Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-08

1sty0tiou and Defends lJ,s p.eei5ont
Lincoln,
w,s,,,,or,,, Nt,no,, 70 1870
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10 me Edltor Of the Chicago Ereniag
Joufhat.-No friend of the administration can
smut MS eyes TO the TACT that 1t has never an
swered the expectations tthe public. Tony
mind, president Lincoln lost sight Of the funda-
mental principle of our government, i. e., the
right OF thesmajority to rule, when he appoint
ed the first democrat to office. The people,
by legal, constitutional majority, voted the
government into the hands OF republicans
voted for change-voted that republican
men and republican measures should rule for
four years. portion OF the democratic par
ty, and by far the larger portion, rebeled
against this legal, constitutional decree, and
in SO doing struck a blow which they intended
to be death blow at the vtals of republican
institutions. They undertook to enforce their
rebellion by armed resistance; and in this
emergency president Lincoln, instead of
standing by this imperiled principle, and hold
ing for veal Or woe, the reins which had been
placed in his hands by the people, handed one
half of them over to the very party which the
people had voted out and the majority of which
was in open rebellion.
That he did so from the feeling that even
loyal democrats required consideration for
their fidelity to the government, and from the
best and most magnanimous of motives, is
certain. That every governor of the loyal
states did likewise and that most of them pre-
coded him in this work, is equally certain;
but the plan of concliating foes at the cost
of friends, was merely mistaken policy,
while the giving of Office to a party voted out
by the people, was 1orsaking of the first
principle of our government; and not until
the administration comes up to the constitu-
tional ground Of holding and welding the
power voted into its hands, will the full conf
dence of the people be restored. This divid-
ing the government by its friends has been
the main cause of weakness.
Another cause of distrust has been the nn-
popularity of the lady of the White House.
The impression has been almost universal that
she has been in sympathy with the rebels
that she betrayed the secrets of cabinet meet
ings to secession agents; that she selected
her friends amongst persons of a tippant
character, &C., and so on to the end of the
chapter, which make her out anything but
a suitable person for the high position she oc-
cupies.
| came to Washington so strongly preju-
diced against her that | quite made up my
mind not to see her. for fear | should be
tempted to write something to increase the
feeling against her, and SO lessen the conf"
dence of the people in the administration. L
let four public receptions pass without calling
and was with difficulty persuaded to go to the
leyee on the I'd inst
AS had sent my baggage to Philadelphia
before concluding to go, was forced to go in
my old black travelling dress, which some
folks hint is not in the height of the fashion,
since it was made nearly seven years ago, has
seen hard service, and was never altered.
But as there was no lack of silks, laces, feath-
ers, jewels, trails, flounces, putis, quilting,
fans, and flowers, it was very well, and when
presented to the president, do not believe he