Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-01
TrunbuII OF, Lincoln.

spoke as follows:,
"IIaving thus briefly stated these princi-
/ pies of the Republican party, will now
call your attention for moment to the
men who have been put forward to carry
these doctrines into practice. ! happen
/ to know the gentleman who has been
nominated for tue Presidency. TrImen-
dons applause, Gad long continued cheers
i for Lincoln. j have known him inti-
mately for more than twenty years; / have
! practiced law with him; have been with
| him on many occasions at public meetings
| such as this; and tell you that purcr,
a truer, or an honcster man does not live
than Abraham Lincoln. [Renewed cheer
! ing ....,
''PcrhaTs you would like to know some
thing of the private character of this man
at home. TYcs.1 He was a poor boy,
obliged to acquire an education by his
own cXeriions, aid make his own way III
the world. At an carly day he learned
surveying, afterwards studied and practiced
law. He has been laboring man in the
! field, has worked with the axe and upon
flatboats. His sympathics are with the
laborng men of the country, because he
, is one of them. Applause. Growing
up in the West, amid the dissipation which
you know prevails to a great extent in the
early settlement of country, Abraham
Lincoln is, in his habits, one of the most
temperate and frugal men that | evel
knew. lie is addicted to no vice what
ever He has acquired some little proper
ty, but is not spcculator; amid the ups
and downs of our western country have
never known him to speculate. doubt
whether he was ever in debt n hundred
dollars in his life. lie has acquired
reasonable little competency, and lives
very comfortably in the city of Sprnticl|
entertaining his friends Hospitality when
ever they call on him.
''He has served number of times in the
Illinois legislature, and has also served as
n member Congress. Two years ago no
was IL candidate for the United States
Senate, i'll opposition to Judge Douglas,
and they cNuvassed together the State oi
Illinois. The candidates for the legisla-
turc who were pledged to Mr.. LincOins
support received q majority of the popular
vote Of the State; hut by reason of the un-
equal districting of the State, Mr.. Lincoln
did not secure IL majority of the members
of the legislature. The debates between
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Douglas during that
campaign have been published, and are
now being scattered broadcast through
tic country. Any person who may read
that debate will he satisfied of the abilities
of Abraham Lneol9 in. 99Stss as tS SttSStsSRqeFs
here, and we all know his ability rs
debatcr and stump-speaker; but no man
can read that debate without seeing shat
Abraham Lincoln is decidedly his superior.
GGrcat applause.
"NIr. Lincoln is one of the best lawyers
in the State of Illinois. He has beer
employed in the most important law suits
in all parts of that State for the last fifteen
or twenty years. AS a debater and as an
attorney, he is one OF the fairest men l
have ever known. In the management o:
n lawsuit have never known him to take
an improper advantage of an Adversary
He was never known 10 resort 10 any of
the little tricks that are sometimes prac-
ticed in the courts, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning undue advantage. Whether i'll
business, in politics or at the bar, his
conduct is uniformly fair and candid.
Gle is not surrounded by any cliques or
factions. lie has been taken up for the
Presidency, not because he is supported
by any clique or faction in this part of the
country or that. He is committed to
nothing except to the great principles
which lie has advocated all his life. He is
committed to no particular man or set OF
men; and all his supporters, no matter
whence they come-whether they be Re-
puhlicanS or Democrats, or Americans or
foreign-born citizens-all honest men who
come up to his support will, am sure,
share fnirly in the t'tvOrs of his adminis-
tration, should he 3e elected President
TApplausc.
"Such is our candidate for the Prcsiden-
cy For Vice President, we have pre-
sented TO you distinguished citizen of
Maine, who has served for IL long time i'll
the National legislature, first in the House
of Representatives and more recently in
the Senate. lie is proverbial for his hon
esty and integrity. Nv man ever heard
charge of dishonesty or corruption against
Hannibal HnmIn. lie is a fit associate
of the pure and incOrruptiblc Lincoln
TCheers.1 These are the men presented
to Won for your suIfragcs. They are both
men from the common walks of life-men
who have labored with their own hands
men who sympnthize with the masses of
the people. If you elect them to office,
there will be no such plundcring of the
public treasury as have exposed here to-
night.
fed that the candidate has been taken
from our section of the country, and we
can safely pledge the support of all the
Northwest to Abraham Lincoln and Ham
nibal Hamlin. We have taken up the
rails split by Lincoln thirty years ago; we
have planted them at the foundations of
this COrrupt administration; we have pried
M the old AugeaH stable where these
Democrats have been revelling for the
last eight years; we only want Pennsylva-
nin to get hold of the end of the rail
with us, and we will overthrow the struc-
turc."