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London, England, 1868-10-26 00:00:00

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AFFAIRS.

(From the Anglo-Americana 1 Imes.)
The Daily News points out the errors of the Pall
Mall Gazelle, which undertook, with the aid of some
corresionchnts all of a new inagaz'ne cared
.St.

Paul's, to erc.ightea the English cn Agie: izan

opinion. dr. Anthony Tro',lope, the eltor of St.
Paul's, by way of setting the world rigi.t, gave a
fai', trao, and particular account of reoon3trac.ion

u the Syathern States ; this reruarka!jie artiel

PS the Peal Hall cal's it, wid Ilarica.We it ecraiuly
is, furnished cur eveniAg e.:Lit r.. 7 with in:). t

of t'le points the morning dal y ()zed.
cr.(); of Eng',is'l comment on reermstractio!: lies in

a nutshell, for it condemns poli i3al power bin;

entrusted t) uneduelte•l n.2groes, while uiany of the,
SJuthern whites are disfranchised. This
is generally conceded in the Uaittl Stites, bat
when those why censure like Trollop are
asked what else coal 113 done unikrCie circuin-

stauces t'•Cy h ore nothing to say. We repeat the,
question—What is the North to do to secure the
objects striven for iu the war ? Any one who
directed his attention to this point and could coun-

sea wisely might be listened to, bat when English
periodicals condemn a course freely ceudeinned by
its authors, without explaining the necessity, but
merely representing it as the result of malignity,
they wilfully mislead public opinion to the
national injury hereafter, just as they mis-
led it during the Civil War to the damage
not only of America, but of Eugland herself. As
we have again and again stated the problem placed
before American statesmen by the condition and the
peculiar institutions of the South is one of over-
whelming difficulty, a difficulty only to be compre-
hen led by those intimately acquainted with Ame-
rica, both North and South, and who can accurately
measure not merely what is advisable, but what is
practicable. What can Americans think when le L u
who have failed for eight centuries in conciliating
their little Emerald Isle hold forth in condemning
the failure within three years, in mix;ne in har-
mony the fire and the water, which make up the
society, spread over the vast Southern States. It is
a subject over which English writers ought to glide
lightly, for if they know anything of it they are
aware that even the most acute American statesmen
not only differ widely, but are utterly at a loss to
discover a remedy, and are anxiously groping in
the dark, earnestly asking Divine light for their
guidance. It is the old story of " fools rushing
te
in," &c. On Wednesday, the Pall Mall having en-
lightened England on reconstruction, undertook to
correct theridiculous English idea which so absurdly
underrated the strength of the Democratic party. The
Gazette frequently attributes to the nation a belief
not held by it, which it then sets to work to disprove.
Who underrated ;the strength of the Democratic
party? for those who did must have kept silent on
the subject, as we have not heard them. The able
correspondent of the Spectator, though a Repub-
lican, boldly predicted Republican defeat. We
know the opinion of the limes' " careful surveyor ;"
the Standard's correspondent was sane weeks ago
very confident of Democratic victory ; those of the
Post and Morning Advertiser were then equally
•secure, so that if England absurdly underrated
Democratic strength, it was through some medium
not supplied by the correspondents. The fact is,
that England quickly picked up the American
opinion that the famous soldier under whose com-
mand the armies of the North crushed those of the
South must, whether the people's nominee, or that
of a party, be the next President of the United
States ; and, when nominated by the Republicans,
the feeling was alike on both sides the Atlantic, that
he would be elected. Grant, however, was not
then associated in the minds of these prophets with
any party. What puzzled England some six weeks
ago was the strong probability that lie might be
defeated by the strength of the Democratic
party, which, instead• of being underrated, was
greatly exaggerated. The Gazette betrays its
ignorance of the value of the October elec-
tions by speaking of them as making Grant's
success additionally probable—adding " that the
influence of the Democrats upon the affairs of the
United States may be considerably increased, even
though they f il, at they probably will fail to re-
turn Mr. Seymour." Supposing that the result of
these elections lid been different they -would by
no means have assured Seymour's success, for,
notwithstanding a Democratic reaction no man can
have felt ccitein in the moment of the election that
1 Americans would not have thrown aside party pro-
! ell% ities in such vast numbers as to senil Grant
1 flying over the course. As it is, if the Pall Mall
knew anything of the • subjeci, it would be aware
that Grant's election is not only now probable, but
there is every chance that he
,will be carried into
the White !louse with acclamation. In. alluding
to the Democratic gain of seven Congressional
members that paper hits on the idea we had pre-
viously fully discussed in an article our readers will
find in this issue, but it seems strangely to over-
ti- vvelaAthessmen. Jai the present C o n7_
therefore such a gain will prove of little value, which
will readily be seen when the members returned for
the next Congress by the four States which voted on
the 13th iust. are analysed, 40 of the 55 representa-
tives being Republicans. Is this the gain which is
considerably to increase the influence of the Opposi-
tion on the affairs of the United States? 'Why, the
very essence of the subject has been overlooked by
the Pall Mall Gazette, and launched it into a
blunder which can scarcely fail to be seen by those
who know anything of the United States. At this
moment a Democrat obstinately holding to his
, opinions sits in the Presidential chair and presides
at Cabinet Councils over Democratic Secretaries.
1 I Did not our contemporary perceive that this Cabi-
net would be entirely changed by the election of
Grant? that Stanton would probably resume his
place in the War-office—perhaps Sumner taking the
post of Secretary of State, M'Culloch and the others
giving way to Republicans ? 'What influence is to
counteract this in producing a greater effect on the
future of the United States? The errors of the
Pall Mall Gazette, however, do not proceed from
the ignorance which marks many leading papers in
London. We can understand the Post in an article
writing of Mr. Vallandigham as one of the eminent
Democrats, who, by the late elections, had lost his
seat in Congress. He was certainly defeated
for the Third Ohio District by the Hon. R. C.
Schenck, who could have lost his seat as he hap-
pened to be re-elected to that he then held, while
Vallandigham could not, as he had no seat to lose,
while his very nomination was among the causes
which helped to defeat some of the more moderate
Democrats. Here is an extract from a leading
London weekly on these elections :
"In Pennsylvania eighteen out of the twenty-
four members of Congress have been returned by a
majority of ten thousand, which, in so large a con-
stituency, indicates how close must have been the
competition. In. Ohio all the Republican candi-
dates have been carried by a majority of twenty
thousand ; while in Indiana and Nebraska similar
results have been obtrined."
The writer evidently thought that each State voted
en masse for the whole number of Congressional
representatives—executive officers and all. He had
no knowledge of State tickets, Congressmen at
large, and district nominations. This is a fair
sample of English comment on American affairs ;
even the 7 inzes, when the Senate delivered its ver-
dict on Impeachment, mistook the almost two-thirds
majority to be for acquittal. We are all liable to
blunder, but we are sure to go wrong when we
freely comment on subjects of which we know
nothing. Then amusement may be extracted from
the mistakes • but the case differs when the writers
wilfully falsify the facts, and make theirown errors
the subject of disparaging comment on American
affairs.

It is rich to read the following, which appeared in the
City article of the Times on Thursday, as it furnishes the
best possible commentary on the late "dismal " predic-
tions andannpuncementsof the Philadelphia correspondent
of that paper:—" The advicos from Frankfort state that
Vie Bourse of that City continues active. The circulation
of political rumours concocted by the Democratic party,
being no longer practicable, transactions are effected to a
large extent, particularly in United States Securities, for
which the old predilections have revived since the election
of General Grant has become more certain, the expectation
being that he will act as moderator between the extremists
on both sides. Within the past day or two many thou-
sands of bonds have changed hands, capitalists and firms
having branch establishments at New York being buyers
at rising prices." In the same issue the correspondent an-
aanounced by telegram from America that " the Democrats
are somewhat demoralized.. General Grant's election is
considered certain."
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