Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-06-21
nlneoln Up for Re-EleClIon

hlF. Lincoln 70 now fairly presented TO-
The country for its decision. lie stands 90
the nominee Of the Baltimore Convention,
90 tie platform OF that Convention, ana
commended to the people by the WINDY
haraneues Of the CoBEeRtion,s very empty
orators. But neither the ben times falsi-
ied tlatform % the Convention nor the
speeches Of its members are what the peo>
ple have TO notice and reflect upon 10 re-
gard to this nomination. What they have
TO notice are the three terrible years that
the country has already gone through uPs
der the Presidency Of Mr.. LiDcoln-thfee
years OF war, in which the country has en-
dured every misery that the Presidents
incapacity, in military, naval and imam
cial point Of view, could plunge it into
This is what the people have to consider ;
aud what they bave 70 decide rssimply
whether or not they wish to repeat those
years.
MIR. Lincoln is responsible for every
blunder committed in every department OF
the government since the commencement
OF the war. Hs1ssnmed the absolute con.
troll Of our armies, with a flourish OF def
ance to the enemy ard Chinese an
n0uncement that our armies should m, We
on a certain day. UGder his direet'guid-
anoe we experienced series Of reyerses
without psplleI. Our grandly organized
Pebinsular campaign was made to end dis
hstrpusly by his interference, and StOne-
wall JacksOn's triumpbs 10 the Shenand0-
ell valley were due, not to iJacks0n'B gen
Jus, but to Line Inc Intellectual opacity -
lie organized the Pope campaign. which
wasmersly daily succession Offriehtful
reysrses to cur arms. he conducted from
Washington Barnside's dreadful Freder-
.ck-hurg slaughter, and he is qually res
pOBsible for the hatchery az Chancellor
vile. Our great victories ct Gettysburg
ard Anticlam end Grants victories in the
West were won in 81 lite Gf his pC hey. BY
keeping such a man as Welles at the head
u the NAVY Department be has become re
tFonsitl 10 for the bluuders that have well
nigh rsade our heroic navy c90temptible,
spc has fellowship in the inca?acity that
has driven onr commerce from the seas -
Every intelligent person in the country
can see thar If MIR. Eincoin had been q
man Of eny abILty be e0uld have ended the
war byt complete destruction Of the
Febfb ARMIES eighteen months ago. But
IN bis iRcopncity. he has not only failed Il
Put the rebellion down. bot be has foster.
ed 1t and mInis,ered to its growth, and Il
the developemcnt Of its whole possible pow
er.
That Mr. Liucsln would not, and could
AOt, end the var became clear 10 the coun.
try several months siDce, and then the
pressure Of public opinion compelled him
10 put our armies and the whole cantuc,
. hf the war in the hands of General Grant.
Under that great soldier the nation fell
some security that its military operations
w0Sid be carried on properly Yet Mr..
E;pcolo has managed 20 interfere very
dangerously with the present campaign,
and has even seFiously compromised, its
success Who knows how long he viii
respect that public opinion which compell-
ed him to put General Grant where be is |?
II Eincoln. be reelected the country has DO
safety that Grant will slll command our
aTmies-no security against his removal at
any mement and no hope for such definite
success against the rebellion as will end
the war.
The is a wonderfully distinct issue be-
fore the penple in this nomination of Mr..
Lincoln That issue has no reference to
The nonsense of this or that political plat
uTm. Ii is the clear question whether or
not the people of the United States will
elect lur another term of four years man
who has proved over and over that he does
not possess the ability to administer the
government E; d man who is either ignorant
OF the constitution or ready to trample it
under bis feet at any moment; q man un.
der whom this bloody and expensive war
eaninevar be brought to an honorable close
- NeU TOljE Herald.