The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AOVEMBER 19, 1864.

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THE HON. GRANTLEY BENKELEY'S
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THE CIVIL WAR, IN AMERICA.

(Prom (1i Times' Correspoiolod.)

NEw IroLK, Nor, 4.

The great attack upon Wilmington, which was to
have begun and ended in the first dat-s November,
has not hien mode. People who ask "why ?''receive
no satisfactory explanation, except that General
Grant could not withcut serious risk to the Army of
the Potomac spare the number of men deemed
necessary for co-operation with the fiset of Admiral
Porter, if the success of the attack were to be placed
beyond question. The explanation is probably the
true one. Nor is there .a gleam of triumph in any
other quarter to make amends for the disappoint.
ment. Qaietude, only disturbed by the occa-
sional interchange of shots between the pickets
of the rival armies, reigns on the Appomattox, the
James, and the Shenandoah. There iE no news from
Gen. Sherman—a fact which people obstinately in-
terpret as meaning that there is bad news, and that
it is withheld by the War Department lest its pub-
lication should be injurious to Mr Lincoln's pie.
spects. The only stir is the still waters is caused
by a storm thrown into them by Mr Seward. The
storm, however, has produced but a small ripple, and
the naughty boy who caet it, instead of creating a
sensation, has only raised a laugh. In a telegraphic
communication addressed to the mayors of Buffalo
and New York, and perhaps to many other munici-
pal functionaries, he notifies that he has received in•
formation from " the British provinces (meaning, it
is supposed, Canada) that there is a conspiracy on
foot to set fire to the principal cities of the North on
the day of the Presidential election," Mr Seward
does not say from whom he received this alarming
information—whether from the Canadian Govern-
ment or from some of his own übiquitous spies in
British territory. There is consequently no Means of
judging of the credibility of his witnesses, Mr
Gunther, Mayor of New York--ea staunch Democrat
and upholder of State rights, and therefore an oppo-
nent of all assumption of Federal authority not war-
ranted by the Constitution—suspecting in common
with threeafourths of the community that Mr Se-
ward's object in spreading abroad this rumour was
to find a pretext for the employment of the Federal
troops in keeping the peace and intimidating the
voters on the day of election, promptly replied that
"he had no fear of such threats being carried into
execution, or even attempted; that, in any case, he
was amply prepared, and would take all necessary
precautions; and that if he required Federal aid,
he would invoke it." The reply of Mr Fargo, the
Mayor of Buffalo, has not yet been published, but
its possible tenour may be estimated,lay a proclama-
tion which he issued two days before Mr Seward
saw fit to warn him against the danger, in which he
declared his determination, as far as the means at
his command would allow, " that the citizens should
deposit their ballots without the intervention of
force from any quarter ;" that a "fair and free
election should be held, and that no elector should
be prevented by threats, intimidation, the obstruc-
tion of the polls, or by force from the discharge of
his duty as a freeman." . The Mayor was doubtless
impelled to adopt this course by the unwarrantable
order of Major-General John A. Dix, the officer in
command of the Federal troops in the military de.-
partment of New York and New England—founded
upon a rumour as vogue and possibly as unfounded
as that of Mr. Seward's informants, that large
parties of Southern refugees and others were pre.
pared to cross from Canada on Tuesday next int o
the States of Maine, Vermont, and New York, and
east fictitious and illegal votes for General M'Clel-
lan. In order to prevent such a consuramation,
General Dix made known his intention to take
military possession of all the polling places on the
Canadian frontier. This was so palpable an insult
to the Governors of the Border S tales, so gross an
assumption, that they were either unable or un-
willing to perform the duties of their office either
to prevent or punish an offence attempted egainst
them, and not attempted against the Federal Go-
vernment, that Governor Seymour deemed it neces-
sary to issue a counter proelamation,in which with-
out mentioning the name of General Dix, he quietly
but effectually disposed of his pretensions to exere
cise illegal power in the state of New York. "The
existence of a terrible civil war," said Mr Seymour,
" and the assertion of the right of military com-
manders in some sections of our country to
interfere with elections, have caused p sinful
and exciting doubts in the mind of many
with regard to the free and untrammelled exercise
of the elective franchise." Though assuming it to
be highly improbable that the rights of the citizens
of New York would be denied or invaded at the
polls, the Governor expressly notified the sheriffs of
the various counties that it was " their duty to see
that no military or other organised forces should be
allowed to show themselves in the vicinity of the
places where elections were held, with a view of
menacing or intimidating citizens in attendance
thereon," and that in case of such interference they
were "to exercise the full force of law, and call
forth, if need be, the whole power of their dis-
tricts." Although the Republican journals effected
to consider this proclamation to be treasonable, and
a direct provocation to the violence which it depre-
cated, Mr Lincoln and Mr Stanton became alarmed
for the consequences which a suspicion of foul play
might entail. The excess of zeal which General
Dix had displayed, and which alone had drawn
forth the rejoinder of Governor Seymour, was
doing mischief. It was placing the Democratic
party and their candidates on the side of law and
order, and depriving Mr Lincoln of thousands of
votes which he might otherwise have hoped to
secure. Intimations were, therefore, conveyed to
General Dix to modify or withdraw his threats.
The General obeyed, and in a " General Order,"
No. 83, addressed to the various Provost-Marshals
and their deputies in his district, he informed those
functionaries that no military force was to be sta-
tioned at or in the vicinity of the polling-places,
and there was to be no interference of any kind
with the rights of suffrage. If the local autho-
rities should call for their aid to keep the
peace, he authorised and required them to give it,
but impressed upon them, at the same time, that
they were in all cases to act in strict subordination
to the civil power. And lest his recantation should
be too complete, and the dignity of his office should
appear to suffer, he reiterated his previous state-
ment with regard to Southern Refugees, and warned
such offenders that, after the election, the greatest
vigilance would be exercised in regard to all per.
sons crossing the frontier into Canada. Thus the
General withdrew, not ungracefully, from a false as
well as dangerous position, leaving to Governor
Seymour and the local and municipal authorities
the honours and advantages of the controversy. The
only circumstance that tends to diminish the satis-
faction of the Democratic party with this result is
the unexpected arrival in New York of Mejor-
General Butler. Having no present duly to dis.
charge under Lieutenant.. General Grant. at Peters-
burg, or the Dutch Gap Canal, he appearrs to have
been despatched by the President to aid. General
Dix, in case Mr. Seward's information about the
firing of New York (and the Hudson river) should
turn out to be correct. Whether he is to ect as
chief of the Fire Brigade, or as a detective—and a
very smart one—or whether he is to supersede
General Dix is not stated. A Washington news-
paper, however, hints awful things as likely to
ensue from his presence in this disloyal and Copper-
head city. It states, in phraseology not the moat
clear or elegant, that " this distinguished teacher of
the neutral and Secesh sympathising, as well as the
openly rebellious, having had interviews with the
President and I\er. Stanton, has proceeded to New
York city, where he will be stationed for the pre.
sent. This makes assurance doubly sure that any
of the traitors of that great emporium, now so
infested with the enemies of the Union, will be
checkmated, and treated as they deserye to be.'