Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-09-11
NUMBER ELEVEN.

The PEEsIDESr.-The practical sagacity Of
( tho President is daily justified. Ills impul-
ses arc wiser than the wary plans Of more
cunning men.
In fact, from the moment Of his inaugura-
F.. tim it will appear that be has fulfilled every
duty Of bis great office with an ability not
less remarkable that his honesty. The des-
perate effort 10 make him seem to be par
tisan has utterly failed. He has aimed only
at the maintenance of the Government; and
10 secure that end he has no more hesitated
to adopt a policy which his own party
approved than no has to make measures
which the party opposed TO him aPplauded.
He has filed the chief posts Of command with
men of all political views. Yet he bas been
most sharply denounced from the beginnlns
Of the war no Les, by his old party friends
than enemies. The consequence Is, that, az
tins moment, he stands a little outside OF
all parties even among loynl men. The reh-
els, and their tools the Copperheads. Of
course, hate him The War Democrats
doubt some points Of his policy. The Con
scrvative Republicans think hun too much IN
the hands Of the radicals, while the radical
Republicans think him to be slow, yielding;
and half-hearted. And yet, without doubt,
the more thoughtful and patriotic men Of all
parties can not but see how time confirms
bis wisdom, and were President TO he
named tomorrow they would declare for
Mr.. Lincoln.
So calm is his temperament, and So patri-
otic his policy, that the emancipation oct
from his hands could not seem, and never has
seemed, TO be partisan movement. Prom
the beginning he did not doubt the right Of
emancipation as a military measure. But
hc carefully declared the object Of the war
TO be the maintenance of the Government.
When Fremont and Hunter Issued their Or
ders he quietly revoked them, not, as he said,
because such measures were wrong, but be-
cause in his view the time for them had not
come. and when it came, he must exercise
the POWER. When it did come, he warned
the rebels last September that he had never
doubted the possible military necessity might
arise that military measure 80 grave and
so long agitated should not he summary
adopted that he admOnished them, If they
feared the consequences of such 4 measure,
10 escape them by submission to the laws
and that if they did not submit within three
months the measure would become part Of
the ralicv Of the Government.
Tie l,lels sneered. and their allies tin
C,,pr,rnead- organized The disastrous fail
u7,' si VI. Cicllan's ana Pope'7 campaigns,
with ,ic retirement Of Iee in good order at-
trr Alii,ttm, the long insction Of the au-
tumn. anil the removal Of Mcclellan. dispir-
itoI many and di-afecoed some 10 the war.
Ih.. consequences we're seen in the elections.
Nr. Illrsfil 2~-uour Is specimen Of the
r.ai- Eu- thc President did not waver.
Ihr ,.siutt, Wa, tl be saved, if at all, by
r..NI IraH HIaasH HuHr
q rna,i- &C. tl. rJd-i.i1n. The opposition
Of =uuh -.utlclnen os Mr.. Seymour and hi7
u,sl.4.-,r. was the conclusive argument lUT
that u1i.c, therefore, on the lst Of Janu-
-,y. lal -ri,r % riIancipation was issued
ami I'd r,lsJH= held un that Gay e5 sla7es
vitdr specified limits were freed
10 tna- order and the policy which dicta-
t..i f. o. - -inctrely llval man accedcs. Tor
- rrs- clearly nlt eu act Of the President, as
d l,uti,.u Republican. bat as commander-In-
chef. -wcru u defend the Government by
every military resource. The loyal men who
sustain IL today are Of all the late political
lartI,., aIl Of al shades OF opinion III regard
TO SLAVERY The order was not Issued hy
the Commander iu-cbict, nor Is II supportedby
the loyal country, htoiusc shvcry Is wrong.
but because It hclI- thr enemy. Doubtless
the c.lyiction that 1t Is the root OF the waT
la, made many assent with more ahcrity o.
the net Of emancipation lu; the President
sdJptcd /, rs a military anil not as a moral
measure. The way IN whi-h It was done,
and the time. ayc both indicatlC25 OF tie
Practical wisdom uf the Chici Magistrate
History viii yiudiclte tie President, even
If our impatience 5hodid BE- unjust to him.
It will show that succeeding 10 the executive
head Of the Government alta moment cf moei
complicated military and political Ieril and
when national salvation seemed almost i'm
possible, he displayed such simplicity, car
ncstncss honesty, patience and sagacity-
neither oycrwhclmcl by disaster. nor con-
founded bY trcachcry, nor di-quicted by the
distrust q. frieuds-that be may be truly
called a yrvyideutial nian.-Hqyper' lPees'v.