M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-17
The MCArlhur Democrat.
CORRESPONDENCE OF RUSSELL OF
THE LONDON TIMES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
ASafFt IS The Eua "a BE!

is q Lstiun in some mems minds that
there will be a eompronise--tha &
strong Democratic reaction and q
great Peace party will arise which
will oust the present Administration
and carry soino measures on which
Nurth and South will tind base ia
rect propositions for mutual agree.
ment. To my limited vision the idea
seems quite illusory. The South, il
not beaten, willbe content with NO
terms short Of independence" er
domination" The North is now ir-
Titated; pride and passion are aroused
and the Peace party is losing, instead
OF gaining ground, owing to the &C.
tion Of the Government and to the
violence OF the populations, which
have resulted in something very like
terrorism. The freedom OF the Press
has ceased to exist in its full accepta
tion. 1t is guaranteed by the Consti.
tuition, but that document which, with
the Empire it created IS not as old as
thousands Of living men, IS obsolete
as the Constitutions OF Clarendon
The grand jury Of Westchester coun-
ty have presented a batch Of five
newspapers as tending to give aid and
comfort to the enemy. Mobs have,
however, anticipated grand jury pre-.
sentiments. The New York papers,
which are losing circulation and mon.
ey, are delighted at this wholesome
rigor, and "cry havoc, and !et slip
the dogs Of war" at their unfortun.
ate brethren, at the same time doing
Fouquier Tonville to perfection, and
pointing out others who ought to be
suppressed in the name of "public
safety" Ominous and terrible words!
Affairs OF Che Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.
Major General Fremont's proclaim.
alton has driven a wedge not only in.
to the fine piece OF Cabinet work at
Washington, but into the whole sub
stance Of the Union party. 1t did
not need any such appliance to cause
assures in either, for there were, and
are, deep rents and cracks in these
fabrics, built up as they are of bits
Of different platforms, which all the
Union CLUES and varn;shes of the pol
iticisns could neither eventually ce.
ment nor conceal. A system Of os-
tracism and the liberal use of Lafa-
yette once introduced, it is hard to
say where the result may end, Or when
those who enjoy the power will be.
come philosophers enough to deny
themselves the exquisite pleasure Of
sending off an opponent at an elec-
tion, or a possible rival, to the seclu-
sion of the strict retreats, where he
may reflect on the errors of his way,
and repent him Of the evil he has
done. do not attach any Importance
whatever in runors, but it is within
my own personal knowledge that. Sc.
rious personal dislikes exist between
the members of the Cabinet. The
President in the main cultivates the
intimacy, and perhaps approves the
councils, of Mr.. Seward, but he is
exhibiting arude vigor Of his own
rude because it is displayed openly
which proves that he can reduce his
Cabinet to what it really is according
to the American theory-a mere Board
Of Heads OF Departments, who saay
be asked their opinions Of any mat.
ter as anaic5 euri@ by the President,
or who may be put on one side # he
pleases. Mr.. Seward, wise in his
generation, confines his attention to
the onerOus business Of his own de-
partInent, but others OF his col
leagues distinguish themselves by an
unlucky assiduity in tormenting them.
selves with the affairs of Departments
which do not belong to them, and
Everything by turns and nothing
long" are the teredOs OF every plank
in the Ship of State. Mr.. Lincoln,
who has a right to 60 everywhere,
(and do anything he likes apparently
evinces a solicitude natural enough in
all that is going on in the Army, the
Navy, and The other branches of the
public service, and has latterly turned
his attention to the subject of big
guns and ordnance. 1t would sur
prise an Englishman, whose notions
cf the functions OF PresiC ent, foun
ded upon the popular idea that they
were those Of a milder sort OF Chief
Magistracy than that which VIC have
the happiness to possess, probably
restricting his powers to that of veto
or approval by signatures Of Acts of
Parliament and The sending OF MESA
ges, to be told that Mr.. Lincoln il not
only head of the Army and Navy, but
that in such questions as the proprie
ty of relieving Fort Sumter by a mil
itary and naval expedition, the Iii
nois lascyer studied books, heard ar
gunentS on both sides, and finally
determined on The course to be pur-
sued. Pray, observe with what sub
telty the Southerners have acted, in