Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-05-24
LINCOLN AND HAMLlN.


It is with pleasure. unbounded, that we
place at the head Of our paper the name Of
HON. ABE. LINCOLN, OF Illinois. ns the
can didate of the Republican parry for Ptesi.
dent, and the name Of HON. HANNIBAL
HAML1N, of Maine, as the candidate for
the office OF Vice Pres ident.
This ticket has already inspired perfect
blaze OF enthusiasm ell over the country
We may safely say, that the Convention
which nominated this ticket was the most
enthus iastc, harmonious and determined
body Of men that ever assembled In the
nation. For fuller report Of the large at
tendance and proceedings We refer our read
ers to the telegraph reports in another col
umn.
Abraham LiLcoln or Abe as more
familiarly cslled, was born in Kentucky in
1909, of respectable though poor lrentago
When quite young he shouldered his knup.
sack, and went cut from home to fight the
battle of life. He spont much Of his early
life running aat-bonts, then the great meo
OF conveying all produce to market in the
new country. In the winter he hired to
making rails and would walk ten miles to
the nearest residence Of a lawyer to get law
books which he read at night by the light of
dry bark gathered for the purpose. This
was his beginning. He commenced the
world without a penny, with very limi.
ted education, and adverse circumstances
constantly before him. yet his indomtuble lie
energy prevailed; he entered the practice Of
law aud became eminent. He now stands
at the head of the bar in the West.
Four times has he been elected to the
State Legislature, and once to Congress,
where he served with great credit from
AT to 40 He has been very intimately
connected with the history of the West. In
the days of Whiggery no was proud to be a
Wing. He learned politics from Henry
Clay. When the irresistible tide of events
thrust upon the country by the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, an act of the
"lihLs Giant" of Illinois. then it wqs tina,
our big Ginnt from the same State was loud
in its condemnation. Esrly he identified
himself with the Republican party, and
from that day 10 one has done the cause
more signal service. The great contest o.
his life was when he stumped the State o.
| Illinois against Douglas, as candidate for
the U. s. Senate. In that contest he car-
ried his State by over 1000 majority, YET
Douglas by an unfair Distric,ing of the
State carried the Leg islaturs. So much for
the big Giant, for he is over six feet high
the Champion of the West, and the Presi-
dent that is to be.
Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLlN. Is one oil
those substantial, true ani tried men, who
are ever safe to depend upon. He left the
| Democratic party on the passage OF the
Kansas Nebraska Bill. He was elected
Governor of Maine by 90, 1000 majority, re.
deeming that State from the hands OF
Democracy. He is now in the U. s. Sen.
ate for the third time.
This is in our opinion, the strogcst ticket
| that could have been nominated. The loca.
tion, the men, the times and q Il things con.
spire to give strength to the ticket.
The platform in the msin is one which
will meet with almost universal approval.
1t is bold, fearless and unequivocal. 1t en-
bracas the cardinal principles OF the old
Wing party, while it is truly modern Repub-
licanism. We speak for it a careful reading
a candid consideration, aud comparison with
ths. platform of the only other party which
has any. We refer to it in another column.