The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-06

Until the rebellion is put down, or at
least until its armed force and svigor are
broken, there should be no change in the
Administration representing the govern
1nent. Obvious reasons impress US with
the importance Of this position. Achange !
of men wsuld involve change of meas
ures; 50 that while. the loyal States were
undergoing such revulsion, che States
that are in rebelliop=watld be afforded
time to gather new strength wherewith
possibly to overwbolm and destroy the
government. Campaigns then just pro
jeoted would be Immediately eountermand+
ed to pPpeasc the rage of partisan rivalry.
/ leaders fairly tried would be reduced
in command to make room for the ambi-
tious, incompetent and useless imbeciIe.-
The depreciation of the currency, now SO
eagerly aimed at, would then be speedily
accomplished. The ruin of the national
credit now treated as a jest, would then
Be received as a reality, and Knocked as a
deserving result Our diplomacy would
become the channel Of conveying to the
nations Of the world the evidence Of our
internal broils and the. fact of our national
| weakness, And thus, with schism where
the Union i now strong, and antagonisms
where cordiality now prevails, the general
wreck of the government would mark the
imprudent change-in its present Admins
tration, and the enslavement of a people
who are now free and independent con-
chde the bleak record of the nations de.
cline and fall,
IL nations safety is worth party's
nohlest efforts, then, indeed, have we,
claiming to be the loyal men of the land,
and ready to sacrifice all that is dear or
valuable, the noblest incentives to labor
for our political success. Believing, as
we do, that there is but one principle eff
politics noB animating the public heart
and that principle involving the purity of
the government and the freedom of the
governed-our duty becomes at once plain,
forcible and binding. In the performance
of this duty we are asked to make no sac
rifices. On the contrary, we are invoked
to contend against the sacrifice Of what
is essentially necessary for the permanent
cy Of the government. We are asked to
harmonic our political organization, and
to unite on tried and faithful servant,
in order that the contest at the ballot-box
may be victory worthy of the emulation
of our fcllow-citizens on the battlefield; a
victory which will forever seal the doom
Of treason in all the States. In the con
test for the Presidency we have it in our
I power materially to aid those who are car
-i4 sg.is,g on a stlaggle where ~bi0od marx;
, their progress, and death hovers over the
: combatants. five succeed in re-electing
Abraham Lincoln, our brothers in the
field will triumph over the armed foes Of
= the government If we reafirm the power
of the national Administration by endors-
ing the national authorities in the re-elec.
:. ton of Abraham Lincoln, rebellion NUS
cease, Nothing is surer-nothing could
be more desirable.
!. 1t is not necessary for US to go into {
!. history of the national administration, il
II order to make up claim for the re-elec
q ton Of Abraham Lincoln. With tina
IS claim resting on the necessities of the gov
~ eminent, and endorsed by the preference
a of the people, any merit which the maj
Re may have Of personal virtue and unsullie
> reputation sinks into insignifcance. AM
: yet the American people owe it to them
n selves, as well as to Abraham Lincoln, t
r. acknowledge the influence which his pei
q sonal virtues have exercised on the conhic
# in which we are now engaged. That in
"a fuence has.more than once dispelled th
h grovelling suspicion of demagogues, an
,e hushed the angry jar Of faction. III
- frmness of his rule has disarmed til
,e Vaccinations of the northernsympathze
so with southern rebellion. The impartiali
he of his official acts and constructions ha'
70 preserved the Constitution he swore
h support pure, and the law he was pledg,
nd to enforce inviolate, so far as his authori
he extended and his official power could
ill welded, In the first struggle for inc
,se pendenee our fathers could not have be
no. prouder of Washington than are we,
at in this our struggle for more perfect
no dependence, proud of Abraham Linoo
w.. The future will enhance the greatness
les glory which cluster around him in t
We present hour. And five, nobly strivi
IN for equitable principle and free COVER
"a ment, can secure the services of ABRAMS
NO Lincoln in the Presidential chair for Q
on other term, we will be comforting t
led greatest possible boon upon posterity,
De. securing the eternal perpetuation of fl