The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-09-14
FoREIdN OPINION.
From the Lsndon Times. Ang. ?.

From the Lsndon Times. Ang.3
The value of the Federal sue
cesses in Georgia is greatly diminished,
and the Importance Of General Lees sue
cesses greatly increased. by the now evil
dent WEAKNESS OF the war which Is creep
ing ever the Nnrth. Our columns on Mon
day contained some most remarkable ex-
tracts from influential papers, expressing
the very same opinions at the hopelessness
Of the struggle. and the very same conclu-
sions in favor of peace. which have been SO
long urged on this side of the Atlantic.
When the New York Herald discusses the
possibility ut failure, aud considers the
question nf being conten,ed with what
~e have got" the temper OF the American
public must be greatly changed, II APP
pears. too. that person Of no less postum
than Mr. Horace Greeley has been carry
Ing ON sort of private negotiation with
some important members OF the Goniedera-
cy. who have bren staying for that parpose
on the British slde Of Niagara Falls. Mr..
Lincoln's obsiinacy in laying dawn abso-
lutely impossible terms IS basis Tor any
agreement, materially broke of the negotia-
tions at once but that Mr.. Greeley should
be engaged ia such COMMUNICATIONS IS y
fact Of itself highly significant.
| A similar indication, il il be nothing
more, Of the set Of public feeling. is afford.
ed by the reported discovery OF wide
spread conspiracy in the Mississippi val
lev fur establishing a new csnfederacy IN
the North vest. IL was but lately that We
drew attention tna letter from gentleman
OF considerable influence in 0hlu. which
threatened this very movement The at
tempt may cad IN nothing Tor the present
but the feeling il DISPLAYS must be growing
into considerable Importance. While thi.
spirit is spreading. the President has Issu
ed cali Tor half million more troops b.
the 5th Of September, and threatens TO hl
up by oonscription all quatas tiiat are IN
complete by that date. Sach confession
of the vastaess Of the task still remaining
to be accomplished. and such an ill-timeC
threat ot an obnnxious expedicnt, will no
tend to remove the Federal despondency y
We find. accordingly, that IN New foiI
The proclamation is received in the ms
business-like way, and, instead of readil,
responding as Of .ld. the State esidentI,
makes up IFS mind 10 strike as hard bar
gain win the President a. i possibly can
The best comment on the position oi AFFAIR
is again Afforded by the price of gold
which. even in the presence OF rri,erate,
reports Of the fsll oi htlan.a, remained =
25i.
fromihe Paris Manteur. August ..
The fact il, that the late eveut. mss
have enlightened the President as to th
real feeling Of the people in the North
and shnwn hin that ,hey are getting wear
OF this TERRIBLE war. The sluggishness wit
which the militia responded to the call
made upon il during the Confederate insa
SION ol Maryland--the obstacles Nc. Fes
senden has had to contend with in the ne
gotiation Of his loan. which IL is now sat-
he is attempting to realize by public sub
scription--the inqction OF Grant before Pe
tersburg--the dissensious in the Cabinet
which seen likely to involve the retire
mept Of Mr.. stanton-all this is calculate
to inspire Mr.. Lincoln with serious reflse
tions. and may possibly have suggested |
him that the Union would rather prefer I
re-elect pacific than . warlike Presl
dent.