, 1862-12-23
FFEeTs OF OUR ELECTIONS ABROAD

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EFFECTS Of OUR ELECTIONS ABROAD
PLOTS AND ALARMS IN FRANCE.
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| pool on the 9Th inst. and QucnEton On the 7th,
arrived at New York at an early hour Friday
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MR. GLADSTONE DEFINES Ills POSITION on TIE
AMERICAN QUESTION.
The following letter from Mr. Gladstone,
Chancellor Of the Exchequer, 10 Professor
Newman, is published III the London Star:
II CARLTON HOUSE TEnnAcE,}
December !, 1852.
MI DEAR SR: am sure you will receive
1ndn1yently comment hare to make on a
statement in your rcceut letter on American
affairs, published i'll the Star, touching mat
ter not of opinion but Of fact,
I hare never to my knowledge expressed
any sympathy with the Southern cause, in any
speech at Newcastle Or elsewhere, nor have
pussed any eulogium on President Davis. m
dealings, whether with South or North.
have thought it out Of my province to touch
in any way tile complicated question Of praise
or blame.
Perhaps should end here; but I cannot
avoid adding, that think myself much a bet
ter friend to the Northern Americans, if il is
NOT presumptious to use the Phrase, tam
those who have encouraged and are encour-
aging them to pcrscyere III their hopeless and
destructive enterprise. Among these / Of
course assign the prominent place, merited
alike BY your distinguished powers and your
undonbted sincerity. Believe ME, my dear
sir, faithfully yours, ". E. GLADSTONE.
To Professor Newman
4 SHARP REPLT TO MIR. GLADSTONE.
Professor Newman replies TO Mr. Gladstone.
lanenting that the policy Of the English GOV
ernment appears to be the announcement Of
rebellion, and to foster party Of Insurgents
without moral claims; aud arguing that Eng
land has been actuatcd by an intense desire to
see the destruction Of the Union, and that
every other pretcxt is hypocrisy. The follow
ing extracts from this letter are intercst;up:
December 4, 1861
It is q terrible fact that that conduct Of
English statesmen for which you have been
represented ms clsi1ning high moral credit, is
al this moment goadlng both North and South
into hatred against us see no chance Of al
laying the malignant elements which the up
per classes Of England have stirred up, with
ont much plain speaking, with little care
whom We offend. The seeds Of IN unnatural
and dreadful war have been sown. The
plague is not yet stayed. Ifratc Ships
are tet eoo"i to issue from Li"e,pooz. The gov
ern1nent which was SO active about Hsle's
rockets, and would not allow arms to be sent
to noble Hungary, shows no signs Of activity,
when succor in the most odious form, and
most damaging to the fair fame Of England, is
to be sent TO tilat slave power in comparison
with which the late tyranny Of Naples was
respectable and endurable. You first earned
honor with me By your dcnunciations Of that
tyranliy when no other public man spoke. Much
should have rejoiced to see in you i strong
heart Of Righteousness, able to stem the tide
Of cu!ssenlptille rational jealousy.
! read your Newcastle speech with great
pain-I will not say with surprise; for in a
previous speech tic papers had represented
you rs relter;tipg, after Six months, Earl Rus
sells monstrously untrue eplgram that the
indcpcndence.' This ] supposed to be meant
rs an encouragement to the South, and q :5rl-
tuitous display Of sympathy with it. Your
Newcastle speech was, believe, unlyersa1ly
understood as intended to feel the way to-
wards the recognition Of the Sout1 By Eng
land.
No one will believe that it is tlc
policy ofan Eng'ish ministry to encourage iu-
suTeetion, us such. They must have suiue
urgent reason for it, The party now fosicsed
by them (noi, I thankfully add, at all to the
extent which The elte Of London would have
desired, but still, as no ins1lrrectionists in thu
very best cause were ever before foster
ed:) this party Of insurgents llas no
lnoral claim, even il there were no North
All the world, therefore, inevitably believes
That England has been actuated by an intense
desire to see the destruction Of the Union.
and that every other prctext is hypocrisy We
have to clear ourselves Of the dreadful plausi-
b1eimputation having desired an opportunity
Of war at the outrage Of the Trent. In the
letter with which you now honor me you say
1Eat you count yourself . better friend to the
North Than I AMI, in that you do not *sencour-
age it to hopeless and destructive enter
prise" To pronounce it hopeless and destruc-
tlve Is to encourage and almost justify tic
rebels. On no previous occasion have Eng-
lsn statesmen taken on themselves to Dre-
judgc tile ability OF friendly government to
put down lIssurFection. I am in high hope
That the righteous cause will be blessed by 4
righteous God, since its upholtlers arc at
length III earnest. I have tie honor to be,
sincerely yours. FRANCIS ". NEWMAN.
letter:
II is credltablc to Mr. Gladstone that he re-
fuscs any longer to be associated with pro-
southerners. The lamentable lndiseretion Of
llls Newcastle speech is being gradually at
toned 1tr. The note which We publish to-day
i luis fourth or Nflh effort to explain away a
l"AeANS NAa@ "tAAAN1$ <A4l 4ulSEillt JUS 1E
ever uttered. lie does not, VIC regret to say,
do much to remove the unhappy impression
which he Thereby created; hut he shows ut
least an honorable sensitiyeness to The cen
sures Of The many friends he has grieyed.
TEE FRENCH IN NEW ORLEANS.
The presence Of Admiral Renaud' squadron
at New Orleans is mentioned in the Paris
1uoaiteMr in semi official form and the pres
encr OF his ships is represented TO hayc clatcd
the disaffeetcd population.
RESULTS OF ouR NOVEMBER aEEor1oSs.
The London Tines cditoria1iy argues that
the success Of the Democratic party at our
elections has rendered the government des-
perate, Instead Of d.unting it; and it looks
upon the last news from America as theworst
that las yet been received. Tic following is
an extract from the article:
HenceforEard it seems that no measures arc
lobe kept with the rebels The utmost <tyInor''
IS to be infused into the war, and desperate
effort is to be made to break the Conftderl-
ton before the Democrats can realize their
successes and get actual possession of power.
From this time forth the President appers to
put himself entirely in The hands Of tic t.Ex-
tcrn,i,aationa party All the amenities Of civ
llized warfare seem likely to be set aside, and
no means are Judged too atrocious to tie in
capable Of being justified by success. The
dest I ruction which Disciplined armies cannot
1ntlct without demoralizing themselves ean
sometimes he accomplished hy cunning en-
ploymeut Of the aid IF nndlsciplined aIlies;
and there is NO society which cannot be de-
stroJcd By the process Of setting loose those
dangerous classesH which are always to b.
found i'll every community, whether urban or
rural
The London Daily Meas has more temper.
atc discussion Of the question. It says:
As for ana effect to bc wrought on tho great
work of emancipation BY any result Of the
Northern elections, we may dismiss it from
our Thoughts. The present Democratic vic
tories in New York aud elsewhere arc Just
what might have been expected. # the Re-
pnblican party had been much more worthy
Of power than it has shown itself, the result
Of these elections would not have been very
different from what it is. It is Impossible
that 4 nation SO heterogeneous, and at the
same time SO closely implicated: in Il great
national sin and political anomaly, caa be-
come wisc and virtuvus, through one par
oxysm Of feeling. Not only tits, but the
whole Northern people did not pass through