Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-22

The Hon. Wm. l. Dayton, Republican
candidate for Vice President on the ticket
with Col Fremont, addressed large audi
ence at the Cooper Institute, New York, the
evening Of the 18th, on the Position Of the
Republican Party Mr. Dayton clearly and
s0nelusively sustained the position that the
srue party Of the Union and the Constitution
IS the Republican. The Tribune says his
speech shows that the union OF the Opposi-
lion to put down the corruption, misrule and
agitation which the Democratic party have
fastened upon the country, is efectually ae-
complished by the Republican platform and
The Republican candidates, aud that only lac
TiOus purposes are to be subserved by holding
aloof from such a union
In reference to the New York Douglas and
Know Nothing fusion and the of attempted
Breckenridge Mr.. Dayton said
No good can come of such a connection ;
there will be neither prosperity nor pOsterity
10 such household. 1t is more than doubt
ful if they can live in peace until the first
Tuesday Of next November, and if they do,
my word for it they viii then separate in
disgust, mutually dissatisfied with each other
] appeal to the honest voters Of the country
10 forbid the banns. Let them ask their lead
ers for whom and for what they are to vote
For Douglas for Breckenridge, or for Bell
For tariff OF anti-tarif? For free territory
and free labor, or its opposite? For a slave
10 hnv,ocfaaA 1orT- r,s
no law For the principles Of the past cor
rupt Administration or against them2 And
If they cannot answer, refuse TO advance
one step further in the false, blind, and un-
certain pathway they have worked out fol
you.
In closing, Mr. Dayton paid the following
tribute to "Honest Cid Abe"
There is a candidate before the country
against whom malice itself can scarcely pred
dicate a charge. The personal character Of
Mr.. Lincoln even party violence dare not as
sail. If bis political experience be not as
extensive as that Of some other men, it may
truly be said that such experience has not al
non o. tde U0FefuineiIt. W. iisITe & stfIS=
ing illustration of this truth IN our own
times. For an executive officer It rather re-
quires strong viii, a clear bead, and a sound
heart. These are qualities which make men
Of strong administrative powers, and sub
init that Mr.. Lincoln has them, one and all.
His public speeches, too, show him clear
thinker, a sound reasoner, and bold, out
spoken man. They who characterize him by
his familiar name or homely title, earned
from the occupations of early life, are too apt
10 forget his other and higher qualifca-
tons. With certain class Of weak, 6lstidi-
Gus men, these homely titles actually preju-
dice bis claims They fancy he can have no
other juss right to a high consideration. They
forget his sterling stuf-they forget that
these things are but the ebullition Of a kindly
feeling. "The Little Corporal was but the
more endesred 10 his army BY title confer
red by themselves, and which identified him
50 nearly with rank and file.
Mr.. Lincoln may be, and be doubtless is,
justly proud Of a title which connects him so
clearly in sympathy the laboring classes. If
he should in a higher sphere fail to protect
the interests of American labor, he would
have TO be false TO his country, false to his
anteeedents, and false to himself But his
qualifications do not end here. He is a man
Of education, come by it how be may-edu-
Gated IN the highest and best sense Of the
word not educated in thought only, but in
the forms and style of expression. Few men
In this country have more enlarged knowl-
edge Of its political history, and fewer still
better command Of language to put that
knowledge upon paper. While his style is
direct vigorous and manly, it does not lack
the polish Of a scholar. In s word, be is, in
head and in heart up to "the mark Of the
high calling to which his eountrymen have
destined him