The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-09
Ricbmon1 4ispaht.

Ricbmonn Qispatrb.
W1DMESOAr MORNING. MAROH ., lso4
TIE U. s. Prs,ide.sisi Eiec,isn.
9 The people Of the United ktates. not being
su6aciently drunk with military excitement,
are preparing to work themselves mp into q
grand sarore over the election Of President.
The present Incumbent Is desirous Of re-.
election, Il indeed Il can be called a re elec>
tlon, seeing he has never yet enjoyed the
coveted felicity Of being President Of what
was once the United States, but which ceos.
edto b the United States when he assumed
the reins Of power. We are not at all eu-
prised that Mr.. Seward insists on Mr.. Lin
coin holding his place TIL all the States over
which he was chosen to preside, aeknow-
ledge his benignant sway. II he holds on
till that period he will have longer reign
than all the lnonarchs Of all time together
II is natural that he should desire some COM
pensation for being kept out Of his own, the
whole term for which he was originally elect
ed. What sorry time he has had of it |!
The votes Of the Black Republicans could
mike him President of the United States,
bat not of the South. In all that time he
has no more been our President than the
Emperor Of Austria. He has raised an army
Of more than million Of men and we know
not how many hundred millions Of money,
but the guns Of his Black Republicans have
been "a powerless as their votes. Still he is
not President Of what he calls the u nited
States. He Is now about to make another
effort, combining ballots and bullets, and by
the 4th of November next we shall see what
we shall see.
Itappeats that in this great and final effort to
be President Of oil the States, the unhappy
Lincoln is destined to meet with opposition
In the North as well as the South. The peo-
pie of the "rebellious provinces" are so well
pleased with theft freedom from his vulgar
and villainous despotism that they will fight
him to the end of time rather than permit
him to rule over them. In the North, some
even of his own party are solici.ous to have
his place The woody Fremont, who enjoyed
the honor of being thoroughly fagellatcd by
Stonewall Jackson in the Valley ;the warlike
Banks, who enjoyed the same distinction,
with the additional eclat of serving as Com
missarY to the came Confederate leader; the
Greenback Chase, whose financial achieve
ments have eclipsed, If that were possible,
the glory of Yankee arms, are all eager to
relieve their venerable chief of the cares Of
State. His old enemies, the Union loving
Democracy, will not be wanting in this .criti-
cal Juncture to their dnty to themselves and
the spoils. But Abraham Lincoln ia not the
man to be scared from his hold of power by
false friends or hungry foes. The whole
world knows, and no one better than him
self, that he was elected to his present po-
sition, not on account of superior quaiifica-
tions for the Presidency, but on account of
superior qualifications for being the tool CT
party. No man approaches him In that
respect, and no man Is wanted there but one
who will be tool, and nothing but tool, of
the Black Republican mob. Brains are not
wanted, heart is not wanted, not even brute
courage is wanted; nothing bat voice that
can echo and Q hand that can register the
black passions and beastly purposes Of the
Black Republican narulaee Lincoln kaew~
all this, and delights In the knowledge
Only let him be President, and Mrs. Lincoln
Mrs. President, and the little Lincolns little
Presidents IN JJia,sro, and he will be proud
and happy to be the tocI of any party under
the sun.
What the result Of the United States elec-
ton will be it is imposs lble to predict. If
its people wee like any other people the
vulgar ignoramus who has stolen away their
liberties would never be permitted to retain
them. But he has the eaormous patronage
OF the Federal Government at his back, and
the nation whom he rules are not insensible
to tie captivations of gold; he has formi
dable standing army at his back, and the he
role population Of the North Is not iusensi-
be to the emotion Of fear. Nevertheless,
they are o dckle as well as ferocious race,
and it may occur to them that the reelection
Of incoln won't pay. Once convinced q
that interesting fact, and Lincoln goes back
to his rail-splitting with . universal kick
from the universal Yankeedom. 1t rests
with the soldiers of the Confederacy to fur
nish them the only argument which they are
capable Of comprehending. The military
campaign will decide the political campaign.
1t remains for the armies OF the South to
say whether Lincoln. shall or shall not be the
next President of the United States.