The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-04-15

Lord Lyons Report Of the Dem ocrafic Vie
tories His interview with the Demo-
Grade Leaders.


The foloWing dispatch from the British Min
lister TO the United States 70 his Government at
home. vas Originally published il tue Blu.
Books receHsy AID before the British Pa la
mens, an -oniA.aing the correspondence be
tween tie British Government And osS own on
American STAIRS
IORD LYONS 10 EARL RUSSELL.
Washington. Nov ) :. S62
/ Nj LORD: In His Dispatches - the th Anc
24th u.t Gnd OF he l1ta 1885,, NJ stuart 10
ported TO vosr lorosaip the results OF sic el,c
lions tor members Of Congress and State officers.
uhich have recently taken place in she moss i'm
4 portsut States OF the Union WiInoGt repeat
ny the details. il viii be sufficient tor NE 20 Oh
serve that tae success OF the Democrats o. (ss
il nov STYLES ITSELF the Conservative party. has
been 90 great a. 10 manifest change IA public
feeling, among the most rspio ara mpiete that
has ever been witnessed evea in ibis county
On NV arrival al NeS York on the Ssh inst.
I found the conservative leaders eIuitiug in the
crowniug success achieved oy the pa ~ IN that
State. They appeared 10 rejoice. above al, m
the conviction that personal liberty and freedom
OF speech had been secured for The principal
state Of The Union. They believed that the
Government must al once desist from eXercis'u 2
IL the Sac OF Neu York the extraordinary.
and a. thew REGARDED them.) ilegai aud uncon
stituuOns lowers which 10 had assumrd They
we're cont lent mat. az all events. after the lst
o. January ext Oh which day the ne~lv-elscicd
Governor would come into Office, the suspension
OF the writ o. kabeGs corpus cold not be prsc
ucGnv maintained They seemed TO be persuA
ded that the result OF the election would oe &C
cepted by the President declaration Of the
Il - -.
moderate ami cons, rvstive element ia the Csb-
RET: that he would seek 10 terminate the war.
not 10 push il 10 extremity; that he would Ell
deavor 10 effect reconciliation With the peop z
o. the South, and reuounce the ides OF sa9jl-
gate or eXtermi atIng them.
On the following morning, however, intelli-
gence arrived IRON Washington which dashed
the rising hopes Of the conservatives IL ~ss
announced that Gen. Mcclellan bad been DIS
missed from the command Of the Army of the
Potomac, aud ordered - repair to bis home
thar be had in fseg been removed altogether
{ from active service. The general had been re
garded as the representative of conservative
principles in the army. support OF him bad
been made one OF the articles OF the conserVa
tive electoral programme His dismissal We
taken as a sgn that the President had thro~n
himself entirely into the arms of the extreme
radical party, snd that the attempt 10 carry out
the policy Of thai party ~Osld be persisted in
The irritation Si the conservatives st Ne~ York
vas certainly very great; II seemed, however,
{ TO be net uomixed with CONSERVATION and des
z pOndeney.
Several Of the leaders Of the Democratic party
sought interviews with me- both before and ate
T. the arrival OF the intelligence OF Gen. McClel
l. lsn's dismissal The subject uppermOst in thei
= minds while they we're speaking 10 me vas nat
Is ursly that Of foreign mediation between thu
North and South. Many OF Ibem seemed L
. think that tsis mediation must come al last; bu
they appeared 10 be very Huch afraid Of IL
. coming TOO soon. IL was evident that they sp
BreheId that premature proposal Of foreigI
q Intervention WSuld Gford the radical party
, means OF reviVing the violent war spirit aud o
thus deiss.iEs the peaceful plans Of the couser
Vsives They appeared 20 regard the preses
T. moment as peculiarly uafsvOrAble for such a.
y Offer, and indeed, 10 hold that it Weuli be IS
% sentiAl TO the success Of any proposal fiou
q abroad tina. il should be deferred until the con
troll Of the Executive Cove INTENT should be il
i the hands Of the conservative party
e gave opinion on the subject / did no
p say whether or no | myaelf thought foreign in
% terVentiOn pFobsble or advisable; but listehe,
sc with attention to the sccouats gwen me Of III,
plans and hopes Of the conservative party A
the bottom Eheught perceived Il desire TO pu
IL end 10 she war even al the risk Of losing th
1t Southern States altogether but il plain tha
e il was not thought prudent to svow that desire
p. lndeed, some HATS OF it, dropped before tb
o elections, we're 30 ill-rsce'ed that a strong de
= clsration 10 the contrary sense was deemed ne
d cessary by the Democratic leaders
II A; the present moment, therefore the chicf
c. Of the conservative party cal loudly for NOR
vigorous prosecution Of the war and reprosc
, TIE Government sith slsckness as well ~ wan
- Of success, ia rs military measures Bus the
L. repudi~te the Idea OF interfering with the inst
81 tutions OF the Southern people. or Of wsging
10 war OF sublugaton or determination. The
a maintain that the object u The military opera
,ions should be 10 place the North IN ps.tio
10 demand afmistice With honor aud viii
effect The arDstice should, they hold, be fol
- owed by a Convention, IL which sueh change
5 q the Constitution should be proposed a. wouh
% give the South ample security on the sab ect O
ts property, and reuld enable the North an
the South 10 reunits, ard 10 live together IL
peace and harmony. TAs conservatives profes
+ 70 think that the South ght be induced TO tax
=, part 10 such Convention. aud that a restoration
Of the Uuion Wosld be the result. The NOR
sAgscous members Of the party must horever
d COX upon the proposal OF d Convention msfel
f. as a last experiment 10 test the possibility @
= reunion. They are, 10 doubt well aware ths
TOE more prODsoie consequence OF afmlsflc
2 you'd be the establishment Of Southern inds
Dl Dendesce; but they perceive that II the Sosu
II so utterly sliesated that 10 possible cor ce-
= -ious viii induce II 10 return voluntarily 10 th
a Union, 1t i wiser 10 agree 20 separation than
prosecute a cruel and hopeless war
" Ii is wiki reference TO such an srmisiiee a
d they desire TO attain that the leaders Of toe cor
sentative party regard the question Of fo-eigr
nedisuon. They think that the offer OF medis
zion. il made TO radical admins ration woul,
b. rejected; that, Il made al unpropiious me-
n ment. II might increase the Vfglsuce with uhic
l. the war IS prosecuted. II their ON varty yer
r in power, or virtually controlled the Administr.
- Nou, they would rather { possibir obisin a. A.
: mIstice vi,bsut the aid Of foreign Government
u out they would De disposed 10 accept an Of.
= Of mediation II It appeared to be the only mean
e Of putting STOP to ho-tiliIies. They would &c
~ sire mat the offer should come IRON the gres
- Powers Of Europe conformity, ard il particul a
q that ss little promiRencs a. possible should p
70 given to Great Britain.
"a Al Washington have had fever opportunitie
II han had At New York Of sscertsiring m
At present views OF The chiefs OF the politics pnr
. ties At the Interview which / had win ST.
Seward the day after nv arrival hs showed n
cisp0s tion 70 enter upon political matters Il
x ID Bot expect o. desire 10 receive IRON m an
II -pecial communicates from Her Msjrstv's Gov
: eminent The President, when I waited Uoo
= niG. talked 70 NE only on Ordinary topics