Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-07-26
An Interesting Lettcr---LincoIn's Old
+. d s4sd Rail-MauIiug Partner. Tefes

An Interesting Lottcr---LincoIn's Ola
.ls9d sT@d RaiI-aTsuIing Partner. TcI.g.
q Weifnd the following interesting lettel
from John Hanks--Lincoln' IS early partner
in the rail- splitting business---in the De
eaturi Chroni leae Hanks is an .honet old
Jackson Democratic farmer, who shares
with the next President the privations ant
hardships of pioneer, life in Illinois, ,lbefors
the daysaof rail roads and canals. His let.
teris . plain, unvanished statement, thai
williind response in the breast of hun,
dreJss Of old Democratic farmers Of th.
pioneer times:.dr ,aac sa. O. l.i.~. .,-asf .,-a
Editor Desafuf Chronicle: :. fss -.
Dear, Sir: The following item, appear
ed inthe Columbus Statesman, q few day;
ago; which Lake from the Coles County
lsstlSer: j. ~. er rs sase7 ysfisl .str,s
-,,r "HANKs AGAINST ,I.IScoI.Y.'"' +. IL.
a, eve were informed day or two ago
by a delegate to the Baltimore. Convention
who. called at our Office, that John Hanks
the man. who assisted Abe Lincoln te
make those rails about which the Republic
cans are making such terrible hnbbub
has announced himself opposed to the cl
ection, OF Lincoln- Hanks who has never
been a Democlat, is against the Republi
can nominee because he knows Lincoln tc
be anbumbus.. and nothing else Hurrs
for Hanks!' -. 49,. s...,.-y -..s.
To. this article I desire briefly to reply
If my choice for President, or how shall
vote as between the, candidates for that
Office, is worth considering at all.
claim it as a simple right TO be correctly
represented. / am but farmer, and re-
gret to say not an educated one. / have
never been a candidate for any Office, MOI
do | ever expect to be; whilst | can with
all trnthiulness say this. yet 1 have never
been a negative man in politics. From
my loyhood have been a constant voter
with the Democratic. party in oil essential
elections. | have thought that party to be
upright and Straightforward in all the
principles it has adopted SO late as 1858
I Voted for Mr. Douglas and against my
old friend Lincoln. : For forty years /
have looked upon the party with pride and
hailed its success with pleasure; but as
Mr.. Douglas made q speech in Decatur
in 1858, and in my hearing spoke SO pleas
antly and SO honapSrrably Of the old Whis
party and of Mr.. Clay. its leader. after hay
Ing fof fifteen years, in discussing general
politics. when I usel to love to listen to
him So web, spoke SO complainingly and
50 abpsiyciy ofthaF party and Of Mr.. Clay,
charging upon Il and him many bad and
mean things, until listening at him | learn
ed 70 look upon both as dangerous and
fGff Of evil. the thought struck me that
for the future fwonld never Judge Of a
party OF its fea,fcfs by what an opponent
night 'saS, and tfis conclusion I lhean 70
folf5ws TIE BALANCE OF my fiifp s'sdo sAh sf /
? How foolish IT is 10 abuse party be-
cause my friend may do so. and 1 praise
the same party because that friend may
Change and do so. he may be designing
II wbuld,s IA sal proBabiiity, be adupe:
| Ever asfnee Mr. DsHgias made that speech
in 1856, nc hAS Uechs 6btisihs 'flbc' Kepnbs
liesns sjusss iike shsnsused to abdkt qns doid
Whiss "a 2 asistfned ofathis kind Of wafl
farce zIothink ID ~ not right to do so,
and Mr.. Douglas fertilizer said in that