The New York herald., 1862-10-14

r0v0lutiOnizo the North. With civil war Dc
ginning at this fiery. passionate city Of New York
and spreading like whirlwind of fame over
the North, what follo~sf The triumph Of the
rebellion. What Is the triumph of the rebel-
lioni Ruin to US and the country. Are we to
| risk such dangers for tho sake Of an election
which decides nothing-which cannot at all affect
the slavery question-which cannot influence
the administration in regard to the press CEN
sorship, the provost marshal nuisance, the sus-
pension ofhabeas corpus or any Of the other acts
of which some people complaint Suppose Wads-
worth elected, will his opponents submit to the
| decision of the ballot boxi Then everything
remains in stata quo, and nothing is gained
Will they resist this decision by forces Then
riots and bloodshed must ensue. Suppose
Governor elected opposed to such war
measures, will he resist them forcibly.
Then We have civil war. Will he
resist them by Withholding troops from the
government Then we have the completion Of
the division of the North, and the rebellion will
| be successful and we ruined. Turn this grave
subject what way you will you find that the
present violent canvass in this State represses
| enlistments, interferes with the military cam
paign, threatens riots and civil war, and assists
the rebellion. You find that the coming cleo
ton decides nothing; for whoever Is elected
| must either sustain the government in it's war
measures, or inaugurate revolution, or cause
that para ysis which will secure the success Of
the rebellion. You find that in continuing this
canvass everything is risked to gain nothing
but destruction.
A friend Of the people and tho govern
ment, and Is an enemy Of the rebellion, there
fore, We have requested Mr.. Seymour, who is
too good man for the political company
he keeps, to withdraw from the canvass
and allow the election to go peace
fully by default in favor Of Wads-
worth. This request being disregarded, we
now appeal to both Seymour and Wadsworth,
as loyal men, to withdraw from the canvass,
and nominate and support some such man a.
General Dix for Governor. We suggest General
Dix because he was a candidate in both the
Democratic and Republican conventions, and is
acceptable to both parties. He was defeated
in the Democratic Convention by trick which
prevented ballot He was defeated in the
Republican Convention by the demands of the
radicals for an ultra candidate. Thus rejected
by the worst politicians Of both parties, he will
be doubly popular with all honest, patriotic men.
With General Dix as the only candidate, this
dangerous canvass will be ended. With General
Dix as our Governor, no party or person will
have any just cause for complaint We ask
Wadsworth and Seymour to do q sublime, a
ckoI hut h;o
is an unprecedented crisis, and demands rare
magnanimity In the army, Thomas nobly re-
fused to take the place Of Buell.; Burnside
nobly refused to take the place Of Mcclellan
Both sacrificed their highest ambition to the
interests of their country. Has the country no
such claims upon Wadsworth and Seymour!
Will they peril that country for the sake of an
Office or party! We appeal to their patriotism
and await their reply.
The Late Dashing Raid OF the Rebel
General stuart.
At the first glance the late dashing cavalry
raid of the rebel General Stuart across the
Upper Potomac, at the narrow neck of North
western Maryland, into Chambersburg, Penn
yylvania, and thence southwark around the rear
rick City, and down to the fords of the Poto'
mac. opposite Leesburg, and over again into
Virginia, sixty miles or so below the point at
which he went out, is one of the most astonsh
ing feats of the war. In the captures made of
horses, shoes, clothing, &c-though not in the
matter of cattle-the enterprise will also COM
pare favorably with the most successful of those
of the old time Highland robber clans down
into the fruitful lowlands of England. But a
little inquiry into this adventure will show that
il was not, after all, a very wonderful achieve
ment.
At Dam No. 5, where Stuart crossed the Po-
tomac, "outward bound there was only picket
guard to oppose him. Between that point and
| Chambersburg there were no Union forces what
| ever, and none at Chambcrsburg, Gov. Curtin's
| improvised army of seventy-iive thousand men
having been all dismissed "a little too soon) and
sent home. Stuart, however, with his scouts in
advance, was ready to fall back. in the event Of
danger; but the way being reported open, he
-pushed forward into Chambersburg, gathered
up all the horses, shoes, dry goods, &C., that his
very short stay enabled him to do and was off
again. OF course his return was not by the route
| over which he came. He knew there was danger
of being headed of in that direction. He had
yet, too, the main object Of his adventure to ac-
| complish--a dash down into Frederick City, and
the destruction of the vast supplies of ammuni-
tion, subsistence, quartermasters' and hospital
stores, wagons. ambulances, &c, of General
McClellan's army, collected at that point. Had
Stuart succeeded in this design, the conse-
| quences might, indeed, have been very serious
to our army; but he discovered, in season to
avoid the trap, that Gen. Mcclellan had pre-
pared nice little reception for him at Frederick,
which It was prudent to decline. So, sheering
Off to the left, Stuart moved rapidly down for
the fords Of the Potomac below the Monocacy,