The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-04
OLD ARE,s sos.
Oar He Is' bats aimI OATS Old Abe.

To Ge Editor Of The IahaIs0er.
SiR:-Jhe most notable occurrence in
the Presidents Southern reception was the
enthusiastic call for Mr.. Secretary Lincoln,
and the old slaves exultant and rapturous
exclamation: "Dar he il! OATS him! Dat's
Ole Abe's son." For the moment the au.
gust presence Of The President and his
brilliant suite was forgotten, and OF all the
great men In the world the only great man
then remembered and cheered TO the eOho
again and again was "0le Abe's Son, upon
whom every eye was tsrned and for whom
every shout rang out again and again un.
Ill the throats Of the excited cJlored people
could shout no more.
A grand reception, titly enough, had
been prepared for the Chief Magistrate OF
the great Republic, and all the preparations
were elaborate and tasteful TO the last de.
gree. The pride and chivalry OF the brave
lwarm=hearted and beautiful South were
gathered there 10 pay iaal respects 10 the
President Every technical propriety de.
manded by the couftesies due the Presi.
dent was rgidly observed, and the full cir.
cult OF Unconventional civilities was sounded
out with all the artificial coldness and ex-
actness Of court reception at Tnilleries in
the time OF the naughty Louis NV, or OF
the merry monarch himself, The entrances
and exits were ordered and executed 10 lay
figure style, and the cheers were such as
might have beeh evoked by mechanical
,GontriyRnCe from wax figures, at stated in
tervals, from the teeth out only and prompt
cd by no soul Of other stuff than might be
tount In plaster casts of dead men. The
drawing room, couitly ceremonies, stiff,
heartless and severe being over, the poor
President and the weary populace mutually
bored at sight and sound Of each other,
aud with no other feeling for each other
than acquaintance IN q drawing roop,
or strangers matched Tor a moment in
dance in some fashionable ball room, an
old colored man who had been waiting
long TO make himself heard, and was i'm
patient OF all this heartIess ceremony,
eleclriled the crowd, and thrilled every
heart there present by shouting out
sDAk HE'S. DAr'sHIS. DATs OLE ABE'sfoN"
! 1t WAS fit that negro should sound the
keynote Of 1854, and that the son Of the
great cmancipalor should iiud his fathers
mantle laid on him by loving ,dusky hands.
Such cry from out the heart Of one who
had felt the taskmaster's cruel lash, in such
a place, in tho South, at such a time, in such
q presence, was In keeping with all the
dramatic demands of the occasion, and
evoked thunders Of hearty and soulfelt
applause, In striking contrast with the arti.
hcial cheers which had preceded. Now,
fora moment, the tsrnalities and Conven.
tionalilies Of u Presidential reception gave
way to more sincere and heartfelt ex.
preston OF the popular feeling, and the son
Of the martyr President stepped out mod
estly at the call Of the multitude and re.
ceived such genuine, spontaneous, un.
premeditated ovation as must have
thrilled his heart, and revealed to
him something Of the future which
iB preparing for him, not In caucus
or cabinet; not in convention or clique,
but iu the great hearts OF q free people.
Such cry In the National convention OF
1854 will ald its appropriate echo, and oil
the artificial schemes Of the machine men
will 20 down in turn before It's resistless
might rs leaves scatter before the lorna.
dos breath. PRIVATE DALzRLL.
P.S. Who will be the first to take these
words, "DGr bs4s - "Dars him" "Dats
ole Abs's sonl' and give US song that
shall in itself be the whole campaign OF
1854? Such keynote is little short Of
the yniCc Of God. Pm.
Caldwell, o., Aug. 4.