The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-20
Tho Presidential Question-Wnl MIR.
Lincoln be Re.EIected.

Lincoln be n~-Eiected:
The late events on the military chessboard
have given new aspect to the Presidential
question. While there was hope that in en-
ergetcally supporting General Grant in the
present campaign the administration would
redeem its military plumbers Of 1861 '62 and
'63, shere was prospect that the Presidential
election would go by default, from the dis
cords and divisions among the opposition ele
ments. But at this crisis, when q rebel success
becomes national disaster, the late Disgrace
full rebel raid into acknowledgement to
the administration beyond any other Of its
military blunders-is producing remarkable
reaction in the public mind. The idea has re-
ceived new and powerful impulse that under
Z. the powers that be" the rebellion never will
be suppressed, but that the war, dragging
along from bad to worse, will go on even
through another Presidential term Of four years
under Abraham Lincoln.
With this idea suddenly revived and widely
and actively diffusing itself among think
ing men of all parties, we may well ask the
question, will Abraham Lincoln be reelected !?
Our financial difficulties are such that sue
cessful military campaign or sweeping politi-
cal revolution can alone save the treasury.
the government and the country. Mr.. Secre-
tary Fessenden has been industrously making
his soundings in Wall street, aud cannot
touch bottom. He needs the relief of a
great victory or two over the armies Of the re-
bellion, so decisive and comprehensive as to
assure our banks and capitalists that this war
expenditure Of thousand millions year will
shortly come to an end. We see however,
that through the stupid neglect and laundering
incapacity Of the administration the military
plans and combinations Of Gen. Grant, like
those Of his predecessors in Virginia, are de-
Teated or seriously delayed and embarrassed at
every point. One would suppose that . man
OF the commoncst intellect in Mr.. Lincoln's
place would have learned something in three
years Of military wisdom, from the Virginia
campaigns under his supervision Of Mcdowell,
Mcclellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Mea de.
II appears, however, that even at this late day,
Notwithstanding the almost impregnable forti.
fcatons with which Washington has been sur
rounded, the Army OF the Potomac cannot be
rebels on their annual foraging incursions into
| Maryland and 70 the very gates OF the capital
General Grant may give abundant warning
Of the enemy's approach, and may make all the
needful dispositions to head him of and cap
ture or dispense bis forces but still the admin
istration seems to be as utterly incompetent tc
meet the plainest necessities Of the hour as In
the beginning Of the war. Are the men and
money OF the loyal States thus to be squanderet
away till the country is exhausted and ruined
How are we to escape these never-ending but
still recurring blunders except through a new
administration? A satisfactory way OF escape
might yet be secured through q reconstru ctior
Of the Cabinet, embracing those much needed
improvements Of an experienced and capable
soldier in the place Of the lawyer Stanton, and
a tried and trusty ~lor in the place Of that
| imbecile, superannusted old man, welles
and embracing, also, the appointment Of
/! General Mcclellan 70 the Qepaytpeut Of wssh