Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-21
Nomination Of Abraham Lincoln.


Mr.. LINCOLN is emphAtically one of Its repre-
sentative men-ths right man in the right
place, Pienler born, tis boy ana easly nan
bcOd were siuswsd.by toll ana haElphip ip--his
mind, broaaehed aad 5espeued hUm nahlre's
great book. Stalwart of frame, gigantic in
intellect blending industry with genius, in-
tuition with sound Judgment and integrity
with hfmnesi Mr. liSeooN has risen step
by step to the high honor of standard-bearer
Of the hosts Of Freedom How wortl,ily his
neighbpr Of the Chicago Press and Tribune
thus tells
'sEhssge Of purity returns, After sue
oession Of Presidents, who have not only
been subseryient 70 the interests of the Prop
agapdists Of Human Slavery, but corrupt 70
e degree alarming TO the truest friends of
Republican institutions, the nomination of
Abraham Lincoln-4Honest old Abe-by the
great Republican party is a guaranty that the
country, wearied and outraged BY the NAL
feesance of those invested with the Federal
power, desires return to the sterling hon
esty and Democratic simplicity which marked
the Administrations Of jefferson, Madison
Adams and jackson. The party has not
mistaken the man selected for standard
bearer. Mr.. Lincoln is the very soul of in
tegrity. In all his life, now extending over
81 years, there IS not an act Of commission
or omission, by which his thorough upright
ness, his exact eonscientioRsness his perfect
integrity are impaired. The fact is guaran-
tee that when he goes into the government as
its Executive head, the corruption and ex-
travagance which have made the two last
Administrations stencil in the nostrils of
the American people, and which are fast sap
ping the foundations upon which our fathers
built viii come to a sudden end.
Mr.. Lincoln's record on the slavery ques-
ton is 50 well known and so clear that It
needs no explanation. He is a conservative
Anti-Slayery man, against whom no allega-
ton Of fanaticim will hold good. On and
part Of the Platform of the party, he viii
spare no labor TO effect return Of the policy
which has marked the rule of the wisest and
most patriotic of hispredecessors. Guided by
the Constitution and the laws, in the inter
prstation Of his obligations TO party he will
command the respect Of the North and the
South and the country may be assured that
If during such time as he may be invested
with authority, there is an attempt from any
quarter whatever to dissolve the bonds which
tie the States Of this Union together, it will
be met by more than Roman irmness which
never yet yielded to threats or froYns. That
beautiful evenness and integrity of his life,
which have made him a man Of mark, will
not desert him in his promised official career;
but will remain the guides and balances IN
that difficult path which the people win COM
mand him to tread.
Mr.. Lincoln is untried in a merely execu-
tive capacity. But we have not the smallest
fear that he will be unequal 10 any emergency
in which he may be placed. That activity |
and strength of intellect which have brought |
him up from a lowly estate to become the /
head of great, and we believe, q triumphant !
party, will be the anchor on which he and the |
country may depend. In this regard he is
eminently safe. u aa4HER ~
We refer to one matter with pride and con- |
graduation. Mr. Lincoln has, by his own |
motion, never been candidate for President |
of the United States; hence he has no pledges |
to redeem, no promises to make good. The |
uprising in his favor has been spontaneous
the outgrowth of widespread conviction of |
his fitness andavailibility. It has not embar
raised his future action. It has laid no clogs |
upon the free exercise of his judgment in all 1
matters which concern the public good. It /
has not been the work Of cliques, or factions, |
by and by to seek their reward. He goes |
into the Presidential Chair, clean-handed and |
pure and, when President, his distribution
of the patronage win be governed by the
wants and exigencies of the public service, |
and. not BY the loud clamors Of men who urge |
their claims upon the ground oflpast support. |
Fhst during the past week, in which there |
have been such temptations to lead him into |
the practices which are unfortunately SO COM
mon with politicians of less rectitude, he has |
in terms of Just indignation refused ell offers |
of votes which were based upon promises Of
future rewards, we have reason to know
With the spirit becoming an honest man, he /
rejected them all f-11 { .VZTaEOl
To conclude this too brief nOtics Of e great |
public event let rs say that the needs Of the
country are such, and the convictions of the |
people that change Is Eneeessary are 50 pro-
found that M. Iilceln, were be but an ordi-
nary man, in whose history there was no flow,
would be elected But being al that the exi-
gencies of the times demand, whether estima-
ted as to ability, tact, integrity or faithfUlness
to principle, his nomination viii be taken up
with the zeal and enthusiasm which fore
shadow n5t OF snccsss, but maiorities un-
equalled II ihe political history Of the free
States" -