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

SPIRIT OF

it
h a bUSed D:!
• perpe
successor, lest such right might a 031.
object of making his own reign-
of things Boar
they did not forisf3.9 a conditioa
or els'
which a President coo id at pleas tire P. 10816'
Tan:poor:.
otectiDL disfro
tial law, and under the plea of PI
zees in the exercise of theii_nolit.`c-11
chise every political opponent. ye 0i0013504,1
of the several States composing tho coost,rix
the keystone of the arch of the AmeriL .
tion, but curiously enough it has been the
'rya'
object of the attacks of the Administration .„6 ter
ing to the letter and the spirit of the la'gr1;01:11
lation of the election in each state devnl! pejo!.
entiretd;
sively on the State officials, and is
the control of 0.-4 e authorities at `Nits
resent
the conduct of the: P
canon of the constitutit:nal law is entirelYcilatei?
In Tennessee the Governor (wl2O is elnt!
resent election this
Vice-Presidency an excess of autbori Yfoiotl
would be simply )ludicrousf it was not is siceay
mitted to, required that every voter shon'h
support the existing Administration, or s,„'ilisf
right to take part in the election of a e%001",
strate whose title exclusively saldepend oode
suffrages of the entire people. On aPPehe Ov,
the supreme executive, the manifesto of t%
nor of Tennessee was confirmed, altb°llgqedie•
same time it was admitted to be a clever eelectli,
to give the victory at the apprO3ellingira cgf
to the person who devised it, and to
t 4
BO solemnly approved it. la ;f1 sir
which though nominally forming a port,°
Union, is in truth a State in the militarY co to
of a conqueror, the purity of election 0,3,4
secured by bodies of soldiers at the pollivgto
whose duties would consist in affording
whom Mr Lincoln calls loyal citizens everY tbr,
for recording their votes, and in preventil3'd tt
whom he terms rebels defeating the Nivishesrtiog;
more exemplary fellow-citizens by suP%ot
tty
candidate who seeks to supplant the Preelieb
of the Administration. In Louisiana, W.tetV
Federal Government effect to have subjugrbelii
same tactics will be employed, and even illadec
of New York the Military Commandant betioetirti
that the elections should take place under''''betf
vision. Unless, then, a collision has ari., sortft,'
the civil and the military authorities, an'
the elections been postponed or invalidate e
can be no reason to doubt that those who
"
upon themselves to hold the ballot bores
that their contents respond to their wishes.'A
Lincoln has been re-elected, we cannot av°l,,"6sv,
ing that the means by which his election P.citi%ef,
secured will so thoroughly alarm his fellnAscroefie.!
that his rule will be of short duration• l!'„0,rl',
have not yet quite forgotten the traditl"sodc'l)
though they are, of their national histnri'doefl.
scarcely be prepared to abandon the f°ll s bOt'.
principle upon which their Republic ws
i 4 t
namely, that the sovereign power residetlceo
hands of the people. If indeed anY, eviorl‘
faintest, progress was being made in that 0 oic.
whose accomplishment they have Made !poll
sacrifices, they might still be induced to O/
forbearances, could not exist for a single tii'lltoi;
even sanguine Unionists must fain confees:beS°e
all practical purposes the subjugation cone the
is as far distant to.day as it was four role if
when a triumphant Republican mojoritY,,l'otell3,,
reins of power to Mr Lincoln. The feW
which serarate Washington from WOOO Pr(,
not yet been traversed ; and within the Poofel,
night oue of the best appointed and ra°9,,t,rire
armies which the Federal Government '7oolid
enabled to send into the field has 110P7 of!?
tempted to force even those outer line 3
which, at a distance of a dozen miles,
approaches of the Confederate capital.
disunion which has already rent in tvcl,,—,t
ginal Republic even now threatens to e6-repfe'o,
results in that portion which boasts t°
00t)))
the whole. Mr Lincoln may be able to e
we (10,,
a majority in the electoral college, bu,to col/I;`,,
much if he will be sufficiently powerfu' `„
the daily increasing ranks of his oppone;ydel:`
an abject submission to a rule which L'ci
bf
and whose tyranny is not distinguish
redeeming feature.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

cdos'
COLCIIESTER—NOT. 12. f °ill' rlie
We had a fair supply of wheat on offorZottilio`fir
to-day, and previous quotations were geueraur io ro,
Fine barley in demand, and saleable at ;131.,Li0°
other sorts difficult of sale, at less Looney. .",-„‘
in short supply, r,•ad luny maintain their vti.-e..P
sari. 09 :
Wheat, white. 40s 46s Beans,Ma.s3°,sll. `;
red 3Gs 42s middle Ez B'.-
~°,6
Barley
Oats
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GLOUCESTER—Nov. I:2° a to.•_d;,,,
There was a good supply of English Wile.korc,lbi,
our market, which sold Ircely at late prices. parlei
in limitrd demand, at about former rates'
and beans very dull.

13. eileA
7.,TOILTIIAMP TON—I" 11 "
There was a Eevionable supply of
,ilg-,15,11,303-,10
condition of which was rather improve,"
fully late rat's were made. Barley was ri-clr,f, j
3{o rd
—White wheat, new, 40s to 425; new 328 19
37s to 40s per or. 13?-ley, new Inaltil?'! o°lo
oats other sorts, 265 to 3os. Old ts, 288 to 345, L36s
26s per 21 stone. Beans, 35s to4oe. reW3/
per qr.

)RD—No-v. 11. lost
day the supply of scot
a dull trade, and 16,d
ained, Spring NO'
in prices. `3O
, Peas, Partridge- .':5,)
White ........ 30
Boiling .......
Dun..........
Ditto new
Beaus, Tick, olu
Harrow Ticks" ;33$
now
Mazagan.