Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14
FIFTY YEARS Ago
In THE STAR

Grant had been endeavorfng for some
time to turn Lees right by repeated at
tacks upon him. but unsuc-
Federal cessfully. although driving the
elssx Confederate line steadily near
JILL 'e' er to Richmond. It was about
this time nifty years ago that. realizing
that Lee had worked into q position from
which 1t would require . heavily sacri-
fell assault to rout him. Grant
quietly made his big shift, transferring
tho entire Army Of tho Potomac to tho
south side Of the James river In order to
operate against Petersburg and Richmond
from moro advantageous position Tho
Federal army was withdrawn from the
Confederate front on the night Of Juno
II. the crossing occupying three days.
The official dispatches Just prior to that
movement gave, of course. no intimation
Of tho change Of plan and the feeling
grew that Grant had lost his Roadway.
Meanwhile Sherman was maneuvering for
a position from which to attack Atlanta.
and Hunter. operating in the Shenandoah
valley. had captured Stanton after
severe fight in which the Confederates.
under Gen w. e. Jones, were defeated
and Jones was killed. This intelligence.
which was first printed in The Star OF
q
the north. for 1t was recognized that
Hunters success in the western part OF
the state served to weaken Lees posi-
ton on that side and prevented his REIN
forcement from that quarter.
Il II
President Lincoln was renominated on
the first ballot at Baltimore. the vote be-
ing practically unani-
denomination NOUS, on tho roll call
Missouri alone voting
OF Aanco1n. for Grant The chair
man of tho Missouri delegation, however.
moved to make the nomination unani-
NOUS Andrew johnson Of Tennessee
was named for the vice presidency on
tho first ballot Tho Star Of June 3,
1884, said:
THE sincere friends OF the Union will
everywhere feel encouraged and inspir-
tied by the sagacious and harmonious &C
ton Of the Baltimore convention yes
terday and its enemies will feel corre-
spondingly disheartened. This work OF
the convention was but the ratification
Of the wishes of the people Of the coun-
try, expressed with such remarkable
unanimity and enthusiasm north and
south and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cif1c. Since the days Of Washington no
such spontaneous testimony has been
given TO the integrity honesty duo ooAA-
ity Of a chief magistrate as in this en-
thusiastic Endorsement Of Abraham Lin
coin by the people of the United States.
The enemies Of the Union have fondly
hoped that some more interruptions or
radical or crochety candidate would be
put in nomination by the Union men,
who might be either defeated in Novem-
Der by the 'conglomerate democracy or
who, II elected, would by cranky states
manship or reckless partisanship speed
fly lose the public confidence and involve
the Union cause in hopeless ruin: But
all that has been averted by the re-
nomination of the man in whom the peo-
pie have an unalterable faith. The hopes
Of the malignants have been blasted,
also, quite as effectually as regards the
nomination Of q candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. The name Of Andrew Johnson Is a
tower Of strength, and we think it would
be impossible to present two names for
the respective positions having strong
er hold on the affections and in the con-
fidence Of the people Of the country than
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson"