Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-06-15


4 In Thomas JefTerson's celebrated letter to
the New Haven merchants who had rcmon-
strated against the removal Of Eizur Goodrich
from the relationship at that point, and the
appointment of a successor whose chief quail
ification was that he was q partisan of the
President, a hope is expressed that good
time may come when the only questions
about candidate for Office will be these: "Is
he capable? Is he faithful to the Const-
tuition 7"
When Jefferson said good thing he said
M.well, and this is one Of his good things
These three questions are just the questions
which the people Of the United States ought
to ask in regard to candidates for the Presi-
dency Let Abraham Lincoln, for example,
be subjected to the ordeal of these questions.
Ia he honest? Look upon his face. Is that
an honest man? Inquire among his neigh
bcrs who honor his guilelcss integrity by the
familiar name which expresses their conf
dcnco and love-Honest Old Abe! Read his
speeches. Hear him when he addresses q
popular assembly. The first element of his
power over his hearers is the irresistible con-
viction which they have of his honesty.
Is he capable? Let his whole history, from
his carly and unfriendcd struggles to his
present high position among the acknowledg-
ed leaders of learned profession in one OF
the greatest States of the Union-give the an
swcr. Let the people of his own State, who
know him as thoroughly as they know any
other public man, say whether he is capable.
Let those who heard him few weeks ago, It
the Cooper Institute, say whether he is intel
ligent enough to be the successor Of James
Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, .MlIard Fillmore,
Zachary Taylor, James K. Polk and John
Tyler. We happened to hear that speech.
It was not cldssiGy ornate as one Of Edward
Everctt's Orations, it was not like one of
Thomas Jeffcrson's epistles, but, in our judy
ment, it was better exhibition Of that kind
of ability which makes statesman, and
which qualities man for such an Office Is the
Presidency, than Everett's eulogy on Wash
ington, or Jefferson's letter to the New Haven
Chamber of Commerce. A more thorough
andcxhaustive exposition of the subject which
nc had in hand, no other man could give
There was not word in it of vulgar stump
speaking mot word of the spread eagle !"
style Of. oratory-not word Of clap trap; it
was straightforward argument ON the great
question Of the times, and was Is able q it
was honest. ~
AM. faithful to tie Gcnatieut;oms Those
who believe that the Constitution is the char
ter and guarantee Of slavery, and that BY it,
own force it carries the institution Of slavery
into al the territories, will say No. Such an
answer from that quarter is enough for every
body else to answer Hes. The views of Web
ster, of Clay, of Marshall, Of all eminent men
who lived before the now school Democracy
was founded by Calhoun, are his views on
the question now at issue. That Is enough.
Parson Brownlow, SO y'clept, Of Tennessee,
Is religioso- political authority of the first
water, South. No Southern Convention is
complete without him. The Passon was at
Charleston when the plan Of rendering the
South Independent in commercial Affairs was
perfected, and recently he turned up at Balti-
more, on the tolling Of the Presidential bell
En- route, the Parson stopped at Washington
"a place where Southern gentlemen have
ruled since the formation of the Government
and where Of course the greatest evidences
Of honor and honesty ought to be found
But it seems that the Parson felt the very air
tainted with the aroma of jailbirds, and he ex-
perienced indictments to break one of the
leading commandments. Thus he describes it /:
Upon coming out of the Alexandra boat,
and breathing the atmosphere of Washington.
! fancied that felt inclined to steal some.
thing, and SO stated to my comrades. Some
Of them remarked, in reply, that there was
something in the atmosphere of the place
that inspired such feelings, for they felt that
way inclined, but felt delicacy in naming it. y
The Parson pays the following compliment
to Senator Slide1:
His face, countcnance, and action. arc an