Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-03
Prem The Springfield iLspnblle4p.
Pres.dsntInL. SuggesLions.

| Y ho will be the Republican candidate
for the presidency is au open. question uu-
tilslhe convention assemblies 10 June, Til
then the fair anu free expression OF. prefer.
ences is in oidtr Bot there are certain
facts that should not be forgotten by the
! friends OF tbs Va. rious candidates. And
one of the most important OF. these is. thn,
the presidential contest must becessari
| ~ lnrni upon 1.-The merits of this admin.
istrAsiou. The republicans elected Mr..
Lincoln and have defended his lsadfng
measures. 1t is a republican admins.
traIiOn, and the republican party is
respOnsible for it and cannot IN any way
get rid OF The responsibility. What mad
ness, then, is it for thos. who prefer MIR.
Chase or some one else 10 Mr.. Lincoln To
begin an onslaught upon the administra.
tion, which concedes to the eneny the
strongest objections against it. See, for
instance, the Pomeroy. Cnase circular
adopted by the Connecticut state cunven.
ton as conclusive proof that change ifui
tue national administration is neoessafS
That man must be either fool ora ma.
MAC Whp thinks the election can he carried
by tbe republicans on the issue of IA con
demnation of their own. administration
And these men seem to foFget@the people
dou't-that the worst blunders of the ad
ministrationr have been committed at their
own prompting. IL the party can belin-.
duced to'impaleitselt hthis way, it makes
no difference who is nominated. Il may
as well be Wendell Phillips or Fred Dong.
lass as pybOdy.
AS popular opinion unmistakablY 1indi.
Gates itself, if the election were TO occur
to-day President Lincoln would be re-clec.
ted l3y sweepi9g gimaj Oritiesip every State.
But " ,dOes not follow that snch will; be the
fact uREt Nopam6srI on even nRKEN June.
and on account ofthe manifest liatjiliev Ii
great and sudden ehapgss ,i1.,a period so.
eyehttnl rs thtssSt would have been wiser
to have deferred the nominating conven-
ton to within q couple Of mouths of the
election. u Even in the three sinonths to
elSpse before the nomination. tits quite
possible that circumstances may arise 10
Indicate some other man as stronger, be !.
fore the people than Mr.. Lincoln. II he
and his friends at Washington devote
themselves to presidential strategy, to the
neg.ect of theiwar, an alienation Of spopu.
lar feeling is almost certainlto occur. Mr.
Lincoln stands firm on his record thus far,
| notwithstanding some obvious defects, and
success in the spring campaign and in the
pending reconstructiVe operations will
place him in u stronger position in June
| than be now occupies. Il is not because
the people thinkA Mr. hihcoln the greatest
or best'mau that might be found for presi.
I,dent that there is this general feeling for
giving him a re election. Il is because
lJhey5 recognizs the Substantial Integrity
and wisdom with which he has acted,
Write his own party has been torn bysthe
widest differences aud antagonism; because
he has adapted his measures so admirably
TO the course of eyenIs as to avert the'most
lmmiQent danger of CONFUSION and an.
chy-throughout the whole country; and
because be has proved .imself eminently
Jndiclohs and safe, aud carried the govern.
meut steadily through the EXTREMIST periIs
that they feel that tsometbinga at least is due
to him III. the way of honor aud gratitude.
There 10. besides, a reasonable, doubt
whether any other man no matter how
much greater or better as a statesman per
90, can be elected, We ars by 4luo means
sure that Il will be ,qn, easy thing 10 elect
'-the Repabiican cand ate next NoTem6er
The Hdmintsttattbn party is at this mo.
nent in tlHHger Of defeat 10 New Hampshire
and Conuectic1t, auliif they cannot carry
New England beyond per6dyenture what
cahsthey hope for elsewhere? The whole
matter resolves Itself iuIo this: 1.-The Re
publican party were SO string as to defy
\ All opposition, il might consider o9lyl The
the man, Apq put up its best Imam for the
i Presidency; bpt,it is compelled also to look
lat the situation OF the GoyeFnmeut and OF
i parties, and dImustthereforeipd up the man
Il who is best in existing cftcamstances;-
4 and there issttIl anot theEand essential con-
siderationi the man must not only be the
best fitted TO the cirtumstances.b but the one
most likely to be elected. Neither of these
points can be deterulped eight months in
advance OF the eIeeGpp. Hence the folly
4 of absolute committal nowito any man; and
the equal folly OF killing of those from
whom We must select, either by ,premature
and extrayaga dydeacy dt dePfepisLtOn
4 .Andsit may as, well be SGonsideret d settled
thing that if there is tnt be from this time
forth a Republican p8rtyS IN Congress auE
out, sha ping It's action aud talk so us Il
make capital against the Rresident andstt
bring his. RdmintstEation info contempt
siFsinb IdSks lfik6t s-tEi9i De4tnhp6Stlt3 Vii
4 lsWeePIhe board almost Witho6G an eif6ft.
Z. sst ~ - In : s2;.;..ss 1. illLs1E l-so =
a. 81 10 Filt Aills iz ittf-fi gtls5J
n. d. Conway, in. q eIettsr4 tostke B5stoI
0cmmohwealth /, TINS shows one, of lib
many forms of court etiquette, which re-
lstrict the viii and affections Of E6gIist
ipti6ces: ~. stiiSs tistI
(, = learntthRt there was quite rebellion
at Windsor iGasIle.5 The princess vehement
ly opposed having wet nurse, and Sth
prince took hef side, and could not SCI
iiwhy she should mot be allowed to 1it,is
the 6dbe, as she strongly desired to do
Bat she was toldathat the court traditioni
tepuld not be set aside; peyersWas Englisl
pEinees or Pripeess yer nnrsed ibysits oRl
: mother o So the hsalthY and Tirtuo1s Mrl
: Semeb9dY vas sent for. ,ahd Iheiprinees
hAdsa long CRY sTtiss ts2a a ues story, An
someWhat more Valuable than otdinhr
, l6onrt .gossipn h. o. .snta u',.t57 z5SJ( +
.iiEn Lfnlf5S hhti
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