New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-01
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.
DISAPPOINTMENT SUGGESTED.
From The Bosson Transcript.

From The Uosson Transcript.
TuR DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN,
PRESIDENTIAL COYvBNTi0N.-The patnotc, pa
tent determined people Of the country 70 whom tne
Administration anu the war are indebted ir iui nat
heat in their policy and conduct, and without whose
voluntary support the right arm Of the Government
drops powerless sick Of the name OF poIcs Ihey
realize fully what il seems iuposslOle Ter nan! Puh.is
clans to realize ut ALL that our finances our esuge %
power our personal sefrespect our national ln'egi,
the dear old flag itself the destiny OF races ana OF Who
continent almost inevitably staked upon the iSsuS
of the next Summers campaign WIN Poh"i" vi"
desperate enemy IN the field go
over this sad and stern realization, illustrated day
after day by the proud aid mGurnli has OF ie'uIns
regiments comes tho yretcned and useless diSsonance
of a call for q presidential convention III June %ich
would come for the county ON the INST OF sep
TEMPER. 1t is discOrdant as was n0neymaSlng Joh
Uook's cry of "hecf" beef" for sale TO gallant
and suffering soldiers before the YoTktov OF the Reyo
luton. We have learned too habtualy IN times OF
peace TO have il thrust upon MS now, that Weare thirty
millions Of people led BY thirty thousand petty caucus
politicians This administration has been strong Just
80 far as it has discarded politics and leaned upon the
patriotic convictions Of the county il has becn weak
iust so far as in the appointment OF military and semi
military officers and in the carrying on OF war; IT
has looked to purely political motives and results or
needed mere party factions.
The better opinion OF all pares is that The great Qucs
fOn OF the status OF returning conquered States may
well await the fact of conquest and then be trusted to
the ample sovereign and constitutional powers Of great
nation to take full guarantees for the future for national
solfprcseryatOn against the recurrence OF Re0elon
ii is useless to wranclc aud heOr;e before the fact and
that first and last duty to break the back OF our
enemy's military power If this be true OF such vital
nomination made three months too soon and filling those
three months with the pickering the bitterness aud he
low management Of the fercest party struggle ever
known in a free government How will the tricks the
falsehoods, the 'campaigns Of politics sound in the
breeze with the calls OF the Sanitary Commission
and the groans OF the wOundedl The soul OF every
patriot rcyots from this prone and premature conf
mingng.
We believe that tic loyal common sense Of the coun.
try will insist that the Convention DO postponed until
September. We say this i'll the interest OF no man or
faction. We hear il pI.ed more strongly by con.
servatiye than by radical Republicans The Intervening
months make just the time which viii decide this mo-
mentoHs Summers campaign. and which Will tel the
country just where it is, aud just whom 1t wants In
view, if that campaign is successful the nomination
of Mr. Lincoln Is as sure as anything depending on
future events be. All the able political partisan
friends OF his with whom we have eonYersed regard the
postponement Of the Cony the wisest thing for
him as well the best thing for the eountry-and
neither he nor they wish or have right to dstn
guish between his and his cOuntry's interests Did the
people believe such distinction possible, his great hold
upon them would pass away in a day.
No! The ventilation for three months of eli his actual
mistakes the embCrCd discussion OF all those imputed
10 him by INSCRIPTIONS political enemies, tie forming
and coalcscing OF different elements OF discomfort in
the Republican party already looming up in aniicpa-
ton of IN early n0minattOn-and, II he be nOminlcd
the constant imputation Of political motives 10 every
military act and failure the belief right wrong. that
while the country is trying TO PM forth its whole
for national existence he is using hs position and The
whole machinery Of the Government rcelcct himself
theseTe just the ways and means 10 prevent his cleo
ton and put the country under the control OF those
with whom compromise means concession and Iestora-
ton means surrender. 1t is only because managing
party politicians proyerbiay the most near-ghted
Of meneYer mistakiug low shrtWdness for real sagac
ty-that such blunder this call for early con-
VcntOn has been made. 1t is easily rcctihed II tao
people and the press do their duty 10 their convictions,
and Republicans and patriots Of all varieties Of opinion
every day see that duty more apparent.
Then the Republican party ana the country viii es-
cape all danger Of what is possible, but not probable
that such disasters msiOrtunCf OF the army the
Admin raon may happen. that II shall become clear
that Mr. Lincoln, TOO early nominated is not the
right candidate and ye, that II is too late TO change
AT this exigent moment no one has right 10 ask the
country to take this rsk however slight ii may ap
pear
Let Us rise from this lower view OF political motive
and prospect to the lofty and inspiring call OF the living
and the dead-a Thousand times scrDcr, saddeT, aud
imperative than the first flushed resolve after the
surrender OF SumteT-and, this Convention postponed
let not tolerate the discussion vi any mans for
President until the Victories disasters Of June july
and August, point To the one man who at be
most surely elected and beat and guide the nation.
Ii ~ also the part Of the wscst policy and the highest
duty that tie ming Republican platform shall be made
wide enough for such patriotic Democrats as Gen Dix,
Gen. Butler Andrew johnson. and NJ. Holt TO have
their full share Of the cOunses and benefits Of govern
ent TO which the cid of the great maJOrty OF the OLD
Democratic party. agreeing with them IN their
views Slavery and the has al along been indpenS
ample recognition OF their principles their position, and
their political power in the great work OF carrying on
government. Without them we endaDger every thing.
With them all the loyal men OF tie country
:" Shall now, N mutual well be-seenlug ranks,
March all one way"