Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-21
MORNING LEADER.
senalar namIIn :. 3. Farmer.

T. senator Hamlin ns a Farmer.
The following pleasing sketch Of Senator
Hanliu in his home life, was published in the
ST. Louis Democrat, in October, 1858. It viii
be read with peculiar interest at the present
time, when there is strong probability that
the substantial farmer and the talented States
man win soon be called to eli the second
office in the gin Of the people Of the United
States;
One Of the first men in this nation is SEN
ator Hamlin, OF Maine. We do not mean
that he has those gins Of hrilliancy which
attract upon the instant, nor those demon
strative qualities Of acOntentious spirit which
make men the idol OF excited crowds; but
that in calmness and manliness, and solidity
Of character, in truth Of speech, IN firmness
Of resolve, lac has few equals among the dis
tinguished statesmen Of the day. From the
time Of jackson until now he has maintained
the rigid inhexibility Of his faith careless Of
party deiectons and neglecttul Of party re-
wards, yet with the courage TO lead on in
critical oonjunctions or to stand alooi and
alone when factions become demoralized with
victory. Taught early that Democracy meant
freedom and not slavery, he has never swerved
from that teaching; but it all his relations
has ever allied himself with the radical ele-
ments in politics which Represents both con-
troll by the people and liberty to the individ-
ual
In his domestic life he is above reproach,
and Of singular simplicity of habit going
from the Senate Chamber TO the harvest field,
or from the tolls of a small farm 10 the cares
of great State, with the ease, dignity and
eheerlulness that mark the man deyoted to
duty before pleasure, and conscious of acting
his true part in life OF late we have seen
going the rounds Of the partisan press a Sc
ries Of letters from Washington, telling how
grandly and gOrgeously some Of our wealthy
representatives have entertained the diplO-
matists. and strangers at the federal capital,
and dealing in what we must believe to be
Very exaggerated accounts of their munifi-
cence. To rival the White House in splendor
is now the highest ambition of many there
and when we recall the plunder of the pub
lie treasury in which they have participated,
the only wonder is that they succeed so poor
ly. 1t is in contrast with such-with the
Douglases, the Gwins the Brights, who ape
the poor pretentiOns of aristOcratic ways
that we wish 10 present picture Of this truly
Republican Senator rs seen in his own home.
The sketch is from private letter not de-
signed for publication; but it has such a gen
ial glow about it, and altogether shows so
fine a type Of the American civilian, that we
are sure we shall be pardoned for giving it to
the public Il is as follows;
Having had business I'd sall me to this city,
] thought 1 would ride down to the river 70
Hampden, about five miles, and purchase a
cargo of tanning for a customer, Ia Quaker
and at the same time, call upon my old friend,
Hamlin. After knocking at his plain and
residence, fine looking specimen
of farmers daughter came to the door, and
said l. 'ls Senator Hamlin at home2i The
answer was, ''He is; but not in the house at
this time Yankee fashion, said |, 'aWheTe
is he?" Down in the field, was the reply,
4" Show me the way said /. No sooner said
than done, and there found our distinguish
ed friend at work. Himself and son, fine
looking young man, were gathering pump
kins. Nou. no doubt, have often heard OF
Yankee pumpkin pies, and doubtless, eaten
them, too. They were grown amidst field Of
corn, which, we are sorry TO say, is rather
light this year. in Maine especially. He has
no other help, and with a fine little farm Of ten
acres Of ftillage land, he told me he yearly rails
cd more than sufficient for all his uses, and for
ten years had always had corn left over to
sell, from len to twenty bushels; but this year
he thought he should not He had his family
horse IA good onel in a common farm wagon,
just drawing the last load of pumpkins
All his harvesting is done, except the corn.
He had lame back that day from the effects
Of carrying his wheat up stairs 10 his granary;
It was all cleaned up. and looked finely. He
has his ground plowed and subsoiled tOgeth-
6r with large manure heap, in good shape,
made from the waste earth and muck, and
some other additions, with few casks lime
added. He has his cranberry bed, and all the
small fixings, such as good poultry yard, fine
hogs, &c, whilst for dinner, every article up
on the table was grown upon this snug, little
farm. And, to add to the pleasure, the good
lady, Mrs Hamlin, had just given birth to a
beautiful boy, and the mother was doing,well.
His eldest son is reading law at home with
his father, after the work is done, and the
daughter looks after the home concerns with
ease and grace.
81 write you this for your own gratifca-
ton, to show You what our New England
small farm people can do TO make life go
smooth, and not to detract from the chances
of Others indOing the same. This doubtless,
would not compare with some Of your West
ern farms, but know you will not think the
less Of its owner for ali that
The Republican ticket might truly be call
ed the "Workmgmens Ticket Both the
candidates have been Injured to manual labor
and can sympathize with the workman in his
wants and aspirations. Remembering their
own hard toll, they would not fail to foster
the interests Of labor whenever opportunity
offered