The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-27
u,p,rcx ABUSING LINCOLN.

u,p,rcx ~ ABUSING LINCOLN.
Towards Mr.. Lincoln most Of the Doug.
las. Breckinridgs and Bell organs were
somewhat forbearing from the start, and
now they scarce attack him at all. For this
no thanks. They could not make rdhd
CHARGE. and their first feeble assaults as these
soon found, gained them nothing and lost
them much. Ills moral character being
quite uuassailable, they attempted to 'laush
HIM down the wind.' They derided him for
having been very poor, and, for attempting
10 maintain himself and by some means to
acquire knowledge, by working on Hat
boat, serving behind the counter Of VII
lage grocery store, and, horrible to tell, even
SPLITTING rails? Presently they found that
to ridcule man because he had been very
poor and worked very hard and faithfully
was not exactly the best game to play for
the votes Of a nation, where not more than
one in one thousand is born to even moder-
ate wealth, and Of whose citizens full four
in five are poor laborers this very day. And
50 that laugh was changed to most pain
fui grin.
Next, thew tried to make some successful
fun Of the familiar titles BY which he was
known among the free handed, free-hcar'ed,
free. spoken veomcn Of Illinois, who knew
him well and loved him dearly. Derisively
thew repea,e The nicknames-'' Honest Ale
!.;ncsln." cold Uncle Abe eet. Soon
they saw that, however uncnmmnn, because
improbable, it might be among themselves,
honesty was not yet with the people an I'M
popular quality for their rulers. They also
found that Mr.. Lincoln is only 81 years old.
tina, he has been called "Uucle Abe" or
.sOld Uncle Abe these dozen years. By
stuiyias the plain, free "Sacser" dialect,
they learned that the expressions only mark
ed their familiar affections for the man
whom they all well knew, and bore no tinge
Of iisrespcc,. To mos, Of the Democratic
leaders. bv the way, whatever their age,
'shonest will never be prefix, popular even
in derision. Ii would be too broadly far
otal. Saying nothing of higher and older
func,i9baries, imagine, for instance, such
title Us ''lI9nest Steve Douglas (of
course. We refer TO polI,Ics.I On this
point, too, they Strengthened out their risi-
bles.
Then they riiiculci him for being Hitter
ate and incapable. But somehow the peo-
/ PIE found cut that this ignorant man, who
( had made him self from six month common
schooling, had overmatehed the Wanted
/ Douglas discussing the politics Of the na
T ton. Besides the proof Of his great ability
{ patent 10 all his printed speeches, there soon
came guhhc statements from saeh eminent
mind. "a Senator Benjamin. Cable Gushing.
/ Edward Bates. and many others Of cur first
men, North and South. that Mr.. Lincoln was
IN nil points the superior throughout that
! whole debate. And SO they hashej up tha.
shers-hvsd laugh. They then assaulted him
- an aholitt1Bjst, sometimes a. an open.
sometimes ss covert one. but as always
raesisaiug hasssIs and violent designs assin,,
tbs Soath ani its institutions. This change
having been dssprovcn by his recorded
speeches aud aetians. and rsbattsi By the
full esaalsBee 80 Gls Conservatism express
81 by many II the foremost men OF the
Ssath itself rs well as BY ;hreefeurshs o.
The Old Clay Wings Of The north, they sax
that ehsr-r. too, WAS gnavoidahis.
i Finally, they drop all individual accuse
iisus, aud ae'y sccsse him Of hein. in sery
bal eompsny saea, iEnoceatlv, n dauh,
has sitlt lesgasi alth the enemies Of m.
SsasA ard ths tIessroyers of The Unisn. n,
IL n the han j. % the Aaalitianis,s. AMI the,
sill rnaali hjrs AZ they please. W. dom,
J ksor tas they are trenhlinS with ssrre,
! appsshsnsi0a Ie.s Saith, Phillips, Garrison,
Sc, skaa'A fara BIS CahSne..
We'll ~ ars -isi thai they ar. brou.f
dswn % this ga.a', which Is easily settled
g'aeash we raa say rsgbsaS rsaFe 81 !, thi
Enaru4ne. We ars zIss Glad that w. Lin
esl5, While sasn iap+nsss shle AZ al points
rre.sa;s psIilieal record 80 saung, clear
consistent, that ali hsrs af sssaiIlrs !. sue
ess.Euiiy i. nas asaaismej. Aaa we arair
! express ssr zrasifsa;isn II The eonya-aiiv,
eaarissY wazsa IA. generally marked sk:
eauvsss, aai trust that il mar costume {;
is etass.
A Mayer as ore Of sas ea1mans il
France. latsly made the faIl5~ing easrr Up
ga A9s register; II. Maytr Of, .asns
vessevass. ia ,As ssssst Eft. nsa .,
ias naa- 81 RaiiIrs, eszazistla- an se
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