, 1860-05-25
The Nominations In the Country.
ALL THE PEOPLE SAX AMEN:

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The accumulation Of editorial endorsements
and ratification mee.ing gs aud speeches in behali
ct LINCOLN AID HxL1S has become so great in
our exchanges that we are obliged to condense
them -anto-the- smallest compass. We thus
bring to the notice Of our readers q large mum.
ber which came upon our table ye4terday: =.
.... ILLINOIS.
At pkoRl1 m enthusiastic ratification meet;
ing vas held On Tue.day evening" in the court
House square. Twenty five hundred people
:Fere present. The meeting was addressed b,
E. 81 Cleveland. Esq, Of Connecticut, Geo. F.
Ta1bot, Of Maine, Thos G. NcCuIloch and Mayor
Arnold Of Peoria. The 1ranseript gays *itwss
conceded By all to be the most enthusiastic
ratification meeting eyer held in Peoria"
1t Pontiac, Livingston county,, On the re-
eeipt ofthe news, says the Stntiat1;i the anvil
was brought out: aud mAde to do the business
Of field piece, one hundred times, nmid the
enthnsiastic, shouts Of the people The Court
House Was Illuminated from top to bottom. The
Democrats held caucus while these proceed.
ings'were il progress, and unanimously agreed
TINT the Republicans had behared outrageous
" IN not nominating. Nr. Seward
at ALTON, says the. Courier, "From every
quarter come sounds of glad Rejoicing, hailing,
as an augury of hope ind promise for the fu'
.ture, the nomination Of Honest Old Abe for the
first Office in the Gin Of mighty people,"
At CHARLESTON, say = the Courier, ratification
meeting is in progress, which il intended to be
large enough to scare all the Democrats ont Ct
that'eection Of the State.
| At D11oS, says the Roek Rivtr Ne1rs, STAN.
peed has already taken place from the ranks Of
the Donglasites, under the lead Of prominent
Democratic lawyer, who announces his readi-
ness to take of his cost for aeummer campaign
for Old Abs. $50
In Knox CorS7r, Says the Rpu9!ican, the
people have resolved to give Lincoln and Ham
lin 1000 majority oEpz any ticket tue pro.slavezy
party choose to put up.
At Woopsrock, says the Sentinel, the nomi-
nation of Old Abe "has already awakened m
enthusiasm, the like OF which hps not been seen
since the log cabin and hard cider days Of ls40."
BoosE COUNTY is pledged by the Delridere
Standard for 1900 msiority for Lincoln and
Hanlin.
At HAVANA, Mason d., says the Ga=ttte, "the
nomination WAS received with perfect storu
of enthusiastic delight. Let the Democracy
now trot out any Of their fast "hosses"- Doug
! las, for instance land we give them our word
We would rather 5tat Aim than any other mar
Of their partly and let there be q fair trial o.
strength" - ~ :: :.
The Bloomington Raatagrap4 says very just
ly:'"Mr. Lincoln has nothing to ,embarras:
his future actions as the chief Executive. Ii
has no pledges 10 r:deem, no sinister promises
to make good; therefore nothing to lay clog:
upon the free. exercise Of his unbiased :judg
| 1nent in oil things relating to the public good
As there are no cliques and factions to pres.
around him, and claim their reward for services
rend dered to him particularly for their own spe
cial! benefit, He can 20 into the Presidential chai1
frea handed and pure" =: =,
The Freeport Journal, devoted friend. and
supporter Of Gov Seward, says:
/ awe believe that Abraham Lincoln, the cal
Iant son Of the West, who has by his own per
| severance, by ever maintaining pure anG
| spotless character, and by dint Of hard work
tn unu stoas aeas relsea MN
leading Statesman, en- ant vii Is Itcted III
nsr! Pre'ide'lt Of the Unixd STATS. lie possesses
| great elements Of popularity, is man Of the
people. and in his devotion to the principles ot
| Repnblicanism, is second to no one. His cam.
paign with Douglas was one Of the most brilliant
Of which the world has any record, sad il served
| !" LE'ea. 70 tne people ot tae ohltea otates the
1eat wo1.n oi Inc man. aaa tae real a6ll'ty he
possesses ~ Ill of"'or anu slatesman-
From H11LsgpRo, Montgomery County, cor
| resnondcnt of the 81. I,onis D<uocrot pr;taa.
ta,r,.. :,
,r;.t, H1o,aJ DJe hs41a'ss ie.suGu .ne aewa
MI MI oiausnsa h.sn eae taIu tteuouag' tlnos;
tan daartad X tie.u tha;. i ana
devious where theT all simultaneously came ca I to
full and almost speechless squat E1ecratious
and tears, as tie spirit gaye them utterance,
were indiscrlminntely commingled until O late
hour, when they sadly departed for their homes
They had indulgcd the hope-nay, had exerted
all their influence to insure the nomination Of
Seward, knowing him to be the weakest caudi-
date for Ilinois votes, and Abe to be the strong.
est thence the unparalleled shock bis noluina.
ne Will carry llhnois BY = a-swseping majority" !"
at DEcArrn, says the Chronicle:
"Friday night, the 18TH Of May, was one Of
jp'nnas nas,,r nnnraa Hu and sa
iI]uminatious ind smaller lel,s ;. land renorts
Of fircorms and reports not SO ioud at IRE.
crackers music; professions shouts md bur-
rus crowds Of happy people on he streets
(iadies not excepted} we're j few of the mani.
:iestatious Of the great joy that filed The bearts
Of the people on The reception OF tho news ~
the noa,ipa.ion Of the fayor;te son of T,l;no;s
for the Presidency, All the PRINCIPAL business,
houses in town were gai1y iliuminated anon"
which that Of Morehoase. Wells i Co. vas nar.
ticularly brilliant and ATTRACTIVE. The 0siashv
| House and several nriyate tIweljinca n,a6a az
moi in the ienst backward ~'uA' "as
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