The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-06-16
THURSDAY, JUNE l6, 1864.
Our Next President.

or viii learn that the delegates, paying
heed to the unmistakable demands Of the
people, have re-nominated Abraham Lin
coin, for the Presidency This is well.
1t was we'll merited reward to a true
and tried public servant; and it is glo-
rious answer to the libel, so basely insin-
uated by the enemies of the Republic
North and South, and at home and a
broad, that the war waged for the restora-
tion Of the Union, was war solely for
the abolition of Slavery, and for the po-
litical agrandizement of a party. Yes,
fellow-citizens, Abraham Lincoln has
been re -nominated-and VIC congratulate
you on it; for in that denomination we
have an assurance, that the people arc
terribly in earnest for the suppression Of
rebellion and for the restoring Of the Tn
ion TO that basis Of freedom, on which it
was evidently designed, by the fathers
who created it, to stand. -Four years ago
they decreed that Honest Old Abe,
should be President Of these then United
Statcs--not Of New England, nor the
Middle nor Western States, but Of all the
territory embraced within the United
Statcs-from the St Lawrence to the
Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and until that decree is faithfully com
piled with, there can be no let up in the
pressure Of the public viii.
Faithful to his pledges in every respect
Mr. Lincoln has been successful, beyond
the most reasonable expectations of his
friends, in administering the Government,
amid difficulties the mostperplexing, and
best calculated to appall the stoutest
heart. lie entered upon the duties OF
his of;ce with revolution created to his
hand; and though he was 10th to take
the initiative iu deluging his country
with blood, when the alternative was
forced upon him, to enforce the laws al
the cannon's mouth, or abjectly and dis
gracefully submit to the wicked demands
oftraitors, he was not found wanting in that
steamer stuff which enters so largely into
the composition of patriotic statesmen,
and literal saviours of their country In
Kindness Of heart and love for the people
OF the whole country, he has been ex-
ccedei by no President who has proceed
c1 him and he has also proven himself
TO be the equal Of the best, when deter
mination to do good at ali hazards and a.
every cost, demanded that he should lay
aside the character Of the diplomat and as
sumo t.at Of the grim warrior. 70 use a
vulgarism, when necessity required it. he
could lay aside the gloves and take the
bull by the horns, in defense of the Con-
stitutiou and laws.
Abraham Lincoln may have faults
Who has not! lie may have made mis-
takes. Who has not? Yet with all
these may-haves to be laid at his door,
he has shown a wisdom, and honesty and
a faithfa!ness to his oath of Office and TO
his country, which VIII in the coming
years become marvel even in the eyes
of honest men. That his course does not.
meet the appreciation of his opponents is
no discredit to him. TO have meritcd
their approval lie would have been com
pclled TO submit to faded political hori-
zon, to an obliterated galaxy of stars, toI
dismembered Union, and to a Govern
ment passed to that same oblivion which
now hides from gaze the mismanaged re
publics Of old. In doing this he would
have had on his soul disregarded promi-
ses, desolated land and violated oaths.
1t was not in the composition Of Abraham
Lincoln to allow himself to become so
despicablc in the eyes Of the world
With him ii had become an axiom-"Per
ish everything but honor-eyerytbingI
but country" and, in the furtherance OF
his noble determination, he has earned
for himself a name which viii stand high
on the roll Of those who are beloved of
the world for their good deeds done TO
their fellow-men.
Nor has Mr. Lincoln's efforts been in
vain. When he came into Office, Mary
land, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, |
Missouri and all the States South of them
were deeply imbued with treason, and on
the verge Of irreyocably writing down
the fat of Secession. In but very few of
these had Unionism longer fooihold
but be grappled the monster with nigh
ty hand-because a lawful and Constitu-
tional one-and DOW after short three
years, the boarder States with Arkansas,