Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-16
The European Press on Nr. Lincoin's
REELECTION,

The European Press on Sir. Lincoin's
REELECTION,
the receipt abroad nj tb- r-sni: of 'te
Presidential tlection ,ausca ascl >susa-
ton. Late arrivals bring an account Of it.
The London I.n.s lraio-scs BOT be SUI
Trised at nor To care much for thc To election
of Nr. Lincoln. 1t says thai by ,.e >rec--
son of the South, tine Democratic I4rJy bad
lost large part Of It's voting strength than
the Government WAS in the baui- Of their
opponents, and the pcople of the North were
oyerawed by military power, and beside. ,iat
it says. "thc nomination OF Mcclellan was
obaiaei At Chicago by something closely
resembling falls g7et4nscs. aHl She cou-e-
qucnce WAS that the party was divided ON
the whole, the Times concludes that Mr..
Lincoln has got int g t5lcrahiy civil say OF
speaking Of England, and it does not think
his re-election need cause she people of Eng
land any alarm As 60 the Democratic par
ty. walch the Tiraes says was denied tie
right Of elective franchise c y It adds
Whist fate have they to expect when the cleo
ton is decided What right viii he held sacred
when this right Of election, on which all others
rest, is boldly and adyisedly set at naught by
the very candidate who Is seeking for the suf-
frages which he violates Henceforth We may
consider the democratic party as expelled from
the arena Of practical politics, and destined to
purchase either an ignominlous impuuity by IN
action and submission, TO suffer all the mlser-
ies that tyrants can iuiict OF martyrs can en-
dure We can regard the reappontment of Mr.,
Lincoln as little less than an abdicaton by the
American people Of the right Of self government.
as an avowei step towards tie foundation Of
military despotisIn. towards the submission Of a
popular government, which may still exist in
form. but which in substance Is gone.
The London Hefaid, eager for the disTup-
nor, OF the Unlon, pretends to rejoice i'll the
reelection of MIR Lincoln, as the sure pre-
lude to that end. it says
For our own part, we rejoice heartily in the
defeat Of General Mcclellan, As prelude to the
defeat of the North We rejoice that the cause
ofoppression, robbery and injustice is entrusted
to the hands Of a vacillating, helpless lmbecile.
rather than TO those OF able, resoluie and eiil-
c;ent soldier Nor do we think that the hopes
Of peace have been seriously impaired by Mr..
Lincon's success. Peace depends. not on the
wishes Of a man, but on the disposition Of the
nation So long as the North was resolute in
the prosecution Of the war, neither Gen Nc
/ Clellan nor even Mr. Vallandigham could have
/ made peace So soon the North shall be
heartily sick Of the war, convinced that victory
/ is impossible. and eager for compromise even
/ ON the basis Of Southern independence, peace
/ will have become necessary to Mr.. Lincoln, and
! could not be long delayed even by a Sumner or
/ a Brownlow. We believe that nothing could
| tend more strongly to bring about such state
of things as viii eifectually discourage the war
party. and dispose the North to abandon ITS
homeless enterprise, than the continuance OF Mr..
Lincoln's rule: and in that belief we hail his
reelection a. an event Of excellent augury Tor
/ the interest of tho South and mankind
The London Nc,rs-a paper literally dis
posed towards this counry-says
The great political crisis to which millions Of
American citizens have been looking forward
With nrofound anxiety. which for time absorb
ed the best energies Of the Government. and to
which even the operatiCn rs Of the field have been
subsidiary, is past The terrible incidents which
the fear Of some nervous citizens foresaW as des-
fined TO mark the fatal Sth Of November. are not
found in the history of the day No to'rHs hare
been fired, no peaceful citizens shot aoTn al me
| nails The peorle Of the towns, counties and
States Of the Union have voted as they liked
many for Mcclellan, but more for Lincoln-and
as the result the author Of the emancipation
proclamation has been reelected chief magistrate
Of the republic for the next four years
= But, after all it was as representing
4 cause.-The cause Of national uaity-that MI
Lincoln was reelected In this country opinion
is much divided, not only to the merits OF that
cause, but as to its very nature. According
to the testimony of our own statesmen, MI LIN
coins government has shown the will and the
power to deal justly by US, and we have no res-
son, therefore, to regret his reelection oy large
majority.
The London Star talks in the same strain.
1t says;
Mr. Lincoln h.. undoubtedly de-
served well Of his country. Few men could have
grasped the helm with SO firm a grasp during
civil conflict which has been 90 appalling as that
which now RACES His policy towards this coun-
try has been characterized by ths utmost frank
ness and the strongest desire for peace, and no
statesman worthy Of conducting the anAis .,
this country, but must be conVineel
that our best allies on the American continent
are men protesting the principles which Abraham
Lincoln avows, and in consonance with when he
has hitherto directed the foreign policy OF the
Republic.
Though the reelection Of Mr.. Lincoln was
expected by the Americans at Paris. none
expected such an overwhelming vote IN hi'
favor. The seceshes hung their heads when
the news came : the loyalisJs were elated-
The language Of the Paris journals on The
reception OF the news is thus given
The .n9nifear. Patrie, Pays and CoRsfits
fionael, all government journals, and all IN IN
secession interest, content themselves with SIM
ply acknowledging the facts.
The Opinion .NaiioHGie (organ ot frihc
Napoleon, liberal and always friendly 70 Us
saws The United States have Just manifesto
with eclat the idea which governs them, an
their upshaken determination to re-estaoiish "a
Un;on and to abolish slavery. Since the re-eiee
ton of jackson in 1888, no Other President I'd