The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

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the
successor, lest such right might be abused Wilt Do; 5,
object of making his own reign perpetua'onder
they did not foresee a condition of thing!. or
which a President could at pleasure
tial law, and under the plea of protectingleYda•Or
zees in the exercise of their
chise every political opponent. Tbe indePe heel
of the several States composing the Union hi/00',
the keystone of the arch of the American °ince
tion, but curiously enough it has been the PrAccord•
object of the attacks of the Administration); regr
political rights
tildepoo
ing to the letter and the spirit of the lawft 0010:
lation of the election in each stated evolves,oooo
sively on the State officials, and is entirely ": 10
the control of the authorities at Virashiggto
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the conduct of tbe present election this 13?Pooied.
canon of the constitutional law is entirely for
In Tennessee the Governor (who is osadi wtiol)
Vice-Presidency), by an excess of autboritY coot'
would be simply ludicrous if it was not in 6,,,,0r
witted to, required that every voter should swear
support the existing Administration, or eb,trf
right to take part in the election of a chi ou iv
strate whose title exclusively depends uP 0100
suffrages of the entire people. On apPeal
the supreme executive, the manifesto of the at tho
nor of Tennessee was confirmed, alttiong4ol3 4°lll
same time it was admitted to be a clever 000
to give the victory at the approaching.e vita
to the person who devised it, and to
so solemnly approved it. In te: of 06
which though nominally forming a Ivr"nosty„
Union, is in truth a State in the military ",asps
of a conqueror, the purity of election 'ONO
secured by bodies of soldiers at the polling 00
whose duties would consist in affording locilitt,
whom Mr Lincoln calls loyal citizens ever,' thor
for recording their votes, and in preventingf
tb
whom he terms rebels defeating the wistteet°l4
more exemplary fellow-citizens by suPP°l.:n-t
candidate who seeks to supplant the pret`,cll
of the Administration. In Louisiana, svPigditt,
Federal Government effect to have sultiag,aieSAti
same tactics will be employed, and eves in the
of New York the Military Commandant h5O r suer
that the elections should take place underhihfote/
vision. Unless, then, a collision has arisen, ;00:
the civil and the military authorities, sou ;
the elections been postponed or invalidateefol
can be no reason to doubt that those who Will t:
upon themselves to hold the ballot boxes vilior
that their contents respond to their wielleiti
Lincoln has been re-elected, we cannot av°1,,,",01r,
ing that the means by which his election "ritliFf,
secured will L 3 thoroughly alarm his fell" merit
that his rule will be of short duration. ta3o br
have not yet quite forgotten the traditionoldo;
though they are, of their national historl%aoleal
scarcely be prepared to abandon the funl
principle upon which their Republic 0'
namely, that the sovereign power resideo 0 f,
hands of the people. if indeed any, efert F 4
faintest, progress was being made in that W 011011
whose accomplishment they have wade !at
sacrifices, they might still be induced to e2t,";
forbearances, could not exist for a single 0/1;0 flit)
even sanguine Unionists must fain confeee,„
Set
all practical purposes the subjugation of tLY'ro
is as far distant tosday as it was four Ifs°,,fs.,,
when a triumphant Republican majority ,0070
reins of power to Mr Lincoln. The few W.() OA°
which se; crate Washington from Biel:11331ot fuigl
not yet been traversed ; and within the
night one of the best appointed and IneeLP-0 re
armies which the Federal Government Pi": 15011,0"
enabled to send into the field has hoPerdefefro
tempted to force even those outer lines et alifa
ill'
which, at a distance of a dozen miles, grbe 0v
approaches of the Confederate capital. , 6:1[1;
disunion which has already rent in twa,.,111;1401„1
ginal Republic even now threatens toeuecLorj
results in that portion which boasts to 'OlO,O
the whole. Mr Lincoln may be able to e"A (109.4
a majority in the electoral college, but,lloo,:jil
much if he will be sufficiently powerful 'up
the daily increasing ranks of his opponell,l
an abject submission to a rule which 0711"
and whose tyranny is not distinguisbe"
redeeming feature;

COUNTRY MARKETS•

COLCHESTER—Nov. 12. 049
We had a fair supply of wheat on offer fit,.°ol9,lcoi
to-day, and previous quotations were genera
late
Fine barley in demand, and saleable at fullY 911`'
other sorts difficult of sale, at less money. /3,88 °
;
in short supply,
,and fully maintain their .334
Wheat, white. 40s 46s Beans,Mazagali„ll.36! 2,
red 36s 42s middle & 0131- ,P
Barley
.
Oats
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GLOUCESTER—Nov. 12' at to'P/
There was a good supply of English wilepreitrA
our market, which sold freely at late prices• parier
in limited demand, at about former rata'
and beans very dull.

There was al\rnse RasTonllaAbliP
elsulp'PNly—olCf
ish - rtof.s
condition of which was rather improved. dv 0
fully late rates were made. Barley was unchangeq6oo
—White wheat, new, 40s to 42s ; new recit,,'lso,o
old. 37s to 40s per qr. Barley, new malting,
other sorts, 26s to 30s. Old oats, 28s to 340; 0:60 ' V
263 per 24 stone. Beans, 35s t 0.405. Peas, [.
per qr.

)RD—Nov. 11. ,]
.day the supply of svP,,e;
a dull trade, and his 'es,
tained. Spring cornl°
in prices. 30
Yeas, Partridge.... 09
White .........
Boiling ....... ••110
Dun..........
Ditto neW .... ... 34$
Beans, Tick, of u '',A
nevt"3,so
Harrow Ticks
viro,,o
nai.'33o
Mazagan ..••• '