The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-25 00:00:00

the expenditure of money—and now he complains
of that expenditure. The agent of Hampton, the
agent of Forrest, the agent of the whole body of
the opponents of the war, makes this complaint
with his party, and no others. It is said there has
been extravagance. Extravagance where, and in
what items? Has he shown that there has been a
single item that could have been got for less ? Has
he shown a single grain of gunpowder which
could have been purchased for less? Has he
shown that it required a less amount of gunpow-
der, a less amount of clothing, a less amount of
arms, or less ammunition, to put down the rebel-
lion ? Not a particle." Taking Governor Curtin
who was on the stage, he showed how he had sent
366,000 men into the field, and the enormous cost
necessary to equip and support such a force even
from one State. Then he asked, "Do you regret
these expenditures? Seymour says they were un-
reasonable, but he has not shown another way to
put down the rebellion. The inference is that he
did not desire to crush it—hence every dollar thus
expended was wasted. Of the $1,000,000,000
expended, Mr. Seymour has but named one item of
extravagance. The only one made by Governor
Seymour is the transportation' on vessels —the
number of ve3sels employed by the Government.
He says that thousands of vessels were chartered.

When this war terminated the quartermaster had
five hundred vessels bought and chartered, and by
the blessing of God by their means we were enabled
to throw twenty, thirty, forty, fifty thousand men
now North, now South, and throw them wherever
a rebel force was to be struck, enabling us in a
great measure to achieve the victory. I say that
700 transports was the largest number ever owned
or chartered by any Government, and our Govern-
ment did not exceed that number, although we had
the greatest rebellion to subdue that ever existed
upon the face of the earth. The War Department
bought—the War Department hired or begged--
the use of vessels and transports for the troops ;
and it is the glory and honour of the business men
of the country that they refused not to lend every
assistance in their power to further those efforts.
Horatio Seymour, in his speeches, however, has
brought reproach upon this glory and honour,
upon the merchants of Philadelphia who aided
the war for the suppression of the rebellion.
This denunciation of the war expenditures
and the extravagance of the Republican
party makes the constant burden of Gover-
nor Seymour's speeches, only he varies the
tune a little to suit the people of various localities.
When he got into the Scotia Valley the other day,
he put down his face and talked to the farmers

about the low price of corn and flour. At Pitts-
burg he talked about the wages of labour. At Phi-
ladelphia he got a smaller point, because he next
talked about the SeCretary of War. He says, in
his Reading speech, the War Department has
had a great many war vessels, although he al-
ways thought this was the business of the Navy
Department, and would like to know how much
was paid for the vessels, and who got the money."
The President is Commander-in-Chief, and, as
such, should know something of the depart-
mental duties, if as ignorant as Horatio
Seymour in everything else. Behold that gentle-
man stating that the hiring of transports belongs to
the Navy Department ; it is the business of the War
Department, of the Quartermaster who moves the
troops by rail, stage, waggons, by steamboats, or

ships. Yet this man, who thus shows his ignorance,
the Democrats would elect as next Commander-in-
Chief. He wants to know how much, and to

whom the money was paid ; yet this very man had
been furnished with every item of the expenditure.
Mr. Stanton then explained his oft-quoted de-

spatches thanking Governor Seymour for sending
on troops when Pennsylvania was invaded. They
amounted to nothing, and it is a significant fact
that they were sent alone to a Copperhead Gover-
nor, and when Governor Todd, of Ohio, asked why
he should have been selected, the answer was,
" They did not need them." That he was not in
hearty accord with the Government, and that he
was compelled by circumstances to send on these
troops, is plainly manifest by his heading the
" draft" riots in New York city only a few days
after. Tie considered the election of Grant as the
only salvation of the country, and prayed Gol to
avert such a calamity as the election of Seymour.

The excitement in New York at the elections was
great, though the people were orderly. The day
was ushered in with a bright clear sky and a cool
bracing breeze. At an early hour the various poll-
ing places were surrounded, and before noon, so well
was it managed, that in many districts nearly all
the registered votes had been polled. The bar-
rooms and groggeries throughout the city had been
closed till after the votes were taken, but notwith-
standing there was some drunkenness in the after-
noon, and though nothing approaching a disturb-
ance, still some single-handed contests. Later the
crowds assembled around the offices of the principal
daily papers, where they remained till early next
morning. The 7 ribune had a great gathering, so
also in froht of the Herald's office, though those of
the World, the Express, and News had little to
cheer them as despatch after despatch was an-
nounced. The Tribune got up an illumination,
the device representing an angel bearing in flam-
ing letters the motto "Peace." The next day
the Tribune gave the " Great Result," in big let-
ters, which were conspicuous also for its usual
habit of blundering in adding up two and two. Let
any one turn to its issue of Wednesday, the 4th
instant, and they will see a list of States, electors,
and popular majorities, giving a total of electors of
203. Let them add up the number, and the result
is that the 203 should be 193, which we discovered
by the impossibility of reconciling the Tribune's
figures with the cable telegrams, as 22 States were
given for Grant, which left 3 to be accounted for,
while 3 votes only were wanting to make up the
total he attained, that is one vote for each State,
although the lowest, each commands, is 3. After
scrutinizing the number of electors given to every
State, and finding them right, we hit on the happy
idea of adding up the 7 ribune's figures, and out
came the blunder at once.
It is singular that we should be unable even to-
day to give the certain returns of the way in which
the States voted. The latest report leaves Arkansas
doubtful, while it gives Alabama to Grant, making
the returns for him as follows :-Maine 7, 28,000 ;
New Hampshire 5, 7,000 ; Massachusetts 12,
75,000 ; Rhode Island 4, 6,455 ; Connecticut 6,
3,041 ; Vermont 5, 31,000 ; Pennsylvania 26,
20,000 ; West Virginia 5, 8,000 ; Ohio 21, 35,000 ;
Indiana 13, 10,000 ; Illinois 16, 50,000 ; Michigan
8, 30,000 ; Wisconsin 8, 15,500 ; lowa 8, 55,000 ;
Nebraska 3, 4,000 ; Tennessee 10, 30,000 ; Cali-
fornia 5, 1,500 ; Nevala 3, 1,000 ; Missouri 11,
20,000 ; Kansas 3, 5,000 ; North Carolina 9, 3,000 ;
Minnesota 4, 5,000 ; South Carolina 6, 6,000 ;
Florida 3 (By Leg.) ; Arkansas 5 (Probably) ;
Alabama 8, 5,000. 26 States, 214; and for Sey-
mour-New York 33, 7,374 ; New Jersey 7, 2,733 ;
Delaware 3, 2,500 ; Maryland 7, 45,000 ; Ken-
tucky 11, 70,000 ; Georgia 9, 35,000 ; Louisiana 6,
30,000; Oregon 3. 8 States, 79. The accounts
differ as to the exact relative strength in the House
of Representatives. The present House stands 165
Republicans against 47 Democrats, yet, as far as
indicated, the next Congress being 133 Repub-
licans against 79 Democrats, a loss to the former of
32.. New Hampshire, Connecticut, Alabama, and
Florida, have still to elect their representatives, and
they return in the aggregate 14. Virginia, Missis-
sippi, and Texas have to be reconstructed, when 17
more will be added. Against this there is a Re-
publican gain in the Senate in Wisconsin,
where Mr. Doolittle will be replaced ; in Penn-
sylvani 1, and in Indiana, Buckalew and Hen-
dricks, losing their seats. The Democrats have
but one set-off against these in Senator Fre-
linghuysen of New Jersey, who will have to
give place to one of their party. New York will per-
haps return Mr. Morgan ; Massachusetts, Mr.
Sumner ; Michigan, either Mr. Chandler or another
Republican ; Minnesota, Mr. Ramsay or another
of the same stripe ; Missouri, probably not Mr.
Henderson, a half Democrat, and greenback redemp-
tion man ; and Nevada where Mr. Stewart's seat
will also be vacant next March. It is clear that
the Republicans cannot hope for the two-thirds
majority in the Representatives; thenceforth it