The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-01 00:00:00

influenced by political considerations. The
right man for the right place
,is interpreted in
America, with the qualification, if he be right poli-
tically. We do not affirm that such considerations
are forgotten in England, rarely indeed however,
we imagine, in the exigencies of actual service. A
Radical NAPIER could be as safely sent to suppress
a Chartist insurrection, and could serve as willingly
under the Tory Lord ELLENBOROUGH in India, as
the veriest old Tory General in the army. We
have no doubt that such is also the spirit of trained,

soldiers in America. M'CLELLAN, being a Demo-
crat, is unpopular with the dominant or republican
party—being in a position to achie:fe for himself a
high position, if successful, he is viewed with
jealousy by the Secretary for War, as a probably
dangerous rival in a contest for the Presidency, and
therefore we find meetings of Republicans de-
manding the recalling of M'ULELAN, and Mr.
STANTON threatening to withdraw from the Cabinet
if M'CLELLAN be not removed. Worse, indeed,
than this—the charge against Mr. STANTON has
never been disproved that he intentionally withheld
reinforcements from M'CLELLAN, and certainly hin-
dered M‘DOWELL from co-operating with him when
the former was before Richmond.

At the present moment the State elections are in
progress, and the conflict is very warm and very
important. The PRESIDENT was elected solely in
consequence of a split in the great Democratic
Tarty, which the Convention at Charleston for se-
lecting a candidate, rendered incurable. Will being
in opposition re-unite the party ? If it does, they
will run the Republicans very hard, and, perhaps,
heat them. And if they beat them at these State
elections, they will beat them also at the elections
for Congress, at least this is the usual and natural
result. The consequence would be, not ea; here, the
resignation of the Ministry, much less of the PRE-
SIDENT—for the Administration of America is, to a
great extent, independent of Congress, and its mem-
bers do not sit in it—the consequence would be
that Congress would not pass the measures recom-
mended by Mr. LINCOLN. The recent emancipa-
tion Proclamation, as it is often called, though it
little deserves that name, is necessarily a tondi-
tonal measure. Congress must give Mr. LINCOLN
the requisite powers, though, if he wanted them
'without its sanction, ho would probably, regard-
ing it as a military measure, assume that
.
fell within his province, as Commander-in-
Chief of the army. His proposals are, however, to
to laid before Congress, and on its assent will
doubtless depend the:lr being carried out or not.
The present
political battle is, therefore, serious
indeed. Te isto
decide the question whether the
North will abolish slavery, so far as the Northern
States can do it, where the States remain in rebel-
lion against the Union. The Democratic party
fight for " the Union as it was " the Republican
party take as their motto, The Union at any mt.,'
The Democratic cry is „
ror what Mr. LINCOLN has
'been doing his beat hitherto to attain. He has re-
solutely, till this last move, set his face against all
proposals to convert forcibly the Slave States into
Free States. He has shown great fear of the black
population being left free on the hands of the
American people, ample room as there is to employ
them profitably as free labourers ; and confessedly
he was coerced by his party to issue the miserable
proclamation which proposes to reward loyal and
penitent slaveholding States with the blessing and
boon of continued slavery, and to punish disloyal
States with the curse of emancipation. Yet even this
milk and water proclamation WAS far too much for
the Democratic or pro,slavery party; many also
among the Republicans are either opposed to it or
Zia
were
doubtful of its policy, and
probably if
would fi ar y
nd him-
completely ignored, Mr. LINCOLN
self in a decided minority. It is hardly likely,
however, that this will be the case,
What we anti-
cipate is that the general feeling will be to support
the responsible PRESIDENT. To this will
be added
exasperation with Southern successes, and a deter-
mination to avenge them in the only way now open