, 1860-07-19

N,nv,o Lare for man; ears bsen triu n,Ing
III, II c.n..s tor the Presidency are cate'"' q
their pubic utternEc ces, ard Il "1"ay9 !" sa5
the right thing IL The right p'; e.. thas II, me
right 1ime il uay is tiouent out 1oa 4laue ~
tell toward the grand resu1t. Abraham Lineoln
haa been 10 far above the suspicion Of haT.
ing designs upon tia White House. that big let
ters and speeches have been allowed quietly to
fall into the burial OF old fits If We except tue
speeches made in the celebrated Senatorial
campaign. Of course. everybody gees 10 70 tooh. OF.
special subject Of marvel il that man who has
not aimed 1t the Presidency couldposstbi5 hare
written and said, ut the various points OF hts
political life, exactly those things which gi7e
him strength to-day, and 90 10 sue" him tne
most perfect representative OF 'he RepnnNean
platform Of 1850 the1s is in the country.
Neither be nor bis irieods could desire to
change bis record at Ill. 1tsh ,ws him. a. q
WhjY. The same anti slavery mau be IL to DAY,
and proves that he has been guided in astralght
cnurse by principles thoroughly seated IN MS
life.
While in Congress, bis votes upon the quess-
ways on the side OF freedom and with the Nor
thsrn Wings, He accounted the ~ar unneces-
sary. in AGREEMENT with the whole intelligent
oppo,it;on Of tbe North. But something more
Than his votes upon The Me1ican war question
has been foand il bis Congressional record
Il seems thst Wendell Phillips i Co., those po-
litical IsBhaelltas whose hand is sgainst every
man, particularly If be wishes veal to gov
ernment Which they hate. hsye ascertained that
be introduced measE.e for q stringent fugi-
tire sflye laT, applicable to the District Of Co.
lumbta. <When- the discovery was made, it
looked badly, and very naturally gave his
friends serious appreheasions Of it's effect upon
bis prospects. But they looked up the record
a!so, and found that this measure Tor fugitive
law was attached and merely incden,ul to IL
bill introduced By himself for the gradual ab7-
1ition Of slavery in the District Of Columbia
The provls,on for the return Of fugi.ives was
made for the purpose Of removing objections
to the bill, one oil which was that if slavery
should be abo! shed in the dist1ics, It would BE-
the adjoining slave States. The bill itself
showed the alti slavery character of The man,
aud the provision was simply made to enable
him to carry his most beu-fccnt measure, fir
without it, he could hope to accomplish! moth
ing. Soft turns out that Wendell Phillips 4
Co. ha e unwitllogly been the means Of discor-
ering that which proves to the country that
Abraham Lincoln, thirteen years ago, was Us
much Of an antl.slavefy man as he is 70 day,
and TINT he then took an active aud Il I.adiug
part in the endeayor to free the District Of Co.
Inmhia from the presence Of the accursed in
stitution.
THUS has it proved with everything, so far,
pertaining to his record. His letters, models oil
condensation and remarkable for their power
Of statement, all tend to illustrate the genius
Of the man and the consistency Of his life. His
letter upon the II ,ssaehusetts two years amend
ment. aud the proposed fusion Of the American
and Republican elements, was an apple Of gold
IN u picture Of silver. Il Strengthened out that
mater in the ligh. OF q sound, strong judg-
ment-a Judgment proved sound and strong by
events that have since transpired. Thus it is
- - TzHr,
ton--as q literary document one Of the most
remarkable we ever met. In one brief letter
he summed up Jeherson-showed that be knew
him, had weighed his principles aud could
state them, and exhibited the difference be.
tween the man worshfppsd by the Democratic
party and the Democratic partJ itself ia modern
times. It is sa.e to challenge the production Of
any specimen Of modern epistolary literature
that, in the same epace, contains and suggests
50 much Us the Jefferson letter.
Now it Mr. Lincoln had written these letters
and shaped hla congressional record with re!er-
euce to the position he stands ia to-day, be
could have done no better than he has done, yet
pobody believes, or misttusts that he thought
Of the presidency So with his Illinois cant
paign. He Was put forward By the Republicans
Of Illinois as their champion to enter the lists
with Judge Dou u2las-forward as their strong
est man. The prize that he struggled for was
not the presidency, but a seat in the Senate.
Jet, it he had been ambitious for the former, he
could not have spoken better for himself, or
done more to show his fitness for the post to
which be has now been nom mated. His expo-
sitions Of republican principles in those re.
markab'e discussions are the best things in The
prestnt field Of campaign literature.
There are somc people who honestly regard
Abraham Li3coln as q secondrrate man who
comes into favor by the rule of expediency.
His productions show him to be- one Of the tore
most men Of the time. Beyond this it any one
suppo:es that an unootruslve lawyer, Irving in
u small town, can By his personal power and
native worth win to himself and hold tie en-
thus,astic admiration and love OF the largest
party in the state Of Illinois, and do it uli With
out brains, he shows how poorly qualified be
is for jujgnent in the matter. The man chosen
from Ill others to meet Judge Douglas was ,he
ablest man, and the manner IN which he acquit-
ted himse did honor to the es.imate OF his
party This man is the Republican candid,te
for the presidency, and, thank God, III to be
elected