The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-06-28

candidate for Governor of Illinois, ad
dressed mass meeting at Springfield o
the 18th inst. We regret that we hav
not room to copy the whole of bis speech
which was lucid and forcible exhibition
of Republican principles; but We extrac
from it the following passage relative t
MIR. Lincoln:
"Now, fellow citizens, it may strik,
you as rather strange matter that th,
people of so great nation as this shoulc
come to Illinois for its President-tha
the mighty Republican party should lool
to this far away Prairie State for its stan
dard-bearer in such a momentous CON
test. Yet, | say here to. day, that have
heard the great men of this nation, NORTH
and South, East and West, for four con
secutive years in the Hall of the House
of Representatives, and in the Senate o.
the United States; have heard the Ste
phens and Toombs Of the South, the Sew
ards, Chases, and Corwins of the North;
| have heard the most renowned orators
on the floor Of the Senate and House dai.
ly for years; and | sag here to-day, that
for clearness of statement. for penetration
OF thought, for power Of irresistible logic,
for broad, comprehensive, states N anlike
views, for exalted purity of private and
public character, your own Abraham Lin
coin is the elearest, noblest, purest, and
best of them all. In the history of his
ife-in all the elements which inspire
With enthusiasm the hearts of the masses
Of mankind, and rouse the millions to ac.
ton, | stand up here to-day in this the
Capital Of the State, and 10 the presence
my countrymen, to say that the name Of
Abrahsm Lincoln is this day and hour
the mightiest name upon the Continent
OF North America. Prolongucd cheers. I
"My friend Green, who introduced me,
told me the first time he ever saw Mr..
Lincoln, he was in the Sangamon River,
with bis pants rolled up some FIVE feet,
more or less, trying TO pilot fat boat
over nill-dam. The boat had got so
full of water that it was very difficult to
manage, and almost impossible to get it
over the dam. Lincoln finally eoDtrived
to get her prov over SO that it projected
few feet. and there it stood. But be
then invented new way of baliDg fat
boat. He bored a hole through the bot
tom to let the water run out, and then
corked her up, and she launched right
over. [Great Laughter [ think
the Captain who proved himself so fitted
to navigate the broad horn over the dam,
is no doubt the nan who is to stand upon
tie deck of the old ship, the Constitu-
ton, and guide her safely over the bill
lows and breakers that surround her
Enthusiastic and prolongued applause
Il said Lincoln was once poor boy
And is it nothing Is there no lesson
in his life to you, fellow citizens Is not
his example and his achievement lesson
to the hopeful, sbe young aud the poor
And will you blame the people if they
love their own! He is the best friend
of labor, who himself has laborcd He
can best sympa:bize with the people in
their wants. Is the story OF his life moth
ing He is the representative of the
great idea Of the Republican party-labo'
free hg60r The representative of the ge-
uius of our free institutions. A boy, the
son Of poor parents, himself poor. begins
life uoaidcd, save By his own industry
and genius, struggles on. advancing step
by ,tep. through many years of patient
and earnest endeavor, until he rises to
that Yroudest of all human elevations, the
Presidency of the United States
"What an example here is for our chill
drcD. Hereafter, the poor boy who fol-
lows him in bis history as he leaves the
State of Kentucky, at the age of six years,
aud grows up in Indiana. laboriDg faith
fully with bis hands, going to Illinois and
working on step BY step, until be becomes
the mighty statesman, and bonorsd chief
of thirty millions of freemen-as the poor
boy Of future years reads the story, be will
feel strange emotions in bis breast, and
determine to emulate the example of the
noble Lincoln. [Cheers.l The poor boy
the poorest of you, though his parents
may be humble, though he may have to
face the cold Winter and the Summers
sun, however poor he may be, in this land
of freedom, where the avenues to Office
and success are open to all. be can point
to Abraham Lincoln, and straighten him
self up and say. L have the same right
and same opportunity to be President as
any other boy
"Felow- citizens, the name of Abra.
ham Lincoln, which we present to you, is
q winning nawe-a name to rally on
wherever freedom requires Champion
name to boast of wherever you would
point TO sp honest man or patriot-a
name to love wherever affection would
seek warm hearted aud generous spirit
"a name which is spell to gather mil
lions wherever free hearts and strong
hands are to be summoned in favor of
liberty and humsnity.' Tremendous
applause.
A Girl tied to the tail of Cow and Killed.
In the town of Delhi, N. J :, last week,