Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-06-03
LINCOLN TELEGRAPH.
BATH, (Me.)
Thursday Morning, Jebe 3, 1871.
Extra Session.


The g called session of our National Congress,
must necessarily excite unusual interest in the
mind of every patriot The great battle for pollti=
cal freedom has been fought, and most gratifying
victory achieved Not that portion OF our fellow
citizens have been conquered, but the great prin-
cple of republican liberty and equal rghtq, has
been triumphantly sustained, and its antagonist,
or the ultra federal principle has been uneq1ivo-
cally condemned by vast majority Of enlighten-
ed freemen.
It had been asserted that the people demanded
a change. That assertion was most clearly az
sumed, and established by the people themselves.
The ultra federalists have been driven from the
throne" and the THRONE itself demolished Re-
publican rulers have been intrusted with the man
agement of affairs, and with the contamination of
Retrenchment and Reform" To effect these
objects, must be the studous care of the present
democratic administration.
If, in the first place, a change of rulers was ne
cessary, as the people themselves have most clear
" asserted, it follows thea, thai a change OF
measures was likewise necessary for, if the
measures of the past administration were correct
and calculated to profit the country, why then
disgrace the executors of those measures? But
this point needs no proof i! is an axiom in all
republican communities, under all circumstances
to regard men only so far as their meaSures-or
prncpes-are concerned
If, then, q change of measures was included IN
the terms fthe late political revolution, as we
think no one will doubt, it clearly becomes the
duty ofthe new ADMINISTRATION, to take every pre-
paratory step in order to effect that change at the
earliest possible day. This we think has been
done, in the only legitimate and proper channel
for such an object viz by calling together at an
early day, the servants and immediate represen-
tatives of the people, for consultation and action
In this view of the subject, we have reason to
anticipate n REVISION, and in many particulars,
thorough change of most of the leading and dis
tingushing measures of the administrations OF
Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,. The fnan-
cial projects of these dynasties are most obnox-
ious and so interviewer with hnmbuggery that,
either the old and safe method of the republican
fathers must be revived or some new and better
project devised The Tariff, the Public Lands,
and perhaps our foreign relations, will necessarl-
lv call for immediate attention, and should in
deed, by all means engross early consideration
stormy and exciting session, may be expect
ed Our enemy though badly bruised, is not
wholly slain. The very desperateness of their
cause, will rouse them to action, and nerve them
with the fury of demons. The utmost prudence
and wisdom, united with determined frmness and
perseverance, will be necessary to meet them in
all their weary windings.
At the earliest dates shall present to our
readers clear and comprehensive synopsis the
proceedings" of the session, together with such
other matter connected therewith, as will tend to
throw light upon the condition of the nation,