Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-15

/ WraBgling about measures or men. Let
the spirit Ofthe recent political canvass, so
far as 1t tended to generate bitterness and
diSeord between really loyal people, die
out and be forgotten. Disloyally will
soon be ashamed of its own weakness, aud
he glad enough to hold its peace. Let this
final stage of the struggle-for such We veri.
y believe It to be-be marked with some
thing OF the same hIgh-souIed devotion
which so sigualized and illuminated the
opening scenes. Let the President again
have the same magnAnimOus estimation
aud sympathy which did so much to nerve
and inspire him then. Without these it is
hardly possible that be should carry on this
new endeavor with fitting hope and vigor.
Men toll With fettered hanas, with beaumb-
ed limbs, with lAuguid energies, with inn
paired and weakened wills, With sinking
instead of soaring aspirations, when they
feel themselves surrounded by hitter enc.
mics and gr0mbliug friends-by foes, rivals
and cold spectators. strict 70 mark every
slip. eager to punish every error, ready
to boot at every failure; prompt
to believe iul every fault, and to
give credit for no good; putting the
worst construction upon every act, and
receiving the worst rumOr with the readiest
ear; blaming everything they see done, and
believing that nothing is done which they
don't see. The people that wishes to be
well served, aud nobly governed, and eour
ageously led on, must be generous and just,
as well as stern; must be as jealous to re-
ward as it is ardent to expect full aud
righteous service must spare its leaders
the most Paralyzing of all inHuences-ths
conviction that they are serving a master
suspicious, iuequttable, baekbiting, eSef
looking backward, ever prOphesyiug fail
ure, and utterly impossible to please. VAL
ue our favorite men or our iaVorite meas
ures as we may, we must not forget that of
all things which can buoy a country in
great emergencies, and brace its guidiDg
hand, that which is most indispensable is
public spirit. 1t is not sufficient that the
Government should be faithful to the peo-
pie. The Government aud the people must
be mutually faithful to each other.
There are uneasy politicians who esti-
mate every public event by its bearings mp
on the next Presidential election, and who
are already laboring to make interests for
this or that favorite candidate. Nothing
could be more puerile Il is impossible for
any mortal man to divine what will be the
situation Of the country, or the temper of
the people two years hence This has all
to be determined by Developments aud is.
sues which still lie in the unknown future.
AS there could be no moro absurd aud sui
eidal public policy that to settle at the |
present time upon the next President, so |
there can be no greater mistake in friend |
ship than now to associate any favorite /
name with a candidacy for the position.-I
There could not possibly be surer way Of |
blasting any mans prospects. The pres
ent situation is too grave for any such i'm
pertiueuce to be tolerated. 1t is our pres
ent business to support the President we
have, and with our entire energies. Upon I
our fidelity in that regard, will in great
measure depend whether We are to have,
not this or that President hereafter, bot
any President whatever. Il is certain that \
President Lincoln has resolved to risk /
upon the most vigorous prose-
cutiou of the war possible. II be fails,
this war fails, aud the Union Perishes. He 4
cannot bnt fail, il the public heart turns
against him.