The New York herald., 1864-11-08


dcarer. with limited demand. Oats we're firm. Pork
duh and decidedly lower. Beef was arm With fair
demand Lard was frmer, with moderate demand.
whhkey was dull Freiehts were inactive but rates
were higher.
The National Eiection-The VIII OF tho
People and the Policy OF the Success
fui Party.
This is the great day Of our national cleo
tion With the setting Of the sun this day the
people Of the loyal States will have chosen
Abraham Lincoln or George B. Mcclellan
President Of the United States for tho next
four years, from and after the 4th Of March
next The argument is closed on both sides,
tho mind.of every voter is doubtless made up;
and we dare say, rain or shine, in every State
participating in the election, from Maine to
California, larger aggregate vote will be
polled than at any POST election in the annals
OF "the great republics We expect an orderly
election here, and throughout the country
tremendous popular vote, and the acquiescence
of all parties in the general result
We have no fears Of the ruin of the country
with the defeat of either Lincoln or Mcclellan.
On the contrary, with the success of either, we
believe the country will be saved. The fixed
purposes OF the great mass Of the people of
both parties are that the rebellion shall be put
down, and that the Union, in its territorial and
political integrity, shall be maintained, Lin
coin or Mcclellan. After nearly four years of
the most gigantic and terrible civil war in tho
history Of mankind, we have the rebellion 80
far sRbdued that the people Of the loyal States
will not permit single step backward. We
have, therefore, no fears that, with the re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln, the war will flag or be di-
verted into an abolition crusade We have got
far beyond anything Of that sort.
Nor have we any apprehensions that, with
McClellan's success, the African element in
our armies will be withdrawn and immediate
stops taken for cessation Of hostilties"
The employment Of colored soldiers in the
Union service has ceased to be debatable
question, and if any doubts on the subject still
existed down to the agitation of the PROPOSE
ton at Richmond for the armng of three hum
dred thousand slaves in the service of JEFF.
Davis, the earnest advocacy Of that scheme
amsng the rebels has finally settled the ques-
ton. With McClellans election, as with Lin
coins, the war will go on to the final triumph
of the Union. tits the will of the people of
the loyal States They will have accepted
General Mcclellan, if elected upon this under
standing, and with this overwhel ming popular
sentiment behind him, backed by heavy ma
jority in both houses of Congress, vigorous
prosecution of the War will be the only course
he can pursue. The little disturbing CLIQUE of
copperheads will be speedily silenced They
will be rs powerless to divert Mcclellan from
his true course as in these latter days have
been the radical abolition fanatics in control
ling the policy Of the present administration.
Satisfied, therefore, that, whether Lincoln or
Mcclellan shall be the choice of the people. the
rebellion will be put down, the question Of the
restoration Of the Union and the harmonizing
OF the two sections next comes before us. To
this end, whether the republican or democratic
ticket is successful with the settlement of this
exciting and embittered party contest, sound
policy would FIRST suggest to all parties cons
cerned cordial support of the administration
to the end of the rebellion. There will be time
enough two or three years hence to begin the
electioneering work of the outside party for the
campaign Of 1868. With the subjugation of
JEFF Davis and the reclamation of the rebellious
States, the task Of harmonizing the Northern
and Southern people under the Union will be
the next thing in order. We think too, there
is an easy way whereby this desirable object
may be gained.
We know that, with the restoration of the
rebelious States, the bitter sectional animosi-
ties, and the keen remembrances of the cruel
retaliations, injuries and outrages Of this dread
ful war, will not be soon reconciled or oblit-
Grated. We know that the disbandment6f the
armies on both sides will tend, at least for q
time, rather to aggravate than to settle these
violent sectional antipathies. But in fusng
the two sections in common cause against q
foreign enemy we may at once bring about
complete family reconciliation. For example,
there is the French usurpation OF Mexico; and
there are our numerous heavy outstanding
balances against England on account Of her
perfdious neutrality in this war. Here we
have foreign enemy in Louis Napoleon, and
another in England, against whom the North
and the South could be readily harmonizcd in
the common cause Of indemnity for the past
and security for the futuren
This infalible method of reconcliug domes-
tic differences, in a common cause against
foreign enemy, is as old as the hills. We find
numerous examples Of this sort in the history
Of the Jews, of ancient Greece and Rome, Of
modern England and France, and every other
| nation, past and present, in civilized or savage
| life, in both hemispberes. With the suppression
| Of the rebellion, therefore, the government at
Washington, Lincoln or Mcclellan, win only
be required to make common cause. North
and South, against England aud France, peace
or war, in order to secure perfect reconcilia-
| ton upon our domestic differences. Accord
| ingly, with the subjugation OF JEFF. Davis, we
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