Newbern weekly progress., 1860-12-25
THE ENGLISH PAPERS ON THE PRESI-
DENTAL ELECTION.

The result of the Presidential contest is gen.
orally commented upon by the English papers
with satisfaction.
We publish an abstract of the opinion of
leading Journals, to show what our British
cousins think of secession, and how ignorant
they are of the working of our government,
and of the spirit of our people:
The London Times treats the event as one
long foreseen, and surprising to nobody. 1t
regards it as the natural reaction against the
outrages and excesses of 1853 and 1856, and
says that the South has brought the reaction
upon itself by the Incorporate use which it
has made of its prosperity. The Times argues
that the change in the American government
will be neither advantageous nor dsadyanta-
geous to England and says: For ourselves,
then, as far as the immediate interests of this
country is concerned, we regard the accession
to power of the Republican President without
any very strong feeling of triumph. We have
lived on good terms with his Democratic
predecessor: we do not doubt but that we
Shall be able to maintain the same relations
with the new chief of the States. After eXpa-
tiating on the domestic effects likely to be pro
duced by the election of Lincoln, the Times
concludes as follows:
For the safety of the Union itself we confess
we have no fear OF course it will take some
time before men can cool down from the blus-
ter which has been so profusely used for cleo
tioneering purposes, to the language OF mod
Grafton and truth Some men have said these
things so often that they are ashamed to show
how little they believe them, some SO often
that they have learned to believe them them
selves. But when the cooler heads of the
South begin to consider how imaginary is the
injury which they have sustained, how vast
tI}e interests involved, how heavy would be the
cost. how considerably the danger Of disuDion,
and how impossible it would be for the South
c1n States to maintain, in the face OF the world,
the strong positions they hold, as members OF
the great American Confederation, we suspect
that the South will think better Of it, and
turn it, activity into the more practical channel
of providing MIR Lincoln with Il Democratic
successor in 1864
The Morning Post regards the state of affairs
in America as very critical, AID thinks that
American institutions are about TO be tried by
a severer test than has ever yet been applied
to them. 1t has faith. however IN the good
sense of the people, and looks for a general
acuuiesence in the election of Lincoln.
The morning Herald is more gloomy In its
deductions, and regards the election OF Lincoln
as tantamount to a revolution in the Republic
The Daily News rejoices at the result of the
contest. and ridicules the idea of the threaten
ed secession of some of the Southern States.
The Morning Chronical gives a dissertation
upon the constitutional checks imposed upon
the president, and his consequent inability to
interfere with the rights of the several States.
1t regards the election of Lincoln as really
more moral protest against the long predom-
nance of the South, than any beginning OF
war of reprisal on that section of the Union.
The London Star eulogized the event as
great ant-slavery triumph.