Show THE FOR LI N it is certain aliat h at tile the soldiers desire lesil e the reelection election re of president lincoln officers and men pi niffer him to any other candidate 2 it they have faith in liim they believe liiri to be their W baim aim friend ind and that lie does all for them in his power they know liim him to be a as s true to the jefferson feuerson Jeu erson and to att ctt cause e or of liberty as national unity is as jackson he has dune done well so far and like wine glows better as lie he grows older soldiers like to be commanded by bv experienced officers lincoln has ha biad three years experience he beg begins ins to to understand the details of his manifold d duties he has pretty well learned hs is trade and has now become a fill nj work workman mati the boys in blue dont want him thrown overboard right HI in the middle of the voyage when lie he is bringing brin 0 aig the ship of state hafl safely ely into port after 1 I ter having successfully piloted tier her through shoals breakers rocks arid and hurricanes huni cines they want him to remain where lie he is until lie finishes hit his big job and sees the last rebel ia lay down his arms arid and submit to the national authority tile feeling of tile the army is pretty well expressed by the th remarks of a returned veteran the other day in answer to the question of a citizen whether the soldiers wanted lincoln reelected re elected why of course they do replied the blue coat coal we have all re enlisted to see sec this through arid and old abe A lie must mast re enlist too ile he mustered us its in and well be d d if lie shant stay where lie he is until it lie lias has mustered us out ont we well never give up lip till every rebel ac knowledg acknowledges acknowledge r that lie is the constitutional president W when hen they got beat at tho election they kicked out of tile the traces and swore more they would riot not submit to a black republican president but by h II 11 1 theve got to we will show them that elections in this co country have got to stand old abe must stay fit in the white house until every rebel is climbs down ind and agrees to behave himself jim self and obey the laws of his country there be any fooling in this thing for I 1 give a cuss for this country if tile the beat beaten e I 1 I 1 R aide i d C ha has S a r right ight to bolt after an election it bo fit to live in ill tin this s is the sentiment that pervades the whole army it is tile talk that thai passes pa around the camp fires of fifteen hundred regiments of citizen soldiers the rebellion must be put down and the insurgent who bolted the election shall be compelled to submit to tile the rule of tile the man who was constitutionally elected president there must be bc no appeals from th the ballot box to cartridge box tile the minority must let the majority rule arid and if the there re is any disturbing element in our country that stands in the way it must be he hewn hei I down ind and cast into the fit e free governments governments govern 1 CrIllIe ern ments lits can only endure arid and pro prosper s per by tile steadfast adherence ad to to tile the fundamental principle that the will of the majority shall govern A As slavery caused a portion of our american people to to vio violate late this rule then slavery must be extirpated lt let no seditious figment in ameri american can politics survive this blo bloody dy revolt let slavery and tre treason adoll ile be COM consigned to tile the same grave |