The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-26

legislature in order TO prevent the said Abraham Lincoln
from gong into the United States Senate.
And IL should not be forgotten that although the demo-
cratic nominee for Presidcnt-Mr. Buchanan--had a
plurality in the state Of Illinois in 1885, m consequence Of
there being then three candidates in the field the demo-
crazy were still in minority OF nearly thirty thousand IN
the State. Tho vote was as follows
Fremont. Soio0
OR,
Total. iS. Gag
Bachanan. ...................... 100 5sS
Popular majority against the democracy 20 ass
Now when Lincoln was striving to get into the United
States Senate, the Fillmore and Fremont parties
united against the democracy and there split IN the
party besides yet Lincoln the State by
214o votes showing that he failed in getting the united
populamaor against tile democracy by 81 a25. "My
eountrymen, what falling of was there And yet the
shameless and unprncpled partisan braggats who have
nominated the aforesaid Abraham Lincoln for the frcs
dency have the ipudencc TO talk about his popular ma
jority in the Senatorial campaign OF 1905.
Our Springfield Correspondence.
SPRINGFIELD, H., June II, 1850.
cnroclvs Of Glorious Deeds around Lincoln-vo .sensa
ton Item to BE- Fbswd-Syyocms at Arms Refuses to Iur
sue Lvcoan--Ha FsrsosaI Habits-Syls Of his House
His Atlay-1AurIoW Weeds Pilgrimage TO Spriysesd-
Manufacturing Canes out Of Honest Abe's Raits-Psnn-
syrania Editor IL Search Of a Sensation keps-Raa
Splitting his Only QUALIFICATIONS, de-, dc.
II is amusing 10 witness the ortures Of the republicans
In their vain endeavors make hero OF Abe Lincoln
Not than different incident hunters and glory
manufacturers have already been here ndustrousy try
ns fish up something out Of his past career for
paign buncombc. Their disappointment Is painful We
heard Of these romancers ask q chum last night,
'Have you got hold Of nything interesting ye mo-"
was the reply, " not damned thing" On the other
hand those who want to abuse Lincoln equally put
their wits ends for anything to say The truth is that
there very little to praise blame in the life Of Abe
lincoln. He is simply plain honest, common place
mana merry, ovial man-n whom there is great deal
Of fun without any bad qualities to detact from the
joyment one finds in his society.
No be farther from being hero, and none will
more despise the efforts that being make
Of him, than old Abo himself You have but TO look
upon the TO perceive that there Is in him Of the
stun Of which heroes mae for though his personal
appearance is certainly striking yet there nothing in
to impress you the least with any idea of intellectual
superiority The papers have exaggerated his height at
east two inches for he Is six feet two, but
his gives exaggerated impression OF
his height He looks lean, and long, and ank and
crooked those specimen rails Of his splitting
lie struggling and awkward in his gait as Horace
Greeley while his whole appearance is more grotesquc in
Of the remarkable dsproporon between
length Of his arms and his body. But hts legs are
match for his Talk Of his jumping from the back
window Of the State Housci Why stepped is the word
for him. you would think he could not have the
slightest difficulty in stepping from two story window
10 the ground any time. BY the way II was not tho
STATE House from which Abe jumped; the State House
not then built and the legislature assembled 10 the old
Baptist church The Sergeant Arms had been sent for
Lincoln and when he had been brought aud the ftont
door locked he jumped out Of Of the back windows
and took 10 his heels When tho dsnaycd Sergeant at
Arms was commanded follow him and bring him back
again. he exclaimed "Ny Godi gentlemen, do you know
what you ask7 Think Of the length Of Abcs legs and
then tell me how am TO catch him"
Mr. Lincoln is a man OF the most abstemioas and sx
emplary habits. He neither smokes, nor chcws
drinks nor swesrs He IA afctonate husband, the
most ndulgens Of fathers kind neghbor, and clever
fellow generally. As lawyer he is respectable, bat has
never been rs class Since his nomination
he has new suit Of clothes and rs evidently trying TO
brush himself up little; but he never can 90 H. suit
Of clothes made 70 ~ that nexpressbly crooked
and ward body OF Abe inoon has already tho hook
of wear aud decay every thread II II cine from the
ialors shop the day before yesterday = viii Ioos as
though had been hung In the cornheds Tor scafecfow
before the day after tomorrow.
Nj Lincoln lives In plain brown two story wooden
house little on side Of the city, which without
either IL in the grounds around IT, Every
thing hespcaks becoming absence Of aecaton and love
Of show and almost anbeccung Absence OF taste aud
refinement And this rs precisely Mr. Incolns character
The internal appointments of his house plain but
tasteful and clearly show the inTess ~ Mrs ltncnn's
hand " no Is really amiaee accomplished ,dy.
with regard 10 Mr. Lncolns intellect u - just " say
,hr Il Is fcspcctab,c by which ineaa next 20 the high
est grade II without much cultivation n naturally
inclined impractical absracfions and very art 90 get
sraddc OF hobbies, and very apt TO Keep sraddic u
them the end His course In Congress ON tho
Mexican var evidence Of that for though hts friends
here warned him that he would destroy himself in ms
own district he still persisted until nc did destroy him
self that at the end of his FIRST term, he sank INTO
complete political oby ION, where lac lay almost entirely
hidden from public view until the Snatorih campaign III
1865 when lac was brought partly IN consequence u
s .Sgns sSy oSs, Member. Of s pa q
n tins ssssc; Is~sanee, Jsdf s.s Iss Of chiasa,
Pin county But Then he saisci tho raSid abolition
ing that g. ha, party mad in his state amer the rsps
fact thai Lincoln n far radical Ia the abolition doc
than seward Indeed, he himself claims that he IL
the real author 81 the "ieprcssibe conflict having an
nounoed that doctrine his speech in this city as carly
June IL 1850, which some time previous 10 Mr..
sswards hmous speech Rochester But ,his point
win hereafter send you further and undoube evidence.
II Is not true that Mr. Weed went from the Chicago
Convenlcn 20 Minnesota as he caused 70 BE- elegraPhed
TO the Eastern prcss lie straight from The Convcn
this city and remained here several days, visiting
Liacon, esncusne with the number q ambitious
politicians who 10 have their sins forgiven This
morning Hon O. Morgan sewards right bower at Auburn
arrived, With other pilgrims In this republican Mecca
as one es the poor pilgrims Of Peter the Hermit with
face which old chagrin and disappointment y>bly
shcue through the thin ven of forgiveness and con-
tent with which he yainly tried 10 himself Sow
ard defeat was terrible blow " his friend Morv and
IL is matter Il WONDER that the bruises his heart re-
these e scenes s Of r"cs Ba, pocians heart coon
heals. ..f f.
bright genius Of this city has crowd o. hen manu-
featuring frames Tor od Abes photograph o, Of the rails
be Didn't split forty years ago. farmer about two miles
flqW tbs city says that In one night, SOMEBODY stole
about Gi,een rails from his fence wlch no doubt be-
fore this doing good caIpIasz service the verablc
rail- Of Old A6sf splitting. go F.
republican editor 10 sunsylvania tclcrraphed to a
gentleman IN this city Of follows % Send something
about honest ord ABB" The gentleman sent this
There nothing sbcot him" This Is Just about t,ie
want 10 sbusc him viii mud their invension severely
taxed get any thing tell about His political record
in nutshell his social status AZ precisely that o. any
oth,r clever awkward jolly, common place hum drum
lawyer and politician % small country city Had the 70
publoaps nominated such your distinguished
Fellow citzcn Nicholas aagrist Esq there might have
been the campaign But as H., every incident
CT the slightest interest has got 70 be Manufactured out OF
who cIch The only thug they have got rsfi splitting