Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-11
rHE PRocEssIoS PAST LNcOIx's HOUSE.

| Springhelq on the sth, furnished by the coT-
respondent Of the Commercial, his description
of
THE PROCESSION PAST LINcOLN's HOUSE.
1t had been arranged that as many of the
arrivals as chose, should join in procession
and march through the principal streets past
the house of Mr. Lincoln, who was TO stand
at his front door, so as to give all the people
q good look at him. We went early 70 the
house, and in a few minutes Mr.. Lincoln
arrived from the State House, where be had
! been subjected to the hand-shaking process
for upwards of an hour already. he was
accompanied by Gov. Wood, the acting
| Governor of the State, who said 70 the crowd
already gathered about Mr.. LIS house, " Mr..
Lincoln has just shaken hands with 1920
people at the State House; perhaps you viii
| be little merUitul TO him. We must try and
not kill him, as we did Gen. Harrison, you
know" Laughter. E-- t'I..- S +.
Mr. Lincoln stepped to his front door-stone,
and said, in a clear, good-humored tone, al
viii stand here all the time, while the process
sion passes, so that all those who wish to see
me can do so, and all who want to shake
hands can come up here, and / shall be glad
to see you" A general good-shaking fol-
lowed, and lasted, with brief intermission,
till the procession began to pass, and long
after.
Among those who pressed round to shake
Mr.. Lincoln's hand, was old John Hanks, OF
rail-spiitting celebrity. He is a stout-built
hard-tavored man, of about sixty. He w6E
welcomed by Mr. Lincoln with great hearth
ness: "Why how are you, John ?" and the
reply Of John Hanks was, How are you,
Abep Mr.. Lincoln took his old comrade
upon the door still, and Introduced him to the
crowd, which filed the street and front yards,
thus: " "Gentlemen this is John Hanks. This
man don't make speeches, but he is the man
that started the rails" Whereupon three
cheers for Hanks were called tor, and given
with will.
in sight at Z minutes past 10, and did not
cease moving past till 20 minutes before L
two hours and thirty-three minutes. 1t was
from six to eight miles long, those on foot
marching four abreast, and the carriages con-
tanning from two or thirty persons each
! We took an accurate count Of the number in
the procession, exclusive of all stragglers and
outsiders, and it foots up 5,774 souls, and
certainly not over a quarter of the people
turned outin the procession. The day was
exceedingly hot and the blazing sun streamed
pitilessly down, so that the majority sought
the shade and repose, rather than the trying
ordeal ofthe procession.
Out OF the nnumerable noteworthy things
sdas ana S5dy S'8 Bqr7e 87wskss sg
followed by party OF boysin uniform, called
the " Lincoln Young Americans" Then fol-
lowed the Wide Awakes from Quincy, the
Carronton Wide Awakes, the Pekin and Deca-
tur Wide Awakes, and the Hannibal mo J
Republican Club. The latter drew out a
tremendous cheer, as hailing from a Slave
State. Following them again came large
delegations from LR Sale Piatt Menard
lsi1 hundred strong,) Christian county,
lseyen hundred strong Pulaski, Morgan,
Aseoupin, Winchester, Carroll, Cass Sang
anon, &C. A delegation was present from
far off Salem, in Indiana, where Lincoln
passed a portion Of his boyhood.
Great numbers Of the wagons had poles,
rails, banners and all kinds of notices and
symbols daunting to the sky. One great fea-
ture, which excited immense applause. was
an ox-team of twenty-three -forty-six
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very act. Several fatboats, on wheels, were
likewise borne in procession. No less than
five beautiful jaunting-cars, filed with fair
young girls, dressed in white, thirty three in
number, to represent the States, were drawn
in procession. A bevy of young ladies were
mounted on horseback and rode, attended
each with cavalier, exciting much applause
by their spirited and graceful horsemanship.
They were attired in white spencers, brown
barege skirts, pink scarfs and broad palm-leai
hats with blue ribbons.
The wagons, as they filed rapidly past the
house, were nearly all vocal with cneers for
Lincoln. The throng about the house and
in the street had so increased as to create quite
a blockade, and the marshals were often
obliged to clear the way for the procession.
Mr.. Lincoln was compelled to elevate himself
upon chair, in order to be seen over the !
heads OF the throng. The passing delega- |
tons marked their observation of him in all |
sorts Of ways. Some pulled of their hats |
and cheered vociterOusly, swinging them |
round their heads with wild energy; some |
simply lifted their hats and bowed; some nod |
ded curtly and independently to the future |
sovereign Of the White House, and some rode |
steadily by, honoring the recipient Of this |
tremendous ovation with only hard, pro-
lOnged stare. New and then a hearty, hila- |
rious fellow would rouse the enthusiasm Of |
the crowd with crying out " There you are,
honest old AbeP or, "How are you, old /
cock ?" OF, God bless you, sir2" or, "Three |
cheers for our next President, boys" One |
man stopped a huge wagon full of rough |
looking, hard-fsted yeOmanry of the prai-
ries, and sung out, ave want to see your
lady, Mr.. Lincoln; can't you stand her up in
the dOor2" Whereupon Mr.. Lincoln called |
his wife out to his side, and voice cried |
''Fhree cheers for Mrs. Lincoln, the next Vice |
Presidentof the United Statesr' These were
given with immense Yigor and much laugh
ter. .-..- r-l. n I
Mr. Lincoln stood this long and trying Or
deal with patience, urbanity and quiet dig |
nifty Of demeanor, which were indicative Of /
the most starting qualities. 1t seldom falls to
the lot Of any man to he so honored-least
Of all any man not in distinguished station.
The pslpable warmth and heartiness of the
attachment exhibited toward him by so many
must have been gratifying in the
highest degree.
About the time the procession approached
the end, photograph was successfully taken
Of the scene from a housetop opposite, by an
artist from Cleveland, for Leslie's Illustrated
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