The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-07-10
Thn Administration.

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/ The party which placed the present adj
minisfration in power have reason to bt
abundantly proud of the executors of thei
will; and the loyal people of the whole coun
| try have reason to be abundantly satisfied
with the ability, temper and efficiency o.
their government, 1t is but three month:
and halfsinc:e Mr.. L'ncoln's inauguraIwa.
pronounced; and it is certain that never il
the history of this government has any 9th
administration done so much labor and cfrec
ted such results in. so'slolt a space of time
1t seems as if the history Of decade ha(
! been crammed into these three months. II
every respect, so far as the public have til,
opportunity of Judging every member of thu
administration has been equal to the cmcr
gencies Of the hour; AMI when we remem
Der that the administration took the govern
ment into its hands at time when it had
fallen in pieces-at time when treason wa,
in the army and in all the departments
when it seemed as if everything was ro,ter
it will appear marvellous that such rev
olution should have been effected so quickly
/ When we remember what an immense ma
chine this government is,-that Mr.. Lincoln
! has been obliged to appoint new officers al
all important posts, Tat an immense army
has been raised and put into the field, tina,
vessels enough have been gathered and fitted
out to blockade all the southern ports, and
! that those ports are now actually blockaded
that our foreign ministers are already on the
( ground with their instructions, and that all
the details of a vigorous government are in
full operation, we can family comprehend
what the administration has done. To dc
all this in the brief space of time in which
these men have been in power, has been tho
work of giants.
! 1t is come to be well understood in Wash
inSton, and it is coming to be better under
stood throughout the country, that Abraham
( Lincoln is President of tia United States
1t was feared by some of his, friends, and
was openly DECLARED by all his enemies. thai
his lack of familiarity with public affair;
would make him entirely dependent, o,
greatly dependent, upon the splendid set O
men he has in his cabinet. 1t is now de
clared, by those who.have the best opportu
nifty of judging, that he is the best, thc
most independent, and the most able prcsi
dent we have had in twenty years, and thai
he is, indeed and in truth, tho presiding
genins Of the government This Testimony
of the New York Courier and Enquirer upon
this point is coroborated by all who have
had opportunity to form. an intelligent opin
ion concerning it.
Mr. Lincoln has cabinet worthy Of him
of the country, and Of the epoch--meI
whose daily labor speaks for itself, and
speaks for them. Certainly no man coult
have been selected for the management O
our foreign affairs better adapted to secur,
the re ;pect of European governments thar
Mr.. Seward. No American was so well ant
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