Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-05-26
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
National and State Conventions

ZEN lnAls IO-h vi
National and State Conventions.
On the 7th of June the National Union
Convention is to assemble in the city OF
Baltimore for the purpose of rc-nomiua-
TING Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency
of the United States. We say .tor the
purpose ofrenomiaating ABRAHAM Lt''-
rla because that is the solemn, fixed,
aud predeterm ned judgment of ninety
one hundrcdths of the loyal people Of
these United States and woe to that body
Of men who shall dare to gainssy this
Judgment, BY direction or indtrecttoa
This rebellion has inaugurated one OF the
most mighty and thorough revolutions
political and social the world has ever
seen or felt. The mind of the masses
has by the pressure Of SUR rounding events
been forced into action, it examines,
reads, thinks, judges and determines for
itself. 1t tolerates leaders only 20 far as
those leaders think and act up to the
standard of the popular judgment; and
uses those leaders as means, only, of
accomplishing its own judgment and pur-
pose. The bitter lessons of the last three
and half years have taught the people
the folly of their past Indifference and in
activity in their political affairs. and their
madness in following the lead Of Office
seeking acm'gogues and political parti-
sans. The political maxim; so long
banded abou. the political stage until
it was worn out and then thrown aside
that populi, ro1 Der which never, in
our country, was anything buta lie is now
u be realized as truth of much deeper
import than its originators ever meant it
should have. 1t is assuming much more
Of the all-powsrfal and every where pres
On. than it ever before pretended to have,
and SO long as the people continue to act
for themselves, to teach their rulers and
leaders that the people have a mind and
will of their own, and that they the rulers
and leaders are only the agencies and in
etruments used to accomplish the pur-
poses of the people so long will this gov
ernmcnt stand as the beacon and exam
piar to the rets Of the world as the most per-
manent, powerful and useful government
on earth
We have said that the denomination
O. Abraham Lincoln is the predetermined
judgement of the people because ma
iori.y amounting to almost unanimity of
the delegates to that convention have
been appointed with the distinct UNDER
standing that such was the will Of the
people, because almost every loyal State
has through its various representatives,
again aud again proclaimed him as their
first, last and only choice and because the
cHHort to kill him Of indirectly by the
proposal to postpone the convention has
been IGNORED with that contempt which
sorrc.gn and determined people alone can
tres t..e.;storing efforts on the part of
former, out now discarded leaders. We
say the judgmen, Of the people is right
as we'll as righteous, and woe betide the
man who iares attempt to thwart tina.
judgment.
We say that the popular jndgment is
right for the .fvst great reason because it
is the most powerful and certain blow
that can now be struck for speedy and
successful termination of the accursed
rebellion which is now devastating this
onco glorious s,a: now unhappy land.
The reos,lc sec ard feel that this is SO
I'D therefore the loyal and patriotic have
determined that this blow. should be
struck speedily while the disloyal are
striving By all the means they dare use
to avert this blow knowing as they do its
crushing effect. Why do we call it the
crushing blow to rebellion? Because it
will show to the rebels of the South that
he foyal of the North are not only Met
,,,ner of the North. bat that they fully
endorse the honest intentions and efforts
Of s.Old Abe" to maintain the Union and
20 put down the rebellion and that what
Eals sympathy they may have, is utterly
insufficient. Because il is an emblem of
the carnestness and determination Of ths
people Of this country in regard to the
rebellion which will be fully understood
and appreciated by foreign paaions aud
viii be the most pcrsaasie fad"eeme'u
that css be held out By us for them tc
..terd 10 Hsi.. ora business and let our:
k,,se. II will end all talk about media
ton aud recognition and 'vhen this hop
i lesl. Il the South an'l coupled With tbs