The New York herald., 1864-09-28

psndsnce and Aovs praxS "a .iv aSiy 70 masaa il On
what grounds therefore Or With what sxpec,a,ons Of
been Hghtg for TO the tsTy mon who have been unable
10 wress iG from them
shosld Aars 6ugLsd fA< gnuak pctscy than that the
people Of the souh should svnced any readiness
compromise. The Chicago Con yeuton pToftse 10 saad
by the Umlon stoaty as the republicans themselves
e that yso sOn probably es1ss1ss la!s sssH hGn shs
vse of tAs Norh 70 yari fally Mi day.,N ,d:1
the public by psmature confession Of an anwecome
ruth We vs WY the as@os.s; Re-
the South must 60 iree but cannot understand way
me q. KIP i; vs ss pp .ss sa
Ole yosrs Of trial : more lIiel5 lEkl tha sfskiss
VIII se re nrs step towards perception Of the truth
ooercsd, win find also that cannot be persuaded and
that the reection encouraged oy the interval win grad
cannot obtain rather than what IN. alresdy
peep proved hopeless and 1glaous struggle FOR IT,
The aresidenttal Election.
POLITICAL stGNJFTcANcs OF THE EESoLT--wAAr
rAs PROFILE WILL sAy rHsouoa LINCOLN OK
= CLgLLAs.
lFrom tbe London Times, Sept 49,
The two great naa'ons OF the Anglo Saxon race
sbout--tbe immediately, spd the oinsr uncer.
sio but not very distant tn,eso undergo that social
convusion which IS ordinarily known as general siec.
t0D. 1h,s tina sacrifice which lhe wisdom Of
s.tuon has devised 10 order 70 eoncate tina. spirit o.
the beashie est political Organization.
Hut II ,he fngiish general election Is pro
cesng far more important Than The Congressional eis.
tion OF Aerca must, the other hand, he conceded
that the olacton FOR President s yr itt0ss
c6a's shan tnng o, the kind ior which have
ton in England. The election OF President determines
Tor sonr years winch party sha, bo 10 power aud
SHAH eoioy All cicst patronage, aud what shall DO
tho policy OF ,ae state. Inc President is at King
and Prime Minister aud there sxs,s power sne
country which is able seriously 10 control him. The
country taxes husband Tor four without The poss
bilty o. dvarle 20 his conduct what IL may. lie IS
not under tho nscessiiy-of commanding MAJORITY IN
Congress- be nesd not act ii accordance with lhe viii or
opnln OF Inc penoe Tor four years ne y their master
and his own and the constitution gives within
ils conditions 40 means 70 check ns career. how
ever wild and however runous. No wcnder thsn,
thai AWsgieep socieis Is stirred 10 its very depths
:. wheasvs The ssGs ID occur, Taa sa0Ss
stead o. heng, a. With usiftered away in pnumerabe
local contests, IS concentrated on single point. The
stake Is srea, the resnts Of sueh election
thousand placehctsrs which Is nvoved in the contest
adds the Intensity Of private Interest 10 heshien the i'm
porsnce OF tue public struggle. such be the in
an ordinary Presens,i election what must be tie in
terest and excitement IN America at the present mnenU
The contest 80 ar as ne understand ae latest accounts
Is narrowed 10 duel between Lincoln aud Ncls..
Ian, and certainly Eser since the dols ci ancieRt
Rs~s has question nor. important bern sab
sa,trt y rognar deciaoa. II Mt. Lincoln should
be re- elected for second term OF -four years lie
will have received from his o,untrJmen aa infcMagror
his pg1 actS ana com,aSea % ads,iais'sr s goc.r7
n,en the s,rR a. hre,oicn The election OF sly
Lincoln would be solemn decision the part OF the
xmcricsn people nat ,cos mus BE- co:i,ss a ,n ore ~
Other or e 6eosgsa. parties he 1etyoys9 tcouG 5AnisA
all hope ofpeace from the minds O. msn and give them
over 70 the unchecked dominion OF those .uri9us sons
H. l.: ess as ssss o ssss s"sss
II would declare that the acts by which The
10 s.s wnn 0ssn 80 10
liberty OF the subject were justnable exercises OF
power woed sanction q. rash a'ad c'usl pctcy O. I'm
mcSfd.e smcncipaio which only result IN the cxer
imitation Of the unhappy negro rsce, ana which IN ine
State OF Louisiana bs- already created or saryy
far p0g.e ban Eo phta IL has rboihd. 10 would lie sn
express approval the of administration which,
dsposiug Of oonndess and mrigaging the fu
tre in order TO the extrAvsgan expenditure OF the
present. has suffered the whole OF the republic
TO be swep, from tho sea by few half armed despatch
boasy without any serious cort for ts prcserva
tion Ibe resus vote coud hardly 10 other tdn
soJsal bdLIupcg, with tho prospect o secession
from the Union of The great Western States and very
Trooaby even belore these results could follow N some
very signal military disaster. We cannot worisr Att
GREATNESS interest w.to which America rcgsrS every
thing thar tends - throw light on the decision o an
issue inomspicus.
II is easy 10 see probable result II Ar. Lincoln
coed his election but il s by no meaus 80 easy 20 see
what expect from that which since the Chlcsgo
Convention certsinly arpsars more hkcy--sho defeat %
incoln has IN number Of speeches, proclambtocs
aud letters, which win rank among me t-or.s Godici
SseaBstas Of which history has preserved any ec'Td,
given his yiews very decidedly, " lot always very
consistently on be leading political topics OF the
day. Cersrsl Mcclellan has been Wrh:r ecpl.ea nor
volaDinsus. St: we gl,lcf from the ',platiorn "
which he il commtteS expressed altnclgh il Is with
considerable ambiguity ,hal ne pocg Il pat AZ .nJ -
ne uqr--d possi,e ,ctho.t deyoyn1 The CnioB. oi,
s5e 10, pnb. f 10 mt d. end 10 NJ tnat be.
military unan sbhoTs aud feSu1iates those acts ~
military violence by which the liberies OF private eii-
have been inrugeu and the pfiDepes of the con
sti,nlion remorselessy overihrown ah thai bong OF
opinion that the war must cease, ne IS ss2
prepared 70 return Immediately 10 that supremacy cf
law aud right with wAch u has 30 srlrvoasy
interieted. What may DO tho precise evrnts thai
would follow General McCellan's election will depend ni
much personal character and intentions X On
the oi rfetreysble evil which has already been
doOe he comes iorwsrd pledged % stsy .es lrese& 10 q
The blood that has been shed cannot be 0nlei again
from the ground. aud We, al least, are prepared 70 ana
tnat the money which mas been 60 reckessy HGsdtL 81
neither 10 paid oi nor effectively secured Tho
plague may be stayed ti ne nation c1aoi siNr4s p hs
condition uhisa Il pea1 he Il occupied had ~, rfiilsoe
asrr bcsn ~ loose uIoa 7.
WHAT rAs .nisrocsATa THiNr
The London Htaf thinks that even u Nr. Lincoln
the democratic party encourages the bcpe that the
present temper OF the people the republicans wll
hesitate ere they make the fatal plunge INTO another
year OF war.
WHAT PALwrrsroas oRe,a SAYS.
rhe London Pcs ssysthe Southern confecerscy
snd has been since The OF the war
dpa ~ p,opis al tho Northern federation, aud no.
thing really remains log The latter ta 70 rscose, with
what grace u may, hs ppiT'cli eHy o ts Sag serub -
MCCLELLAN As PORTRAYED sy rHs LONDON Tnlrs
from the loudon lines, sept. IL
We reason 30 congralua,e the friends of h-
manty and o common sense on the resolutions arrived ~
by he chicago Coovcriion. 10 Geners Mcclellan 1s
haze, 1t not exactly Young Napoleon any rate
of moies,y, cawcn cnd diserciop, Who has Shown
himself In The darkest hour of Us coun,fys destiny
equally irom military despOtsm In his own pcr
son and Al Owing rs ssiaoihhmcnt by others There 70
believe fha, the liberties Of the American ueopie
bis hands. thai, when every principle cf
the constitution has been trampled under foot BY rni
,ary violence, is Of nsef no trining recommendation
General Mcclellan he's pyousd hsmrtI great soRis,
h, acs aa arsi - Ms polt6cai struggles of ths Jay
,saA az Ne cleor caJ poonyti.ae eiei, c'
IL reas 10 ws ha< nocosios, dpsrnisd; but that
he must nave played his part with no ordinary
discretion AMI good s sufficiently proved by the
supper, whirh he his Commanded IN lines 80
critical ard amid opinions hitherto SO divergent ~ has
bean 30 const ty the ptselee TO hll The residential
ehsir OF America with boncnice thai the probsshty Of
tho election OF oi she cabre of General Mc1e
en strikes as baing tsolf in TOO nature OF arcvou
tton The notion that the American democracy should
submit tc place Itself uudor leader, ana that leader
man Of character aud ability, unstancd BY the ts OF
tie demas osse, and trusted msniy for his personal
character fFnpgs ppd gasr,sg hnt ics really oeoi
b, Aoge N. seor hos deh LESSONS icrni i rvdce
and tire hsr SCH u of sdversity the evils eugen
dcred bv 100 ururtnt asd exubssnt prosperity may
have found remedy.