Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-29
ne P,e.fdency-Mr. Lincoln.


A few weeks ago it was noticed by tele-
graph that John W. Fomey, in the Press,
had pronounced for the denomination OF
President Lincoln. The following is the
letter:
WASHINGTON, Jan. l3, 1854.
/ cannot forget the clamor against me,
when, nearly year ago, took the liberty
to say that It behooved all of us who cared
for our country to prepare for the next Pre-
sidential campaign = that in fact this war
would end sadly and badly, if we did not
take care that the men who were elected in
1850, or those who agreed with them, should
be elected il 1884. It was a keynote,
sounded cautiously, and yet withour fear.
It was rudely assailed as an attempt to turn
the current Of war into the current Of party.
Some papers, nameless now, because utterly
shameless, charged me with making plan
to elect somebody President. did not stop
to DENY or to explain, My whole object was
to awaken the people to sense as well OF
danger as Of responsibility. To tell them, In
word, that in their utter and ultra patriot
ism, they might allow some foe Of freedom to
get into the citadel, and, in their name, to
steal the diadem only to be worn BY loyal
man. As for myself, / can support any true
man for the Presidency, whether Bold Ben
Butler, United States Grant, Nathaniel ?.
Banks, S. P. Chase, or A. Lincoln" With
me, at least, the day has gone by for helping
aspirants to the highest Office in the Republic.
Once, in my life, gave my hearts love to
one such, and found him, at the end, failure
and aisehood. But it Is vast matter
whether we shall have friend or foe "to
run this machine" Of ours for the next four
years. The tide now sets towards Mr.. Lin
coin. And here you will note that was not
too fast in directing attention 70 the Presi-
dency year ago, for that was the time to
sound and search the depths and shadows Of
public opinion on this great question: and,
also, because that was the time TO discover Q
candidate for the next Presidency. ss-
Mr.. Lincoln's present apparent inevitable
denomination and reelection do not result
from organization or intrigue. They are the
fruits Of the awakening Of the people to the
necessity of re-electing the men who have
had the war in charge for nearly three years,
and who ought TO finish the work. i have
never known SO little management to produce
result. 1t has been as readily and as easily
done as putting on an old shoe. Nobody can
make anything out of it. 1t has not come
from jobbers, or contractors, or politicians.
The people thought there was gold in Lincoln
at first, and now, finding It out, they have
patiently dug down, and waited, and reach
ing their expectations, they propose to keep
him where he is, for he enriches and protects
the loyal, and pardons and INDUCES the here
tofore disloyal. Hence. l think we are all
for Mr.. Lincoln, unless he chooses to oppose
and destroy himself by opposing what he
cannot destroy, the great truths on which he
was elected. These are so terrible in their
force that whoever deserts them now would
fall as the angels fell, who contended against
Heaven because they believed themselves
greater than the Deity.