The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-02-10
The Presidency.


preferences, and Naiionsl Conventions are be-
ing called, IL may not be improper for rs to e1-
press cur opinion a. the present time
The great war not yet fnished-the work OF
reconstruction, Of equal Importance, scarcely
begun-tbe future Of four millions OF eolored
people. either free or soon TO be freed-the u
innate destiny of unpardOned rebels-the IN
esrtainties which may grow out OF the financial
state of the counsry-and many other important
matters, all adnonish Us that We need, In the
Presidential chair, the visess, most reliable, and
beat man We can find. After carefully survey
ing the necessities Of the nation. and the men
vhouisht possibly meet them best as the nation
a executive, We are fully pursuaded, that the
American people cannot do better than TO re-
elect ABRAHAM LINCOLN for the next four years.
I. He will be an UssKLTIsH President. We
mean, By this, that be Will have At heart, as a
consideration paramount to all Others. siucer-
desire for the welfare and prosperity Of bic
whole country and this desire viii BE- control
ling one In determining the course he viii pur'
sue. The frst step towards doing we'll for ones
country, Is 70 have the WILL to do il good and
where that will 10 wanting. how much are We to
s1pecti OF the truly patriotic kind Of Presi-
dents We may name Washington, Jefferson, and
J. O. Adams; and ne mention those 10 contrast
With such a. Van Buren,, Fillmore, Pierce and
buchanan, msn with whom party or personal
influences we're superior to those Of higher
nature.
a. He will be q sAyE President He will be
safe. inasmuch a. be win not be given to rash
and sudden determinations in important Affairs
He will be safe 90 far as choosing new COUNSEL
lors IL concerned. The per.inacity-ws might
almost say obstinscy-vish which he hss sd-
hsrsd to Halleck, Stanton, Seward and Chase.
NOS only against the cAmor OF their ensnies,
but against the wishes Of many Of bis own warm
friends, 10 a guaranty that be win be no less
stable and 6rm in the future. He will be SAFE
% far ~ following any Wild theory, either OF his
own or other people, is concerned. He 10 DO
thsorirer at all. When called upon for q
plan Of reconstruction, he rejected all theories,
and made one entirely practical and, at the same
time, give public notice that he should not adj
here even TO that II any better should be ds-
severed
.. he viii be q POPULAR President We
mean By this, that there will be for him, among
the masses Of the people, feeling Of confidence
and of enthusiasm, growing out Of bis personal
history a. one Of the toiling millions Of the ma
don, who has heartfelt interest in their welfare,
and In that Of bis whole country. Every one IA
niliar with American history knows, that the
fssling Of the great masses Of the people to-
wards Jackson, Harrison and Taylor was far more
earnest. confident and trusting, than it was TO-
wards Van Buren,, Tyler, Pierce or Buchanan.
In the one case, they had Arm belief liz might
have been well or i'll fOunded,) that the first
named men were honest and unsel6sh, who low
Cd their country more than faction, or party, or
their own selfish ends, and that whatever might
be their mistakes, they were always honest at
heart In the other case, they felt that the gov
eminent OF the country was IN the hands Of men
Who, although they might be wise or able,
might Jet be controlled by motives very differ
sni from, love Of their country, an exalted
philanthropy, or . stern sense Of moral rectitude.
Men long familiar with the intrigues of political
life, do not thereby usually become any better
men aud when the people end . public man
who has preserved his integrity, and whom they
bsleve to act mainly from convictions Of duty
arising in his own breast, they will voluntarily
give 70 him = warmth Of personal attachment,
and degree Of respect and veneration, which
whore these qualities are wanting. cannot be at.
tanned BY The nost able political measures. or
BY the most Ariiul counting Of popular favor
IN this respect, Mr.. Lincoln will stand With his
contemporaries aud With pos.erity, in = position
NOS inferior 20 that of Washington.
4. Mr.. Lincoln IL needed 10 the Executive
Chair, to carry out and perfect the policy that
has been already begun. IL 10 far better that
these Who approve that policy should continue
him In ONCE, than that they should intrust its
completion to another workman, who might al
Ter the original plans, or be careless or fathless
in carrying them out. Bssidss, il is no more
than justice to Mr.. Lincoln, that be should have
IN opportunity Of finishing the great work of
paciheaEing the country. He has borne patient
~ A1G oC'SN1y @Ao fSPAOeou "bt~A uAFO OCeu
unavoidably heaped upon him for the manner in
which the war has been conducted; nov let him
have . chance to achieve what credit be may
With mankind, in the administration Of civil al
fairs.
Should the people conclude 10 try Mr.. Lin
coin for four years more, and at the end Of that
time, shosld the war be closed-should ell the
States be peacefully restored TO the Union
should every person in the Urissd States be free
should profound internal tranquility prevail.
and the Gag Of our Union be revered at home,
and Do everywhere respected abroad-sueh .
carter Of eight years, including so prOdgious a
struggle for national existence, and 20 triumphant
sresulk win constitute chapter In the history OF
nations. than which none can be found more
honorable 70 any nation, or more glorious to the
chief magistrate who wisely presided through
the terrible ordeal, and inanguratsd the FINAL
triumph. We hope 70 live long enough to see
this rssals; and, if Is be the will Of the AmsrI-
can people, 70 see Is perfected under the next
fsssidsniial term OF Abraham Lincoln.