, 1860-05-24
Gft6HE-CthY ~ sNNyu

saw the next President Of the United States;
the excursion Of others to Galena and Fulton;
and Of still Others to Rock Island, during which
excursions they Witnessed the rising enthu-
siasm Of 1hs people in behalf Of au HONEST
NAN, have allayed any, disappointment whicl,
they might have felt aad have prepared them
for the glorious and successful canvass through
which they must pass.
Tnty SEQ that tie question before them is not
II question Of men, but one Of expcliency;
aud that the very best candidate for oustinr
the corruptio1ists from Tie national capital.
hhs been selected IL lead the Republican hosts.
They 60 home full Of the spirit which leads to
vrtHy-full Of confidence in the merit and
availability Of the ticket-full Of the assurance
tha. III November next, HONEST OLD ABE will
be called By an overwhelming majority OF the
people 10 take possession Of that which Bu-
cllacan ard his army Of corruptionists have
wlelled Tor trcasonable and infamous purposes.
Would that every mcmtcr Of the Convention
could have stayed! Would that every voter in
the free States could have seen the .nauiiesta-
tons Of affection Of admiration and Of graft
'o's WHICH, 'uo people OF i'ipols ieel 1of 1hat
"ah ca leu y LEG voice o. the hepuohcan
party 10 occupy the position Of honor and Of
danger at the head Of ,he Republican ticket!
ROLL THEM IN.
The gepubiicau boys OF Niles, Mich, send
us the rash for twenty cories Of the ddi{Y
pprse ,xD Tp1ur-~z e., ,ha ,nna;,,-,ro,,.
'o
'sing moe by next mail" AUSTIN BLAIR the
alnnu.n, chairman of tha N;,h;ra, de1ec-,,;oc
,ron;xo~ IN ,ou,5 tro,tr.t .t,v. ,,,oneond nm.
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MIR. FILLMORE,
1t is raid upon good, and to Us sufficient
authority that Mr. F,1lrnoro has ,'-o,dr o,an1v
declared mat he WILL support the Chicago
nominations. This report is made mora Prob.
able By the recollection Of his letter, not long
aga, to the Wing Committee in New York
which did not uiuce matters with the nrooa.
oundista. and bv t,a nos;t;on ,f lin bon,o
oroan tin pnn.1o G,nrne,,;o, 4,z;.r,;.e, III,
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ssea' Aae uones' oppoleos7 " 'pe present
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44'@ 4'.4 "so.se5 A14' "ou'o oe oas'
g1aee1" III ooaom ana 1o1noFrah1
Lincoln and IIan,Iin---a 5Ic1,ncbo,r
Affair.
why was It impossible to nominate Lincoln
shra 1har. I;n1.co1n 9oes Ton,, iafe he'n 1T =.
be there ulso.'
Inc nun VINO Pefpetfatea this thing lin the
Boston journal btlce), Immediately fell down
in strong convulsions, and was taken to Rams
ford Island Hosnitai in chsr,e of Core--
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W. AaAA' '".spe0oen. oaue's' Po'se WIS
made up on the spot for his sorrowing rela-
tions
y-"If Lincoln should be elected. said II
b;oLlv vcsnactah,. na,,oc-a+ .ho I'll, H..
49,. Will We"
mere nu!lity 10 the ADMINISTRATION"
at strikes me" answered Republican who
heard the observation. " that The ,nun vim hv
~, r.l~,-1
A'9 y" genus a''d 'o' VI enAs ac'er aas raised
himself from being penni!ess and uneducated
fatboxttnan on tile Wabash River to The posi-
ti,, ,,;.h ur 1;n,,,n WA, ..,,:..
w.. ",4 ~44' 41'DSo'a ~" osaoP1es' IL "ot
iike'E to he nuEitty anywhere"
900.
~ Vne u 1tneenosnh'es" WHICH Ills opponents
charge against Mr. Lincoln is his declaration
that the people Of these United States are the
r;,htfu1 masters of .,oth t,onorrss md conr,.n
-. ~" oo.a''
We must confess that there Is something nlarui-
ing in this sentiment. II M1. Lincoln had only
amid TINT Concress md the t,o,,r+s uor. n.
-:.,..c., -..a7. -< ~. ',
i'k"'.a' maeleis u '1e Ieolhe' 'ae1e "oa!a
have been nolh1ng TO complain ot.
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Asecal Representative '1au.
!Eau'n the ~ !. Evrhine Ioaal
Much has been said lutev of representative
/ nlen-so much, indeed, thut au eute1prisiny
| publisher hus put forth book Of biographies,
IN whicl. the lives Of all our more noted 3oisi.
| c'un5 are tketched ut length. and The world is
given 10 understand that gentlemen who obtain
| political position Bre the high types Of Au,eri.
| can civilization. hut this il i cur.l;nal mis-.
take; aod the book in question does not con.
tuiu 4 word Of many of the real Representative
| neu Of the milton. Abraham Lincoln's uume,
! for instunce, is omitted from it, while aucll
names as Cobb, Dallas, Orr, Lame, Brown, Bolts
aud Wise are treuted with the most elaborate
consideration.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Lincoln surrasses all these
ca Il p:rsonidcation OF the distinctive genius of
our Country aud its institutions. Whatever is
peculiar ia the hintory nnd Development Of
America. wt.atescr is foremost in its ciyiEiza-
t.on, whatever is Grand in its sociul and ro!iti.
| cul structure finds its best e1pr, esion in tho
career Of Abraham Lincoln. 0l{f'rrs and prin~
cipal task rs nation has been to subdue The
vast wilderness which has been gwen to us IS
| heritage. To expei the snvacc, 10 fell the for
~s,, 10 clear the field, to tame the sotl, to cuu-
| -truct tile WAYS Of intercourse, uua II canvtrt
| the destit into prosperous 0nd blooming hub.
'sation, has been the wvtk imposed up"n US,
and our highest tr1uu1phs consist in ,he SUCCESS
with which this .as been accomplished. Our
literature, science and art baEe as yet merely
aud diplomacy are comparatively insignificant: !:
but tire practical energy which within few
years hs4 curried the civilization OF the nine
tcenth century, in its highest ferns ORR an On.
tire con,iueut, commands and deserves 1hr m.
plausc Of the world. This has bten our da.,invr
aud future history will write It rs our e.rii, ~
| distinction and eforr.
Now. the picneprs of the West have hem the
instruments Of this success-men WIN hare
Quilted the settled districts of tie sesboard to
! reclaim the Interior wilderness. who have talen
I their axes unou their .houldcr, to clear nwnv
the woods: who have nut ,l,eir hands IN ~
| plough to turn IN the soiI. w1Lp frc;rht,rc N,t.
bnats with the wares Of the y,1lapes' hars rar,
ried them into the soEitudes to snrnlr ,he wsnts
Of the frontier. md in Abraham ;a,oi, NJ TO-
bold one Of the mast hsrdy and alren,urons sf
these backyood,men. A n;or.cr a WOOL an c,',1 ~
ter boatu,au aud u larutr. i. Lss in each ~.
cation. tyuificd one rrand .nd chnr.c,ar;.,;o
mission Of our peop]e. and become n rrnrsssn.
ta:iye man in tbc truest ser sense Of ,hc ,erp,
Our country is not. howeyer, dis,;,u.,;shed
alone for liz siuptndous nhrsirn1 nrnrTses ~
those rrand tr;umnhs ore- na.ura ,rbich hnra
,pripkled 1bc who}e continent with c;,;.s "a, ard
| etnrected ita y,erno,rst n,r,. h- ro;1roaa 49,