, 1862-12-11
TIE RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS.

enemies Of the Union in Europe will next !
assume, in prosecuting their war against It,
will be an alleged detection Of popular sup
port Of the government at the elections
recently held in the loyal States The reports |
Of the results Of these elections in the forms |
adopted By the press are calculated, though !
not designed, to give p1nusibility to this po-
sition. I observe that these reports classify
and Democratic, or Union and opposition.
Such classlfications, though unfortunate, do
less harm here, where all the circumstances |
OF thc case are known, than abroad, where
names are understood to lnean what they ex-
press; Last year, when the war began, the
electors, gave up their party name, and, join
ing With loyal Democrats, put in nomination
candidates Of either party under the designa-
tlon on Union party. The Democratic party
made but 6piritless resistance in the can
Fass. From Whatever cause it has happened,
political debates during the present year have
resumed, in q considerable degree, their nor
mai character, and while loyal Republicans
nave adhered to the new banner Of the Union |
parry, the Democratic party has rallied and
cry Of its former political ascendency. LoyaI |
democrats in considerable numbers retaining |
the nnme Of Democracy from habit, and not |
because they oppose the Union, are classified |
y me other party as "opposition.n It |
moy for the Information Of our
-
into any examination Of the relatiye prinei- |
pies or policies Of the two parties. It will
suffice to say that While there NAV be mel
OF doubtful political wisdom and virtue in
each party, and while there may be differences
Of opinion between the two parties as to the
measures best calc1lated to preserve the
Union and restore its authority, yet it is not
to he inferred that either party or any consil-
erable portion Of the people Of the loyal
States is disposed to accept disunion Under
rather to be understood that the people have
become SO confident Of the stability Of the
Union that partisan combinations are resum-
ing their sway here, Us they do in such cases
in all free countries. In this country, espe-
cially, it is habit not only entirely consistent
lis stability, to regard the administration at
any time existing as distinct and separable
from the government itself, and to canvass the
proceedings Of the one without the thought
Of disloyalty to tlle other. We might posi-
bly, have had quicker success in suppressing
the lnsurrection if this habit could have rested
4 little longer in abeyancc; but, on the other
hand, We are under obligations to save not
only the integrity or unity Of the country,
but also its incstimable and precious Consti-
tuition. No one can safely say that the re-
sumption Of the previous popular habit does
not tend to this last and most important con
summation, if at the same time, as We conf
IDENTIFY expect, the Union itself shall be saved
An INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR.. ADAMS ASDEAR1
RUSSELL.
Dir. Adams in letter to Secretary Of State,
dated, October 244th, 1862, relates the substance
Of III interview with Earl Russell, the British
Secretary of Foreign affairs. Tie converse
tion was about Gladstone's unfrienlly and
abusivc speech against the North. In open
irg the conversation Mr. Adams said he had
lately been called somewhat suddenly to the
consideration Of the condition Of my travelling
eQ1ipa.e, in certain possible contingencies,
which at one moment seemed to approach
more nearly than lie liked
His Lordship took my allusion at once,
though moi without slight indication Of CHI
barrsss1nent. He said tllat Alr. Gladstone had
evidently been much misunderstood. l lnust
have seen III the newspapers thc letters which
contained lis later explanations. That lie had
certain opinions in regard to the nature Of the
struggle in America, as on Ill public questions,
Just Is other Englishmen had, wa: natural
enough And it was the fashion here for pub
lie cmen to express srclla they held in thcirpub-
lie addresses. Of course it was not for him to
disayow thing on the part Of afr. Gladstone;
but he had no idea in saving what he had,
| there was 4 serious intention to justify any OF
the infcrences that had been drawn from it, Of
a disposition in the Government nowt to adopt
| :, new policy.
IrepIictl flat I did not expect disavowal
| nor even did seek to imputc to Mr. Gladstone
ait intention Of the kind referred to. At the
| Eame time, I could not sufficiently express
| My great regret ut the occurrence on account
Of tic i'll effects it Was likely to have upon tile
| relations of the two countries. On the one
| side, it would be reprinted III every newspaper
| i'll America, and construed as an official expo
| si,ion Of the policy of the Government; and in
| this view it W,s scarcely necessary for me to
! 81. how much it would tend to increase the
| Irritation already very great there. On the
/ other, it WAS having great effect in coucentra.
! ting the popular inclination in this kingdom
which WAS sySaylug every day more and more
confess that from the day Of my arrival I had
observed a regular and steady decline Of good
| will toward the United States. Lord Lyons
| had been to see me in the morning. Whilst
| We had united III dcploring the respective ten
| dcrcies on the two sides, VIC lad also Joined
| utmost efforts TO counteract them. But fo1
! my },art was much less Eanyuinc Of SUCCESS
| WHEN I perceived the Influence brought to
| bear upon opinion here by leading men.
| Lord Russell admitted that opinions were
much divided aud that there had been an un.
| favorable change to us going on. But lie still
thought that i'll most popular meetings the
| greater number would sympathize With the
| United States.
70 which replied that admitting it nigh.
be so now, this slight prcponder:'nee would
| Soon disappear under the effect Of TWO OF
| three more speeches like that Of Mr.. Glad
t store. Whilst was wiling to acquit hinlo
| any deliberate Intention to bring on the worst
effects, I could not conceal from myself tht
fact that lie was doing it quite as certainly d:
His lordship intimated as guardcdly as pos
siblc, that Lord Palnlcrston and other mem
bers Of the government regretted the speech
and MIR. Gladstone himself was not lisincllnci
to correct, so far as lie could, the misinterpre
tatlon which had been made Of it. It was Still
i,lfr.r tn 1drn n t1n ut
neutrality 1n the struggle, and to let it cont
to its natural end without tic smallest inter
ference, direct or otherwise. But lie coult
not say what circumstances might Aappel
from month to month in the future.
| SEWARD N RErET TO TIE ABOVE.
On Nov. 4th Mr. Seward replied as follow:
4 to the foregoing:
Il is mol pleasant to loyal American to Sc,
a European cabinet discussing before Euro
| pean people the question whether they vii
continue to recognize the existence Of th
Republic But this is q part Of the painful
experience Of the evil times upon which ",
have fallen. While treason goes abroad from
among ourselves to invite foreign nations t,
intervene, we have no right to expect thes
nations to judge us canddly, much less t,
Judge us kindly or wisely. Ii would be aboy
all things, unreasonable to expect such chari
table Judgments from political parties in for
| c}gH countries lutCIt OulS Du luc Op1tcES
| their own ambition. Fortunately We have tn
i right to be free, independent, and at peace
whether European political parties wish u
so or not. I think, also, We have the powe
to be SO. While European parties, ACCORDING
TO your representation. are even more hostil
to orr country now than ever before, it is O
; the other hand, a source Of much satisfActiu
to know that this same country Of ours no
only is hut also feels itself TO be stronger an
in better condition and position to encounte
dangers Of foreign Intervention than it ha
been at any former period; and that if an
. | additional motive were necessary to sustai
I its resolution to remain united, Independent
| and sovereign, That motive would be found i
| the Intervention of foreign State in the grca
and painful domestic transactions in which
is engaged.
: The wheel Of political fortune makes rapi
revolutions. It is less than three wears sine
all Great Britain manifested itself desirous
: the friendship Of the United States. A sim
lar desire may, before the lapse of Ion
5 period, occur again. Neither politicians {
:. statesmen control events. They eau mode
ate them and accommodate their ambitions
!, them, but they can do no more.
t | SEWARD on BUTLRR's FAMOUS ORDER.
: In letter dated August 9th, 1862, to III
t Adams, Mr.. Seward refers to the false COZ
S structlon put on General Buffers famous O
| der about The secpsl women. He SAYS.