Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-08-03

precipissted to its doom in he'll, where II
ought to have been years ago, and where.
with rogues and liars, it viii spend an
eternity of just such enjoyment - il had
q fcresaste Of as Charleston and in Bal.
timore."
- The Newark On. j. wide
Awskes, numbering 500, are on visit
st Hartford, CT, where they have had
splendid reception. Among the speak
ers on the occasion, was Senator Dixon.
who thus referred 20 our candidates:
"Our candidate for the Presidency
Abraham Lincoln--is as pure patriot
| as lives. He combines the qualifications
specified by Jefferson in his letter to ths
New Haven merchants. He Is honest.
be is capable, be is faithful to the conssi,
tuition. know bin well. When be
wss in Congress, had the honor Of serv.
ing with him as one of your Represent
stives. marked him then as man Of
spotless integrity, as a close and logical
reasoner, and IS possessing wonderful
power of condensation. His mind seem.
ed gifted with sort of hydrostatic-press-
ure power, BY which he could condense
an immense amount of thought into the
smallest possible compass of language
This vas then his popularity, and this
faculty seems since to have improved.
Abraham Lincoln, let me assure you, nv
friends, is no ordinary man. Indeed, we
are peculiarly fortunate in our candidates
both for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency-combining. as has well been
said, the faith Of Abraham, and the
courage of Hannibal"
The DANGER TO THE UsIoS.-
Judge Orr, who is now siumpine Missou-
ri as an opposition candidate for Cover
nor, ridicules the idea Of danger to the
Union from the success of the RepubI.
can, and tells the following story to illus
trate the asinine character of such
threats:
The people are beginning to know
them as well as the lion knew the dom
key, with whom he was travelling. The
pair becoming hungry, the donkey pro
/ posed that they should turn aside into a
corn-feId. They did so and the donkey
having Toasted to his content was prepar-.
ing to leave; but the lion said, what am
| to do? cannot eat corn True"
said the donkey; but if you will lie in
the bush here, | will go into the thicket
yonder and brighten the deer With bray
so that you can catch one when they at.
tempt to escape The lion agreed, and
the jackass, going into the thicket, bray
ed so terribly that all the deer in it came
running out. The lion seized one and
made meal of the prey. On coming
back the donkey with much coneeit,
asked: Didn't scare them?' Yes
replied the lion, and you would have
scared me, too, If / hadn't known who
you were just so we might be fright
ened by the predictions of danger to our
own institutions by the Democrats, if we
did not know exactly what value to set
upon them"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times says:
Judge Douglas is in the receipt Of
pressing invitations to visit several south.
ern states. and it is not improbable that
he may make a short tour during the
summer. The proprietors of the Green.
! briar White Sulphur Springs, in Virgin
! ia, have also offered to him the hospitali-
ties of that famed watering place. The
Springs are controlled by a Joint Stock
!. Association of the gentlemen of the
neighborhood. with whom the Little
e Giant" is very popular"
Lincoln is at home attending to the
Q reading of letters which he has neither
time nor inclination to answer. Their
number is peck dag and though
none of them contain downright. applica-
tons for Office, he is astonished to read
e of the great number of men to whom
= he is endebted for the position that he
occupies. The original Lincoln man
is ubiquitous he lives in every Nothern
State, and has near relatives over the
border.
: Among the objections urged against
d Gen. Lane, the Secession candidate for
e Vice President, BY the citizens of Du-
? buque, lows, are the following:-
!, First-He spells God with little e.
!. Second-He spells barracks, bar-rax.
e Third-He spells dirt with two Is.
y Fourth--When 10 Mexico, he dated q
> letter Very eroose.s