Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-05-23
Abraham Lincoln /.

pom supEarxrsxpEsr OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS,
MILES ]. FLETCHER, OF Putnam.
Abraham Lincoln.
We discharge n duty to day that Is more
agreeable TO Ms than any We have been
called upon to discharge. during an edi-
torial life Of near five years. We place al
the head Of our column. as the nominee OF
the Republican party the name of Abraham
Lineoln. lis candidate for the Presidency W
1850. There is n thrill Of pleasure pervad-
ing our whole being as we do this, which
Is indiseribably pleasurable. Woplace Dis
name at the head of our column, because
he ia the first choice Of the Republicans, as
indie ated by their delegates Ia convention
assembled-because he has been, and Is,
our first choiee-because he Is In every par
SECULAR worthy the distinguished honor con-
fered upon him, and because he Is to-day,
the most perfecte embodiment OF that feature
in the institutions of this country. which
gives 10 the humblest individual, the equal
right to aspire to be the greatest among US.
We are for Homes. old Abe Lincoln" for
ten thousand good aud sufficient reasons.
Born in the lap Of poverty and Injured to
the privations aud toll Of western from
teer life. he can fully appreciate the ne
cessities and wants Of this great aud grow
ing people who are now filing up the rich
Valley of the Mississippi. Coming to Indi
ana before II was State, he 10 familiar
with the life and labor our pioneer fathers
indured, and knows full well how to ap
preciale an honest heart. although u may
be covered by a rough exterior. Having
spent all the early years Of his manhood
with that class Of people. upon whose
brawny shoulders always has and always
will rest the glory and renown OF our com
mon country. he Is the full representative
Of their hopes, Of their industry, Of their
determination, Of their integrity and oil
their mastery common sense. springisg
from an humble oragip. his life aud bis
present position 10 q beckoning incentive
to every young man In the whole country
10 initiate the example thus set before them
Having arrived at the ago of6fty two years.
he stands to-day before the American peo'
pie. unstained by enc dishonorable &C,
either in public or private life. II he has
one fault, II IL that Of being too generous
IL no has ever committed enc error II l,
that Of having too noble nature, ever u
humble his manhood 10 increase his
gains-if he deserves cansure In not draw
ing around him tho luxuries Of life, II IL DO
cause he loved virtue better than all these
aud looked for happiness only In the path
pointed out by the true Impulee. Of u pure
aud exaulted nature.
when the God offsraei, indicated to His
people whom they should select m theiI
King, "Saul the son Of Kish" was pointed
out to them, and when he stood among
the people. he was higher than any Of The
people from his shoulders aud upward. -
II does seem 10 us that the same Provi
denee has pointed out to this people. WIT
shall DO their great leader In the coming
struggle between freedom and slavery. and
as Saul slew the Amenities. 80 that mol
two Of them were left together" will the
prestige Of Lineoln's name. and the stern
virtues OF his life drive from the high place
Of this General Government, the ten thou
sand dishonest aud corrupt men who
have almost destroyed this glorious heri
tage which has been bsquesthed To us b,
orr fathers.
No convention Of free men which eve
assembled upon this continent. did 81
glorious n work, as the one recently as
sembled at Chicago. IL has acted we'll
and the plaudits Of the people will be Il
each and every delegate as hs returns
home. we'll done thou good and faithful
seVent." No more important despatch
ever trembled along the telegraphic wires
than that which last Friday announced u
10000. 900 Of people. that Abraham Lincoln
and Hannibal Hamlin were the nominee,
Of the Republican Convention then in ses
sion at Chicago. II started a thrill 10 IN.
public heart, which will pulsate frou
Maine To Texas. from the Atlantic Sc,
hoard to the Pacific Coast, and the tru'
men from every State and from every rec
ton will rally to the support Of the ss,
with an Immunity unparalleled in the pc
litical history Of this country.
There are to. day more Of the elements o
universal popularity in the character sn'
personal history Of Honest Abe Lincoln
Of Illinois" than any other man on thu
American continent. He isio-day highe
than any of his people. from his shoulder
and upward" Since the days. when al
that was great and good sunk 10 rest annie
the quiet shades Of Mount vernon--sinc,
the great debater OF Massachusetts, tn,
Sage Of Monticello. the logicisn of SoutI
Carolina and the " Constitutional Expoun
dee" closed their eyes to the bright SUI
light, we do believe no truer man, no able
man, or no sincersr man has lived than
Abraham Lincoln. His great campaign ia
Illinois With Mr.. Douglas was Que Of uu
surpassed intellectual power. Wrestling
the admission from the lips of The Littls
Giant himself, that {" Abe Lincoln possess
ed the most wouderful resources Of any
living man" To see the full grsndure Of
his iniellect--to feel the moral beauty Of
his whole lfe-to admire aud love the