The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-10-25

ana no,,,;caI uorld has recently written let
tar ,,,,o,, o,,r presidential election nom which
- - sone extracts. The name of this
celebrated French genius Is lamillar 10 many
Americans. for he has always taken deep In
,oroot IN our experiment for self-government,
and especially so since the South rose up In
rebellion against the country which has always
fostered and protected it. Count Gasparin is
an enthusiastic lover of Liberty the world over,
and his eloquent voice is never silent in good
cause in his own, or IN any other country. a
He is one ofthe few Frenchmen who have
taken the trouble to study the affairs OF the
American people, and to acquire knowledge
OF our constitutions. laws and the structure VI
our society. In French politics ne mas Always
espoused the liberal side, and wherever A'oe
ty struggles his interest in her oenail Is eAci''
ed. Without stopping to study details, ne mas
seized upon the strong points in our struggles
ono;nst the most formidable rebellion the world
a1ar ,viitnnassed, and fully understands and APP
,roc,.tes them. From an European stand
mint his brilliant mind has thrown much light
mon our path which we shall do we'll to fol-
low. While we are prone to study and mag
oIfy details and sometimes through prejudice,
to forget or ignore the more weighty matters,
Count Gasparin takes broader, mole com
prehensive and unselGsh view OF the cardinal
points in our controversy therefore his judg-
ment, thus wisely and thoroughly made up, is
not to be lightly esteemed by any political par
ty, or by any person who has the good of his
country at heart. But we win not longer de-
tain the reader from the extracts. We should
oe glad to copy all the Counts letter, but must
oe content with copying the closing part which
is in the words following:
Lastly, as to Slavery itself, and although the
Democrats are unhappily more disposed TO
,ield on this point. no party, ii except your
Copperheuds, has remained stranger TO the
-eacnings OF these four years. WHAT intelli-
cent man in America does not now understand
mat Slavery is the enemy, that nothing will De
ended if an end is not made OF Slavery?
No important reason, therefore, hinders the
Presidential election OF 1854 from having q
character OF impulse, of powerful acco d, aud,
in some sort, pauiotic unanimity, which would
ensure. better than all negotiations, the COM
pletion OF the war. Snail confess. it, we Eu-
ropeans. strangers to your secondary quarrels,
and who see only the great question, We have
always believed In two Presidential terms for
Mr.. LINCOLN. The first. in our opinion, should
resolve the military problem; the second, the
political problem. IL is not too much to main
tain the same direction Tor eight years when
the point 10 question is to subdue gigantic In
surrection, and to reorganize such country
rs yours. 81 talAGAg e e-A7ysA y q
How forget, besides, that in calling to pow
er Democratic administration, you will intro
duce intestine conhict, and, consequently, pow
4 erlessness, into the very bosom OF your govern
/ nent during the whole Interval that will sepa
rate the coming election from the installation
Jf the new President2 These four or five
months are OF incalculable Importance. What
will the management of your affairs become
what will the direction of your armies become
| suspended as it were between an expiring, dis
avowed policy, thenceforth without prospect
| or the future, and future policy as yet inca
| gable Of realizationi JEFFERSON DAVIS viii
make q good use Of these four or five months
/ OF contention, distrust and moral anarchy.
American PATRIOTS yOu will set anoble ex
ample by immolating little dissatisfaction, 8
few rivalries, even u few honorable preferences
in order to terminate gloriously what you hav'
begun! See what results await you; they arr
1 present, before you, within your grasp.
i Peace will be established. The natural out
Mr.. Lincoln, is a heavy blow under which the
last resistance of an exhausted and discourag
ed rebellion will soon succumb. af8s
The Union will reappear stronger than i
was four years ago, for it will have rejectet
from its bosom the malady that was consum
ing it. Slavery will have persisted, you vii
have accomplished the greatest work of mod
ern times, all who have heart will applau'
you for it, and God viii shed upon you his bes
blessings. Gaayi uaaL
Another marvel-your political liberty wi
have survived one of those crises in which ev
erything usually perishes. FsRss
If you will have maintained your institu
manly resolution upon the progressive reduC
tion of your army and your expenditures, an
the loyal payment OF your debts.
You will have grown in the struggle
Through sacrifices and su1erings, the uprisiD,
will be wrought. You will be, as it were, sur
prised, on emerging from this long tempest, il
which slavery alone will have persisted, to Sc,
what relefits disappearance will have brough
to your general policy, to your internal exist
ence, to the relations of the North and TIT
South. 14s5aA g a ~ & ~
Yet, the South itselfwil experience unheard
| of relief Less guilty than unfortunate, il
walked, bowed beneath the weight of an &C
cursed institution, and of those hereditary
1 prejudices which 1t always engenders, to which
we should ourselves be subject did we inhabit
Virginia or Florida. The resurrection of the
South by contact with liberty, the revival OIL
the fine cultivation of the South, the invasion
of the South by European immigration and
capital, this is what we shall be permitted to
see, after having seen the South resume all Its
constitutional liberties, on the morrow of Its
defeat.
Do you desire Union? Do you desire peace Z
/ Do you desire the abolition of Slavery? Do
United States? Decide. sbg
r Es A. DEGAsPARrN.