Mr. Lincoln has had the credit of being a shrewd, common sense man. Nothing that he has done since his election has confirmed the opinion. His speeches, generally, are far below the proper mark of a patriot and a statesman. As the Baltimore American remarks, neither their matter nor their manner are equal to the occasion or his position. They are contradictory and frivolous in substance, and delivered in a style that is painfully wanting in the dignity that should belong to the President elect when discussing topics upon which the existence of the the public depends. Were these ordinary political times, and there was no secession or revolution, but only a constitutional opposition, we think that he and his administration should be easily floored, “in no time.”
Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, VA