The New York herald., 1864-11-11
Prssiaeat Ltncela's Rs-Elsstson eAs
HIS Glorious Oppersunity.

0atority Of both the popular and the electoral
W04 The country seems satisfied with this
rssust All parties peaoeably acquiesce in it.
The most arrant copperhsads no longer talk
Of revolution or resistance In this state Of
affairs the President now has his great oppor-
tunity before him. He can unite the country,
put down the radicals of all factions and carry
the war to speedy and triumphant concu-
sion. 1t is his duty, and ought to be his plea
sure, to do this. There Is no reason why we
should have any more partisan oamor until
the end Of this war. The President has no
impediment in his way. Both houses Of tho
new Congress are overwhelmingly in bis favor
II any Of his former acts have been Influenced
BY his very natural desire to be reelected.
that motive is now removed. He has nothing
more to hope or to fear from the republican
party. To-day be IL the master OF the situs-
ton. and he should resolve to devote the next
four years solely and purely to tho salvation OF
the nation.
Mr.. Lincoln has proven himself very able
politician. Against the wishes aud the In
trigues Of tho republican leaders he secured
the Baltimore nomination. When these leaders
appeared to be disposed to revolt against him
and concentrate upon Fremont, he broke up
their combinations. forced Fremont to with
draw and secured bis own election on a
fair, free vote Of the people. He has
the credit, also, Of being shrewd
man Of business and very humorous joker,
and we willingly concede him these qualities,
such as they are. But. besides all these Pres-
dent Lincolns friends claim thai he realty pos
sesscs many Of the positive. practical qualif-
not we shall not decide. During the term
which Is now closing he has certainly done
many things OF which we disapprove and Of
which, according to his own admissions. be
himself dsapproves. Whether these things
were done through calculation or through g
norance; whether they were intended to check
mate other moves made or designed by other
politicians; wheter they had in view his re-
nomination and his reelection; whether, in
short, they were dictated rather by policy than
by principle, we do not care to determine Let
the past take care Of ITSELF and the dead bury
their dead. We look to the future, and assure
Mr.. Lincoln that if he have those great qualities
for which his friends recommend him. now is
the opportunity to display them to the utmost
advantage. Let us have vigorous, but con-
servative administration. and those who now
only acqu'esce III his re election will shortly
rejoice at IL.
There are several measures which may be
adopted to unite all the true Union elements
Of the country in support Of Mr.. Lincoln. The
frat Of these which we shall urge upon him is
the entire reconstruction OF his Cabinet, from
Secretary Seward down to Secretary Usher.
Tbis measure may disp'ease certain cliques;
but as we said before, President Lincoln has
nothing to gain or lose from these cIiques, now
that tie election is over. He cannot but be
aware that his present Cabinet is anything but
acceptable to the people, and It is the people
alone whom he has now to please. Always
distracted and inharmonioas, the Cabinet is in
harmonious and distracted still. Seward and
his toe, subtle, un-American diplomacy; Wclles
and his weak, not to say corrupt, admins.rs-
ton of the Navy Department; Fessenden and
his feeble attempts to manage the Treasury;
Stanton and his strong but unskilnl maneu-
vres in the War Ofice-all these oh hould 90, and
with them tho mild and milk and water breth-
rem who fill up the other departments. We
want Cabinet Of talented men who can assist
the President to govern the country. II he
cannot secure them at the first selection, let him
try again and again. The whole land is before
him whence to choose. An able and harmoni-
ous Cabinet, selected with generous recogni-
ton Of the rights OF the war democrats, would
do moro to unto the North than almost any
other measure we could suggest. 1t would be
the strongest possible guarantee, also, OF the
in the councils Of the administration during the
four years to come Tho people have con-
ceded much to Mr. Lincoln. They have over
looked many sins Of commission and Of omis
sion, and given him entire absolution for the
past Now let him concede something to the
people BY recons'ructing his Cabinet and in
augurating q positive, practical, harmonious
administration, and then there will be nothing
he oan ask to sustain him in suppressing the
rebellion which the people will not cordially
place In his hands.
AN EXAMPLE PoR OUR CRIMINAL CoURrs.-
The last steamer from Europe brought
news Of the conviction Of Franz Muller
for the murder Of Mr.. Briggs, and his i'm
mediate sentence to death. The speedy man
ner in which this case was disposed Of by the
courts Of Eagland is an example which our
criminal courts might follow with advantage.
When charge Of murder Is preferred against
q maa in New York II sometimes takes months
before tho Grand Jury pronounce upon IL, and
1t may be years before the trial Is finally con-
cludsd in all the various courts through which
it is almost sure to be taken. In the end the
criminal often escapes punishment altogether,
or it is delayed so long after the commission Of
the offence that the moral effect 10 lost In tho
case Of Muller everything was promptly done.
Mr. Rri~0z vas IN = rd or od In Julv Isat T.t> ;o