The New York herald., 1864-10-22
Ihe Approaching Preside ntiai Eiec-
GtOn NJ. l.tncnln,s Eel ect.On Certain.


IFrun the Richmond Dispatch, Oct X.
The com?e,ion OF the from the North ieare
doLt cah regard 10 the fe.iecitn OF Lincoln For our
part in way disconcer;ed or disappointed
Tor wo have Tor one moment entertained douoi
the result would be precisely s.ch us Il is now cvi
ali tht Il must be. Nor 10 speak the ruth,
dpleascd with the ISSUE We hare always re0ayei
Mci Hcn the dangerous for The confederncv
that could 7oss,ty hare been PIT IN momnn i'm fer The
now TO doubt that opinion well founded
s ahousn nas psSsa hs euas
platform. He avuws, at the risk of losing many
vocs his determination 20 prosecute the war 20 the re
elected place the prosecution OF hostilities upon
footing With the usuagcs OF civilized Nations
Had elected there every probability that the
policy OF srmistces and peace crnvcntionsthe most
dangerous policy tina, could possibly have bcen naugu
rated TOR been pushed 10
nation. Besides all th,s he u . man OF large military
experience, and knows far boster than Lpcon how TO
President Of United States We oYahfed then,
az the ESCAPE TANK zoe Aaue made u might have brcn
Infinitely worse We arc indeed, confident that would
have been.
We now are pretty sure OF what have to expec
Not only is Ibrahdn L'ncoin President o tAs Cnied
but he goes in w n,ojc,ty large enough TO- sustain i,
in any dtroc'ty he may nedTae The majority " lho
North have rretty clearly declared themselves well
pleased with the and with tne manner oil conducting
il They endorse all tho atrocities al Sherman all the
cruetes Of Hunter, all the crimes of Sheridan, all the
murders u Butler all ths butchery and barbarian OF
Graut. Tho coDilasrations of our towns aud VII
inecs the deportation OF women and children,
the starvation o; whole populations, the instisa
slaves to murder and robbery an nggraya.
ton OF all the horrors OF war
where the passions eotirey without control and
every app,nce used to stimulate them until, by their
Indulgence, mcn become devils-a these things, IN.
yirtuous Intelligent. civilized, Christian, religious
Norththe heirs oi the best government the sun cver
shoue upon--bave deliberately approved OF as applied 10
And accept the application. Indeed, there In np
way OF escape, did dc-ire to avoid the issu,
there be shutting 10 the ranks now. Every man
know his place, and must keep II. The issue IS
peace but freedom slavery, existence
extorminatiOE.
" best the people OF tho confedcracy under.
stand ALL thai their hopes consist IN their
alone. If victorious, they can command the issue: Il
de Gated the issue viii worry certainly command tIicE
rhey are conendng With enemy who will listen no
cries peace, but let every man maxe up his
mind Welfare hitherto hen extremely 90 rsc %
regard hs anyhing hun sort of cpisok
We must ia future look upon IL as the man
business of itres All our thoughts must
been turned upon The means Of procuring q
livelihood aud establishing ourselves In c Every hrg
do must rom this day forth, have some relation 10
the conduct OF the war. Our army maS be made rgu
army, hitherto has been nothing body
Of volunteers Our cdr1yy System must te reform d. We
give mp money making and devote ourselves to the
pursuits that will best assist IN carrying tho wac
Better make few dollls less for the time bea:
10 mako for The benefit Of The YaDkces. We have be-
accustomed hsrdshps and self denial. Tney will
become even easier TO us than thcy are et present
AboUe a let not people Je deuded the cry Of feG
lis1n 10 Il. There Is at present no prospect
Of peace nor will there DC rs long as The Yankees coz
tinue TO believe themselves gaining victories every day
There Will be rog until they snail nave become
vnccd tnat their Efforts 70 srbcue unvaiing. THIS
conviction shall be compelled In beat la,o taef heads
aud IN urd,r that may do 50 IL ~ necessary that every
nlan should be at his post. Rampant the Yankees
now are for war; their tone would change irnn,ediacy
IN Is one of thcr armies be dvsoyed Ter tnev xould
lud 10 difficult 10 replace H. In the meantime we a.e
convinced that II bcld our through this win
tcr-as most certainly cir--the worst will have beer
past. Our enemy can mass az cacrt as Eo
has made and is now making