American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-31
NORTHERN ELECTIONS.

The elections thus far seem to have gone largely
in favor of the Democratic party. Both Ohio and
Pennsylvania have returned majority of Demo
cratic representatives to Congress, and persons
well acquainted With New York politics believe
that the city OF New York win give majority OF
40 900 for the Democratic ticket. In the mean.
tipe, however, Bennett, who but the other day
published an article in which he foreshadowed
curses that have fallen no city since the fall OF
Jerusalem as destined to fail upon New York in
the event of Wadsworths election, has faced to
the right about and shouts vehementiy for that
very wadsworth. Perhaps he may have received
orders from Washington-perh he may have
been bribed, as some of our contemporaries eoDjee
ture-b1 the most probable surmise is that he sees
Something in the atmosphere which indicates the
certain election of his new fayorte.
1t can make very little difference with US we i'm
agine, whether the Democratic party or the Re-
publican triumph in these elections. Neither OF
theI~is peace party, SO far as we can see. and
both of them propose to carry the war with all
the powers of the Government, legitimate OF
usurped. With regard to the manner of conduct
ing it there is, it is true, difference of opinion
The Abolitionists seek our subjugaton by eman
cipatng the slaves and armihg them to fight
against ms. The democrats profess to leave prop
erty as it now is. This difference, however. is
theoretical merely. Mcclellan is a wide-mouthed
more injury to Southern SHAREHOLDERS than All the
Beechers and all the Garrisons that ever preached
crusade of murder against the South. From
first to last. he has lent himself heart and soul tc
the projects of the A5olitonists and whether he be
one in theory it matters very little to the South
seeing what his practice has been.
raf fv has his
Abolitionists. They see the absurdity of attempt
ing subiugate the South by iberating the slaves
They see that by doing SO they destroy the pro
ductipeness of the South, and by means of South
ern products only can they hope to pay off their
debt 1t is probable, therefore. that they might
propose reconstruction of the UHion, with certain
pledges, guarantees, &c. To this the South will
never consent. They will never exist in the same
political association, be its name what it may. be
its terms what they WILL and be the guarantees
whatever the good will of the Democrats may make
them. They want nothing more to do with the
! Yankees, and they are determined to have nothing
more to do with them. Let them pay off their own
debt with their own resources we have mnch
as wszSAn do to pay off oars We cannot consent
to return to the state of vassalage from which we
have emerged. We cannot consent to sit in Con-
gress in which nothing is debated bat the Niger
from the beginning of the longest session to the
end of it.. We can again affiliate with people
who made a martyr of the cold blooded assassin
John Brown, and thought he was doing glorious
deed when he was dying his hands in the blood of
our people. We of the Confederate States made up
our minds to endure the worst extremity to which
war reduce people. We are prepared for it.
The Government that should propose to reunite US
with the Yankees could not exist day. 1t would
sink so deep beneath the deluge of popular indig-
nation that even history would not be able to fish
up the wreck. -
IL can make no difference to us, then what party
prevails in the coming elections in tue North.
Neither is Likely to propose anything that the
South will accept. Both will conduct the on
the same principle, may learn from the ex-
ample of McClennan. We must look to ourselves,
and not to the enemy. Even Mr.. John Van Buren,
cannot think of letting go without inflicting a
deep humiliation on US. The South are not pre-
pared to submit to any such humiliation.
Richmond Dispatch.