Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-24

any reader to lose sightof these paran grounds
of patriotic obligation We take this occasion to
reiterate them and to renew the expression Of our
hope that in fulfilling the just expectations Of his
political supporters, the President will during his
future administration of the Government, dsap-
point the Apprehensiens Of his political oppon
Weeare the more encouraged to cherish and ex-
press this hope by the nature Of the Presidents
avowals since be has been % trinmphantly re-
elected by the favor Of his countrymen.1 Il was
in reply to congratulations on the result Of the
election that, on the 10th instant, he spoke as
follows Y. rr ~. '.ls.,.1l .5 .s \.
over, may not a having common interest Feunte in
common effort to ssye orr common country For my
ossn part kA4ss ssausx and sh Ill coHtinss TO sig 10
avod placing any obfGefe the uay So long have
been hsre IhAvs not willingly planted thorn 10 aaymans
bosom. "a s8ssi g.Ra coda, hs-!nA LIS yrE Gsi-5'
'.Whils su deeply sensible 10 the high compliment Of
God for having directed my counsymsn to right conelu
son think flor tero~n good ft adds rothng to my
sstisfactdn that nyother msn may be disappointed
psined by the result MSv ssk hoss hare not differed
0h ME q mn 1rah me this same spirit toeaTds those
pko hsps s"i ir ea'ftI le e1arf NJ 5t'es fags r7sL
n And on the 18th instant, in replying to the fe-
icitations of . deputaton from the State Of Mary
land, Mr. Lincoln held the following language: "
I" He would not attempt to conceal from them the fact
that he as srated at Of the Presidential elec
on ard he would them that he had kept
he could to the exercise of his best judgment for the
promotion Of the interests Of the whole country aud now
to have the ssal Of appreciation marked the course he
hsd pursued was excesdinsly gratifying to bis feelings
any other man. his pleasure consisted in the belief that
Tho policy be had pursued would be the best and the only
one that could the country Hshad said before, and
would now repeat that he Bduged 10 no feeling triumph
uha acted fro
He had no such feeling towards any living man." a
I The most embittered opponent Of the President
will not deny that such expressions do honor to
his heart and they should go far to disarm politi
cal defeat Of its sting in the breast Of the van
quished. And we do not hesitate to say, for our.
selves, that we shall accept these declarations Of
the President in the same sincerity in which We
believe them to be made, and shall be prepared to
judge his future administration Of the Government
simply by his acts, without any other predeterm-
nation than that Of cordially cooperating in all
measures which shall seem to us judcious and pro-
per, without seeking to find in any of them the
grounds Of factious opposition.
The distinguished Premier of the Administra-
tion, in replying to the congratulations Of his po
ltical friends on the 10th instant frank to say
that in the debates of the canvass they may have
done something less than justice to the patriotism
Of their political opponents To this effect he
spoke as follows: y @7ss o17 s1gaaia asa72as y
"With the Democrats we should be friends. They have
voted against have voted against them. If they
now willing to cry quits, At would be well to rehSct
that all things considered, we have judged them rather
hsrshy in some resPects believe tha: perfect hImooy
be restored not only throughout the Free States
but throughout all the Union. 80. 1t would not
be the fault Of The Administration if they did not es'ab
ish of good feeling The re election of the Pre-
sdent had placed him beyond the pale OF human envy
or detraction, be was above human ambition, and al
would learn to him. as the speaker and the audi
ence had seen him, true patriot benevolent and loyal
honest and faithful Thereafter all motive Of detraction
of him would 10 exist and Abraham Lincoln would
tske his place with Washington Jefferson, and Adams,
among the bsnefaotOrs Of his country and the human
race rr-ursa -aeiry perH ~ te ~, syus ..s.
The candor Of Mr.. Seward should be met with
equal candor by the friends of Gen. Mcclellan.
It may be that the latter have, "all things con-
sidered," judged Mr. Lincoln and hi, party
" rather harshly in some respects" AT all events
let II be no fault Of theirs, as Mr.. Seward says it
shall be no fault of the Administration if an era
Of good feeling" is not re-estsblished. The times
are propitious to such desirable consummation.
Party names hive lost their power to charm or to
repel As has been well said by another !" Parties
may retain their name, for the sake Of the pres.
tige, Just as the makers Of Cologne water all call
themselves Jean Maria Farina; but the identity
will be gone. They may even show some vitality,
like snake that has lost it's head but they are
none the less certainly dead, and destined soon
to be absorbed into other more living bodies.
Parties cannot, any more than families, subsist
on their mere traditions; they must connect
themselves with the realities of the day, with the
actual life Of the time and plsce, and be formed
and take their color as we'll as their inspiration
L from the controlling necessities of the nation.
Is With every radical revolution in the situation Of
the country ther, must be inevitablya no less
radical revolution in the relations Of opinion;
and the parties which represent that opinion will
undergo q corresponding modification"
They who undertake TO oppose the Adminstra-
ton merely because it has not been elevated to
power by THEN votes will soon surely find that they
do not " understand their epoch" And they who
give to the Administration an g unquestionipg
support viii just = surely discover that their
maxims Of partisauship belong to an age that hss
passed in the history Of the country. The Issues
of the times are too momeatous and far.reaobing
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