, 1860-05-23

agreeable 10 US than any we have been called
upon to discharge dnriag IN editorial life Of
nearly FIVE years. We place at the head Of our
editorial column, IL tho nominee OF the RePub-
lican party, the name Of Abraham Lincoln, its
candidate for the P1esi ,ency in 1850. There is
thrill Of pleasure perTading cur whole being
as we do this, which is indescribably pleasure
BILE. We place his name st the head Of our COL
umn, because be is the first choice Of the Re-
publtcsns, as indicated by their delegates in
convention assemblcd-bcc2use he has been,
and is, our first choice-because he Is in every
particular worthy the distinguished honor con
ferrel upon him, aud because he is to-day, the
most perfect embodiment Of that feature in the
institutions Of this country which gives to the
humblest individual the equal right to aspire to
the greatest among us.
We ure for " Honest Old Abe Lincoln" for ten
thousand good aud sufficient reasons. Born in
the lap Of poverty and Injured to the privations
aud toll Of western frontier life, he can fully
appreciate the necessities and wants OF this
great and growing people who are now filling
up the rich Valley Of the Mississippi. Coming
to Indiana before it was State, he IS familiar
With the life and labor onr. pioneer fathers en-
dured, acd knows full well how to appreciate
IN honest heart, although it mar be covered By
rough exterior. Having spent all the early
years Of bis manhood With that class OF people,
upon whose brawny shoulders always has and
always will rest the glory and renoTn Of our
common country, he il the full Representative
Of their hopes, Of their industry, OF their de-
termination, Of their integrity and Of their
mastery conmon sense. Sprlnging from an
humble origin, his life and his present position
is beckoning incentive to every Joung man in
the whole country, TO initiate the example thu!
set before them; Having arrived at the age OF
fftytTo years, he stands to day before the
American people, unstained BY oce dishonor-
able act either in public OF private life. If he
has one fault, it is that Of being too generous
it be has erer committed Qua error, It Is that
Of having too noble nature, ever to humble
his manhood to increase his galns-n he de-
serves csnsura in not drawing around him the
Injuries Of Lille, it is because be 1oved virtue
better than Ill these, and looked for happiness
Oily II the path pointed out BY the true I'M"
pulses o. pure and exalted nature.
There are to. day more Of the elements OF
universal popularity in the character and PET
sonal history Of "Honest Abe Lincoln OF I'LL"
nois't than any other mnn on the American
continent. He is today sshigher thsn any o.
his people, from his shoulders and upward,
Since the days, when oil that was great anu
good sunk to rest amid the quiet shades OF
Mount ernou-since the great debater OIL Aas'
sachusets, tbs Sage Of Montecel!o, The log'Glan IA
OF South Carolina and the "Const'tutlonM Ex"
pounder" closed thsir eyes to the bright sun
light, we do believe no truer tnan, no aoles
nun, or no sincerer man has lived tnan Aofa-
ham lincoln. His great campaign 10 l1Anois
with NE- Douglas WIS one Of unsufpassed H.
tellectual power, wrestling the adtnlsslon from
the lips Of tho Little Giant himself, that "Ahe
Lincoln possessed the most wondestus resources