New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-07
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

uisS st es for he last four years has at length
10 ra,s and virtually although not as yet legally Mr.
LIN. oi has teen elected President and Mr. hsmhn
ste PreeGent of the great American Coniederacy
The event bas been long foreeeen, and VIII surprise
roioSy who has raid the bast attention 70 American
x,bi Ii is the natural reaction against the outrages
And excesses Of 1855 and 1885, the protest OF the freeest
srS les, educated part Of the American people against
tb,ssts of Liz hhaaded violence and oppression when
Fre,e eed tie advent of Mr.. Buchanan 70 power. II
lie Soath has al length found that Is not omnpotsn
la The councils Of the country that unpleasant DIS
coyery il owing 70 the foohsh and intemperste use
wi isk tie South has made of ts prosperity. While
SsuEr ding the most implicit respect for its own opin'
Sops The South hss been even ostenta'ious In proclaim
d bitter and cynical contempt for the opinions and
feelings Of others. Slavery has oeen aeienoeo as
Abe normal and perfect stste Of human society and the
North has been bitterly tainted win lLs
reTs which the fsstidions Southern planter
sra. CO TO that GAUGE Willie claiming for itseh tue
monopoly Of the Government Of the United States the
South has constantly held the Language oil desnoeon
and The United States have been ruled by sparty
With was perIetually talking Of disuniting them
Solar froro wondering that these things should have
produced the result have just witnessed II mas iens
srr.sed to us impossible that they should not Man
Mud if ruled at all must be ruled either by force or
rersuGfiOn. The South could not employ the former,
aud have long substituted the u
ard @ 6unce Tor the latter But tAssc snd many oSher
lille they fully account Tor the Gnnee
With las taken place, tend very considera9y 10
diminish its rig ifCsnee Had the south peen always
AZ eettiOn Of Mr. Lincoln "a evidence OF an ihtV4er-
snee Of the very institution OF Slavery winch might
Iorie esuls fatal 10 ths&aIihy OF the opioni our
the South has really taken much pains 10 sng the
yrt,.,1 result TO pass that has no night W be sur
Inhkd at its own ouecets. H
IRE caut,s 70 Which the election Of Republican
P,icep is ow ing are chiefly interesting 10 us 80 Tar
a. ttey afford us any guidance In estimating the effect
tueb charge will produce on the toreSn pohey OF tne
Ilion. Tie hIst impression may be ti11 ffeSidenI
su,siua with the general sentiment OF tins country
Al. If slavery would be Hkety 70 pre-
serve en- Fable relations between the two countries
tlaa a Pre,ideit in aVowed opposition 10 European
no,Iors on tlis important point IL 10 thus lnA; tle
Pore aid Cardinals argue, that II the Paiuerston MIN
ity were TO he OvertbrOwn In England It's policy
wosb he revened by It's successors; Both ideas sp'
Iesr 10 equally fallseicus. The days are gone oy
wien the pOli,y ii great and civilized nsion can he
altered Nv lie q ange OF Prime Minister, and the
Peidcui Of tie United States is IN some respects ht'e
more, ind in Others lot 20 much. The Chinese gan
ncking by the Accession 70 ofce oil their e'TDeSe az
yoses Of 1857 nor We suspect, VIII the change In
the American Government produce any particular az
vantage to England. We ere not hSe4y 10 see fres1
aeut Of the United States who will seriouJy c0mpro
IN. The relations between England and the UniJn
For y,t PIe,i@ent Who Will resist the temptation OF
making a little cal iial for his party among the
Limb and the Republican euigrants from Europe,
Nv embaI king in all quarrels and showing certain
amount Of petty hostility. We do not expect that 70
far as our Affairs concerned, we have changed
lrttcets for the better nor gu the other hand, do
we fear Il at the change will be for the verse. That
In DO Lnler generally popular in the United States to
lie i'll terms with Great Britain has been dbundantly
proved by the eeLerOus and hOe liable reception OF the
iIbte OF WLee. This good feeling and our own good
intel ,ions sufficient guarantee for peace and good
pDceIstandinP, and for US the questions involved in
tie triumph OF either contenOing party are compare.
lively Of little moment. Ii is very fortunate that it
Should he IL Ii very fortunate that we have IN the
god feeling and common interest OF the two natl ons
much stronger than the caprice Of Ministers
or PIetideLts For ourselves, theu far as tie i'm
peSte interest Of this country is concerned We re-
gard tie accession 10 power If the Republican Presi
der ithout any very strong feeling of Imph. We
have E,ed on good terms with his Democratic prede.
resot; 60 not doubt that shall Ce able 10 main
tia the sane relations with the new Chief Of the
State.
But although this may bs all very plain and easy 20
gs ueie IL "a considerable number Of persons In
AmeIi1s TO whom, apart FROM mere political oolidera
eOis, the change OF esideDts rs not matter OF IL
difference. First, there all the employees, from
se Secretaries Of Stale down the Sorters Of letters
ana lid, alters. The vote that has substituted Re-
pubhCtD Tor Democra, al tie hte- House 70 toen
and each Of them sentence of ruthless and adscrIni
nate prescription, There is need 30 X the iists Of
e seibsd in public places ser the fashion Of the
syhs.l ~ lla TAe prescription Is eSa~Iy nadent
with the lumber Of plsce holders. We cannot expect
ibat any argument will reconcile these martyrs TO
their dom. Then there are the slave-Owners them
selves whose acute senitbes on the subject OF their
.eLh,r domestic institution" wbOsS hatred Of
Tie North ard wbO,e fears Of the masses Of
tailahm by with they have surrounded
tLemttlvts, have led them very much 10 oSer-es;i-
mate the ,, al iml Of tie change. There can
he 10 ssy. 70 stupid aad Ignorant not 20 know that
re Inv whi,h Is master has been talking Of and
fearing 20 loI hns fsen az last, end who viii not d.
rive tICm il q far ea,I deTee Of confidence than
ought really to The reign Of terror now Pre-.
vihng in 1exRs is ient proof Of the existence OF
tia =. il Of exagl erGtio, and il may perhaps opeT-
Ete To- call forth iron the ,laves manifestation Of
feeling which can Lave 10 other result than 70 nvet
Ltters al eady too severe We In1y surmise that the
esgraeeirl hfc in tlaves sue, sooner or Liter 70
fellow the iu,tituton Of Slavery itself, viii be kept
snder with vigorous hand. We may expect TO mud
nj o eupstme Cour1 Of the United States restored, If
uos 10 IsIti hy, 10 something more hke balance
OF iDion by the appontme Mt Of eminent Kepeohc&n
lawyers and we may expect 10 ind Ia the stninistrs-
trail o the Territories spirit viii h will render the
rel eiiiOn Of like tAoSe of Kansas impossible.
We know not that the friends Of the Degro have
nuth more 10 expect nom the new frefaoent. hi'
row ers are very United. and will be confined within
,ate much narrower th,n their strictly legal extent,
iy tie same necessity Which has made Mr.. Buchanan
abstain fom any attempt on Cuba, aud tolerate the
SpaTthI End the aegressiOns OF unhappy Mexico
For lie Fafety Of the Union Itself, confess we
have no fear. OF course, il will take time be-
fore cool down from the bilster winch has
t.ep profriey used for ele toneering purposes, to
tie IangasSe Of moderation AM truth. some men
have a id tie Ihinas often that they ashamed
20 ,Low how little they believe them, and some 70
o,en Il vt they lave really learned 70 believe them
1Lenaeye But when tie cooler heads OF tie Solln
bgin 10 eODsicer how imaginary Ii sbe injury winch
tk.y lave suftsired, how vast are the Interests M
Nol,ed, how heavy would be The ooe', DO" coa1dera-
he he danger Of disiu.ion, apd how inPoesiola u
would for tue Southern States 10 nlalntah an Toe
face Il n world the strong posi m they DOW bold Us
mteIs Of the errat American Ccnfoder'cy' we sos-
Iet Illt tie South viii GhiDk better OF A. snd turn s
.aNti,iy into the more practical cbanGel Of proving
mr. Lincoln with o Democratic successor In 1851
From The LoHG~ Ti~>s Mr. a..
Tie further accounts We nave received from hMs,i-
ga ted entirely confirm the view we TOOK OF the
prc bal e results vi the Presidential eieciiJn seems
i - h.