The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-11-17
FROM THE ZONE OF MIR. LINCOLN
HOW HE RECEIVED THE NEWs-SPEC-
ULATioN As TO HIS COURSE, &C.
speeia, Dispatch to the New-Aork I'll,

sPRiHaFIELp, Til., Wednesday, Nov. 7-6 P. NJ
Mr.. Linsoln has not yet given any public
intimatlun as to the policy Of his Admiuis-
tration. have every reason to beleve that
he will not depart from the usual custom OF
new y. elected Presidents. Ia answer to all
inquiries as to what will be his course, he
ASKS, '.iiave you read my speeches 2" If
the question is still pressed, he quietly hands
over one of the pamphlet publications of
his speeches in the late controversy with
Mr. Douglas.
The general opinion here is, that some
thing more serious than the present state Of
affairs will be required to elicit Mr.. Lincoln
at present, any further declaration OF prin-
ciples, or AN assurance that the South need
fear nothing from his policy. The idea is
tina. he will deal out equal and exact justice
to al! sections of the country, and that it
would be admitting just cause for suspect
ing his honesty if he should REUTER- at this
time any professions of loyalty to Union, or
disavow any design of infringing upon the
rights Of the South. Ii Is regarded as
matter Of course that he believes what he
has said, therefore it would be supertluous
for him after his conservative record as
member of Congress, his frequently express
sed belief in regard to the States rights
doctrine, and above all his strictly consti-
tutional elevation to office, to put himself
out of the way to allay the groundess fears
of his bitter opponents, at the risk OF being
deemed a coward by his friends.
That Mr.. Lincoln is man of sufficient
ability and nerve to meet any exigency, is
from what see of him here, that he will
When he thinks proper to make a pronun-
cimento, you may depend upon it he will
do so.
Mr.. Lincoln has been about town all day,
and accessible to al! who chose to speak
Executive in the Capital, and has been free
ly &C graduated by his fellow townsmen.
Mr. Lincoln spent most Of election night
in the Telegraph Office, where he heard re-
turns and received private dispatches with
u most marvellous equanlmity. Those who
saw him at the time say it would have been
imr ossible for n bystaDder to tell that tall,
lean, wiry, good natured, easy going gen.
tleman, 50 anxiously inquiring about the
success of the local candidates, was the
choice of the people to fill the most impor-
tant Office in the nation. Even during cleo
ton day and night, MIR. Lincoln was about
town attending to his business as usual.
Many of the Springfield acquaintance will
long remember how he sat in social circle
at the Cheny House, while the returns were
coming in, and INDUCED alike in pleasant
chat and his propensity for storytelling.
SO far as the Cabinet is concerned, there
arc so many conflicting rumors afloat, that
cannot credit any. Mr.. Lincoln is not at
all anxious to gable, and don't believe
he has told any one his intentions in this
regard. 1t seems to be generally conceded
that Mr.. Seward will be rendered the mis-
sion to the Court Of ST. james. and that
Mr.. Bell will be offered the department of
the Interior, or some other seat IN The
Cabinet.