The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-03-01
Our Candidate for the next Presl-
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We have an early Werd tn say concern
ing the next Presidency. A few n9Wspa-
prs are protesting that something. else,
Just now, is mbFe important to be thought
Of; that Is, unmake the REBELLION first, say
they, and make the Presidency afterward.
But the appoihted time to remake the Pres
ideney ml72 come before we have uBmade
the rebelliOns To be preparing now for
Ina next presidential issue is one thing :,
toAp9 experimenting with candidates for
it IS quite another 1t is TOO early, we
agree, 70 be Insisting On the names Of
men; but not TOO early to be establishing
the groundwork ofPrineiples, L The eau
didate is the mere ball upon the fountain /;
the principle Is the perennial stream that
toss it up or tumbles it down. -
The Presidelcy Of George 9WashiBgtOh
was gptsaRd of Abraham hineeln IS not
Of equal Importance With that of the next
four years. Washington entered upon his
Office Just after great storm had ended !,
Line hi, just before'a grtafer storm had
burst the next President will gointQ his
office wIilethe tempest RACES over his bead.
/ Or are VIC, ,-as some predict, 70 have peace
before next summer? Ne :; We may. not
havea war, but We shall not have peace,
For, th0agh ihilitlry hostilitiss may cease,
(Which We doubt, yet, when the war, Of
bay9nets has ended. the war Of diplomacy
viii brgin. The collision Of armies will
give place to the collision Of parties. On
the next morning after peace, strife Of
euiini, g questions will open. The enemy
throwing away his worst WeapOnS the
sword, VII resume his best, the tongue
So that, even if the battle-smQke shall be
blown away by the breath of next June
roseS, danger will still remain.
'CAlh6ti0n tired ofoWar, said De Foeque-
ville,1 g submi0 to be cddpedz5foT' the
sake Of peace. This naiioRs now con-
fronting such a peril, seeks 10 advance to
mold a government able to ward of the
cheat. To Settle q civil war IS usually
harder taskthan to wage it. It is, in fact,
the most difficult dhty34hat can deyOlve
upon government, and one almost never
wcIl doue-the proof Of which IS, that
almost every civil war in history has end
ed in 4 compromise. Shall ours? God
f rid But how avert it I? To be foreWarn-
ed isto be forearmed. Let Us be wise in
! time, that We may not be "duIed for the
sake of peace" To keep out the almost
| inevitable compromise, We must now be-
gin to build the barriers.
I lThe next Administration; if it shall
begin uHder peaeo, vii have its hands
more full of various 1abOFs- -than-uRder a
! ntinued VIZ. Government has a cohes-
I i've power8lpriag war gteateE tbhh during
peace.-A national emergency, such as
the American Revolu'iopo oor the present
FreFelli6n, consolilates al loyal Interests
fusing all MEMS minds into q single pur-
pose, and coppaoting The Government into
a terrible strength. But pea e. with its
diversity ofinterests, dividing and scatter
\ ing popular sympathy, uneentFali1es
the governing r power. Il will be q
harder task topnite parties nnderthe pe1t
Administration than it. has been under
this. = l. will require finer craftsmanship
TO conduct the next Administrati than
it has for this. Great Statesmen are few
in any o,untrY-ike great poets But,
few. as they are, We must make diigeut
search to find one for the, next Presidency.
/ What a complication Of problems Wiz
the next four years bring Nothing less
than the establishment and security , of
Human Liberty, the reconstruction q q
broken ReTublic; thsreadjdstment Ofthe
! rights Of the States, and of the Federal
/ Government the status Of the negro, and
his conversion into . citizen the punish
ment Of treason the yeoEpaIship of South
ern lands the Mexican question; the
Monfoe dootrine; the national dnahee3 lAe
4 reabsnrDtitn af aisbdudodsotliely back
into oitiEmship; th6lfzing Upob ! stand.
ing army largs ehopgh 20 DEFEND liberty,
and MOT large enodgh II mSnaoslit; these
Il aud manyl other pToblemh, forrsesn and
4 un(oE6seen, arethe unparalleled difioultiol
,b wbich the aeEt Admidistfatioa must meet
n and8masteFqso m0Il yave l9iGres $40 r1t
u -Thd admnistnation, therefore, hcingin
advance Buehpan dne6aated multitude oI
dutiJ g, must Be equal TO- the emergency
j The country can not afford to risk any see
/ ond-rHe committee, chosen at hap hag1M
I to be It's President and Cabinet 1T uey d
n frst-cl@s usenS every ono pure diamont
x IfCromwell aud Milton themselves could
return flom their gravas1toE serVesus sN'ith
their own genips, they would not bring
any ability suPerfu us for the occasion
II Wien one s. ps to-think8hoW the iihntti'
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