The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The correspondent of the Standard—a gentlionan who
does not display the slightest partiality for republican
institutions—thinks that the return of a large number of
Republican deputies to the Cortes is inevitable. The
democratic feeling in Andalusia is unanimous. In Cata-
lonia it is not likely that a single monarchical represen-
tative will be elected. Much depends on the mode of
voting, which is still very doubtful. Provincesretuming six
members are to vote in one district; these returning from six
to ten in two districts ; and those returning over ten in
three districts. But it is not certain whether, in a district
which is to have six representatives, each voter can vote
for six or for one only. In Madrid and many other parts
of the country this question is of the greatest importance.
If each elector votes for six deputies, the Standard corre-
spondent believes that the Democrats will have a strong
majority in the districts of the capital; but if the single
vote only is permitted, the monarchists may carry two or
three of their candidates in each division.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

Was the'man who wrote the following aware that
intelligence of the elections to which he alludes had
been telegraphed to Europe over a week at least
before what be wrote was published. It may be
that the Standard has lots of these scraps on hand
for use, and that this was intended to appear a
fortnight ago. At any rate, out it came the day
before yesterday in the Standard :
" Among the personal changes in Congress which have
already been made by the electors, or which are probable,
ao.ne few are of interest to English readers. Although
the Democrats may not elect their Presidential candidates,
they have wonderfully inereased their strength in the
Federal Legislature. It will scarcely be possible again for
the Radicals to gain a two-thirds majority—a change of
great importance, seeing that without this majority the
votes of President Johnson could not have heen overruled.
Several leading Radicals will have been deprived of their
seats. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, the originator of the Im-
peachment proceedings last spring, has been defeated.
Mr. Covode, of Pennsylvania, ono of the wildest Radi-
cals not merely in the House, but in the whole country,
has also been rojec'ed. Senator Wade was defeated a
years ago, but he will not go out of office until the 4th of
next March. In New York the seat of Mr. Morrissey is
threatened by George Francis Train and Horace Greeley
an odd conjunction. Mr. Morrissey, although once a
pugilist, has conducted himself while in Congress in a
manner which some who profess to be vastly his superiors
would do well to imitate. The constituency ho represents
will not gain much by electing Train instead, nor would
the change to Greeley be a sign of remarkable wisdom."
In Massachusetts Butler, tha disreputable candidate, is
likely to defeat Mr, Dana, the reputable one. Mr. Henry
J. Raymond, one of the ablest members of the Thirty-
ninth Congress, has again declined to be put in nomina-
tion. His party have had a rage for beings like Butler,
and Logan and men of talent and independence have con-
sequently been at a partial discount.

In another snipety article of the same issue, wherein
Granny brings hQr umbrella down on the heads of
the Radical papers, which; assume the " exclusive
possession of sound knowledge of American affairs,"
she asks, " Would it not be as well if the journals
which speak so arrogantly on American topics in-
formed themselves respecting the outlines of the
American Administration ;" and we reply " Yes ;"
indeed, we may safely say, it would be much
better.

General Butler has created a great ferment, and
a considerable split in the Republican party. The
Nation opposed his election as if the life of the
party, hinged on his return, grounding its objection
on its desire to introduce the element of character,
so that he whose record could not bear investiga-
tion might have little chance, if nominated, of being
elected. With this object it has been raking up
some of those occurrences in Butler's life which so
many men desire to be happily rid of under the
saying, "Let bygones be bygones." But the
Nation will not, insist ng on Butler's qualifications
to be a representative being judged from these very
bygones. Gen. Hawley has come out ag 'hist him, as
also Geenral Kilpatrick,who asserts that in stumping
Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Indiana, he had everywhere
to contend against the damaging influences of
Butler's deliberate and criminal endorsement of
Pendleton's repudiation planks. He c msiders his
defeat to be as necessary as that of any other op-
ponent of
,the Republican party, and of its great
leader, whose bitter personal enemy he is known to
be. Butler defended himself at Salmi against the
charges made by General Gordon, who, lie stated,
he was ready to fight with pistols if desired, au 1
endeavoured to prove Gordon to be " a rascal of the
deepest dye." However, a letter from Grant to the
President, dated 1856, speaking of Gordon in the
highest terms, has been published. Indeed the
battle rages with great fury in Massachusetts; but,
as we know, the indomitable Butler won in the end.
It must not, however, be supposed that it was the
Democrats that Butler was fighting against, but the
Republicans.
The great fight between O'Baldwin and Worrapld