Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-05-31

Hcbrides. What, in addition 10 this cd
tine other propositions specified above, lko
futhre shall bring forth, it is unnecessary
to predict, but we may all rest assured
that the organization. as it develops its
projects and unfolds its policy in the light
OF contemporary events will exhibit moth
ing abnormal; nothing foreign to its spirit.
principles and origin. With their roots
fixed deep in the Declaration of Indcpend-
ence, and the written word of the Father
OF his country. the doctrines of the Repub-
iican party must bcever fruitful. of bcnefi-
cent measures and results, for everything
by Supreme decree brings forth after its
kind. That which breeds monstrous and
prodigious things dwclls in the realm of
fable, and the lnfernos of poets imagina-
tons.
The cause thus briefly delineated is ably
represented in the pen ling contest Il
could have no more appropriate or explicit
type than A braham Lincoln. the candidate
for President. He has also those acci-T
dents in his favor which are summed M in
the term of availability. By birth he is a
hentnckian, by location Western man.
and by antecedents a working man-a
man of the PEOPLE in every sense. Firm
though mild in character decided though
conservative in opinion and of pure and
blameless life; he possesses those personal
Qualities which are so much needed i'm a
Chief Magistrate at this juncture. What
ever claims Western policy can have on
any Western man it has on him. and it is
this which will give him a strength be-
yond his party strength throughout tho
entire West and nowhere in greater de-
gree than in this State. His popularity
is, literally speaking. wonderful. Who
ever was present In that immense assem-
blage-the Chicago Convention-the larc-
est and most impressive that ever met
when his name was mentioned at any time,
will bear witness to this. Whoever has
passed through Illinois or Indiana since
the adjournment of the Convention will
corroborate it. His nomination has set
the prairies on fire. 1t has been hailed
throughout the Northwest with the widest
VACCINATIONS Of joy and this universal
enthusiasm is the unmstakable angury Of
his election. You cannot measure tho
strength OF such a man by the record of
previous elections, for he attracts support
from all quarters. winning his way into
the strongest fortresscs Of the enemy, AMI
IN the end astonishes his friends not less
than his enemies. Apart from this, his
being the candidate and the favoritc of
what have been called the doubtful States.
and his nomination having been received
in these States with such demonstration.
OF confidence and applause. the least san
guinc Republican cannot but be convinced
of the certainty of his success. The Same
is substantially trne of Senator Hamlin.
the candidate for Vice President. whose
popularity in Maine, AMI all over New
England. is not less than that of Lincoln
IN the West, anil whose reputation for
craftsmanship and integrity is second to
that of no other man in the nation. But.
after all, the men are lost in the brightness
of the cause or if they are still visible
through the halo which it polrs around
them, they are seen transfigurcl anil glori-
feel. clothed with its majesty and adorned
with all its pomps.--Ho. Dem.