Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-08
IINCOLN-1A\A.

six fee, high, accompanied the Committee
to Springfield to inform M. Lincoln Of
bis nomination:
{ As they shook hands, each eyed the
Others ample proportions with genuine
Observation-Disclosures standing straight as
an Indian, showing his tall form in lis full
dignity. whats your height" inquired
Lincoln. "OTer six feet; what is yours,
Mr.. Lincoln - said Judge Kelly, il lis
round, deliberate tone.
"Six feet four" replied Lincoln.
"Thcn," said Judge Kelly, "Pennsyl-
yania bows to Illinois. My dear sir, for
years my heart has been aching for a
President that could looL up 70, aud I've
found him at last in the land where We
thought there were none but title giants.
Mr.. LINCOLN has been known at the
West, for many years, as "Honest Old
Abe" although he is but 81 years Of age,
aud stout and hale at that. Perhaps lis
swar.hy complexion, the deep lines Of care
and thought caused BY the long years Of
hard struggling from o,phanhoOd up, aud
bis long, lean, loose, sinewy frame, never
drilled by dancing master, combine to
make him appear somewhat older than be
is. He was born the same year with NJ.
Haulin, bis colleague. Bu; as to bis plain
ness, homeliness, or ugliness-whatever
you please to call the absence Of Stiffness
or beau,y-,here is no disputiug that
point. lie is honely enough to "ruu'-
a sort Of cross between Old Hickory and
Old Zaek His little eyes are full Of good
humor, aud can fash lightning if desired
and bis mouth is as big and benevolent
as Henry Clay's-but then be is awful
plain. 1t is said that once while he was
engaged in surveying, be met scare-erow
of man in the woods, who leyeied bis
rife at him. "HOli up, neighbor," said
Lincoln, "wha, Is your difficulty" "Dif-
fculty," said the grim unknown, "why, l
always declared | would shoe, the frs,
man found who looked uglier than | do"
well" said Old Abe, "if look worse
than you do, crack away"
Mr.. Lincoln was in the J1Urnal office
a. Springfield when the news of his nomi-
nation reached there. L. was sent to him
he read it aloui-and while all the COM
pany were hurraing, he Pu; the despatch
in his vest pocket, saying, "There's lii
tie woman down at our house who would
ike to see this and walked quietly home
to give i; TO her.
That "little woman" is under forty
years of age, and beauty-Of the Pres
Ton and Todd families Of Ken;ucky-very
lady -like-not little anbitious-aud is
mother of several tall young Lincolns, the
Oldest of whom is now in Harvard Univer-
sity. They live in aplain bu; commOdious
two.story wooden building in the Suburbs
Of Springfield.
"ABRAnAM' Is COgRECT-A question 7
is raised whether Lincoln's name is ALram
or Abraham. Ii might have been the .
former, ouce-for ABRAM means ga high .
father" which he undoubtedly is. But
be is faithful" 10 truth, and since he is
"called" to be the ..taher cf many nations"
it is clear that "ABRAuAM' is the proper
handle. (See the same subject, ssrespects
the illustrious antecedent Of tha, name,
treated a, large in Gen. Il: $50
The name 'Lincolu" is pronounced
With the last silent-as if written Lincon.
-"Lincoln' is good name in Ameri-
can history. In 17sl, at YORKTOWN, Corn
,caHts surrendered his sword to "OLD BEN
LINCOLN" and ended the war to extend
British Tyranny over Us. Eighty years
after, a, Washing-town, Buchanan will
yield the keys to "OLD ABE LINCOLN"
"a relative Of said "Ben, and end the
presen. contest for Slavery Extension.
No BARGAINS. MIR Lincoln absolutely
Ind peremptorily refused to make or allow
his friends to make any conditions or bar.
,ains whatever to secure Lis nomination
He made no promises, 4 arrangements"
,xpress or implied. If ever q man was
dominated by the simple judgment Of the
Delegates to whom a weighty trust was
'onided, Lincoln is tha. man and be
means to 60 to the White House, if elect
d, free to do whatever be thinks is best
or the country.
THOSE RAILs.-puring the session of
be recent Republican Convention of Illi-
lois, Democrat who goes for "Honest
I'D Abe" however, asked if it would be
q order to hoist Lincoln banner. They
aid yes, when he brought in t.co fence
ais, between which was sheet with the
inscription tha. these rails were part Of
900 made BY Abraham Lincoln and :.
ohm Hanks, (himself,) about the year
$50. There was grea, uprOar on this
ingular presentation, and Mr.. Lincoln =,
'as called upen. lie stated that some
t;rty wears AGO, then lust emigratIng to