, 1880-01-26
Booming for Clarke Carr,

1b the Editor Of The Gaieago Tribune.
ABINGDON, ILL.,. Jun. 2},-Tho first ol!lco In tho
gift OF a StRte ought to De II rcwmr1l Of merit.
Especially might that be allowed to bc tho c,se
when single purity has tho undisputo,l power to
bcstow 1t. Assuming, then, that tho Republican
purity hus tho glft of this Office in lts kccpug Tho
people Of thu State hnye rnrc.y II ever manI-
tested moro Interest III tho selection, md per-
haps. never has SO lnrEe number of gentlemen
btelt brought f0rwurl. This IL In itself com
mendable, md there Is but ono thing 10 ID re-
Krette1 u9o,!t It.. that tho claims Of cach cat,dl-
anto , shout! he based nut upon ,ny gu.d ho is
nbc 70 DO for bis country, or even for his purity,
but upon tho nntnbrr or fuyors he lias nfreudy
received frnln tho people. liz II that g1lvo HIN
preceueneo over Blntlolnnt. | propose to
prgsent yuu tho ilane q IL inAn wt.o bus never
nG se 9 df9 mnt te ss,e eTeent o1 military
stand him uut purely M his merits, a,,d discuss
only whMt ho Il abie to do for his stato and lis
Sa Ss ssd SS liz " Is IL aaS o
primo Of LIS life, IL prosperous citizen Of
s.nniemlshed chnrcter. Asa p.lblle spcakcr he
4uccd to stnnd for tttIs o!1lec WcMrit1x. us i,o
does, tho most genial fGec, without doubt, III
american e, q H. politics. driving 9n fountain be-
for tho generous fire. Frank III Ills Nnnicr,
clear m hs statement, lucid IN argument, plnln,
simple, hid direct, With no ttnsel mud no tHwlry
rhetoric, but relying only nrni tho c!ut,uence 0f
ctnnosl sense md co'l,snnrl honesty, md III full
HAEN!M EympAthy WltE fhc KrGnt ht1y Of tho
people, nlllcd to no ellTuo and crnnpcl by no
class Interests Of bis nwr, q true Western INN
nll luvGr, hll though he fs without doubt the nost
en5oynnle md etIcetivc speaker Ut Ills mrty III
tue stntc, with few clunls anywhere for that
And to ibis high q,taliacatiou he would DO ablo
TO add undnnbtel executive utility or tho very
iirst clnss, thus furnishing combination most
r!trcly foupd 1mong public mgi,, 1t hnppets, too,
tho statc hns st, loitg denied itself tho pleasure
Of rccoRnlztnx tho section IN which DO llves,-a
long begl foremost at tho polls, und hns never
most beautiful, and fortile, anu productive OF
my III tho world, with u population
tho most .ytrtuous n,id enlightened and
most erctlttablg to tho country ut
lnrKG. Nor Is he less fortunate In hts eOnty, ~
All Republicans will delight to honnr Knox, no
politics. Nnr in his town, the beautiful City Uf
tiHleaburg, tho Now l1avGn of tho West, IL city
TINT furnished mnrc KotN lighting GenCrAs t,uft
my one city In tho SfNta, except prrhlps tin
le1ln, and iii nnlplu ln1t1lculn ut tnotl. After
this accurate description Ut Col. Chlrxe Il. Carr,
will only ndd that, III tho Judgment Ut those
who have knew, him longcst and beat, ha woul4
eolnmaftd the iIlitN 0f tho state with lis s0llnd
t,iscret!on anu IN much acceptance ~ hna flcI
tho ntlIco III many ycilrs, nnl Gring tho ticket no
slnAll strength, IL my strength were needed.
Col. ClnrkO CNrr hAs WOsi National reputation OF
no Iincnvitl!e sort ,-stump!ng vigorously III each
en!npnlEf for soEio yeArH l'Ast fr1int tho Mis-.
Ronri 10 tho MUhAwk, dr1wlnK vAst crowds; md
Il wnlald b1 with M small pleAAure, doubtless,
that his numerous frlcNls md nllnirers cvcry-
with tho position ho iins 60 well cartsgl ant no
much deserved. L.