The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-07

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- Rseesssnsaslve Man.
4 LiacolA jeainal advocates the rc-clec-
tloa q III psrson 70 the Presidency, on the
groaKd tAak ~ b the best representative
naA q tAoAvsE1ge masses Of the American
(1mksel psopl&
EAero are various classes of human being
n tAAt heterogeneous compound, but, tax
i1G he average the allegation OF the Lin
csaa lo1lnal b probably not wide of the
0ASk Certainly there 10 4 small minority
which 10 does not represent. There Is q
1inodfys = ANAL. we fear. In proportion To
~ whole population, as that of Lot in
eodon, wAs have nothing in common with
AbsaAea Llneoln. There are men like
DnAep Hopkins. Of Vermont, who not only
AAvo never bowed the knee TO Baal, but
AAye Denounced the hidcoas idol aud his
WogoAip from the moment that his hideous
eoauro saw the sun. These men are not
pouticaans; they have never dahbled In that
Miry pool, bat they are educated gentlemen,
who would be IN honor to any country, and
hAvo always been not less the enemies of
nuAtaeiam than the champions Of virtue,
moeah, and religion. Here IL one class
which Abraham Lincoln does not represent,
aad which has no more affinity Of any Kind
With him than the same class of gentlemen
b Tie South:
Another portion OF the United States PEG
plA q Mhom. Abraham canno. be consid-
sred The representative mar, is the class of
pubaic men Of whom Gen. Pierce, Of New
Hanpshire, u . notable example They are
NV IN number, indeed, and Gen. Pierce Is
let almost alone to GID with solitary gran
deuS the desolAte Northern sky. Faithful
among the fithless," he has breasted the
furious wsve Of popular passion without
once STOPPING his proud crest to the storm.
However other men, once protesting the
same political principles, may have turned,
or tsmporized, or gone bodily over to their
oace execrated enemies, he has scorned 10
give IN inch to the myrmidons Of fana.icism
and delpotism, and has preferred the bright
mesa Of "a unsullied conscience to the favor
Of tho multitude or the friendship of a pow
erful Government.
But men Of the stamp of Bishop Hopkins
and Gen. Pierce are few indeed In the North.
eEu States. Their numbers are too small to
secure protection even for Themselves
Their characters, instead of giving them in
nuenee, are standing rebuke to the iniquity
and madness Of the populace, and therefore
render them objects of hate instead Of rev
erence. In any civilized country citizens Of
such wisdom and purity would be the recos-
nised leaders Of public opinion. The very
fact Of their being out of Office and having
no connection with the party issues and
party organisations Of the day would impart
70 their sentiments more commanding inr
auence Their words Of wisdom would be
welcome - refreshing rains upon parcLed
soil, and their calm, majestic names would
rise up in the midst of tie universal commo.
eon like massive light houses on the borders
Of stormy sea, surrounded by the waves, bat
not yielding to them, aud sending forth a
clear. unbroken radiance to guide storm
tost mariners to haven of.security and re-
pose.
These exceptions apart, the claia OF the
lincoln paper that its President is 4 repre-
sentative OF the average Intelligence ana
moral character Of the North cannot be die
Puted. Whether he is the best representa-
tive u question upon which the friends OF
the various aspfrants can scarcely BE- eY
pscted at present to agree Seward has
Layer brains and superior culture, bat ;i.s I!
OF Itself units him for being representa-.
tive of 1.-THE average" which, beyond The |
primary branches, Is no; given to mueh |:
learning. and Is as shallow as it is nse.an--
tlous and turbulent. Even the greater moral |!
obliquitles Of Seward do not give him The |
advantage which old Abe Possesses by /
reason OF that eympathy which uncul,iyq. |
tad masses feel In the elevation Of & brother I
hatberian and igaorAtaNs. Chls,, is ope, to |
l1e same objection as Seward Lincoln |
alone harmonizes;n himself all those a,ia,l-
tea which are essential to q representative
q average American ism. He has 40 etlaca-
ton beyond that Of the common schools
ana the attorneys office, and Is rich in taosc
moral or immoral features which distinguish,
she genuine son.Of the Puritan from the rest
q mankind. He Is shrewd, energetic, slal
lo~, cunning, selfish, ego.istical, hard
hearted, vulgar. hypocritical, and fauatical.
Every one OF these qualities be has mani
Iestsd from the moment when he marched
into washington In freight car naiil the
American people would be false to their
own Instincts II they did not recognize him
= t0eir true representative man. We shall
% greatly mistaken If Lincoln is not the |
pe,eleeted candidate for the Presidency. 1t |
= peshsps - well for us that II should be !
80, - It was for the Jews that Pharaoh !
should have been the King of Egypt at the !
time Of JsraAl's desiverance.
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