The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-07-27
Is Mr.. Lis.slu a guflosn .

The 1ri6uns which nolorioosly has deem
I'd The nominstion Of Mr.. Lincoln one not
s; 10 be made, now that his nomination ia
an accom- plished tact is driven by party
discipline to the nnwelcome task of extol-
ling the personal merits OF the man whom
ii despi.es, aud OF laboring, in his interest,
TO disprove concerning him what it knows
to be The truth. II is coniendea to meet
the charge that be is buffoon, by proving
that he is not ian ape, hyena, and jack
ass" as he is called by the ribald rebel
press of Richmond. II is satisfied TO parry
! Just estimate OF his personal character and
department Sy arguing that no such man
| could have been elected President. The
American people are like him in the stocks
whose friends said, .you cannot tor that Of
fenss BE put in the stocks" "But | am in
the stocks' was the reply. We have got
a buffoon for President, and that is the
answer to The argument that Sin democ-
racy based on popular sufrages" buffoon
cannot be elected President. Argument
abou: our institutions is shut of. Mr.. Lin-
coin IS President Aud We leave the 1ri-
hume TO defend American institutions tor
| having permitiec The election OF Presidents
incnlpated by itself for much wofss crimes
than being bufToons.
! That MIR Lincoln, by bis own unaided
energies has worked bic way up from OBJ
| scurity and pennilessness to the highest sra
| ton in the land, proves the possession of
| abilities which We have never denied to
| him. That he is buffoon to-day, as he has
| always been is what we assert, and what
the Tribune has not squarely disproved nor
squarely denied.
I, is exceedingly painful to us to use such
pIainness of speech concerning ore who is
the chief magistrate OF this people. II
would be indecorous if he were not. as he
is, chief magistrate seeking reelection
by all means /; striving by. abuses OF mill
tary power, by the subversion of freedom
OF ballot of the prese and of political die
cussion, by the corrupting power of pub
lie pIunder, by the distribution OF Offices
and spoiI-, by cunning and BY intrigue, 10
grasp tor another term the powers with
which in three short years he has almost
accom- pIished the Independence -of the
South. and The subversion OF the liberty Of
the North
II to prove publicly, therefore, now, in
this crisis of our politics and OF he nation's
fortunes, ihdt Mr. Lincoln is a 5uffoon, e,
a person who makes sporG By low jests I"
will prevent any number of votes. no mat
Ter how few from being cast for his re -elec>
ton, then that proof is public duty and
mere questions Of decorum must stand
aside as trivial and unlimely
And now Tor the proof that Mr. Lincoln
is buffoon, we appeal 10 every man of
good sense aud Intelligence whom public
House frequently during the last three years
We appeal 10 all the gentlemen on the
Republican side of the United States Sem
ate.
We appeal 10 the one hundred and Fifty
clergymen who went-in body to the East
Room, in order TO present 10 Mr.. Lincoln
the resolutions OF one of the largest and
most respectable religious denominations.
We appeal 10 the eminent divine who
was depuied 10 make their address, and
who has publicly and repeatedly pronounc-
ed the Presidents department of "buf-
foon and gawk so sickening in It's often
siveuess and SO hnniiliaiing to his patriots
ic pride. as 10 have made him quite despair
in such hands.
We appeal TO the gentlemen on the Re-
publican side OF the House OF Representa-
dves Let the Tribune ask them what is
the fact.
We appeal TO the blackguards therefor
such there are on that floor, though few
whose staple OF talk in lheirmidnight orgies
is the low and obscene stories daily retail
ed to them in the chamber of The chief
magistrate.
We appeal to the gentlemen who feled
Mr. Lincoln here, and escorted him 10 the
clubs. when he last visited New York.
We appeal TO The eminent Republican
who left The room where the future Presl
dent was recouniiDg some experiences Of
hls early life rather than that his ears shoe
be defled with the echoes of such filthy
ness
We appeal TO The staff officers who gal
Ioped behind the President when he visited
The battlefield of Antietam, and who in-
creased their distance from him rather than
listen longer to the lew niger song o.
s'Picsyune Butler" which Mr. Lincoln call
ed on Marshal Lamon TO sing as he rode
among the fresh graves and trenches where
were buried the ten thousand dead soldiers
OF the Republic
When the testimony of all these genlle-
eE is in, we will hear the Tribune defend
the Republican party for eleciing buffoon