The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-05-19
The Atlantic Monthly on the
Presidential Election.

The Atlantic Monihlg, for May con.
cludcs an article on the next Prcsidcn-
tial Election as follows;
"As there shuald be no change made
in the political character Of the Gov.
ernmcnt, so there should be nopc in the
men who compose It. 10 place power
In new hands, at the time like the pros.
cnt, would be "a unwise as il would bc
to raise new army for the p,sposc of
fighting the numerous, well trained, and
jealous force which the rebels have or
ganized with the intention of making a
desperate effort 20 rc-cstablish their aG.
fairs. There is no reason ios supposinr
that a change would give US wiser or
better men, and ii is certain that they
would be inexperienced men, should
they all be as many Sol,mons ur Solons
As We are situated, 1t is men Of expert.
lcncc that we require to administer the
Government aud out Of the present Ad-
Iministration II is impossible to find men
'of the kind of experience that is needed
at this crisis of the nations career
The errors into which we fell in the
early days Of the contest were the effect
OF want of experience aud il would be
but TO provide for their repetition, were
we to call n new Administration into cS-
istcncc. The people understand this,
aud hence the very general expression Of
opinion in favor of the rc.clcctinn of
President Lincoln, whose training
through four most terrible yrars--ycars
such as no other Pres dcnt ever knew
will have qualified him to carry ON the
Government during second term 20 the
satisfaction of all nnsclnsh mcn. Mr..
lincoln's honesty is beyond question,
aud we need an honest man ut the head
OF the nation now more than ever. That
the rebels object to him is rccommcn-
ton in the eyes of loyal mon. The sub
stitution Of a new man would not dispose
them to submission, and they would cx-
pect to profit from that enevitable change
of policy which would follow from a.
change of men. As TO "the one.tcrm
principle" we never held II in much re-
gard and we are less disposed to ap-
prove it now than we should have been
had peace been maintained. Were
the President elected for six or eight
years, il might be wise TO amend the
Constitution so us to prevent the re-
election of any man but while the
present arrangement shall exist, IL
would not be wise to insist upon com.
pleto change of Government every four
years. To hold out the Presidency as
prize to be struggled for by new men at
every national election is to increase the |
troubles of the country. Among the |
causes OF the Civil War the ambition to
be made President must be rcckoncd. !
Every politician has carried a term at
the White House in his portfolio, as
every French conscript curries mar
shal's baton in his knopsack and the
disuppointments of so many nsprants
swelled the number of the disufTtcted I
TO the proportions of an army, counting
all who expected Office as the conse.
quoncc of this mans or that mans elc-
vution to the Presidency. Were there
no other reason for desiring the re.clec.
ton of President Lincoln, the fact that
u would be the first step toward a return
TO the rule that obtained during the first
half century of our national existence
under the existing Constitution should
suffice tp make us all advocates of his
Tor a second term. That the
Baltimore Convention will meet next
month, an that il will place Mr. Lincoln
once more before the American people
as n candidate for their suilfngcs, nro
facts now as fully established us any,
thing well can be that depends upon the
future nnd that he will bo reelected
admits of no doubt The popular voice
lcsignatcs him ns the man of the time
mud the occusion, and the action Of the
Convention will bo nothing beyond
formal process, that shah give regular
expression to public sentiment which
is TOO strong to be denied, and which
will be found of rresistible force"