Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-05-22
LINooLN AND uAMl1N.

ANSOGN AMI ztAHLANs
IS We indorse the following remarks Of
the Cincinnati Gosette in announcing
tho result of the Republican Conven
: tion, 1t ''has done its work quickly
and we'll. 1t has presented to the voters
oftho country Platform of Principles
which must command the assent and in
.dorsement of every man who wishes wei
of his country. Ithas presented, further
as candidates upon that Platfotm for the
Offices Of President and Vice President
men whom the people Of the West and
the East know and honor-LINcoLN anG
HAMLIN.
3a We venture to say that there is not il
the whole West man who stands higher
in popular confidence than OLD ABB
LINCOLN. He is man of the people
lie has risen by the force Of his own en-.
aergy from the position of fatboatman
to the honored head Of the Illinois bar
He is man whom no obstacle can in
,timidate, no defeat check, no misfortune
cmhitter. A man whose life is syno.
aym Of honesty, capability and energy
is ABE LINCOLN
In selecting him, the Convention had
in view the demands of the time. They
knew that for President was needed a
man of broad views, of quick perception
ofresults, so as to be prepared for deci.
sive action in emergencies, and of strong
will that would carry out his purposes
when formed, without regard to the
apressure' of lobbyists, the ''fearful
Vaccinations, to use Roger A, Pryor S
phrase, of timid timeservers, nor the
fblusterings Of threatening sectionalists
ABE LINCOLN possesses in a marked
degree the peculiar qualification needed
There is no man living who dares i'm.
pugn his honesty. His ability is as un.
doubted as his courage and his will
With LINCOLN in the White House
we shall have an honest and firm Ad-
ministration. There will be no more
Walker letters, no more Presidential
recommendations to fetra contract SO as
to help party hack struggling for Of
ice We shall have the affairs of the
Government economically administered
esThe right man will be in the right
place
Mr.. LINCOLN is fresh from the people
He has had experience of public, life
and has, while in public life, shown the
qualities we have mentioned. But he
has not been so constantly in politics as
to have acquired the peculiar notions Of
integrity which such men as Buchanan
and other life. e.long politicians have
He will see events as the people see
shea,, and sa- saeingy will have the caur-
-.----.t--.f-e.s.-4 4hAla- hanestly and fear:
lessly, as the people would have him.
II HANNIBAL HAMLIN is one of the
most influential and able men in Maine
which State he now represents in the
United States Senate Mr. HAMLIN, as
our readers will nemember, is of Demo
cratic antecedents, and as Democrat
was in the United States Senate.
The wrongs of Kansas opened his eyes
to the real character ofso- called Democ
racy, and he became Republican. HI
was taken up by that party in Maine a:
their candidate for Governor, and made
Almost brilliant canvass, completely rev.
olutionizing the State, which had before
been Democratic, and gaining his election
by majority of some 20, 900 votes. Mr.
HAML1N was, in 1857, reelected to the
Senate.
We append brief sketch of the life
Of LINCOLN, which is published in las
weeks issue of Harper's Weekly:
Hon. Abraham Lincoln, ,of Illinois, was
born on the 18th of February, 1909, il
Hardin county, Kentucky: His family
although puch respected, were moi
blessed with much of this world goods,
and he was forced to fight his own way
through the opening struggles Of ife's
campaign In this way he became init
matcly acquainted with the industrial
classes, and they now claim him as one
of their number-'The Flatboatmanp
Whether he was engaged in rural pur.
suits, or in plotting down the Mississippi
boats laden with produce, he permitted
noopportunity to escape for the improval
of his mind. When he had thus, by
his own exertions, been admitted to the
bar, he settled in the pleasant town o.
Springfield, Illinois, where he has since
resided.
When the "Black Hawk War" broke
out in the spring of 1882, Mr.. Lincolr
was among the first to offer his services
and was elected captain of company
Of Illinois volunteers, at the head o.
which he distinguished himself during
the brief yet effective campaign. He
was afterward elected to the State Legis
lature, taking decided ground as Whie
of the Henry Clay school, In 1916 he
was elected a member of the XXXtf
Congress, where he acted with the Whie
party, and at the National Convention
which nominated General Scott for Pres
ident, in June, 1852, he was elected tt
represent Illinois in the Central Whis
Connnittee. Yeomans service did he
render in that campaign.
In 1856 Mr.. Lincoln entered actively
into the Republican contest, and two
years later the Convention of that party
nominated him in opposition to Judge
Douplas as Republican Senator from the