The Portland daily press., 1864-07-19
John Lynch.

John Lynch.
To the Editor Of the Press:
JOHN LYNCH, the Union candidate for
Congress of the First District, needs no de-
fence at the hands of his frends--for his pri-
vate and public record is without blot, and
none even calls it in question. 1t may seem
work of supererogation, therefore, to pre-
sent to public notice, at this early day before
the campaign has fairly begun, the name OF
one so well and favorably known as Mr..
Lynch.
But there are circumstances in the case OF
Mr.. Lynch, which are somewhat peculiar, and
which might well be thus mentioned even If
least as an example for young men. more
minute history of his lie might not also be
without interest to the community, if it we're
not too invidious, and it were at all neces-
sary. t'
1t may be sufficient now to say that Mr..
Lynch resides in Portland, the place of his
birth, which occurred in 1924; that he is Of
Irish parentage; that he received common
school education; that he entered a grocery
store while yet young, as a clerk: that he is
now engaged as wholesale grocer; and that
he is universally regarded for uprightness and
business tact as among the first of our emf
nent merchants: distinction of which any
man, however highly cul ured or elevated in
social position, might well be proud.
But If as merchant he were vastly more
skilled than he confessedly is-if his posses
sions were ten times greater than they are-ii
his social position were far higher than that
of his associates-these would not constitute
his chief glory. He has qualifications i'm
measurably transcending these, and place in
the hearts of the people not to be named in
comparison with that in the social rank.
In his earliest youth, as the result OF thought
and personal conviction, he took the lofty
ground of Human Rights, aud became fast
friend of the Human Race, and has always
had the manly courage to avow and defend
his position, and TO act in accordance with his
belief, come veal or come woe. This makes
him, not the distinguished merchant, nor the
shrewd poltician--for without this he might
have been both-but 1t constitutes him the
Mantle honest, whole hearted, earnest, in
corruptible man, whom neither the arts of
persuasion nor the fear of threats can cause
to swerve one iota from the path Of recti-
tude. eE
or John Lynch 1t may be truly said that he
Is no mans man.. Afable, courteous, social,
in more than an ordinary degree, he is yet I'M
approachable for the purpose of political bar
gain. While he regards as essential sound
policy in reference to modes, he is unaltera-
bly, fixed In principle, and will never yield
though the heavens fall. Nor is this unyield.
ing firmness separate from discretion and pru-
dence and discrimination. He believes in APP
propriate seasons for the accomplishment Of
whatever objects, and wastes no energy at
inopportune moments. He husbands his re-
sources not for trivial occasions, but for those
on which hinge important events.
Few men of his years better understand
the doctrines of political economy than he
and he is no stranger to the philosophy of f.
nance and trade. He is man of progress in
Business and morals, and his views keep pace
with the demands of the age.
This brief notice is not written at the in
stance of Mr.. Lynch, nor with his knowledge.
The writer owes him nothing but goodwill,
and asks no favors at his hands political or
otherwise. Except the obligations of an early
and growing personal friendship, he is entire
ly independent OF him, and intends 10 pre-
serve that precise relation. But believing
him to be an admirable illustration of the
genius Of our Institutions, as they were de-
signed by our fathers, and as, thank God
they will surely become, when the rebellion
is finally crushed, and its terrible cause com
pletely removed, the writer, in common with
many Others In the District, is anxious that
Mr.. Lynch should represent the spirit OF re-
publican government on the floor of Con-
gress, and show TO the country and the world
what free schools and free speech, unbending
integrity and high resolve, unattended by the
accident of birth, and not nursed in the lap
of wealth nor taught in academic halls, can
accomplish, when springing from the rock
bound coast and the bleak hills of glorious
and free e1aw England. e-,g
The Union men then owe it to themselves
and their candidate, to the noble cause of the
Union, and to the nobler cause of Human
Rights, that Mr.. Lynch shall be elected, not
by meagre plurality, but by an overwhelm-
ing majority OF the votes of the District.