, 1860-05-22


Mr. DnuElas upon hearing the news remark | t
d: "Liucnln End had hard words when we | /
IN f'r the 2. i. senats in 1858, but he Is able {
nd honest"
1t is reported here to night that Everett pos
t1Sely declines the nomination for Vice Presi-
lent, rendered by the Baltimore Convention.
-, ALPHA.
OPINIONS OF TIE REPUBLICAN, rnEss.
IFrom the Alton Coss.e1}
uurrah for old Abe! Let the welkin ring
With the shouts Of the People for the Peoples
Candidate Tor tho Presidency Let ths voice Of
Ehe men who work, shout the death.song Of po.
lit'cai demagoguesl Down with the party which
bag its foot on the neck Of Man-which upholds
end fa7ors the extension OF Human Bondage!
Place in the White House for the active citizen,
the honest 1nan, the true patriot the Site etate-
man! I |
We need not. say that we are satisfied with
the nomination of Abe Lincoln. The Courier
long ago nanaed him Us its first choice. We re- |
joice greatly ut tie action OF the Convention in |
this regard We are glad because we believe |
be is the man for the Hour. Because ne want
to see the Democratic party dethroned, md we
believe the name Of Lincoln is the best Ya1lying
cry for the 6ght.
We rejoice the more becausc be is OF the Peo
plei LIE has not sought this great honor. They
who are to be ruled call him frcm Lis place in
their own rauks and ray, "Be our Head!" The
arts Of the politicians are not his-family inau.
ence IS not his. laboref in the held-ln q
saw niil-a boatnaa On the Wabash, Ohio and
Mlsssssippi-a farmer in the Prairie State-a
soldier in the Indian wars, he knows men and
their wants-he has sympathy with the masses
the principles Of Virtue, Of Right, Of Justice,
of Freedom, are part Of his very being. Later,
student OF faw, legislator, IN advocate al
ways and everywhere the upholder und defender
Of the peoples rights and interests-a leaderin
all movements tending to elerate and improve
bis fellow men, there is that in his career which
takes vital hold upon the affections Of all-tbere
is poetry and romance which will be set to mel
ody in q Thousand songs and fire the tongues of
speakers in every hamlet Of the land
Lincoln is Southern man By birth. a North
ern man by many years Of residencc-yet Ma.
ture did not make him sectional nun in any
SENSE. He has that love Of humanity, that true
patriotism, which makes It necessity that he
know no North, no South, no East, no Nest An
old Whg, when the great Clay wen: down to
bis grare ind the Why purity was disrupted. be
found place ut once with the movement which
resulted in the organization Of the Republican
party. The very outgroWth Of free instituilons,
and therefore warm advocate Of human rights
and freedom, be las that inborn conservatism
which the times demand of the head Of this ua-
ton Always expressing himself freely upon
the great questions Of The aye when such e4-
clear up-tlere nerds thlt be should neither add
to nor take from what he has said In the strict.
est sense representative man. in a!l bis acts
US private citizen. state legislator, member
Of Congress, tlers is nothing to which any one
ran raise va!id objection.
We, therefore, the Republicans Of Illinois,
preseut Old Abe, as We delight to call him. to
the Republicans Of the country, with the fullest
assurance that he is tue man for the hour. We
present him to the people of all parties and Sec
| lions as man who, as President, will so con
| duct the government rs TO secure 10 US great
! or degree Of peace aud prosperity, ct home aud
| abroad than the country has yet known--as II
! man whose wise and just action will secure for
| him and the party which places him in that Of.
fee the respect and confidence Of the entire na-
| tion.
! Az nominee for Vice President the Conven-
ton has given US the noble uasnlln, Of Maine,
| now in the Senate. Thus the East and the West
clasp hands for the coming struggle. Hamliu is
I a tit man tnr second With such II leader % Abe
| Lincoln. One Of the foremost Republicans in
Congress, he has great personal popularity at
home, aud is loved and respected by I'll. lie is
empbntiea,!y worker in his place, and get
I when occasion has demanded his voice has no:
/ been silent; and his words have always been to
tie point. 4 distinctive Republican, his name
is 4 tower Of strength. Long in tile Senate
where he has served his cousti'ucn and the
country houorab'y, the nation now culls him te
promotion preside over the body Of whicl
tie has been SO useful member.
i lEfom the ioIeuo uladc l9thJ
Tho ticket nominated is one eminently 'tdt tt
be made" Abraham Liucoln is no new man
OF questionable character and principles, sprnut
upon tie people By party leGerdesnain; but il
Statesman Of known ability, Republican liru
in the faith, and in all respects reliable, and I
man against whose good name the bitierest op
pcnenI has not dared to rgise suspicion. BorI
in the slave Slate OF Kentucky, aud emigratint
| at an early nye to the frontiers Of clgllzation
where 10 the face Of obstacles 80 well known tt
1 the western people, he has cut bis way TO a
I em:nence which has now attracted the atten
! ton aud commanded the respect and contidenc
Of grea. political party, uud become its cho:c
| for the first otiica in the cover: .nent.
Hannibal Hamlin has served Ior many year
as member OF the u. s. Senate from Msiue, hav
ing been elected at first By the Democrats. II
| maintained good stauding in that body an
| with his party, until the repeal o: the Missou1
. ! COMPROMISE, showed beyond doubt The Bel
tied pro slavery purposes Of the Democracy
When the last hope Of freedom in connectio
win that party was crushed out By the Kansa
bill, Mr. Hamlin cut loose srom his life long 4:
,, ! sociates, aud joined the hosts of independer
men who, in mutual CONCESSIONS Of old part
= preiuAces, und common love for freedom IN
= i pure government, laid broad and deep I'll
: foundations Of the Jet Joung but gorinus IL
: publican party.
|, is cheering to the heart Of every friend
: the great Republican cause, to note the c0rdia
= | ity and enthusiasm with which the ChicaI
!. ticket is receiEed in every part Of the countr
and no fact could better inaicAtsthee earnessne
r of purpose or dislnter-stednesa Of motif
4 Of our political friends. than kthe chez
r. fuIness with which they yield up their sttot
:. attachments to their respective Candidates i
= the nomination. We venture to shy that at
+ time in the history Of this government. has
!, ticket been brought out under circumstanc
- more !avorahle tor success, than has the one
d question.
~ From the Missouri Dcmoccat.l
n The name Of Abraham Lincoln will thrill 1
J. Union, and il he hres till then, will be as Ct
tain1y elected next November as the sun Tis
z, and sets upon the day Of the election. In II
II nos where be has already fought the combin
Iy hosts Of the Douglas aud Administration J.
J. mocracY, and nchIeyed popular victory or
L. each. his nomination will create the greatest
thusiasm ever known in the West. Ills sell
L. ton bv the Convention is defiance
e. Douglas, aud although beaten 1or
Senatorship from illinois By CORR
;w apportionment Of the State, The Northern Sta
y. viii take good care to see that he is placed
=. 4! yond peradrenture in tile Presidential Cha
=. within the Year. In Pennsylvania the conser
tive element will rally to his support, an
as clean record upon all the important questions
III the day, will win him the most enthusiastic,
wavering support from every lover Of his col
az az try and opponent Of the present prCiligafe !
Se ministra,'on. New Eogiaud will be IL 1>sU
If in 1856, unit for the nominee; New 10
'hq a% though decidedly attached to ,1r. Seward, :
roll up uaioFity Of thousands; Ohio, 1ntli:
S. aud Illinois, will vie with each other il do
nd honor to the nomiuee. while the four State.
ed the Northwest Minnesota, Iowa. W.scon
~. aud Michigan, will follow Now York. ind you
in fui Kansas, il admitted, will send up her &c
i also for " Old Abe y New Jersey on the Att
nd tic will increase the Republican majority,
distant Oregon, "where tue eease'fss blk
roll,'' will redeem herself frcm The ciutche
the S1ave Democracy which she came 50 q
throwing OF t'ackiag only 1G votesl last ye
lin and 30 the entire North III harmony will III
pat i'll honorlng The cIoicr Of the Chicago Cons
a. tion.
ws {Fnom the Ci.cnnati Ga.ct,e.l
Of The Chicago Convention has done its "
Ike quickly and veil. 1t has presented to the
|" ers Of the country Platform Of Principles vi
red must command the assent and Endorsement
,lic / every man who wishes well Of his country.
ere has presented, fur;her, as candidates upon
ra. | Platform fur tue Offices Of President and
ing President, men whom the people Of the y
b." and the East know and honor-1.1ScoLS
| uANLtS.
We venture t. say that there is not in
whole Wes. man ~ho stands higher in pr
lar confidence than Uld Abe Iincoln. He
IN man of the people. lie has risen by the Fl
es- of his own energy from the position Of a
Fho boatrnun TO The honored head Of The Illinois
sas lie is man whom no Obstacle could int'u,d
ere no def 1t check, no misfortune embitter-
ose man whose life is u synonym Of honesty. c.
the hltity ind cpercs is Abe Lincoln.
uo' In selecting him, the Convention had in ,
;oe. the demands Of the time. They knew that
ut President was needed man Of broad view
the onck ucrcention Of results. 40 ns 10 be nrep,
ron | inr dec1siys action in emergencies. and
'ck- strong will that would carry ont his purp
was when tor,ued without regard tn the =. nrel Il,
Was Of lobbyists, the ''tear1ul vaticinations,
mhn 3 use Roger 1. Fr5or's phrase, of timid i,
he~ servers, nor the blusterings Of threatening
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