The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-06-27
Lincoln and seward.

that the ungainly. vulgar, outre attorney,
Abraham Lincoln, would one day be
President of the United States, he would
have regarded the prophet as fugitive
from the madhouse, and called for the
tifst policeman TO restore him to his keep
ers. II is, perhaps, supposed by those
who are unacquainted with the section
from which Lincoln, comes. that he is a
fair specimen Of the civilization of Spring
field A greater mistake could not be
made. twill not do for his slavish syc-
ophants TO shuttle off the responsibility
Of his rutiianism and'vulgarity upon the
barbarism off, the West y a region which
has more real civilization and manliness
than. The boosted centres Of New England
refinement In the same town TO which
Lincoln emigrated from Kentucky, and
at the same bar, there have been emf
grants from the same State, who would
have grsced any civic or social position.
The nan was a yYlgarian and ignora-
nous in Illinois as evidently as in WASH
ington. He had brought with him to
the bar Of the Courts the manners of
another bar, at which he had retailed
whiskey to the red-eyed topers of the vii
lage at three cents glass, and the cul-
thre and finish of the railsplitters and
boatmen, to whose fraternity he had be-
longed in early life. What magnificent
illustration of the infallbility of the pop
ular will what an irresistible demonstra-
ton that 1.-THE voice of the people is the
voice OF God was the selection of this
unmitigated blackguard for the Presiden-
cy of the United States
Now, 'on the other hand, were we 10
hunt over the United States for man in
all the externals of life, the least like
Abraham Lincoln, we could find none
more different from him than VIM. H.
Seward. He resembles Lincoln neither
in person. manners, culture, or intellect.
He has been highly educated, and was
once himself teacher. He is respect
able scholar, man Of the lamp, and a
learned lawyer. He has mingled with
good society, and been successful in sping
its manners, so as to present a respecta.
BILE counterfeit of gentlemen TO persons
not familiary acquainted with that cur
rency. Yet it would be impossible tt
find in the annals of history, Astounding
as they do in similar examples, NOR
!, signal proof than Seward affoyds of tn
~ inter inadeouacy of nero intellectui
!. cultivation to civilize human nature, {
: convert BLACKBOARD into gentleman
y You might as well undertake to tram
/, form pine table into mahogany by tn
. process of yeneering. as to make a gen
: tleman out of such man as Seward b.
any amount of external polish. He La
/, literally and truly no respect whateve
for honor or for good faith; he can de
! scend to anything that is treacheroui
and vile for the accomplishment of hi
base purposes. The absurd and clownisI
President is less Of a villain than the
shrewd and polished Premier, who haI
upon his shoulders, moro than any othe
man in the United States, the response
r bility of the present war, and of all it
. misery and bloodshed. He deliberatel,
!. worried up .he anu slavery sen'ilneh' Q
ms Nor'h 'or nus ow" political purposes
: just as no had previously done that of an
u-masonfy, ana the reiglous eiemen' II
d the free-school system Of New York.
y no. more 'nan any other man, nau W
; power, when Lincoln was elected 70 IN
PRESIDENCY, 70 render impossioie 'na' Il
/. sort to arms which has plunged the couf
: try IN tears and blood Lincoln was 81
, tirely under his influence, ana had Gale
, him at once 70 become bis prime mini
rs ter, his counsellor, and his friend
A. There has never been moment stint
L Lincoln's election when Seward was NJ
the real President OF the United state
y Lincoln was from the beginning more on
n in ths,hands OF the potter. Aword fro
y. Seward would have made him break y
a. ominops silence which ne maintain'
H. from the time OF the election TO his ina
n, guration. A word from Seward won
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