Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Presidential Nominations
VOICE of the Eastern Press.
| From the New York Tribun,


Lincoln enjoys peculiar advantages
While his position as Republican rem
ders him satisfactory to the most Jealous
member of the party, the moderati6ns of
his character, and the conservative ten
dencies of his mind, long approved and
well known Of all men in public life,
commend him to every section of the
Opposition. There is no good reason
why Americans and Wings, and in short
all who are inspired rather by patriot
ism than by party feeling, should not
rally to his support. Republicans and
conservatives, those who dread the ex-
tension of Slavery, and those who dread
the progress of Administrative and Leg
islative Corruption, may be assured that
in him both these evils will find stern
and immovable antagonist and an impas
able barrier At the same time, as
Man of the People, raised by his own
genius and integrity from the humblest
to the highest position, having made for
himself an honored name as a lawyer, an
advocate, popular orator, a statesman,
and a Man, the Industrious and intelli-
gent masses of the country may we'll hail
his nomination with swelling tide of
enthusiasm, of which the wild and pro-
longed outburst at Chicago yesterday are
the fitting prelude and beginning.
Mr.. Hamlin is a man of dignifed
presence, of solid abilities, of unfinch-
ing integrity, and great executive talent.
Familiar with the business of legislation,
he is peculiarly adapted, by the posses
sion of these qualities, to fill benefcially
for the country, and to his own and
his party's honor, the high post for
which he has been nominated. The
name Of Hannibal Hamlin of Maine is
a fit second to that of Abraham Lincoln
of Illinois.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.j
There was feeling of relief, yester-
day in Philadelphia, among the oppo-
nents of the Democracy, when it was an
nounced that the nominee Of the Chicago
Convention for the Presidency was
another man than William H. Seward.
His services, his talents, his patriotism,
his purity are all acknowledged; but it
was felt that with him as the nominee,
Pennsylvania would be surely carried by
the Democrats, and the Democratic can
didate would be elected When the
bulletin appeared, with the brief an
nbuncement that Hon. Abraham Lincoln
of Illinois had been nominated on the
third ballot, the feeling of satisfaction
was plainly expressed in the faces and
from the lips Of the opposition men,
The selection of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin
of Maine as the candidate for Vice Presi-
dent was also pronounced good one,
and the ticket was declared to be good
one to vote for in November.
From the Pittsburgh Journal.l
Never was ticket hailed with such
unbounded enthusiasm as is this of Lin
coin and Hamlin. Our exchanges come
to US from all parts of the country full
of the news of professions and rel ejoicings
We will not deny that the great New
York statesman, the glorious Seward,
was the man of our choice, the man
whom we could have fought for with ou1
whole heart, ay, and been beaten if ne,
cessary, and felt that it was good even
to fall with such man. But the close
and careful consideration of the whole
ground by the delegates Of our glorious
party from the four quarters of the
Union, has given us a good, sound, reli
able man. Such being the case, oul
private preferences yield to the general
verdict. and from this day till Novem
ber, till the triumphant election Of oul
ticket, we concentrate our hearty efforts
in behalf of the man who has already
once beaten Douglas in Illinois, anc
who is now bound to beat him again OF
that broader and fairer ground, where
no gerrymander can deprive him Of his
laurels.
! From the Rochester n. Y. Democrat and Ameri
The labors of the Republican Conven
tion terminated, so far as candidate fol
President is concerned, in the nomina
ton of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois,
This was accomplished on the third bal
lot. We need not say that the first an
nouncement of this intelligence here
and probably all over the State, caused
depression of feeling seldom produced
by political events The great mass Of
our Republican friends had set theil
hearts upon the nomination of William
H. Seward. They believed him more
worthy than any other man. They
knew him eminently fit for the Presi
dency, and that for more than twenty
years he had unfinchingly advocated
the. principles so dear to every Repub
lican. But dear as he was and is tt
them, they cheerfully trusted to the wis
dom of the delegates Of the entire party
to decide upon the most expedient nom
ination. The decision has been made
after long and anxious deliberation, ant
we have no doubt that in the minds O
those who voted for Mr., Lincoln ther,
were controlling reasons for preferrins
him even to the peerless statesman o
New York. We respect their judgmen
and bow to it without murmur. W.
believe it will evoke an enthusiasm il
the West unequaled by anything in oul
political annals since 1910. Despits
the disappointment here there was an id
stant response to the nomination. 4
large flag, bearing upon it the name o
our chosen leader, was suspended from
the Democrat and Anlerican Building t,
the Arcade; band of music paraded tn
streets, and a salute of one hundred gun
fired. The nomination will be supper
ted with enthusiasm, and the more Abra
ham Lincoln becomes known to tn
American people, the more overwhelm
ing will be the enthusiasm which We be
lieve will certainly swell until the ballo
boxes declare him the next President O