The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

T JiMLN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1866.

pose—to take the names mentioned by the Boston
periodical—we had during the four years of war
had Phillips instead of Lincoln for President,
for mofs instead
Secretary
Stantonuci the forN Secretary c eta
Stevensr y o f W
faorr,
Emerson instead of Seward for Secretary of State,
vy,
Whittier
reryr Schurz to lead the army
and Wade to direct Schurz—does any one fancy we
would have fought patiently through a four years'
war, and come out of the great conflict vic-
toriously ? Taking the utterance of the more
literary and intellectual of these men as the
guides, to what in great events, would have
been their action, and we may safely say that
they would have landed us in hopeless secession
before the war had been waged four weeks. The
truth is, the style of character, mind, and manhood
required for guiding the great practical movements
of nations, and wielding the great vital forces of the
world, is altogether different from that which or-
dinarily belongs to rhetors and rhymeisters ; and in-
stead of being a discredit to our political system
that such men do not obtain control of govern-
mental and political affairs, it is this fact which se-
cures the very permanence and coherence of the Re-
public.
The New York Tribune, of April 10, says :
" The witty Frenchman, who portrayed the hour of
creation with a venerable Conservative tearing his
hair frantically and exclaiming, My God ! con-
serve Chaos !' was not nearly so extravagant as he
is commonly supposed. Witness the following
extract from the private letter from a venerable
and highly-respectable Texan, whose name we have
no right to print, who is seeking a home at St.
Louis, and writes confidentially to his agent as
follows The South is for years destroyed,
and a total change of the social and material
state of the country must inevitably ensue. At
present a seeming prosperity exists ; but that
must soon end. From habit, the negro now is, in
the main, industrious ; but, as his natural traits
assume control over him, he will go from bad to
worse, till he reaches his natural level. That great
depreciation in the lands of this State—those here-
tofore and now reclaimed to cultivation particu-
larly—must take place, I think, is plain. They
already are fully 50 to 75 per cent. below the value
of 1860. Socially, too, society must greatly dete-
riorate. The emigration to be expected will be of
a low standard, and, combining with the negro,
will form the controlling public opinion of
the country. The Southern country gentleman,
so beautiful a character in the past, will totally
boodisappear.rishciodThohpepmere,rctehnearydatirla;lecro,
morptahnempnloodfdinhgis,
hired man, will take his place, and take from the
Southern agriculturist all his claims to respecta-
bility. He will be no more worthy of note than
will be the patent mowing-machine he will use in
his farm labour."

The New York Tribune, announcing the passage
of the Civil Rights Bill in the Senate over the
President's veto says :

So Mr. Stockton's presence would not have
changed the result, as Mr. Scovel's perverseness did
not. And several Senators who have been con-
fidently counted on to " sustain the President'
have voted to sustain the Rights of Man. Honour
to the noble Thirty-three !

Well, it is said, the President will refuse to
enforce the provisions of this Act. That is possible.
But the utility, the value of the act will not thereby
be destroyed. In the first place, so much of the
Act as recognises every one born in this country as
an American citizen asks no odds of the President.
The Courts will take care of its enforcement. And
then a law stands till it is repealed ; while a Pre-
sident's term expires by limitation. Let us be
patient, and trust that all will come right, while
we do our best to keep it from going otherwise.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

unflinchingly attached to the great Liberal party of
the country, to which he had always remained firm
since he had been able to think and act for himself,
he asked them in all sincerity to give him their
support.

took place, and was suddenly awoke by being
thrown down upon the floor of the carriage, and
struck with the fragments. The flooring was rent,
and the partitions broken. He was thrown violently
backwards and then forwards, receiving only a
slight injury on the cheek. He feared the worst had
not come, and describes the suspense which followed
in anticipation of a final crash as being most ago-
nising. On attempting to escape he found that the
carriage was locked ; but he luckily had a railway
key, and with it opened the door. He was in the
uptilted part of the carriage, and was obliged, with
his three fellow-passengers, a gentleman and two
ladies, to jump from the step to the edge of the em-
bankment. None of them were seriously injured,
though much alarmed. The carriage following that
described as smashed to pieces, and from which the
lady was extricated, strange to say, had been more
injured than the two carriages before it, and, what
is still more extraordinary, its set of six wheels were
seen on the top of a chalk waggon, more than 100
yards in advance of the spot where the fragments of
the carriage itself were lying. The engine of the
chalk train was uninjured, and not even thrown off
the line. It was employed to bring to London the
passengers who were able to complete their journey.