American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-06-29
From tho Richmond Examiner June l9.
e chmond and the 4th of July.


dent Andrew johnson, known in the
West as the Tennessee tailor, one OF the
meanest of that craft; whether they shall
ever be elected or not depends upon the
Confederate army altogether.
The people of the enemy country have
now two Black Republican tickets be-
fore them; and the Democrats are to come
vet All these several movements we are
OBLIGED TO watch ari, II Possible, under
stand-h reason Of their possible effects
In the war or otherwise we have nC
earthly interest in the matter, and if we
were now at peace with that nation it
would be altogether indifferent to us what
ape, or hyena, or jackass, they set up to
govern them.
The great army of contractors, then,
and ofhceholders-in short those who live
by the war, and on the country-have
ceeded. at least, in starting Lincoln fairly
for another race. 1t amounts to decla-
ration that those convertioners desire to
see tour years moie in all respects like
unto the last four year They want no
change at all to the resent incumbents
of power aud profit, al works well enough
as it is. They care Ii lc, perhaps, about
the " Emancipation Pr .iamation," of the
exact definition which may be applied to
Lincoln, as he immediate, or essential, or
contingent Abolitionist; care little, ins
deed, about politics at all, or principles, or
the destiny of their nation or other cab
stractions" Of that sort they are practi-
cal men and what they know and feel in
their inmOst souls is, that four more years
of reveling at will in treasure and plum
der, will make them all rich enough, them
and all their descendants to the third and
fourth generation.
1t appears also, that Lincoln and his
friends have been lucky, for so far, in the
ill-success of Grant nd Boiler, and in
their precise measu of ill-success. lfI
oitlef'5If. t,lyse> two taken Richmond
before the Convent a, then Butler or
Grant would have been nominated for
President If they had been already ut
terly and dccsivey defeated, and their ar
mics cut to pieces, then neither Lincoln |
nor any other Black Republican would
have had the slightest chance of election.
So essential was it for the right guidance
Of the Convention in this matter that
Grant should not take Richmond, nor be |
advancing ia triumphant march toward it, |
that the New York Times, i.incom's "or-
gan, took care b. publish at length dis
mai account of he bloody defeat inhict-
ed on the rebels On the 3do OF June aud to
express the opinion that it was most
disastrous affair. This was true but the |
4rmas did not state it because it was true,
The Time stated it, Notwithstanding that
IL was true. in order to lower Gen Grants |
stock in the Convention just in the nick
of time-and succeeded. Our soldiers, |
who on the Sd strcwel the earth in front
of their intronchments, with 10000 dead |
and wounded Yankees, then and there Sc
cured the nomination Of Lincoln over
Grant.
Lincoln, then, and his gang have been
lucky, we said, so far. But to win his
election in November this indecisvc work
of the Federal armies-neither triumph
antly victorious nor hopelessly cut to pie
ces-nether taking Richmond nor taken
by Richmend-will not do at all Grant
and Butler are now at liberty to achieve
the most brilliant success they can, and
the New York Times will not tell the
truth any more when it is unfavorable to
them In fact, the Lincoln party has been
rcconciled to the delay in capturing Rich
mond by this consideration among others
that the Fourth of July approaches
and they are aware of the theory enter
tanned by their old acquaintance, Pember-
ton, now in high favor at Richmond, and
commanding the fortifcations of the city,
namely: that the Fourth of July is the
very best day to surrender place to
Yankee army because in the warmth of
their qualification at celebrating anniver-
sary with a triumph, they give good terms.
1t is like approaching bon Ut0ont after
dinner to ask him for favor And, ac-
accordingly, the Yankee nation is now
holding itself prepared to put on its most
gracious smiles aud accord to us the same
tender consideration which has been shown
to the citizens of Vicksburg. Let them
only haul down our flag on that auspicious
morning, and read their Declaration of
Independence on our Capital in our Cap
ital Square, and Lincoln is already elected
President. In this stage of the business
also, however, our army has voice; and
if it shall continue to BATTLE repulse, and
cut upthe Federal forces, and finally drive
them from the soil of Virginia as we fer
vently trusi, then this Baltimore nomina-
tionwill not gain Lincoln single vote in
November.
In that case Who will be the next Pres
ident in the eneny's country Not FIRE.
mont with his radical abolition" n, me
era for that sehCol of polticss-wlIl be past.
But there remains another party-the
Democrats; thy being also DIVIDED at
present into Wlr Democrats, and Peace
Democrats, butwho would oil be Peace
Democrats Ia tae event supposed that is.