The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-02
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LINCOLN As NE Is.

Ten thousand inquiries will be made a
to the looks, the habits, tsstss and othes
characteristics % Hssssse Old ABB. We
anticipate few Of shsm.
Mr.. LIScoIs stancs six feet and four
inches high in bis stockings. His frame 10
not muscular, but gaunt and wiry; his arms
are long, but not PROFESSIONALLY - for \
person Of his height; his lower lin are
not dispropartioned to his body. 10 walk
ing, his gait, though firm, 10 never brisk.
He steps slowly and deliberately, almost
always with his head inclined forward and
his hands clasped behind his back. 10
mst,sers VI dress he 10 By no means precise.
Alusys clean, be 10 never fashionable; be il
careless but not slovenly. Ia manner be is
remarkably cordial, and, at the same time,
simple. His roliteness 10 always sincere
but never elaborate and oppressive. A
warm shake Of the hand and warmer smile
of recognition are his methods Of greeting
his friends. Al rest, bis features though
those Of q man OF mark, are not such as
belong to . handsome man; but when bis
6ne dark gray eyes are lighted up BY any
emotion, and his features begin their play.
be would be chosen from among a crowd
- one who had 10 him not only the kindly
sentiments which women love, but the heav-
Ter metal Of which full grown men and
Presidents are made. His hair is black,
and though thin is ~iry. His head sits we'll
on his shoulders, but beyond that it defss
description. 1t nearer resembles that of
Clay than that Of Webster; but It is unlike
either. itisvery large and, phrenol"g,cally,
well proportioned, bctokening power in all
H. A ali ri
q wide-cu mouth and . dark complexion,
with the appearance OF having been wealth
er- beaten, complete the ds.crirt, n.
In bis personal habits, Mr.. LINcoLN is as
simple a. n child. lie loves good dinner
and eats with the appetite which goes with
. great brain but his food is plain and
nutritious. lie never drinks Intoxicating
liquors OF any sort, not even a glass OF
wine. He 10 not addicted to tobacco in any
Of its shapes. lie never was accused Of u
licentious act in all bis life. He never uses
profane language. A friend says that once
when 10 towering rage in cor sequence Of
the efforts of certain parties to perpetrate a
fraud on the State, he was heard to say,
'sThey shan't do, it d-n 'em ~ but beyond
m expression Of that kind, his bitterest
feelings never carry him. T. - ~
lie never CANDLES; We doubt If he ever
INDUCES in any games OF chance. He 10
particularly cautious about incurring pecu-
mary obligations for any purpose whatever,
and in debt, he is never content until the
score is discharged. We presume he owes
no man dollar. He never speculates.-
The rage for the sudden acquisition of
wealth never took hold Of him. His gins
from bis profession have been moderate but
sufficient for his purpose. While others
have dreamed Of gold, he has been in pur.
suit Of knowledge. In oil his dealings he
has the reputation of being generous but
exact, and. above all, rel,giouslv honest.
lie would be bold man who would say
that ABRAHAM LINCOLN ever wronged any
one out OF cent, or ever spent dollar
that he had not honestly earned. Ills
struggles in early life have made him care.
full Of money; but bic generosity with his
own is proverbial. lie is regular attend.
ant upon religious worship, and though not
a COMMUNICATE, is pew. holder and liberal
supporter Of the PRESBYTERIAN Church, in
Springfield, to which Mrs. Lincoln belongs.
lls is a scrupulous teller Of the truth-too
exact in his notions to suit the atmosphere
Of Washington as it now il. HIS enemies
may say that he tells Black Republican lies;
but no man ever charged that, 10 y profess
sioual capacity. or as n citizen dealing with
his ueighbors 10 would depart from the
Scriptursl command. At home he lives
like gentleman Of moderate means and
simple tastes. A good sized house of wood
simply but tastefully furnished, surrounded
by trees and flowers, is bis own, and there
he lives. at peace with himself, the idol of
his family, and for his honesty, ability and
patriotism, the admiration Of his country
men.
IL Mr.. LINCOLN is elected President, be
will carry hut little that 10 ornamental 10
the White House. The country mus, accep,
his sincerity, his ability and his honesty, in
the mould in which il !. east. He will net
be able to make ~ polite bow as Frank
Pierce, but he will not commence anew the
agitation. of the Slavery QUESTION BY rec.
nmmending to Congress any Kansas Nebras-
IA bills. lie may not preside at the Peesi-
tial dinners with the ease and grace which
distinguish that venerable public function.
ary," Mr.. Buchanan; hut h. will not create
the necessity for = Covode Committee and
the di.grac-ful revelations Of Cornelius
Wendell. lie will take to the Presidential
chair just the qualities which the country
nov demands to save it from impending
destruction ability that no man can ques-
ton. Armnees that nothing can overbear,
honesty that never has been impeached, and
patriotism that never despairs.
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TIRE DOUGLAS FALLACY.
There, says the Detroit Adrer,iser, never
was . more transparent fallacy, farce, OF
inpos'ure attempted to be palmed OF upon
the American people than the Douglas doc
sr'ns Of Sqsastsr Sovereignty. as laugh,
by Dou;'ss and embodied in bis Kansas
Nebraska bill. The whole thing ism i'm
posture Of the greatest hind, and q sef-ev.
ident lie. As construed by its author in the
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