Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
The Administration.


Of tie executors Of their will and the loyal
people Of the whole rountry have reason 10
he abund,mly -aiisf Il wish the ability, tenn.
per aud Icrrcy Of their sovernmc I. II
I i, but three moalh' and "A halt since Mr..
I Iincoln'S inaugural was pronounced; and
/ il is certain That never in the history of this
/ government has any olhr administration
done so mu, h labor and effected such results
in SO short space e time. II seems as It
the history ui decade had been crammcd
/ into these three months. In every respect,
so flr as The public have the opportunity of
! Judging, every member of the administration
has been equal to the emergencies of the
hour; aud when we remember that the
administration took the government into its
hands at time when il had fallen in pieces
at a time when treason was in the army
and in all the departments-when it S, emed
as it everything was roten-it will appear
marvellous that such revolution should
have been effected SO quickly. When we
remember what an immense machine this
goyernme Il is,--that Mr.. Lincoln has been
obliged to appoint new officers at all impor-
tant posts, that an immense army has been
raised and put into The field, that 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 vigorous government are in
full operation, we can family comprehend
what the administration has done. To do
all this in the brief space Of time in which
these men have been in power, has been the
work of giants.
1t is come to be well understood in Wash
ngton, and it is coming to be better under
stood throughout the country, that Abraham
Lincoln is President Of the United States.
1t was feared by some of his friends and
was openly declared by all his enemis, tina,
his lack of familiarity with public affairs
would make him entirely dependent or
greatly dependent, uron the splendid set of
men he has in his cabinet 1t is now de-
clareG by those who have the best opportu-
nifty of judging, that he is the best, the most
Independent, and the most able president
we have had in 20 years, and that he is
indeed and in truth the presiding genius Of
the government. The testimony of the
Newly York Courier and Enquirer upon this
point is corroboratcd by all who have had
opportunity to form an intelligent opinion
concerning it.
Mr.. Lincoln has cabinet worthy of him,
of the country, and of the epoch
whose daily labor speaks for itself, and
speaks for them. Certainly no man could
have been selected for the management Of
our foreign affairs better adapted to secure
the respect of European governments than
! Mr.. Seward. No American was so well
and so iavoraby known abroad as MIR.
Seward lie has been recognized in Europe
for the last ten years as the ablest states
man in America, and it is owing TO his
character, and the stand he has taken in a
great degree, that our relations withEuropcan
governments are as satisfactory as we know
them to be. Mr.. Chase has the confidence
of the country as man of superb ability
and inhexible integrity. He brings to the
treasury department of the government as
much character as any American could
have done; and the mastery manner in
which he has managed the national finances
since bis accession TO office, has secured The
confidence of the creditors of the government,
and of capitalists everywhere. 1t en-,
hardly be necessary to speak of the Secre-
taries of the Army and Navy. The coun-
try reads of their doings daily.
We are perfectly aware that the admin
is tration could have done but little without
the cooperation of the people. The same
would be true of any administration, in any
time Of trouble and we claim for it not
any power independent of the people, but
the ability to execute in the most efficient
way the will of the people. The govern
ment has had the boldness TO plan, the in.
genuity TO arrange and organize, the skill
TO direct, and the ability TO execute. 1t ha,
taken into its hands the power which tn,
people have conferred upon it, and is direct
ing it to issues which feed the springs Of pat
riotc pride. Under its inspiration ant
guidance we have grown in 8 months on
of condition of active disintegration, int
the compactness and solidily of an old nation
The cloud that once covered, and SCENE,
larger than the nation, shrinks from day I,
day TO the quality Of temporary mist, tina
is soon TO pass a way before the sun of ma
tional power. The administration is a
honest as it is able. We hear brougll
!, against it no charges of favor ilism of politca
:. Jobbery, or personal jealousy and ambition
: Old political opponents and old aspirant
for power are put forward where they ma
, have the opportunity TO win a many laurel