Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-09-29
THE POsT-MAsTER GENEP


THE POST MASTER GENERAL.
Mr.. Blair has at last resigned his scat
in the Cabinet of Mr.. Lincoln, or rather.
according to the published correspondence
between the President and him the for
mer has at last accepted Mr. Blairs res
| ignation.
1t was quite time, and we deeply re-
joice that Mr.. Lincoln. at length, appre-
ciates it. We were beginning to despair,
for he had adhered to him with tenacity
that seemed proof against every consider
alton whatever. The sixth Resolution Of
the Baltimore platform. go pointedly
aimed at the Postmaster General The
representations Of the truest and most de-
voted loyalists of the whole country, and
the unanimous voice of the Unconditional
Union party in Maryland; all seemed
powcrless to convince him of the danger
of the retaining in his counscls man
who, if not absolutely Il re-actionists had
shown himself so little in sympathy with
the Emancipationists of the border Slave
States as positively to endangcr the Union
cause in those States We can only ac-
count for Mr.. Lincoln's adherence to Mr..
Blair so long after the great masses of the
P.'csid mt oN n partyhad lost all Confidence
in him, upon the hypothesis that the I'M
minent deadly character Of tue great con-
test in arms, absorbed ali his attention
and sclicitude, and that overwhelmed
with the anxieties attendant upon the
campaign in the field he ceased TO place
much Importance upon considerations
purely political. 1t may be, too, that his
well known dislike of changing his adj
visers so long as it could possibly be
avoided, or of swapping horses in the
midst of the stream" had its influence
In this view, it is of fortunate aagury that
the change in the Cabinet SO long de-
sired by the friends of Emancipation Is
made at this moment. 1t shows that the
President at last feels relieved from the
harrassing and absorbing anxicties which
have so long oppressed him. The cap
ture of Atlanta, of the Bay and Harbor #
Mobile, the victories of Sheridan in the
valley of Virginia, and the deadly coil
which Grant is steadily winding around
the very heart of. the rebellion at Rich
mond are suggesting to him the begin
nings of the end With the close Of
arnlcd resistance to the authority of the
Government begins struggle of another
and very different kind, and yet one
which must be as firmly and wisely met
on the part Of our Government as that
which We devoutly believe is now closing
The rebellion being suppressed the causes
of it must be eradicated and DESTROYED,
in order that we may enter upon I'LL the
blessings of a sound and enduring peace.
In the councils which are to direct the
action of the Government in the great
work which yet remains to be done there
must be no doubtful minds and no divi-
ded energies. Firmness and decision
nor are of the last importance, but above
all, the situation requires the capacity to
appreciate it, profoundncss of conviction,
and determined purpose in all those into
whose hands the dcstinies Of the Nation
are entrusted. MIR. Blair is not such
man and the President Fortunately for
himself and fortunately for the country,
at last perccives it. 1t will renew the
Nations faith in MIR. Lincoln's saeacily
and fidelity to the true principles upon
which our country is to be saved, that be
has taken this step. personally painful as
it doubtless is, at this time TO us in
Maryland. it is the sure guaranty of our
success in the mighty revolution now
about to be accomplished here, ievolu-
ton, whose bencicient influence will vet
extend from the Potomac to the Gulf,
and from the plains of Texas to the Coasts
of the Atlantic.