up, and the fire of his genius plays every fea-
ture His eve CLOVIS and sparklcs; every lineament,
now so i'll formed grows brilliant and expressive.
md You have before man of rare power and
Of strong magnetic influence He takes the peo-
pie every time, and there is getting away from
his sturdy good sense his unaffected sincerity, and
the unceasing play of his good humor, which ac-
companies his close logic and smoothes the way TO
conviction. Listening to him on Saturday, calmly
and unpreiudiced, I convinced that he has no
| suncrior stump speaker. He is clear, concise
| aud logical his language is eloquent and at per-
| feet command. He is altogether a more fluent
speaker than DOUGLAS. and in all the arts of debate
| fully hi: equal The Republicans of Illinois have
| chosen champion worthy of their heartiest sup
port, and fully equipped for the conflict with the
| great "squattcr Sovereign