, 1860-06-13
1Ir. Lincoln n nm Orator.

That Mr. Lincoln was = poor boy, 4 fa&-hoat-
man, . rail.spli.ter, naay bs either much to his
credit, or equally to hfs discredit- Il from such
< begianinGs The native to1ce Of strung and ho1.
- intellect has bofne hin up. 10 9 posit.on,
~hefe he i the cyno4ure on natioo, thau th*se
early incidents are Of value as illust.aang he
irEep1es>ihls greatness Of his chsEae4er. Il,
however, be his KrpWn MP to natnIiJ pTesety-
Ing the mannars and tAa,habits u thought
usually combined with such early associations,
taen he u so much tho lres fit for tho position
he occupies. A humh4 bo1hood is m merit.
unless the man rises conspicuou,ly above it in
y! 9ne ei:menta Of morat aud intellectual excel
lenee' jill. Lincoln may have been an accom-
Pl shsd fa.l-splatter once-but we haye right
70 demand that he should be IN accomplished,
gentleman now.
Aid such nc hel1ara him to ba:: In hi; ;a1.z:
Retic state whefe he reaides he Ia forsrnok
among the neti14 minds which na.uraliy concen.
trA'e themselves in young and nfnsnernu.
commonwealth. Casting aside, for thn mo.
ment. any question Of his political opinions. hia
Conservatism, or his 1adicalism, we mish "a loot
i. 2yel tae e!.dences Of the framework Of his
mcnts OF greatness which arc q neoesssrr 10
h1ednesa Of opinion.
We to1nk 10 one can hare read any of Mr..
he9eoln.s ~ speeches Without admring The risor
u als toetofle. In this he is u once the equal
~rc.is IL sa~tt -. -. 1'etet1 lae Aettes
aow. Perh -Trrd T." see.eose1 s. % mosi musical
nastefa eJe, and the general edect produced Is
t9as OF light, gracatui, some~hat eHeuinase
M Ths-a :, j,E:.H:o oes elo5ng tnaa aaussJ.
;ds. ~ E-s,et. 9sgp. - ~. net eoacenNaton. OF
no;r,;.w t-.,,hf,'f - Lac ene uo'en aenool q
d;tall, overcrowded with elaborate Ornament.
Mr. Lincolu belongs to smother school.
HIS style Is broad aud sketchy, accom-
9s-n,As ~ 49, sssoAe may 70 Hoien Ar. Everett
nress;on al ali ~, "a ~ eang IN aolee ana e.
fton a. = ;ae.is 1oss a ~ ulouteness =, c3ecn-
wo1,1s xhich oo f.- pmnast - lev "eu-caosea
means hnt NJ - - 8 " say ~ ~: ~aa1 n9
h;s in,ent;on T-..;. ~ ~ t nh;ah I.a neJoao
bis language. lis emiuentlT direct % I. s..ms
a II h,s o-tnon. w.r~ m thn1o,nhS.
in bis mind that he nrcrs.or;iv - =. ~ .hn.t
est routa to their nt,.,.ncs 4. .tsaoshs ~ aooss
bnrstnu forth in = stor1nv NH ~ ;,.aes,.s -
eulogy. II il also rrstrs;2.S hx Th.t ssa'n. os
cbaracteristic nrndrnce All n. n,ats.;a..
s.o-sr.tsd fro,p1, - ....,h.ah no qaouttons ny
E;sE ~ nrova ~, s;aesiy oppoaents Mita
If ,;sw ala so mnd;Ssd ~ h.a,. ~. ~ n!,h- Il
6n.his f,o,;ta 49, ~ .d.ae.sss raa -: ~
and Il an assr tast t. ;,st;t~ -. 49, ~ -
afFrmatione -17 -''' p0sA'''7
Hsrein We m.v cont,ast him, IN H. s.-,,
who IN I4.. d:oTse !. f;ta us E-.s..s
much of Th-tat;c;sn ~ Ss-..d Hest; oo
startling expressions lie ee1aggetates The t1uth' %
and has often been cam ,+I,ed ~ ~sst. @..'sh
labor In the defense Of aona u1tr.;sr> -h;ss
was rrally no nart NJ hi. crsed -b;.h "n.va
ed At vbite haat to cstrh tha f.nsr 80 ~.
the attention of his htaraars Of ths n,a,,.nt
Such was his '4irrepre,sib|e confiict'' ides y;n.
coin I'd before spoken the Obvious ,rn,b rhat N
the present organization Of our onearnm.n,
the question Of the extension Of stavs,v a1u...
has been and would be- irrenresa,b1a ,at;ts r
should ha daf7nite1s settled hv +ha a.,s. . -