The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-05-31

worked on farm as hired man; the
next year, he was a clerk in store; then
served in the Black Hawk war, being
captain of company; the next year he
was an unsuccessful candidate for the Leg
islaturc; was chosen the next, aud served
with distinction for four sessions; studied
| law in the meantime, and was admitted to
! the bar became strong advocate Of
! Wing principles, and warm friend Of
! Henry Clay was . candidate for Elector
in nearly every Presidential contest from
! 1886 to 1852; was elected member of
the NANth Congress in 1916, and served
| to its close, but declined reelection !,
and in 1854 he became the Wing candi-
date for U S. Senator, but his friends in
the Legislature being in a minority, he
withdrew, and at his request, they sup
ported Judge Trumbull, the Anti-Nebras-
ka candidate, who was thereby elected.
In the Presidential campaign of 1856
! Mr.. LINCOLN'S name headed the Fremont
Electoral Ticket of Illinois, and he was
one Of that candidates warmest supper
ters. But it was his memorable contest
with Stephen A. Douglas, for the United
States Senatorship, that gave him ma
| tional reputation. All remember with
what ability, logic, art, eloquence and good
nature he canvasscd the State Of Illinois
against the little champion of Squatter
/
Sovereignty; and although Douglas Sc
| cured predominance in the Legislature
and was elected, yet it must not be for
gotten that LINCOLN had the popular vote
in his favor, and counted his majority by
thousands
\ selfmade man in the true sense of
the terni-one who is what he is, in viz
tue Of his own genius and the energy of
his character-onc who may be ranked
alike with the hardy sons of toll, and with
the greatest living statesmen-one who is
the very embodiment Of true Republican
principles and sentimcnts-the nomina-
ton of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by the Chi
cago Convention, was and is "a nomina-
| tion eminently fit to made" \ man Of
unbending integrity, upright in every act
and purpose, and with moral character
without spot or blemish, he has long been
well and worthily known as 'honest old
Abe" As such, the masses-who ALWAYS
love hOnesty-will rally round his stand
ard, with the sure prospect of a glorious
victory. That he will be elected, tri-
umphantly elected, is just as certain as that
he has been nominated.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN-our candidate for
the second Office in the gift of the people
was born in the town of Paris, Oxford
county, Name, August 9th, 1909, and
is therefore q few months younger than
his associate upon the ticket lie is by
profession lawyer, though for the last
twenty four years he has been most of
his time in political life. From 1886 to
1910, he was member Of the Legislature
Of Maine, and for three Of those wears
was Speaker Of It's House of Representa-
tives. In 1913, he was elected mem
ber Of Congress, and reelected for the
following term. He was returned to the
State Legislature in 1917, and in the fol-
lowing year was elected to the United
States Senate; to fiji the unexpired term
OF Hon. John Fairfield, whose death had
caused the vacancy. At the expiration
Of the term, in 1851, he was reelected for
SIX years, and served until 1857, when he
was called to the gubernatorial chair of
Maine. About month after his inaueu-
ration as Governor, he was again elected
to the United States Senate for six years,
which office he accepted, resigning the
"overnorship. lie is still a member of
the Senate. The positions Of honor and
trust which almost seem to have been
thrust upon him, are a fit index to the
confidence and esteem in which he is held
by his fellow citizens in Maine.
From the time of his frst appearance
on the political stage till the passage of
the kansasNcbraska acs, Mr.. HAMLIN
always voted and acted with the Loco-Fo- |
co party. But when that party abandoned |
the policy Of its earlier leaders, and fol- |
lowed in the tracks of that arch political
trlckSter, Stephen \. Douglas when, for
the wicked purpose Of extending the area
OF Human Slavery, it trampled upon a
Compromise which time had rendered sa-
cred-then indeed Mr. UAMLIx could no
longer be with or of it. With thousands