The New York herald., 1863-11-14
IMPORTANT FROM THE WUlM.
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Rebel Comments on the Elec-
tiOns North.
The Withdrawal Of the British C0nSuls
from ReNeldem.
THE BATTLE OF KELLY'S FORD.
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AFFAIRS ON THE PENINSULA.
JEFF. DAVIS I'm SAVANNAH
THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS.
AFFAIRS In RICHMOND.
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AFFAIRS ON THE PENINSULA.
yEFr DAVIS I'm SAVANNAH
TIE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS.
In RICHM ND,
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Governor Seymour and the Elections
North. o.
from the RachmOnd Examiner, Nov. 10.

North.
From the Mchmond E1anner, Nov. Io.J
The brief easo ef power N the State Of New York
whion The democratic party obtained last year by the
OF Seymour has been determined by the late cleo
In the faith Of Mozart of Tammany, has given black
republican majority. The eoquence OF Seymour has
tions OF political change which were mentioned by his
sans as evidence that the republicans had lost
ground since last year have been shown by the results
Legislature passes into The hands OF the Lincoln party.
and Seymour 10 deprived Of any power 10 oppose the
There is no special reason why the South should regret
th The experience OF tho last has shown that the
opposition expected from the State government Of
New York Of an exceedingly mid type. The only
practical question with which the Governor had 10 deal
during that time draft. Against this he
might have rallied not only whatever remnants of free
spirit and respect for law could have been found TO do
who personally affected by Its operation. He
lacked either the Tosoer As dsposon 10 organize an e
fecual 'ppoon The class most njuriousy affected by
the operation Of the law vented its discomfort and excr
cd s power of resistance in tho spasmodic form OF q
riot preoxt afforded for the concentration
authority upon solid basis than be No serious
opposition TO the draft has since been heard OF In that
great sasnrs, due to he IA taesis afforded H. sonmsnt
BY that outbreak Of exercising contvoln0 influence
From the statistics Of the Pennsylvania and ohio elec
ons appears that, In spite OF the absence Of large
part OF the population Of the military service the number
Of voters had increased; ond Notwithstanding the fact
tht the democrac candidates received larger votes than
before they defeated by large maorties The
Inference s Of COURSE irresistible that immense frauds
perpetraaed. They naturally been
pected, but might have anticipated dexterity
the arrangements for concentrating them. would
have seemed rational have suppressed sufficient
number Of opposing votes 70 insure the ecton OF the
republicans without OBVIOUSLY exposing the fact OF
fraud Lincoln s however, not particularly sensitive on
" serve his purpose. Even the sham Of elections In
Maryland Kentucky and Missouri not too transparent
ha Nf
Although j, possible that tho administration party
Of New York by citation consequent upon tho
q last summer, ie unlikely that 80 great change
military force 70 inim.dats asd che operation Of fraud,
arc necessary 70 an explanation Of sno TACT
Universal sI,raseMhs great war norss Of democratic
checks and constitutional FORMS becn shown 70 be readily
Of application To the purposes Of arbitrary
government Louis Napoleon has the merit of first apply
rg on grand scale. In bis empire universal suffrage
10 the foundation Of the ed,ace The people, howcver,
imperialism, mo caprice change rs permitted. The EN-
peror reiens paT IA Oracs Dc Dieu, Il Ia volSNte
Lincoln, xe nasure ef the case. has acted
What dierenty. He has preserved the old forms, I'm
= he found IT, but srrps !. " an entirely different drec
son He still carries the appearance OF constitutional
government has regular elections ana legislative sssem'
possm and nation accustomed 10 them are OF more
oJnvencnce than exclusive reliance upon military force
The complete control OF the State government undoubt
sdly gvesgroat power to the centralized despotism at
Washington but CHS very freedom to out their do
BY which Yankees viii roach that goal Of discontinue
and exhaustion ct which absolute power will be un
able to eis any further effort from them. The failure
OF the radical system a final overthrow, leaving
FOR tho teipporizng expcdbents middle terms OF
that exists In THAI country is tho OF their
own mteresto. D. is possible that thcy may now think
that ead bssi 10 DO attained BY the complete desruc
son OF tho South accordance with the radical policy
Party sruRgts1 tsr the possession OF State Offices
cialy Ia Ncw'Yorx have bat small bearing on tho
graet pr0clo Involved in the contest Piunder IL the
motive power i1 eoth wnen they despair OF OBJ
tanning that, Gse people may be driven TO demand .
peace and Tie government reluctantly forced to yield II.
The withAae~ai OF British Consuls and
Commissioners from RebeIdom.
fFrum u.o Richmond Enquirer Nov IL
expressing usfacton the dis nlssal Of the British
Consus from ths ederacy, and the withdrawal OF Mr.
would be speedy,saNowed by the ike action towards the
consuis Of other Towers, aud the commissioners Il
D. dscriminai,os an indication Of resentment asans
one European govennI ent beyond all the rest. In this
aise,nination-no disc, n the dismissal or Withdrawal
for consuls OF all nsDns which do not recognize In
dependence. then 1sre could have been ground Of
complaint; the pros,sading would have been avowedy
the general prnc4Ju that IL does compor with the
dignity OF the confsderscy 10 continue In attitude OF
solicitation, s'ler and
cies within bordeps governments which have
long delayed that Official recognition OF our sovereignty
II IS hue NAT he oorx, nment Of EnoIdnd had shoos
Heh more unfrtendy than 'Udt Of F<dnce and nofo-
y ne o@dee 70 l9'ni r.sognann 90 that the argu-
csurse were drawn mainly from tho manifest hostility
aud insolent denial comn,n right, shown In the
duct of English statesmen especially OF Earl Russell.
Yet the leading and governing reason for putting eud
10 our imporunae sAitude towards foreign Powers ap
articles which have appean IN the ENqw~r at lcast
this vsxod question: thcrs vUor was werd In favor Of
the cuHrary we repeatedly uzgcd tho Withdrawal both
Of Mr. Mason and OF Mr. Slid sL and she danissa Of all
foreigners claiming to be Co sns-putslns always on
the one b1oad ground that rssn nations DO not rc-
ognze Il does not become sdo recognise them For
this Is, in act the only enablc wound the alleged mis-
conduct OF certain English "ConsrFs" and "Actiag Con.
suis,' upon which hr. benjamin much enlarged, was
not the gst oi our compiaint, wac only symPtoG-a
s,uaton in which we had so ~ ug allowed our
..nors,. sstd-@ allowing porsn rs 70 so' ss
Abe public enemy. Even MT FuIlarton's sdvcs to his
fellow subjects @ reorrd his az "oNsfi cy,' is
nrow dooa her dtzs called 10 serre-v.v h1 out.
eeobs prefenston, oJtelsd e ii,ns waa jusfei
b A ae io,. o o sJaayy Of STATE, approx ng aud
recognizing az toHratd nho dsrired thory
rrtr ns gouenmes, at asht,gton For Fuiarton lim
ed u be "actng oansa having been apponted 10 that
takcn his oregsau fras the Washington government =
hedatcly or immediately, k,cre Mr. fularton derived
q eCr enemies and In dhat character he zap
proved aud rccognzed'' by cur authorities. Mr. Fuar
am ackJ,ouliosf uus an ias vasisnnos oorernmen 20
shorse oval, act is es,i pcvt ~ cosd not cthrwise
thdn cofcud th we SirrtAo np rets'iioN and
ciu wdr' hs jushfsd IN kposin0 0rerwssrf hsre
tsa W. LtncoiHs and dsSAatged ku duy N adr,s,no
BrhA 'tDecis q lake no pr,t N cav "ret,iiio~" We
topcat that the Ased misLhavor ef the English cou
run vas no nsbeklvor at ~ and that TO rest
On Justine lon Of s4r diusseal upon that ground
pVlh undigcined aud sisingenv@ss.
Deshes what becoues II the withdrawal u Mr. Msson'
tuS oVhaucte q me consDs good reason Tor that
tnoa we W. be said ili Lord hsell also shehaved
glFeH " our CSumssioo,r-wo'Se not admit him
nlrAoes nor ircn MIN 9TH duo s.spsct, while the
fEpc1I q 1be frsuch has ny tot NJ sidc 10 break.
tte'i ana hlo EnNess has hOnored him With long
sohY9rga oaal this " 10 be accounted ar by tho great
- 1atehes " french tsaecs and chssster k0thiug
tla a1c ~ u oressp has bsen taken by tho Freach
grc % an BY The kugikh, TO sards Ur oaoial reos
h boz H.ngfy sfeislatss terys nour'shn,eut from
hf sa8is breakfasls: nebes does the marked cinde.
slauco
opco more, ne tfu< and coe orot-d fp withdrawing
~ hd"n Gnd dlsss.sao BriitsA oorsss AoSis good fer
~us LIau,po M S,oes aud d0mia,as Fsseh eonni'
hdWefs hif b. ne NATIONS aL Uifhh ID ~ recaqauon
~itch 90. ar ID lsd tcta giin rfIss
$50 'itn ht fCafsde,ufy .A.t Z.
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