White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28
Personal Habits of Abraham Lincoln.

In his personal habits, Mr.. Lincoln is
as simple as a child. He loves a good
dinner and eats with the appetite which
goes with great brain but his food is
plain and nutritious He never drinks
intoxicating liquors of any sort, not even
a glass of wine. He is not addicted to
tobacco in any of its shapes. He never
was accused of licentious act in all his
life. He never uses profane language
A friend says that once, when in tow
ering rage. in consequence of the efforts of
certain parties to perpetrate fraud on the
State, he was heard to say, They shan't
do it, d-n 'em - but beyond an express
sion of that kind, his bitterest feelings
never carry him. He never CANDLES /;
we doubt if he ever INDUCES in any games
of chance. He is particularly cautious
about mourning pecuniary obligations for
any purpose whatever /; and in debt, he
is never content until the score is dis
charged. We presume he owes no man
dollar. He never speculates. The
rage for the sudden acquisition of wealth
never took hold of him. His gains from
his profession have been moderate, but
sufficient for his purposes. While others
have dreamed of gold, he has been in pur-
suit of knowledge. In all his dealings
he has the reputation of being generous
but exact. aud, above all, religiously
honest. He would be bold man who
would say that Abraham Lincoln ever
wronged any one out of cent. or ever
spent dollar that he had not honestly
earned. His struggles in early life have
made him careful of money; but his gen
erosity with his own is ,proverbial. He
is regular attendant upon religious wor
ship, and though not a COMMUNICATE, is
pewholder and liberal supporter of the
Presbyterian Church in Springfield, to
which Mrs. Lincoln belongs. He is a
scrupulous teller of the truth-too exact
in his notions to suit the atmosphere of
Washington as it now is. His enemies
may say that he tells Black Republican
lies but no man ever charged that, in a
professional capacity, or a citizen dealing
with his neighbOrs, he would depart from
the Scriptural command. At home he
lives like a gentleman of modest means
and simple tastes. A good sized house
of wood, simply but tastefully furnished,
surrounded by trees and flowers, is his
own, and there he lives at peace with
himself, the idol of his family. and for his
honesty, ability and patriotism, the ad-
miration of his couDtrymen.
If Mr.. Lincoln is elected President he
will carry but little that is ornamental to
the White House. The country must
accept his sincerity, his ability and his
honesty. in the mold in which they are
cast. He will not be able to make as
polite bow as Frank Pierce, but he will
not commence anew the agitation Of the
Slavery question by recommending to
Congress any Kansas Nebraska bill. He
may not preside at the Presidential din
ners with the ease and grace which dis
tinguish the venerable public function
ary," Mr.. Buchanan but he will not
create the necessity for Covode Com
mittes and the disgraceful revelations of
Cornelius Wendell. He will take to the
Presidential chair Just the qualities which
the country now demands to save it from
impending destruction-ability that no
man can question, 6rmness that nothing
can overbear, honesty that never has been
impeached, and patriotism that never
despairs. Chicago Press and Tribune.