Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-02-17
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THE NEW DISTRIBUTION OF OFr1cE, A.
the beginning Of auo' her pre-iienti.l tern.
/ approaches, there i the usual figuring and
| plotting tor the official splils Tncre will
| OF course BE- many official changes The
beginning Of new term gives the President
the opportunity % relieve himself of ufcisl-
who are not altogether competent and sails
factory, ami Vet not sufficiently obnoxious O..
be SUMMARY disI laced. As o. - Nr. Lin
cuin lss- term, he will hsye 40 per~,rsI
reasons for putting snY otterS than the
night men IN the right places If niistak s-
are mace 70 Will he through the influence.
brought % hcar upon hun hy member. of
Opas-t--s and ptaer- IA favor % utfc,. sea.er.
whose claims are based on party s. rvic.-,
merely. IL l. too much % expect that srcb
claims VIII Pc altogether ignored. but the
people have a right 90 expect and demand
lha' honesty and capacity shall b, made the
hTst and most essential Itqui-Ites in every
candidate Tor othce Mr. Lincoln has tb.
opportunity, m the circumstances OF th..
country. IN tire Vise management of the
SIeat WORK OF recunstructIng the Union. and
10 the selection oi the best men f,r 1fTce--
o. MAKE nI- second term .he most glorious
A. viii be the mos, important. of any exec1-
uVe administration OF the government. II
through undue trust and susceufihilty L,
.he opportunities Of leading politicians. or
rom any other influence. he allows himself
70 be surrounded by mean and mere.D,rv
nen- ami hl- appointments throughout IN.
country aTe gwen 10 the most cam1rous.
The glory VI the great work of In. aimIpi.-
ration will be dimmed Dy the littleD... of
81 god ar. l.
tOatluu Oi the Union with universal Iib,rr,
viii make the !erIod a brilliant one in his
Tory hus u may also be made brilliant In
ne personnel As vel! as IN it, events Other
~i-' the historian will be compelled 20 write
snai it was period contemplate in it, men
and great only IN the provldential results of
human folly and crime.
In the scramble for the coming Offices rbs-,.
Is nothing more amusing than the impu-
lvnce with which Those who opposed SIr
I'm ON almost up o. the day ~ election
and ssld more damaging things against bim
slan the enemy could say. now put in IN, ~
claims. Their claims, fOrsoJth Tbev wcr,. .
'p,nly against him before and after his r. .
tiey we're secretly plottrn,
sainst hIm up 70 within thirty DAYS of the
lection and their tnal support OF him va.
~ tquiNvcal and InsIncere a. 10 DO more
iaIh than good 10 fact they did not sun
'Oit MN az all they merely yielded sulleniv
% what they saw the people had already de-
ermlntd 10 do IN the spite Vt their opposi
ION. And these are the men who arr no,r
most clamorOuS for a general sweep nj all
resent incumbents IN order that they NAV
Z rewarded Tor their efforts t. rc-elect NJ
-lncOln. They have Just a. much clam, =.
consideration as Nallandixham. the Wn,ds
nu o'ier Copperhead leaders. IN fact. these
'Plerne''ds aid something To bring a repuL-
\ success ny making their own party
tiOuS' "hnr tue bitter opponents Of Mr..
'uoOih uil their worst 20 secure an npI--i-
on triumph by dIstracting their own Marty
DO making lie candidates cOntemptible, Nv
y neans let tue claims Of the faction IL.
'rraiiy considered. The party should I'm
s's'aud the iull extent Of It's Obligation IA
'eul lor yielding their opposition tbre, ;
eeks belore The election instead of boIdl,,. d
1t 10 the last t
" Ill there be a general sweep of ,f5o, /
'ldere IN March? II Is the las, tbino am e
1e iiiend Jt the administration can o. {
iangts should be made only for r,.,s,.,- c
, give Offices 10 Those thar AK f,- -. c
not reason To improve the public - ii
y, to secure better officer. a. s,,isr, d
Al public demand, these are legitimate rea- l
rs, ana should have influence. The pr q
ut can atfOrd to dismiss all Consideration p
those growing out Of the public w.llsr,. b
IL he does, he will retain in the s..rv,r.. &c
ci"is OF approved ability and Inte,,ritv Ia
make changes only where they pr1In,.e u
provement. Let him turn de5fea-,
the lmportunate beggars for ot6ee and ey
Ae 1t evident to them that thev can A. ia
'pilsh nothing. lie will thus nrn,ec, P,
lseii against terrible ANNOYANCE and r,,, th
'seii IN a position To make the be-, Nj az
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