, 1860-10-22
BAD Luck In Abusing L1ucolr.
fFvnta th4 PhI1ndo1nhIA Ninth Ar.,,r~,1

Towards LII. Lincoln most Of the Douglas,
Breckin.i go and Bell organa we,e somewhAt
forbearing from tho itart. and now they scaree
attack him at all. Tor this no thanks. TA<Y
could not nsakea raid charge, aad their frat fe-
bic assaults ~ these soon found, ga,red them
nothing and lost then, much. His moral char.
acter being quite unassalaoie, th+Y attempted
10 "laugh him down th4 wind" They dcr:dei
him Tor having been very poer ,acd for attempt
ing to maintain hlmssls and y By soma meaEs
to acquire knowledge, by wolk king On d 1t bost,
serving behlad The counter of 4 village grocery
atore, aad, horrible to tell, eseu stiitting ruiLf
Presently they found that 10 sidiculs INN be-
cause lie had been very P or uad worked very
hard AM faithfully WAs not exactly rho best
game to PLAY for the votas Of n4tion, where
not mere than one In one thousArd il born to
even moderate wealth, aDd Of whose citizens
And 80 that laugh Was changed to most pain
full grin.
l. Next, they tired to make soma success ul fun
Of the familiar titles by which 10 WAS known
among the Tree handed, free heated. free.
spoken Jeomsn of 1lliEos, VITO knew him vel
aud lived him desTly. Deri>i1ele they repeated
tho rscknames-"H Honest Abs L;ccolc," "Oid
Uncle Abe" ETC.. Soon thy saw that. however
uncommon, BE- ause u1prs1itabte. j. might be
among themselves, honesty was not yet wl'h
the psopls N u popu!sr quality for their rnlere.
They a1so found that Mr- lincoln is Only 81
yerr. old, that he has been called '' Uncle Ane,"
| OF Old Unc,e Abe" these dezs1 yeass- BJ
studying s5e PLAN, free sucker dialect. they
| leah ed that the expressions crly marked their
familiar tff=c.ion icr the man whom theY a!l
| we'll kew, aud bore no sinse CT ci respect. To
| most Of the Democratic leaders, by lhe nsy,
| whatever their age, "hoEesr will never BE- q
prs6x, popular eren in ds1ision. It would be
100 broadly fareial sa5iag neshs1g Of higher
nnd c..es function arles, imagine. for sottRcce,
tash title IS IS Honest Steve Douglas" tOf
! coura-, Ha refer 70 poiiticA) Va this pelu:,
| tco they atsa'gh'eusd out iheis ri+ib1ss.
| itsa they rlaseu ed hlu for bei1g i:literate
All incapable. Bu: scmehow the people found
oct 'aas lhia ignorant rn4n, who had nxde him.
| sell from tix months coEn1n teho0IluE, had
overnateaed the vauated D.uglas'u discuss NJ
| the Iol;tics Of ihs nation. Hea,ees tao prot
Of his Qrest shiiiIy pat=nt in ell his printed
s,eechsa, there soon cane public statements
from SUCH eminent misds aE Senator Ben amin,
Caleb Gushing, Edward B-ses, aad many o!hesa
| # our first men, NLrth aad South, that Mr.,
L!1oaln Sas IN all points tie superior through
oat thst whole debate. And 60 shey hushed up
| tia. shors-lved lzugh. Thsy then assaiied him
"a Al Abohtionist. sometimes 81 an open, some,
ttnes as coTeEt oae, bus III always caeristing
hostile and violent designs ega,rst the South
and It's i1ati:utioss. This charge having beer
AID 1ebutted by TIE tu1l cor fdenco ia his c3n
-s T4sisn expressed By many Of the furenos
:usa Of the south Itself, as vel ~ By three
tcutths OF the old Clay Wings Of the north
they saw that taas charge, too, WIS unavoida
bic.
Finally, they drop all individual ACQUISITIONS
and only sccase HIN Of beng il yer5 bad cca,
pany-:eesu:d, innoeentty, no dcrht, ba. sti!
ieagu;d With the enemies Of the Sou and th
destIoyets OF the Uaion. He il in the Laae8 O
the Aboitlonisss, acd they vii! mould MIN a
they please: We cos't kn:w but they ar
r. n bling vith secret apprehension lest Smith
3h'llipa, Garrison, &c., should tc1m his CsbI
net
well, Wa are glad that they are brought do*
10 THIS paia:, winch is e.sllv settled, tough y
can eEy nothing m re Of it this morrirg- "
are also ! lad that Mr. Llnco.E, while as raa
,m2eae!rabls at all pcl2ts, presents politics
record 30 sound, clear, consistent, that oil hep
Of installing it successfully is now Abandonst
And NC a2ain express cur xrasit eA:;oa at th
e,mPss.atIix. ,I: eossse'y .5ish n hat tsseral!
| Time 10 its clcse.