Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-18

hunting asses, but because the Lord had
indicsted he was the proper man for them
to select. The Republicans, without any
evidence that the Lord had bestowed
special blessing upon them in the person Of
"Uncle Abe say he shall be the ruler
over this mighty Republic. And why -
My colleague gives the answer. Hear it.
lilo was born in Hardin county, Kentucky;
removed with his father to Spencer county,
Indiana lived amid the "wild and ro-
mantle scenes of the border !" made his
first advent into the "grcat world" as
fat.boatman, and actually found his scay
buck home, after the cargo was disposed
Of, without guide; removed to Illinois |;
passed the first year in Macon county !;
split, in one winter, with John Hanks, three
housond Rails ); and besides, worked at
a still-house On account of these ''thril-
ling incidents" and great feats, my col
league claims the Republicans are going to
put him in;o the White House at the other
end of the avenue! The principal merit,
however, set up for Mr.. Lincoln is, that, in
conjunction with John Hanks, his kins-
man, he "split three thousand rails."-
Yes, that is the exact number Mr.. Lin
coin remembers it Well, suppose he did :,
what of it! The first remark I have to
make on the subject is, that splitting three
thousand rails is no great job know
something about cutting wood and "splt.
ting rails myself, and ] know that any
ordinary good workman can split one hun.
dred and fifty rails per day so that, al
lowing "Uncle Abe" to have been "full
hand and certainly his friends claim
nothing less for him-he worked at rail
splitting just ten days, for which he is to be
idolized and made President. The next
remark / have to make is, it is claimed by
the Republicans that Mr.. Lincoln was sc-
tually condoscending enough before he be.
came a"lawyer,' to work Working,ncn.
what think you Of this reflection upon you !,
Suppose Mr.. Lincoln did once work at
manual labor: why boast Of it! Millions
of others as good as he is have done the
| same ; end although it is not STOPPING from
| the proud position of Gods nobility-no
dishonor-yet you are now insultsd by the
lnferen;o drawn by the Republicans,
that Mr.. Lincoln is far above you. If
you pocket the insult, am much deceived.
Bat, Mr. Chairman, what 1 desire to
notice more particularly concerning the
trail splitting Is this my colleague says
this portion OF MIR. Lincoln history "gave
rise to the incident in the late Republican
STATE invention, in Macon county, which
! awakened the intcnscst and widest cnthu-
| siasm." "John Hanks presented to the
convention two of the rails mado by himself
| and Mr.. Lincoln. The effect was electri-
cal. One spontaneous burst of applause
went up from all parts of the 'wigwam.' J."
So says my eloquent colleague. "Two
| rails" brought uown the house. d" OF
course, MIR. Lincoln was called out, and
made an explanation of the matter" Of
course he was. lie actually rotated the
''stirring incident that he once helped TO
make some rails How wonderful Moth
ing contrirsd all this 1t was, "of
course" purely an acCio'ent that John
Hanks was in town on the day Of the con.
vention all occ'tlcnt that he brought the
"two rails with him; an acciicnt that he
asked to present them to the convention
an accldem that Mr.. Lincoln was there,
and knem n0thtne Of what was going on
an 0cctdeM that he vas called on for q
speech; nothing werc ncered, nothing
cOnr1Ued in the whole affair-all accident
Tell it to the marines The whole thing
as is clearly evident, was gotten up by
Mr.. Lincoln himself and deserves, as it
has received, the scoff and contempt of the
whole country. Mr.. Lincoln will find
! that "ridnr on rail" into office is a sore
business.
! LINCOLNs 5 BETRAYAL OF HENRY CLAY.
Passing, Mr.. Chairman, that portion Of
Mr.. Lincoln's life when he was member
of the Legislature from the county of San.
cannon as possessing nothing worthy OF
note, and also passing over the "e1,raor-
dinary" efforts spoken of by my colleague
as having been made in 1s40 in favor oi
"Tip and Ty" as barren of interest, (for
nobody ever heard of their amounting tc
anything, until since he has become q
candidate for Presdent,) and also passing
; by his stump-speech efforts of ls44, il
which year he was on the electoral ticket
for Mr.. Clay, and up to which time moth
ing had occurred to attract public attention
particularly to him, will dwell for singl,
moment upon his betrayal of Mr.. Clay
At the house of his brother in-law in
Springfield, the city of his residence, he
proposed to large company of prominent
Wing gentlemen who were congrcgateC
there, to throw Mr.. Clay overheard ant
take up General Taylor. General Single
ton, distinguished old line Clay Wing o
Illinois, who had followed the fortunes o
his brave and gallant old leader througl
sunshine and storm, and who held hi
banner firmly grasped, condemned thu
scheme as iniquitous; yet it was fnall.
consummated at Philadelphia, in con
, clave in which Mr.. Lincoln was master o
ceremonies, and the Brutus who gave tn
final blow that laid his choftain low VIII
, gave the mortal stab to the great loader 0
the Wing party, and expected, and, if
am correctly informed, claimed, for Gen
eral Taylors administration the Office o
| Commissioner of the General Land Olfc