Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-14
LlncoIn and Jnhnson.

Lincoln and Johnson.
From the N. Y World.
The age of statesmen is gone the age OF
rail.sphiters and tailors, of tuhoons, Doors,
aud fanatics, has succeeded God forbid hat
We should reproach Mr. Lincoln or AIr John
son with the uarrowness oftheir early clrcum-
stances, which precluded opportunities Of Gu.
lure Bot when men are proposed for the high
est and the most responsible Offices in the Re
public there necessarily arises the question
Of btness-a complex question relating m
part to training and autecedents but turning
IN the main, on the possession OF present quail
i6cations. The problems presented for solu-
ton within the ueXt four years are more COM
pick and difficult, they require a larger grasp
and deeper penetration, than any which have
ever been offered to the confederation o! states
men But Mr. Lincoln and Mr. johnson are;
both men Of mediocre talents neglected edu-
cation narrow views, deficient information,
and COARSE vulgar manners. A statesman, 10
| presumed to be man OF some depth of thought
aud extent of knowledge profoundly versed,
it not in history, at least in the policy, res our
ces, aud aims OF all the leading contemporary
governments OF the world in the character
qualifications and idiosyncrasies of their public
men and IN the bearing OF their most impor-
tant measures and projects on the develop
ment of commerce, the growth of civilization
aud the progress or retardiation OF free princ-
pies Of Government vi 10 needless to say
that neither in this sen4e, nor ia any high
sense are the Republican nominees states.
men. Except "a superficial knowledge of our
domestic politics, such as may be picked
up in the newspapers and intercourse with the
vulgar herd Of Office seekers, Mr.. Lincoln and
! Mr.. johnson have no attainments to dstin.
guish them from the mass OF ordinary cluzens.
That IA country whose Jurisprudence has
been adorned by Marsha Kent, Story;
whose diplomacy boasts OF such names as
Franklin, Jefferson, the Adamses, King, Web
ster whose finances have been managed by
Hamilton, Gallatin, Taney whose congress
oual debates have borrowed luster from the
eoquence Of Ames, Clay Calhoun whose
chief magistracy has been filled by Washing,
ton and nn uubroken succession OF illustriOus
, statesman down to Van Burou, and by many
able men slnce;--that this country with sc
proud a record, should now be reduced tC
J such intellectual poverty as to have. presented
to it two such names as Abraham Llncoli
aud Andrew johnson for its highest stations
in the most trying crisis OF its history is
cruel mockery bitter humiliation.
ne Oul1 lutTll We Can hlhtOftt IN lui
Baltimore ticket is the merit OF consistency
1t is all of a piece; the tail does not sham,
D the head, nor the head shame the tall
e rail-splittng buiIoon and boorish tailor
a both from the backwoods both growing up ii
uncouth ignorance, they would afford II gro
tesque subject for satlrio poet who nigh
celebrate in such strains as Dean Swift he
= slowed on Winston and Ditton, or Aristoph
l. anes on the servile demagogue, Hyperbolus
We degraded our highest Offices the fre
u republics of antiquity scOrnod to degrad
d even their political punshmenis. When tn
0StJ dcism by which llustrious statesman lik
Arstdes, Themistoces, and Acibades wer,
II banlshed at length fell on "A man of a
a origin and character similar 10 the Baltimor
candidates, namely, on the Aforesaid Hypel
y bolus, the proud aud high.spirited Greek
abo 'ished the Ostracism winch had been thu
debaaed. But we are less jealous of tn
k honor Of our highest offices than they wer
OF the dignity OF the method by which the
set the pretensions OF their statesmen aside
A. If the Republican party, having weighe
Seward and the rest of their statesmen i
the balance and found them wanting, are to
poor in talent to present. from ciyll life an
A. more commanding names than those the
ID have selected at Baltimore, they might
ANdoN AttNo ohb"h q blhNSlAA bPptNAluhAOH
> the merits of our distinguished soldiers
in point OF intellect aud statesmanshp il woul
be hard TO find among our educated general
men OF smaller caber than the actual eand
a. datea: while the uster OF arms would hay
shed a dignity on the ticket which migl
Il, have rescued 1t from the contempt OF intel
Ny gent men, The military feeling Of the coui
Ty never SO active and peryading as nov
viii refuse to keep step to the music Of th
ticket A popular candidate from the arm
IL will take IRON The Baltimore nominees ali q
n cept such AZ eau be controlled by fanatics
aud shoddy
he In a crisis Of the most appallr
er magnitude, requiring statesma6ship Of 1t
ne highest order, the country is asked to co
" slider the claims Of two ignorant, booris
w thrd,rate backwoods lawyers, for the highe
/ stations in the government Such nomin
"a tions, in such a coniunclure, are an insult
"a the common sense OF the people, God sa,
P the Republicl
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in NARA Kentucky paper boasts that coun
u in that State has grown the largest speeim,
"a of Al ,.s evpr ptoduend in tho Tnitpd State