, 1864-12-19
BRlTfSlI OPINIONS.
Comments Of the Euglish Preas on tho
Presidential Election.
Richard Cobdcn on the Presidential
Election


Richard Golden on the Presidential
Election
GFrom the London S1r.l
s'AIr. Lincoln has undoubtedly deserved
we'll Of his country. Few men could have
grasped the helm with 80 firm grasp during
now rngcs. He Is, 1t Is true, neither distin-
guished by hereditary descent nor By personal
accomplishments, he was bargeman and q
day-labore1, and slowly rose to be provfn-
clal lawyer by diut Of those qualities Of per-
severance and clcarness Of intellect Which
last four years. He has been caricatured in
this country BY pen and pencil In style re-
fecting disgrace enough upon the car1catu-
rists, but which has failed to shake the pop
ular belief in the thorough honesty Of his
character, the sincerity Of his love Of free.
His policy toward this country has been
characterized By the utmost frankncss and
the strongest desire for peace, and no states.
man worthy Of conducting the affairs Of this
country but must be convinced that our best
allies On the American continent arc men
Lincoln ayoHs and in consonance with which
he has hitherto directed the foreign policy Of
the Republic"
(From the London Telegraph
"We therefore accept the reelection of
Mr.. Lincoln as the act Of the people Of the
North. But now 1t (the office Of Pres
fdent Of the U. 81 is one Of the greatest
\. The people Of the North, coerced or
duped, honestly mlsled or wautonly corrupt
cd, have chosen for their ruler Mr. Abraham
Lincoln-a man whose moral and mental un-
fitness Is known, and has been avowed even
by his political friends; man who could
and did make jokes grimly indecent among
the dying and the dead on the blood-stained
slopes Of Gettysburg, and whose political
dishonesty in conducting this election has
been openly proclaimed BY himself; man
who cannot write a state paper that Is not a
INTERPRETATIONS one idea Of rule is to trim
his sails to catch mob brcezes-and whose
sole idea Of war Is s'to keep pegging away"
SO long as he shall have human lives to stake
against the foe. # the people Of the North
had been capable Of reflection, they might
have thought it better to hive chosen ruler
Of decided ability aud respectable character.
That much closer contest Was anticipated,
Is tolerably certain. y Men like Davoast,
used except when 1t is considered necessary
to terrify people. But be, Lincoln, Qn hfs
speech after election), makes no mention of
The forces which ,have aided him-of Beech
er's blasrhemy or Butler's bayonets.
1t is very well to take IN interest in tho pa
triotic struggles Of Slavonians, Italians, Mag
ynrs; but the Coniederates surely should not
he less respected by Us over hero because
they arc men Of our rnce.; He (JeG
Davis) deplores the resolution of Great Brit
nin to abstain from a recognition Of South
ern Independence, but he speaks of our coun-
try and her statesmen In terms that are cour-
teous and becoming"
On the sd Of November Sfr. Golden deliv-
cred his usual annual address to his constItu-
ents at Rochdalc. The greater portion of the
address referred to the United States, and
was Us follows:
"1f VIC are to discuss these foreign questions
at all, let Us do SO calmly and temperately,
Us I now mean to do the subject Of the Amer
ican war. [Chcers-] wish ID be tolernut
toward everybody who differs from me about
this dreadful civil war in America, I have
most intimate friends who differ totally from
me on this question. 1t never drove me- from
their doors, nor prevented me from assocta-
ting with them. Nay, more, hare always
said that, while believe many entertain sin.
lister views Oh this question, there are, on the
Of the South because 1t is the weaker, because
1t is insurgent, md because, looking at the
extent Of Territory, they do not believe TINT
the North can succeed In subdu1ng it, and
that, as the struggle fs hopeless one, we
ought to endeayor to put IN end to It, These
ufG flEha kuhk QuSuk ~ ut ECE54EQEu WILL
Difference, but there are other parties In the
country who hare not had the sense to'con-
ccal their objects, but who wish to see an
end put to Republican institutions In that
country. [Cheers.] I will tell you what my
opinion is with regard to Republicanlsm. /
think We may have greater advantages In this
country with an hereditary monarchy than
we might have from electing u President
every lour or every six years. Now, this is
my theory; but, at the same time, If see
people setting up a govcrnmentupon stand-
ard very far In advance Of any thing that was
ever known in the world befsre-a people
who sny ave will rule ourselves by pure rea-
son there shall be no religious establish
mcnts to guide or control us there shall be
no horn rank Of any Kind but every honor
held and every promotion enjoyed shall
spring from the people and by a:lection; we
3a,an sle. xadnt a wa The can o,g3gan g9ys5n our If
| ever,' think inat everybody viii admit that,
ut all events, that programme Is founded
upon an elevated conception Of what human
ity Is capable of. Cheers.] It may h III, ,u,s.
taken estimate; 1t may be too soon to form
=. hts1 an e.ti1hnte:: It may tail; but don't
ask ME, who always consult, to the best Of
my ability. the interests of the great masses
Of my kind-don't ask me .cT1:sh t. It MAJ C."
don't aeE 70 exult If It seems 10 ..:., e.. ne
cause utterly repndiate the possibility Of
my partassing my, such sentiment as that.
country brought into strait and a difficulty
| which we might be thrown into tomorrow.
| We are now ruling India, containing q popu.
lation Of 1870 000, 900 or l40, ,o0, GOO Of people,
| for the sake Of their custom, md for nothing
else; for I defy you to show TINT this na.
except for the commerce that Is car
| ried on. That is an adventure unconnected
with free trade. You might have some.
! Thing happen out there Mt any time !;
you might have something happen in Ire
land. Is it conservative to jump up imme-
! civil war from the fault Of no one living, but,
! to trace out the first cause, rather to the
| British nation and to the British court some
| $50 years ago-l ask. Is 1t conservative in this
| country, oI among the rebeliious ciasses Of
Europe, that they should have jumped so
this insurrection? [Hear, hcar.] Now, let
Us see what It is. Here you have a great po-
4 litical disruption, in which the active parties
were very nble men-I know the lenders on
both sides-and what were they doing? They
| knew the tremendous consequences of the
course they were going to entail upon this
ruption BY which they were to throw into
convulsion this populons district, where
many wear o palcr brow than they
would hayc done but for this civil war.
Now: what did they do to justify themselves
In tho eyes Of foreign States, to induce us and
other countries TO recognize them as bellIg-
erents? In our political conyulsions
yon may remember that the parties who
! have sought to create disruption tending to
shake the community and cause loss and In
convenience abroad have always put out,
from respect for tho world, o programme Of
their grievances; but where is there any pro-
gramme Of this case? In the case Of our civil
war, after Cromwell and his purity deposed
| and Iccapitated Charles ], they put pro-
g1anme Of grievances which they published
in three languages and articu1ated throughout
oil Europe, showing who they Ind deposed
the King, and why they had established the
COMMONWEALTH. Hear, hear.] What hap
! pened when James II was dcthroned and
William III was invited over? 4 declaration
Of rights was publishcd-a narrative Of the
grievances against james Il, md the pro-
gramme included the condition required ffom
the succeeding King. [Hear, hear.] What
did the Americans do when they declared their
Independence In 1776? They put forth dec
1arafion Of grievances, and at the present time
no Englishman con doubt that they were JUS.