The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-06-07

Springfield, Illinois, May %, 1860.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I write this, as indi.
Gated by its date, from the city oil
Springfield, Illinois. This City claims
population of from twelve to fifteen
thousand, and is a place of considera.
BILE importance-at least in the estima-
ton fthose who consider it their perma-
nent home. 1t is in the center of San
CANON County, which is one of the
richest and best cultivated Counties in
the State, and is its shire town. 1t is
also very near the geographical center
OF the State, and is the Seat of the
State government. Two lines of
Rail Road run directly through it,
viz: the st. Louis, Alton & Chicago,
from north to south; and the Great
Western from east to west, which with
its connections forms a direct route.
from Toledo, or The east to St. Joseph,
Missouri, on the west.
But the foregoing, are mere common
place considerations. Our citizens, no
longer base their claim to popularity
undying renown, on a foundation so
slender as this. Springfield is the home
of GOLD ABE % Do you hear /? She
has furnished a Republican candidate
for the Presidency! Is not that some
thing to be proud of? Can you not
excuse us, if we do carry our heads
rather high, and step heavily on our
heels when we walk, and put on airs
generally? tell you 1T IS exciting, to
think that the great national Conven-
ton of President makers, after looking
the ground all over, and prospecting
through the thirty two states of the
Union; were compelled to come down
here to Springfield, for the material out
of which to make the next President.
And we were fortunate enough to
have the very stick they were looking
for, cut, and seasoned too, and long
enough to work to any required meas
ure. Yes, Springfield is place of
considerable importance-and, what is
more to the point, we who reside here
know it.
If were only a politician, I could
spin you yarn out of the material on
hand, that would be in harmony with
the political character of your paper.
But 1 am far enough from being pol
itician. l think it would puzzle me
considerably, to define clearly the diff
ference between black Republican
and a hard shell Democrat-and /
shan't try. If were one of the noisy
kind of fellows, who improve every oc
casion to throw up their hats and shout
hurrah, / would as soon do it in be-
half Of Abraham Lincoln as any other
man, because he is person of great
moral worth and integrity of character
though / am afraid it would be all
the same to me, if he were democratic
instead of Republican candidate for
the presidency. 1 suppose you will
think my political education has been
sadly neglected. Perhaps it has-but
my school days are long past, and it is
too late now to attempt drilling me in
to party modes of thinking and acting.
Mr.. Lincoln, is in every sense of the
term, a man Of the people-and hence
it is, that the masses love him. The
common people" and laboring classes
feel that they have personal interest
in one who commenced life as profess
sor of wood-chopping and rail splitting
hence, the general enthusiasm with
which his nomination is received all
ever the land.
In his every day department, he is
exceedingly simple and unsophistica-
ted, never puts on airs, but greet with
equal cordially the first Judge of our
Courts and the humblest day laborer.
| wish you could see him play ball.
Since early in the spring, this has been
a fashionable game among the young
men of our City, and in which GOLD
ABE" has been an almost daily partici-
pant. Pulling off coat and cravat, he
enters into the game with all the bois-
ferrous delight of a boy of fifteen; and
when he is fortunate enough to make
a good hit, he calls out to the boy who
keeps tally to 4" SEQ o-o-r-e," in voice
that can be heard square or two.
The day after his nomination, one
OF his young ball playing companions
met him, and after the usual congrat
said to him: "Well Mr.. Lin
coin, you are ahead of me on the Pres
idential ticket, but l still think can
beat you playing ball." "I.o;U try a
game 10Th you ut four o'clock this at.
said Mr.. Lincoln.
The first news Of the nomination re-
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