New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-24

soon after nj ABOUT w years VI okc, o""'o" w Wv
Legislature, and rechosen thrice in succession.
While thus living on the pittaDce paid to leglS'
lator 1.-THE age of Gridiron Railroads aud such ike
having not then dawned on benighted worldly no
stpdied law. and was admitted to the bar. In
1ea4-when 80 years of age, and quite novice In
h;s Understandable was chosen to head the Clay
Electoral Ticket, and in that capacity to canvass
the State. which he did most thoroughly and effect
;vely. And his work was SO well done that we be-
Eeye he has been Mt the head, formerly OF the
Whig atterly of the Republican ticket, at every
subsequent Presidential election. He certainly
headed the Republican Electoral Ticket in looO.
When was it ever before imagined or pretended
that inferior men, especially when rudeiy educa'eu'
are habitualy chosen for such positions
A. Mr.. Lincoln was a candidate for Congress
Uouse, in 1876, and was the only Wing tout OF
seven, elected from the State. His majority was
I5II-the largest We are confident, ever given 10
that District to any candidate opposed to what Is
called Democracy. 1t is muchlarger than any other
of which we have a record The same District gave
MIR. Clay but 9l4 majority in a. and Gen. Taylor
but ] sol majority on vastly heavier vote IN as
Gen. Taylor's vote was sweled by the great num-
Der of volunteers residing in the District who had
served under him in the Mexican war MIR. Logan
| CWhp) was beaten for Congress this year--Col.
Harris (Dem.) carrying the District by JOG ma
ioritv over him. Aud in 1850 Mr.. Yates (now Re-
publican candidate for Governor) only won it back
BY 754 majority-not half that cast in 46 for DIR.
Lincoln.
r. Since 46, Mr.. Lincoln has not been can
ddate before the People for any office but that OF
| Elector of President. But in 1853 the Republican
| State Convention unanimously designated him as
| their representative man to stump the State
against Stephen A. Douglas. They knew that the
| struggle would be desperate One-that they must
put their very best foot foremost II they had had
champion whom they supposed ADLER and wor-
| 'thier than Mr.. Lincoln, they would have chosen
that cbampion for this arduOus service. They had
nearly all heard Lincoln and their other speakers,
| and ought to have known by this time who was
| their best mani yet they chose Abraham Lincoln.
If they don't know who is their best man, should
| not missionaries be sent out to teach them
6. Mr. Lincoln went into this canvass under
most discouiaging pieces Many leading Re.
| publicans out of the State thought the opposition
| to Mr.. Douglas impolitc and mistaken. We GER
taibly thought so; and, though we said little on
| the point our very silence was damaging in State
where more people read this paper than any other.
| 1t las been hundred times asserted that The
| TRIBUNE defeated Lincoln" But there were
other outside influences, as adverse ard at least
| equally potent. In 1856, the State polled 37,44
D. Of
| these were cast by natives Of Kentucky; all by
| men who love and cOnfde in John j. Crttenden.
In the thickest of the fray letter from Mr.. Crit
tenden was published, advising them to favor Mr..
Douglass reelection. Undoubtedly, this had an
everything influence with Thousands. Yet, after
Messrs. Lincoln and Douglas had thoroughly can
vassed the State. the People voted, with the fol-
lowing result:
Total vote in &c.. 96, l69 37,444 lO5,345
Lincoln Lec0mPton D., DGus ,i.o
Total vote in 58..... 125 275 sou l2l, 100
l.. 8 gain ON &c. 29,C86 Douglass do. Is, 742.
Lncon's net gain, IA, 344.
Or give Douglas the entire Lecoupton vote in
addition to his own, and Lincoln still gains on him
9,273. "''.''''..'.
Bear in mind that this was contest in which
the sympathies of men Indifferent to party were
almost wholly with Douglas, wherein many Repub-
Leans supported him throughout, wherein Critten-
den summoned the Americans to his aid, and
wherein he stood boldly on the ground of Popular
Sovereignty, with the prestige OF having just be-
fore defeated the infamous Lecompton bill. All
things considered we recall nothing in the history
of political campaigning more creditable to can
vasser than this vote is TO Lincoln.
We have thus dwelt throughout on facts Of
public record or of universal nOtoriety. The
Speeches made to the same audiences in that
canvass by Messrs. Lincoln and Douglas were
collected and printed by the Republicans of Ohio
for cheap and general dissemination, long before
they dreamed that Mr.. Lincoln would BIZ the
Republican candidate for President. We had
sold hundreds of them at our counter, as we had
thousands of Mr.. Lincoln's Speech in this City,
before the meeting of the Chicago Conventions
we expect TO sell thousands of the former and tens
of thousands of the latter forthwith. Every
reader can herein see just what manner of man
Mr.. Lincoln is, and how he bears himself when
confronted with one of. the very best and most
effective popular canvassers in the Democratic
ranks. If Mr. Lincoln is weak, or i'll informed, or
anywise deficient, this protracted Discussion with
Douglas must show it. Will The Journal aid us in
giving it the widest possible circulation
of Mr. Lincoln's merits as ga hat-boat-
oman and maulcr of rails" we have little to say.
We are no judge of Aatboat navigation; but the
rails made by Lincoln thirty years ago, which We
saw in Chicago, seemed very fair article. Let