The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-03-24
The Presidential Race and tho
&Runners.f

II appearst nat we arc ~ HaVe y
goodly number Of great and very
learned men, IL the shape Of candi.
dates for the next Fail election
General FREMONT, Mr.. LINCOLN.
and, no doubt, Mr.. Somebody-else
if not Mr.. Somebody in addition
to the rest, 81 that there will be no
lack 0 great men who will venture
to pass through the fire, into the
political frying'pan, where the
successful candidate will be fried
alive, aud reduced tc a skeleton
Will LINCOLN be the winner? We
trow not. "Fhcre is many o slip
between the cup and the lip"
We are satisfied that our present
president is about to finish his
days as a political hircling, and
fretnrn to his own place. His
friends may fattor both him and
themselves with the prospect of
success, but all such decisions are
vain for it is written that tie
"Lord taketh the wise in their
own craltiness." It cannot be de-
MED that Mr.. Lincoln has not had
any strong and resOlute convictions
!; Of his own. He has been "unata.
bic as WATER" and has not sex,
cclled." lie has been "driven to
and fro like a door on it's hinges,"
! without any definite policy, or de,
termined will ; laughed at abroad,
and condemned at home. lie la:
not been the finger Oh the face o.
the clock, to direct q great army
and navy to victory and renown
! but, rather, the i.endulum of the
political machine, over swinging
4 to and fro, until the clock which
c has run for nearly four years, hni
ceased to tell tho time of day, and
by consequence, tho whole polltica.
machinery ID in a state of complete
. arrangement. Leave Mr.. Lincolr
four years longer at his Washing
!, ton clock, and he will wind it u[
i 90 as to render 1t incapable Of svo'
!, going again; and the American
people win be hurled into y chaos
e from which they will never be abl'
k to r~eturn--or extrieate Themselves
Q Let the real friends of the country
If reflect. 1t is our 6uty to forewarn
We are now among the breakers
on the shoals, and the State shi]
q. is stranded. Who will got her of
Of and steer her into deep, smooth
and sailing waters? We must b
:. honest, and therefore We answe
OF our own query, by Stxting that
re our opinion, Mr.. Lincoln can ncve
IN do 1t. Millions Of the Norther
n people are Of the same opinion
or Can Fremont do it? The grei
i'll bulk of tho Germans say that b
ty can, but still the greater bulk
,h the Democratic party say that !
ts, cannot. Time-that great tellta
ut will reveal to tho public in dr
at season, who is to be the next nav
nd gator oi.thc State vessel.
'er Fremont did in the West in
to what Mr.. Lincoln condemned
'er word and deed, but afterwar'
a adopted as his own policy. &c
en- Fremont, though a pathfinder, HI
tie never yet found q pathway into ii
he Presidential chair, and therefor
nd he is still improved, though
|, a many even in Eaton and Prob
I'D county, as we'll as elsewhere, he
approved and fixed upon as Il
next President Of tho Unit
States.
list, General McCLELLAS is talked
as a qualified and fit person to occ
.on py the chair OF State, but he is g
ow War Democrat" aud cannot
led supported by what arc nov call
ear "Peace Democrats"
ly. FERNANDO WOOD, Of New Yor
he is a Peace Democrat, a clever ma
lu- q profound statesmen, and a the
,adl ni,oh nnlifinian IIa il n NnnoI