The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-05


NKw HAMPsmRK goR HAMLIS.-Yesterda
morning we published an extract from one Of
the leading papers of the West in which Hon
Hannibal Hamlin OF this State was spoken of
as a candidate for the Vice Presidency who
would be most acceptable TO Western voters
For week past the tone 0. oar exchanges has
indicated that the movement in favor of Ham
lin for Yicc-Presiasnt is becoming almost as
general as that for Grant as President The
ConcordkN. H. Monitor Of Saturday.furnishes
additional proof of the strength and scope of
this sentiment, as will be seen from the follow
ing editorial from its columns:
We know not if this movement has the sane
ton of Mr. Hamlin himself, but we dc know
it 10 be a thing eminentiy lit to BIZ done, and
that nothing would better suit the Rspubli-
cans of New Hampshire. and we believe we
can say OF New England. The dropping Mr.
Hamlin from the Lincoln ticket in 1864 was
one OF those blunders which are worse than a
crime. And the people so felt it az the time
How that feeling has been deepened by sub
sequent events, and especially by the course
of the man for whom he was set aside W..
need not say. Suffice that every loyal man in
the country regrets the mistake, and the coun-
try itself is still suffering the penalty of II.
Had Hannibal Hamlin been reelected Vice
President President Lincoln would never. in
al 1umah PrVgapihty nafe1Oeen aSS2SSlnated.
And if he had, the nation would have still
had a chief magistrate faithful to the great
principles for which Lincoln lived and died
The Union would have been long since restor-
ed, and peace and prosperity would TODAY
reign i'll all parts of our land.
We may not owe any atonement 10 Mr. HAM
lin for the olunder OF 1864, but do we not owe
it TO ourselves? Do we not owe il to the conp
try? Would not his denomination and re-elec-
ton in 1863 be at once indemnity for the mast
and lfx7f fl,< H.,A..
in vain for man who has been truer 10 Re
publican principles. Few men In tie country
have had longer experience in public life and
DO man has reputation more above reprosch.
Bold, sagacious and faithful 10 every trust, he
never turned his back on q duty or a friend
The trusted friend and counsellor of the Ia
mented Lincoln through all the trials and
perils that tried all souls, he would be inyalu-
able to General Grant in the times to come
which may be scarcely less perilous and trying.
And should the country be again visited
with the calamity which has thrice befallen IL
of losing its chosen Chief, no living man doubts
that in Hannibal Hamlin it would still have a
President faithful to the country, faithful TO
liberty, and faithful to the party which elected
him; The sad experience OF the past ought to
teach the Republican party and the country
that the character of Vice President Ia not
less important than that of President Almost
all the troubles which have come upon the
country, are traceable directly or indirectly TO
the mistake OF putting unfiI unknown and un-
tried men upon the ticket for Vice President
n,t S Se 1Iuader, the country ought 10
take it as evidence of our incapacity. and new
er trust us with the government again.
Against this, Hannibal Hamliu's name
would be a guaranty at the start. The loyal
heart of the nation would open to him at once.
The country would not have to be told who or
what sort of man he is. 1t has known him.
trusted him and was not betrayed 1t knows
that all its interests, from the highest TO the
lowest, would be safe in his hands, With
General Grant, coming from Illinois, for Pies
ident, the Vice Presidency will, a. a matter of
course, be conceded to the East Can we pre-
sent better man than HANNIBAL HAMLIS