The national Republican., 1862-11-03
Aspects OF THE ELECTIONS.

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that Il is both Inaccurate aud inexpedisnt t
speak Of the patty which has just succeeded il
Pennsylvania Ohio aud Indiana, and may cue
rg"l in o'he- Nar,harp Statos, as being a "p ac
ase lTata bscaase the ostsns BILE dec
..., OF thus parry are not for peace, bu
tort "mors vigorous" prosecution Of the wal
Iaexpedient, because u perseverance In tn
rebellion will be encouraged by the belle
that opinions are gaining ground In the frs
States favorable to q termination Of the wa
without an accomplishment Of the objects TO
which 1t was undertaken. The Advertiser
therefore, advises that tho party which ha
recently achieved rome uns xpected successe
at tbs North, shall be considered and spoker
OF, not as one In favor of peace at any price
but as Democratic opposition to the Admin.
'stratiou. and especially TO the manner IN
which tho Administration has conducted thu
war
These suggestions Of the advertiser are GER
talnly prudent, nor are they altogether desti-
tute Of support In the facts Of the case. While
it may be, and is, trus that nearly all the lead
ers Of the Democratic party are opposed to any
effective prosecution Of the war, they have, ln
very few instances, been frank enough to say
80, nor have the mafses Of the party been yet
brought up to the point Of willingness to as
sent, without further struggle, to . dissolu-
ton Of the union and the destruction of Amer.
lean nationality. No such Issue a. that wa.
made in the recent elections, and no such issue
has been decided by them.
1t lie tee bslief Of large numbers Ut the
North, that both peace and the Union NAV be
restored by the overthrow Of the Republican
party. This 10 an altogether mistaken belief
The leaders OF the South will never come back
into the Union except by coercion and subu-
ga'icn. But, until this is so absolutely demon.
s.rated by the event that there cannot be two
opinions uhoat It, there will be these at the
No:'h who will still! hope that II is not too late
Tor usasuressof compromise and Precipitation
The lumber OF such persons is now large, and
It IA their votes which have turned the scale.
against the Republicans wherever the Repub-
licans have been beaten In the elections. 1t is
their votes which will elect Mr.. Seymour Gov
ernor Of New York tomorrow, If he Is elected
at ali, as We trust and hope he will no, be
But 1t by no means follows. that men are viii
ling to give up the war, because they sre viii
ling to throw the Republican party overheard
In the hope Of obtaining peaceful restoration
Of the Union, and 10 the cod, when the South
ia found to reject everything short Of absolute
nd af th.a
cats renewed energy in the contest in which
we are engaged. And this may be trae, as
vel! of tae leaders, as Of the masses OF those
who hav. just ranged themselves In what the
Boston Advertiser styles "the Democratic op.
position" These leaders have nothing to gain
by asserting to a dissolution Of the Union
What they want 10 the South back again, with
slavery intact, or as the phrase 10, the Union as
1t was, and ruled as II always was, by South.
ern oligarcby with Northern allies. That, and
net dIsunion, Is what the Northern Democratic
!eaders want, and it Is what they expect to O.,
"-~n'sH II ibis expectation proves to be
o. -Irve IL all, aud If the al
..,.s: se,n to be, the EXTREMIST
P'-' Nh iOh VI 'uC VOL VI uSQuicbCcuCt III sep
araJlon, what then will bs the policy Of the,
NCrthern Democratic leaders. Nobody can
roresee the future, but II these leaders have any
party or political motive to aequiesce 10 sepa-
ration, 1t Ia not obvious what Il Ia.
Peace upon any such basis as that IL not to
De apprehended as the result Of recent Demc-
cratic victories. If It Ia to be spprshended at
ill, 1t is as C consequence Of iil.success In the
prosecution OF the war. There are limits to the
means Of the country, and when these limits
are reached, We must make peace, whether we
have accomplished the object Of the war or not
AGd 1t matters nothing to the result, whether
our failure in the war shall have resulted from
misInsnsg cement or from an inherent impossi-
billy Of making 1t ,ucoessful one. But there
can be no party Of the North, which, for party
ebjecta merely, will insist upon and coercs
peace, involving dissolution of the Union
We spprehend nothing Of that kind, as con-
sequence OF aDy disasters In the elections
which have happened orcan happen. And We
do cot apprehend II at ell. because ws have
unshaken faith that # is practicable to sutja-
gate he rebels, upon the present policy Of the
President, and to which we may expect Grn.
ness Of adhererse on bis part, proportioned to
th, caution aud delberation with whi,h he
adopted 1t,
II the Southern leaders will never volun-
hIiy acqae ce in tie old Union, and II North.
ern assent TO its dissolution can only be
brought about ny the proved imposslbllity Of
pfeventiDg it, there remains to be considered
ony ene ether danger, aud that s, Of tbs d.
vision OF the free States.s The Southern slave
holders will never come hack voluntarily into
Union In which they would bs a minority.
Bat they would doubtless admit into their
Confederacy, tuoh number Of free States a.
could be conveniently ruled, and the addition
Of which would make them frst class power
Thit was the programme Of sloughisg of New
Eoglsnd and the Northwest on the Lakes,
which was announced two years ago by Mr..
VIM. G. Rivs., Of Virginia, and which Ia enter
tsined to this day by Southern politicians. It
is not wholly improbable that 1t is secretly ia
vored by the Democratic leaders 10 the States
which, on this scheme, would go with the
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