Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-06

srsb would be Llncoln's record beforeEhe Conven-
ton Of his party If he permit the truth to be known 1t
may, therefore, be taken for granted that be will not
ns,mt the huh TO be known. TIE election in No
ven Der may be managed in very summary manner
II Is osly necessary 10 extend the process by which
MARYLAND Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri have been
made TO proclaim enthusiastic devotion to the Union
"a process in which Lincoln has become much Of an
adept tha: be will be 10th TO dispense Wht merely in
order to crafty the unreasonable and unpatrotc de-
sire Of those who want to vote against him. The plan
may rot work so well in the Northern States; it may
provoke the ong-suhsring and 6erce.tongued Democ-
racy to crcible resistance but It will offer bis only
chance Of re- election, there is no reason 10 sup
po.e tha. Lincoln will hesitate TO adopt it. But
The nomination must be arranged in a different
manner Lincoln may suppress his Adversarles by force
but bi friends must be managed by fraud. The truth
concerning this campaign will certainly be known before
November The more persistent Grants insane and
fruitless efforts to accomplish impossible undertaking.
the more certain and thorough and disastrous will be
his overthrow The time must soon come-long before
the election-when humihating defeat and dhgtacsful
failure must be confessed when no longer the bszonry
of S.AntOn's lying kilograms or of GrInt's actatOus
dispatches can hide the melancholy ard Obtrusive ru
from the eyes of the universal Yankee nation. But Il
may be comparatively easy to hoodwink the oonven-
ton and the people during the short time to elapse be-
lore the nomination The way has already been prepared
with admirable tao and Arl6ce. Upon the events Of the
campaign from the Rsppahsnuock to the Pamunkey, a
foundation haI been laid on which be reared IN i'm
posing supers:rrcture of fAsehoo admirable In design
sublime in proportions, and wonderful in execution.
There can be very little doubt tba during the last
week. the Yankee atmosphere has been. more rife with
lies than at any previous time during the war-precse
because there was more necessity for them. And among
that nsatiste but ingenious people, vast may be the
demand for this popular aliment, the supply will always
prove equal to IT, 1t has, questionless, been stated,
with cool assurance Grant has already whipped Leo
in a series of engagements before Richmond the 're-
bel" army again reduced to the verge Of dissolution
that the Confederate authorities have fed from their
Capital, that the people Of Richmond are arxiOufly
waiting to bow down in obseq Nous alteration before the
old ag; aud that Grant will enter the city in triumph
As soon as he completes a few triAng but necessary
arrangements Cssa on Psion would not adequately
illustrate the me infamous aggregate Of fasehood with
which Grant and Stanton, aud the Yankee newspapers
are now expressing the world. 1! is Andes on Him
malaya Thus Linccn il trying to secure his nomins-
tom and thus, perhaps he viii get Il. We are anxious,
we must admit TO see the Yankee newspapers Of the
lat few days; not that We think their lies can hurt
anybody but themselves, but only to whether, ss
we believe to be the case Yarkse mendscity has mot,
on this OCCASION surpassed is unprecedented
performances.