Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-23
Daily gutelligenrrr.
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THE Hon. Richard Yates, Republican cam
didute for Governor Of Illinois, addressed
mass meeting at Springfield on the 7th
inst We regret that we have not room
to copy the whole of his speech, which was
a lucid und torcible exhibition of Repub-
Iican principles; but we extract from it the
following passage relative to Mr.. Lincoln:
:.Now, fellow citizens, it may strike you
as rather strange matter that the people
of so great nation as this should come to
Illinois for its Prcsidcnt-that the mighty
Republican party should look to this far
off Prairie State for its standard bearer in
such Il mOmcntouS contest. Yet, | say
here to-day. that have heard the great
men of the nation, North and South, East
and West, for four consecutive years i'll
the House of Representatives, and the Sem
ate of the United States; have heard the
Stephens and the TOOmbs of the South,
the Stewards, Chases and COrwins of the
North; have heard the most renowned or
ators on the floor of the House and Senate
daily for years; and l say here to-day,
that for ClcRrneSS of sentiment, for peuc-
tration of thought, for power of irresistn-
ble logic, for broad, comprehensive, states
man-likc views, for exalted purity of pri-
vatc and public character, your own Abrn-
ham Lincoln is the clcnrest, noblcst and
best of them all. In the history Of his
life-in all the elements which inspire with
enthusiasm the hearts of the masses of
mankind, and rouse the millions to action,
stand here to-day in the Capitol of the
State, and in the presence of my country
men, to say that the name of Abraham
Lincoln is this day and hour the mightiest
name upon the Continent cfNOrth Ameri-
Gu. Prolonged cheers.
My friend Green, WHO introduced me.
told me the first thine he ever saw Lincoln,
he was in the Sungam0n River, with his
punts rolled up some five feet, more or
less, trying to pilot a hnt-boOt over IL mill
dam, The boat had got so full of water
that it vas very difficult TO manage, and
almost impossible to get it over the dam.
Lincoln finally contrived to get her PROV
over so that it projected few feet, aud
there it stood. But he then invented 81
new way of haIing Il tlnt-boAt. He bored
hole through the bottom to let the water
run out. and then corked her up. and she
launched right over TGrcat laughter /
think the Captain who proved himself so
fitted 10 navigate the broad-horn over the
dam, is no doubt the man who is to stand
upon the deck of the old ship, 'thc Con-
stitution," aud guide her safely over the
hillOws and breakers that surround her -
Enthusiastic and prolonged "ppl"use.]
Il said Lincoln was once Il poor boy
And is it nothing? Is there no lesson in
his life to you, fclow-citizens? Is not his
example and his achievement Il lesson to
the hopeful, the young and the PoorY-
And will you blame the people if they
love their Own2 He is the best friend of
labor. who himself has Iuhored. He eau
-, tl,n in thnir
wants. Is the story of his life uOthing?-
He is the representative of the great idea
of the Republican party-tabOr--frec labor.
The representative Of the genius of our
free institutions. A boy, the son of poor
parents, himself poor, begins life unaidcd,
save NY his own industry and genius,
struggles on, advancing step by step,
through many years Ofpaticnt ami curncSt
endenvor, until he rises to that prOudest of
all hnmnn elevations. the Presidency of
the United States.
"What an example here is for our chill
dren. Hereafter, the poor hoy who follows
him il his history as he leaves the State
of Kentucky, ut the age Of six years, and
grows up in Indiana, labOriug faithfully
with his hands, going to Illinois and work.
ing on step by step, until lie becomes the
mighty statesman, and honored chief OF
thirty millions of freemen-Rs the poor
boy of future years reads the story, he will
feel strange emotions in his breast, and
determine TO emulate the example of the
noble Lincoln. [Cheer.] The poor boy
the poorest of you, though his parents
may be humble, though he may have to
face the colds of Winter and the Summers
sun, however poor he may be, in this land
of freedom, where the avenues to office
and success are open to all, he can point
to Abraham Lincoln, and straighten him
self up and say, Il have the same right
and same opportunity to he President as
any other boy"
i!Fcllow-citizens, the name of Abraham
Lincoln, which we present to yom, is
winning name--a name to rally on
wherever freedom requires champion-a
name to boast of wherever you would
point to an honest man or pntriot-a
name to love wherever affection wonld
seek n warm hearted aud generous spirit
"a name which is "spell to gathcrmillious
wherever free hearts aud strong hands arc
to be summoned in favor of liberty and
humanity" [TremendousNpplause.J
Two New Workers Fighting a Duel
in Maryland.