Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-19
MIR. Lincoln ut Home

MIR. lincoln nj Home.
The Chicago Tribune Of the nth, gives
the following interesting sketch of Mr.. Lin
coin at Home. After giving the assurance
that he will issue no address in which the
standard Of the party will be lowered for
the purpose of quieting the s~ecessionists, the
Tribune says;
There is, Of course, a general desire to
know how the President elect is affected by
the rub-a-dubbing now coming up from the
Southern States. A gentleman who talked
with him on this secession question, only a
day or two ago, represents to us that he is
cautious in his expressions, but |unquestiOna-
bly, firm in his belief that the laws should be
upheld. He does not If he is correctly re-
ported, believe that any of the States will,
when the question is practically represented
TO them, decide to 90 off and recognize a
Confederacy in which slayeholding and the
Slave Trade are the bonds of union. He
thinks the economical objections to such a
scheme will, it the returning patriotism of
the people does not, before these objections
come home with their greatest weight, bring
the conservatives into power. He is so con-
tident Of the business OF his intentions and
the moderation OF his views, that he cannot
conceive how, after his policy is developed,
the disunionists can work their people up to
the point Of concentrating their threatened
treason; and he is not without a certain re-
lance that the Administration now in power
will prevent irreparable mischief down to
the close Of its term. He is r~eticent, mode
rate, calm. Before he acts or makes any
public declarations, he viii know the ground
upon which he stands, the full extent of the
disaticction, and the temper Of those upon
whom he must depend Tor carrying out the
policy that he viii ~iuaugurate. That he will
Try all methods Of Cancellation consistent
with his sense of right Al d his obligations TO
the country, we have no doubt Ii these are
Of no avail, his supporters know that they
have in HIM a leader who will not fail, at the
proper time and in the proper manner, TO use
all the means at his command to ensure re-
spect for the obligations into which the States
have entered.
The multitude Of conjectures which have
been made in regard to the new Cabinet are
unauthorized by anything that Mr.. Lincoln
has said in public or private. We are ud-
visei that he has not decided who his Consti-
%tutional advisers shall be. We take il, how
ever, that the wise-acres who labor underth
delusion that Lincoln is Douglas, and his
advisers must be those whom Douglas would
have called to his aid, will be disappointed
when the names of the Secretaries are an
nounced. The point CT difficulty in selecting
is to find men in the South upon whom the
honor OF a Sec~retaryship may be safely con-
ferred, and who are at the same time of suffi-
Gent consideration at home to give character
and strength to the new Administration in the
slave States. We do not doubt that the diff
6culty will be surmouated. Tue to-be form
ed Union party of the South will afford
abundant material out of which Secretaries
and all the minor officers may be made.
1t is an unfortunate commentary upon the
seceder5' course, the fac that anonymous and
threatening letters, addressed 10 Mr.. Lincoln,
are thought to be necessary to support it
Of these he IS daily in receipt Of perhaps a
dozen, each atrociOus. Death is the least of
the ills with which he is threatened. Death,
preceded by the torture, and followed by the
pains of fire and birthstone, is the least with
which be can be excused. These excite only
contempt in him to whom they are addressed.
Though coming from a hundred different
parts of the South they agree in one thing
that there is an organized band or broth
erhood, every member of which takes an
oath to compass the Presidents death. The
letters are evidence of nothing except the
hate and impOtent malice of those who write
them; but their assertion that G new order
has sprung up in the South, unfortunately
has confirmation from other sources more re
putable and credible. Men who know Abra-
ham Lincoln would not spend their time in
inditing, such stuff. But it is tolerable COM
pared with what missives of another sort
contain. These latter, in the text and pen
and ink sketches, seem to be semitic illustrate
some propensity for the amalgamation of the
races with which it is thought by the South
that Honest Old Abe is afflicted. They are
numerous and disgusting.
0fice-seekers will be interested in know
ing that no place, high or low, has been
promised to any man-that the latest slices
as well as the leanest bits are all on the plat
ter. 1t is Mr.. Lincoln's habit to tell all who
approach him with petitions for place, that
he cannot yet do anything for them. 'Iam
notyetP President elect and if 1 were, until my
advisers are about me, andsomething beside;
the distribution Of places is agreed upon, ]
must continue to say No. Such we believe
is the language he holds to all who come.
IN all the above, which comes to US at sec
ond hand, there may be errors to be by-and
by corrected. But we have written what i
told, upon authority which we do not ques
ton. Our readers will agree with US tina
Mr.. Lincoln starts off as becomes a cautious
sensible and patriotic man.