Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-09
From the Home of MI. Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, LII, Nov 7-4t A. M-The
ladies OF Springfield, always active in this
campaign, have to night prepared an enter
tainment for their voting brethren, at which
all the conviviaities of coffee, fine chorus sing
ing, and the like, are centered. Mr. Lincoln
has gone over for a while to share the mcrri-
ment, and his reception was the widest climax
of feminine ecstacy. Mrs. Lincoln was also
present, an hOnored guest
4.45 A. MIR. Lincoln's majority in this
city is Is, importatons Notwithstanding
There is as great satisfaction over this small
resultas over many OF more Importance Mr.
Lincoln has just bid good night to the tee-
graph office and gone home.
81 MIR. Lincoln has not vet given any
public intimation as to the policy of his adj
ministration- L have every reason to believe
that he will not depart from the usual custom
of newly elected presidents. In answer to all
inq uiries as to what will be his course, he asks
''Have you read my speeches 2" Ii the ques
ton is still pressed, he quietly hands over one
of the pamphlet publications of his speeches
in the late controversy with Mr.. Douglas
The general opinion here is, that something
more serious tan the present state of affairs
will be required to elicit from Mr.. Lincoln at
present. any further declaration of principles.
or an assurance that the south need fear moth
ing from his policy The idea is that he will
deal out equal and exact justice to all sections
of the country, and that it would be admitting
just cause for suspecting his honesty if he
should REUTER- at this time any professions of
loyalty to the Union, or disavow any design
of infringing upon the rights of the south.
That Mr.. Lincoln is a man OF sufficient ability
and nerve to meet any exigency, is conceded
by all who know him.
NJ al n
the telegraph office, where he heard returns
and received private dispatches with most
marvellous equanimity Those who saw him
at the time say it would have been impossible
Tor a bystander to tell that that tall, lean, wiry
goOdnatured, easy going gentleman. SO anX-
iously inquiring about the success of the local
candidates, was the choice of the people to fill
the most important Office in the nation Even
during election day and night Mr.. Lincoln
was about town attending to his business as
usual Many of his Springfield acquain-
tanceS will long remember how he sat in a So
cial circle at the Cheny House, while the re-
turns were coming in, and INDUCED alike in
pleasant chat and his propensity for story.tell-
ing.
Mr.. Lincoln was this evening captured by
number of his friends, who carried him to the
hall of the house of representatives, where
about three hundred citizens spontaneously
collected, and earnestly but vainly pressed him
for speech. They finally got him into the
speakers clair, and speeches were made by
Messrs. SWEET and Orme Of Bloomington,
Farmer, Joab, Wilkinson, and others. A dis
patch was received by Mr.. Lincoln, stating
that Indiana had given twenty Thousand re.
publican majority. Mr.. Lincoln finally made
the following speecl-his first public address
since his election =
"The representation OF Coles and Douglas
counties is elected on the republican side We
expected it would be so-and SO it is pretty
generally these times" Applause and laugh
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