The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-03-05

necesssriiy y, conciliate, and khs mnlt tude
anoua drafts that ara conasantly msde
upon hisenergy and his astrassgya wish
ths siant OF rebellion ID bs met Il. front
and theattaeks Of The Coppasheada to Be-
sepuissf IN the rsar, bssieged by..sRadis
GALS dpof tiferisht cling. ana BY Seen
servatises. on the lsEs, is il to be mar
veled u, 'thasths PrssideusueiKe nefsaI
Is other men, shoufd~ ocoAionalis qhesi,
ta1s and he unasls to decide upon the he
instant. whaa ceurse was the bess toppuiss
sass- afd Iapresutne no Baion man IN,
l deny that he has always sdopled that
neAey shisA TO his Judgment appsared
the bess-noned oube his asoaesty ) ansaar
very much question. upon looking back
over the past whsther he has not ct, all
times moved flllll fast enough . IL nastba
remembered That Aeispdt the PRESIDENT
ora clique, or faction, or d partys but
OfFhs"shole people Of the Unies6 States,
and as such it's his duty 10 conserve ssi as &
far % possihleatha conflicting interssts Of
all secsionsqand Unciliass.a s near,ss rI,sv
De, the elashing opinions. of all factions:
While we tspeaking for the radical wsiinnsl
have frequently found ID necessary to in.
sissaupen more rapid strides i'm the for
ward mach of progress. and felt to col ?
demn the President for being ''too slow, 1,
very large preportionof cur fellow eiti-
Gems found II almost impossible TO keep
up with the pace he was already pursu.
ing, Our patience has frequently been
sorely taxed when after repeated renon-
strsrfces, and fruitless endeavors to push
him forward, he has persistently refused
70 move faster, and not iunfreauently
came to determined "balk" and a dead
stand; and yet he has never failed, in
his own chosen time and way, to success.
fully pun out" Of every difficulty, if we
would molly let him alone. And for all
thegsgain BY importaning. factions naght
as we'll let him alone all the time. The
fact is (and herein lies the secret Of the
whole opposition here nj where, your
yoke galls) the president has been i'm
pregnabfe to the assaults Of all factions
it has been impossible to force him into
the line of one, or persuade him into the
policy Of another; not the opinions of
this mansnos the opinions of that man
have formed his rule of action, but his
own Judgment; not the Radicals hare
been President-not the Conservatives
have been President, but ABRAHAM
LINCOLN !. he has been his own mamie
has owned himself-he had dared to do
what he believed to be right, in the face
of all opposition, and glory in his in
depenlenee-I honor him for it.-He has
lais faults, of course, az other men, but
what man in the position he has occupied
beneath. the mountain of unpropitious
circumstances that have rested upon
him, would better have managed the af-
fairs of State--aye, what man are we as
sured would have done as WELL, But his
opponents argue that the approaching
campaign may have great eff
feet upon the political condition Of the
entirely reyolutionize pub
lie opinion, and thatsome man unthought
Of to-day may win saurels upon the field,
in the next three months, that win set
him high above all others in the affec Il
tons of the people. BIZ this is possible,
and may come to pass-sou1e new favor
tie may orise, and be ''lionhed" for a
time, bat will this effect the integrity of
the President, or the conference.-the PEG 1
pie repose in him? We may only safely
Judge the future by the past men have
risen and fallen ;. the, tide of battle has
borne us VIGOROUSLY forward TO glorly,
and the fortunes Of war have driven us
back in humiliation victory has perched
upon our banners. and defeat has dis
yraced our arms; campaigns have been
and campaigns have been dis
astrous; unknown men hrye risen to the
highest pinnacle Of public favor, and pop
alars Generals have sunk 10 the lowest
depths Of political annihilatior, but the
great, patriotic, honest heart Of that old
man has been always found in The right
place, and the people have loved him the
same.
am satisfied to "let we'll enough
alone. :, and xisk the eoa4imAaaes~aGzshs@
war in the hands Of ppE present Com