Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-17


Col Lucoln's personal appearance has 50
often been described in the newspaper prints
that it is unnecessary for me 20 enlarge upon
it here but as great deal has been SAID
about his uglntss, ! viii say a word or two
on that score, If only for the purpose OF en-
listing the attention OF the ladies North and
south. Men of the West may care fr per-
s., al beauty in woman. but I'D man l.JatF
constitutes very small claim upon tLei.
regard. But Lincoln Is nos AN ugly mau
his features may appear rugged To the casual
observer but when engaged M earnest and
entertaining conversation, they assume AN
aspect at once pleasing and engaging. Many
men called handsome by bellies lack axIIe.s-
Ion IN their features wnen IN conversation,
whereas the man of genius tele-uIls bis
mind to others not only by lis language, but
by the masculine charm of facial expression.
Else how could Col. Lincoln have cJurted and
welded 80 charming young lady as she
whose realm is now his WI domestic hearth %
Ii Lincoln ever gets into the White House,
YOU may he bound for il that there viii De
thousands Of beauties from all parts of e
country who will acknowledge that tile
pictures and prints have sadly bclied HIM,
and that his cheek bones are not SD large,
that his mouth is not 50 big, that his figure
is not SO lauk, Us they have been led to
imagine, and that, altogether, he Is not far
from being tall g0Oi-l0okInI- mldlie-aged
gentleman, who has Offices at his disposal.
Col. Lincoln cOntesses that be believes he
will be elected, and It would not be a matter
of surprise if he were to-day adopting the
NeJc York H.r7ld's suggesuon-viz making
up MS Cabinet prior to his Presidential
journ' y to Washington.
VIEWS or TIE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER GROWN
TAT II WASHINGTON.
Among all the candidates for the presi-
dency OF the United States now in the field,
Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois, seems to be
regarded by the people here as the only one
who presents the appearance, emphltically
and literally of the man of the people. With
out ostentauon, without reserve, without
any of those e1qulsitely polite attentions one
finds in the man Of the world, and especially
in the aspiring politician nurtured in the
patrician atmosphere of Washington, Lincoln
both looks the man and acts the gentleman,
and mirrors at once the keenness OF the astute
statesman and the fImness Of the rigid exec
utiye officer. The people say they have long
wanted President free from the corrupt
influences which a long official residence at
the scat Of government Is calculated 10 entail;
and from what have seen and heard, within
the space of few months, Il majority of the
people Of the North, and not few at the
South, are satisfied that IN Lincoln they have
found man who comes nearer to a repre-
sentatiOn Of their ideas in this respect than
any other named candidate Presidents
Harrison and Taylor-good men in their good
way-did not, it is true, yegetitc in the hot
bed Of Washington POLITICAL influences. but,
unfortunately, they both soon vithcrcd and
died under them, after bret occupancy of
the Pres Dental Chair. But Harrison and
Taylor were old; one was supcrannuated
before he assumed the reins Of government.
aud the other became SO shortly after he did.
Lincoln is IN the prime Of life and yrgor-ls
strong, 1.-the and as energetic as almost anv
public man Of his age, and showing in his
features, his movements and manners. his
intellect, his knowledge of law. government
and the organic rules that sway men and
found systems, evidences that be cannot be
easily swerYed from purpose he conceives
just to his countrymen That's what his
friends say