The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-08-01
Gsnuine EioQ asnee:


Lane, of Indiana, who is noa stuAs~
ing that State IS the Repus.Goaa carii.
date for Governor, against Hendricks, the
Democratictandidate, is genuine orator.
The following beautiful passage occurs III
one Of his recent speeches:
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM AND THE cAyp,-
DATES.
Is we have g. platform as sound and
conservative as the Constitution of our
common country, as wise and I ali-co,n-
preheusive as the varied and vast inter-
ests of the Republic, and with us IT is ne
sin to quote the Sermon on tho Mount,
O, to believe in tho Declaration Of Amori-
can Independence. We present You a
candidate for the Presidency upon that
PLATFORM, who in his person is an apt il
instration of our free institutions. Ar
horphan Child. born TO no inheritance, but
with an honest heart and name, strong
r,obt arm and industrious habits, ho las
cayyed ont for himself the proudest pos
;tion on earth. He bears aIoft to-day tue
,nete II fla OF our common country in bis
str,no rlght arm, and around the naTus
of Honest Abraham Lincoln cluster the
hopes of tue whole world for the perpst.
nation of free government, Great ae.
plause.1 This obscure child of labor spent
a largo portion Of his life in the humbie
vocation of farm Iabosar, and when ]
look over this vast assembly, composed in
part of young man, my heart grows.
brighter There listens to me, perhaps,
this day, some honest son Of toll, who yet
shall reach the place higher than empsr-
ors. the preudest position upon earth, the
position of President of the United
States Applause Abraham Lincoln
is at once a distinguished lawyer, patri-
otto statesman and a leading politician for
twenty years, whose political discussions
with Stephen "A. Douglas show him to
be one of the ablest if not the very ablsst
political ,dehater. on the whole conti-
nent. f,.,sf i.
Now, is he worthy to be presented to
YOU as canddatel What high quality
do you most desire in your President'-
You desire above Ill things plain, old
fashioned honesty, and Abraham Lincoln
IS synonym for all that is honest. Sirs.
he has come through the fiery furnace OF
three heated political contests in Illinois,
and to-day there is not q smell OF iire Ola
all his garments. No man has dared to
inputa to him aught save honesty and iu-
teerity. His mind ia beautiful In its pur-
ity; beautiful as is the fragrant flower OF
his own prairie home, aad9 it.s jlts and
character ia as ppra &ad #spoi.css
as the crystal wstsr ~ hlosAsp lnfss the
northern shore of Observation-Disclosures
and as the proud seprcsekss two STA fner-
lean institutions, he Riloe yagiy PRESIDENT
n 1861, aud in the apFsse aS1 ssef tAlfty
millions of people npQe ttst eeas.ssE port
co of our great Capitol "a .r5 = ssesa!s
the duties so intimately eonnseIc| With
the we'll being and destiny Of thirty mil
lions of freemen. In the enthusiasm
sweeping over this whee land, from the
lakes to the Ohio, from Maine to the
Wabash; in the watch fires OF freedom
which now blaze upon a Thousand h'i
tops, and light up p thousand val!ies; IN
this enthusiasm which greets us, | catch
the spirit of prophecy. | heas the tramp
ofthe march Of coming events, aud fore
see that Abraham Lincoln is TO be Prssi-
dent in 1861, and that tho decree 10 writ
ten in tho book of fate. l believe It,
Much applause. @s t