The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-03-15
,eusons why AbraI,am Lincoln
= should be Re-NOnimated.

Amid the strife that i now going on
among the politicians Of this country - 10
who shall be candidates 'fcx The Psesideney
next fall. few words on the subject may not
be out of place, apd we do not hesitate 10
TO us more fit for the position than he who
has held the reius Of government with 90 firm
hand since the fourth day Of March, 1861,
ABRAHAM LIScoLN. He has undergone
trials such as no man who has ever filled the
Presidential chair has had contempt with. and
lie has not been found wanting. When he
took bis scat great portion Of the Southern
States had already passed the act Of sscessiont
and shortly after tho first gun fred ct FoT.l
Sumter proclaimed then in open rebellion.
Our army was small and our arsnals had
been robbed by southern traitou; indeed
many of the best officers 10 the army hadt
enlisted in the cause of the Southern Confed-
racy. Abraham lincoln, aided by his
constitutional advisers, has organized ap army
equal 10 ard in tbe world; our armories have
been replenished, our artillery have been per-
fectedi apd our navy is now 90 formidable that
foreign uations will hardly seek contest with
it. During all these times the cool
head and and steady hand OF the President
has: guided the Nation. At fret he was accu-
sed Of being slow-spd over cautious, but his
very slowness has been for the advantage Of
the county, by keeping all the elements that 4
country, BY keeping ell the elements that COM.
pose our Nation in harmony, and making IL
certain that the great national strife will not~
be settled until the cause of all our troubles
shall be removed and the Nation reunited on !,
foundation as firm as the everlasting hills.
1t has always been the policy Of the
President consult the wishes Of lhe people and
TO 60 no faster than the majority Of the loyal
people would keep pace with him, and to day
President LINCOLN 10 az popular with the,
mass OF the people as any President has eveo
been at the close Of his first term Of Office. -
Politicians may wrangle and urge the claims
aud qualifications of this or that man for the
place, but the people have confidence in tha,
honesty and integrity Of the President aid'
the fact cannot be disguised that If the people
were called upon to signify their choice now.
the graat majority would rsspnad, "Hoaest,
Old Abo." .
We do no! say that be is the only man
who il fl for the position, but thAt he is the
only man who has been tried and found equal
to the emergency. He has bis faults, and!
who has mott But where is the man who
has fewer faults than hei We may also add
that the most of our public men who have
been talked of a. candidates are needed in
their present positions. Security Chsss
cannot be spared from tho Treasury Depart
ment. The finances of the country would
not be as safe 10 other hands. Our military,
candidates are needed in the field uItA.!tAe
war is closed. 't,'3
Any change in the occupancy Of the Pres
idontial chair might be disastrous to the Ma.
ton. The measures and policy of Ahyham
lincoln have been generally wise and just.
Let him be retained in his present position,
and'we have no ;fsars asto the final result Of
tho present national contest. ~