The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-26
Popular majority against the democracy


Popular majority against the democracy 1926
States Senate the Fillmore and Fremont parties were
democratic party besides and yet Lincoln the by
14o votes showing that he failed in getting the united
popoarsmaority against tile democracy by 81 a25. My
countrynen what falling of there And yet the
shameless and unprncpled partisan braggars who have
nominated the aforesaid Abraham Lincoln for the Presi-
dency have the mpudencc 70 talk about his popular ma
jority in the Senatorial campaign OF 1905.
Our Springfield Correspondence.
SPRINGFIELD, H., June II, 1850.
Chroniclers Of Glorious Deeds around LincolnNo Snsa
ton Item to b Fbd Sergeant at Arms Refuses to Pur
sue Liwooss-Hs Pasowal Ha6its-Xyls Of his House
! HIS Atl1y-1Auriov Weeds Pilgrimage TO sprinfebs-
Manufacturing Canes out Of Honest Aces Raiis-Penn-
sylrcnia Editor IN Search gfa Ssnsa,ioa kem--Raa
Splitting his Only Qualifications, de-, dc.
II is amusing 10 witness the tortures Of the republicans
In their vain endcavors make hero OF Abe Lincoln
Not than different incident hunters and glory
manufacturers have already been here ndusrousy try
ing fish up something out of his past for
paien buncombe. Their disappointment Is painful. We
heard Of these ask a chum last night,
Have You got hold Of anything interesting YETI" NO.
was the reply, " not damned thing" On the other
hand those who to abuse Lincoln equally put TO
their wits ends for anything to say The truth is, that
there is very little to praise blame in the life Of Abe
lincoln He is simply plain, honest, common place
merry, jovial manin whom there is great deal
Of fun, without any bad qualities TO detract from the
joyment finds in his society
No be farther from being hero, aud none viii
more despise the efforts that being make one
OF him, than old Abe himself You have but 10 look
upon the to perceive that there Ia in him Of the
stun Of which HEROES made for though his personal
appearance Is certainly striking yet there nothing in 1t
to impress you in the least with any idea Of Intellectual
superiority Tho papers have exaggerated his height at
east two inches, for he is not six feet two but
his excessive eanness gives exaggerated impression Of
his height. He looks lean, and long, and lank and
crooked those specimen rails Of his splitting
lie is struggling and awkward in his gait Horace
Greeley while his whole appearance grotesquc,
consequence OF the remarkable dsproporon between
length Of his and his body But his legs are
match for his Talk Of his jumping from the back
window Of the State Houscl Why, stepped is the word
for him. you would think he could not have the
slightest difficulty in stepping from two story window
TO the ground At any time. BY the way, 1t tho
STATE House from which Abe ampcd the State House
not then built and the legislature assembled In the old
Baptist church The Sergeant had been sent for
Lincoln when he had been brought in and the front
locked he jumped out Of Of the back windows
and took TO his heels When tho dixmaycd Scrgrantat
Arms commanded to follow him and bring him back
again, he exclaimed 'Ny Gcdl gentlemen, do you know
what you asn 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 ex.
emplary habits He neither smokes, nor chews nor
drinks nor swears He N afstoDste husband, the
ndulgcnt Of fathers, kind neighbor, and clever
fellow generally As lawyer he is respectable, but has
been considered az first class Since his nomination
he a suit Of clothes and Is evidently trying to
brush himself up little; but he never can do H. suit
o. new clothes made 20 ~ .nS1 ,s sroIses
Of wear aud decay In every thread II II cam from the
taors shop the day before yesterday, viii Hook as
though had been hung ia the cornfeds for scarecrow
before the day after tomorrow. fT
Mr.. Lincoln lives in plain brown two story wooden
house little on at one side Of the city which Is without
ornament either IL In tho grounds around IT, Every
thing hcspcaks becoming absence Of acfaton and love
u show and almost unbeccming absence OF taste and
refinement And this Is precisely Mr. Lincon's character
The Internal appointments of his house plain but
tasteful and clearly show the impress Il Mrs Lncolns
hand who Is really amabe anu accomplished l,dy.
with regard to Mr. Lincoln's intellect u n just % say
thri Is respectable BY which mean next 10 the high
est grade II is without much cultivation r. naturally
inclined 10 Impractical absractions and very apt % get
siradde OF hobbies and very apt 10 Keep sraddc Of
them too the latter end His course In Congress on tho
Mexican war was evidence that though hts friends
here warned hun that he would destroy himself in his
district, he s persisted until he did destroy him
self so that at the end ~ his FIRST torn, he sank into
complete political oblivion, where lac lay almost entirely
hidden from public view until the Senatorial campaign u
1865 when he brought on, partly IN consequence u
az sSS ssy osSs1 members o. he rec.a party
n . sssse; sx Instance, Jsdd ssa pess Of chcasc,
pin county But then he suited ts raSid shoton issi
ing that Set that party mad IN this state ate. the repeal
fact thai Lnooln n Car radical In the abolition doc
irines than SEWARD. Indeed e himself claims that he Is
the real suthor the "repressibIc conflict having
nounced that doctrine IN his speech in this city as early
June IL 1850, which some time previous 10 Mr..
sswards fnous spccch at Rochester But On this point
win hereafter send you further and undoubte evidence
II Il not true that Mr.. Weed wcnt from the Chicago
Convention Miun~sa, he caused " b. teegraphed
10 the Eastern prcsg. lie straight from the Convcn
on 10 this city and remained here several days visiting
ncon, and esucasne with the vast number u ambitious
politicians who have their sins forgiven. This
morning Hon Morgan sewards right bower at Auburn
arrived With other pilgrims IN tbs repue,san Mecca
Of the poor pilgrims Of Peter the Hermit, with
face in which old chagrn and disappointment v.iby
tent lin VIII ch be yainly tried to cover himself sew
ards defeat terrible blow W his friend MorFu and
"a matter Il that the bruises his heart re-
these scenes Of rc;ocs But politicians heart soon
hcAa fe-1 M tn ~. f
bright genius Of this city has crowd q hen
be didn't split forty years ago farmer about two miles
qm tbs city says that In ono night, sopcbody stole
about hccn Ysiis from his fence wlc no doebt are be-
fore this doing good ssanas service as the ver'ab'e
republican editor 10 Runsyvania tclcrraphed to a
gentleman In this city es follows send me something
about honest ord Abe" Inc gentleman sent this answer
There m nothng about him. This n Just about tho
TRUTH and those who want 70 praise him, and those who
want 70 sbusc him viii fbd their invention severely
taxed 10 get 70 tell about His political rcccrd
IN nutshell his social status az precisely that 81 any
other clever awkward, Jolly, common place hum drum
lawyer and politician ~ small country city Had the rc
gssas, , no,nnassd some such man a. you,
been some fun IN e campaign. But SITS every incident
Ct tho ghtcst interest has got 70 be Manufactured out OF
in6oE and hat Al