Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-27
The English Press on Mr., Lincolns Re
election.


The Spectator, edited by Hughes, the author Of
" lom Browns School Days and the a5Iest OF
the English weekly press. says:
The reelection Of M. Lincoln, rail-spIitter,
attorney ard Presden, Of the American Union,
ateeB interests much wider and more permanent
than those OF the nation whose will he is appoint
ed to carry ost. Nsysr before in modem history
have the tuo great Pollicil ideas Of mankind, ar.
accucy aal democracy, the rule Of the many FIR
the benefit o, the lev, and the rule Of the many or
the few for the be1eit q all, been brought into
sCch d.rtc, and visible collision"
Il adds That in he struggle he democracy
has had o, acysnHious al u any kind, save
power q rec. uins whch springs out Of its own
attraction or sIi men Ike Itself. Il his never had
q leader above is own average IN capacity, cipa.
bic Of doing more than express It's own slowly
forming viii, &C. upon us oHn siawy.gained con
yctions It fou IT. a, first, from 50 mpuhe
scarcely nol.er aud for less powerful than that Of
It's antagou.Sts, and only arrived at principle ;ner
yelrs Of hloodsted and suffering, steadily borne,
mad elevated is heart and partially cleared It's
bra,n. No natural king If men, 10 heaye.-
born general no savior II society has appelred
TO lend to the North power democ acy might
not have possessed, no opplluding shout from TIE
word hls kept II in rs path, no burst Of instinct
/ i've feeling as guided j, ike a revelation from On
! high. The reject satesman.ke, selfgh aris-
tocrscy the slow, loud-,ongued, unselhsh dsmoc-
racy, eacA left TO Itself, each gulGed by OWE
highest average aui ~ more, has been lighting
out ijJt TO foot and lace TO face, as the Athens
and Sparta OF tho New World, the anci.nt poll
cal battle Of mankind. Had General NJ Cle!lA6
been elected, that battle would have been lost, for
the North would have an ouaeeI that il cared no,
i 1t were WOO, cared only Tor the side issue, il,
own imperial power. "A it is, consciously anu
with full know.ege alter nearly four years
battle after the offer of pe3ce with the end cnse.
cured, Il has pronounced by o tbrec-,our,hs ms-
lorily that through hardship aul uci.a, ana fnan-
cal difficulty, though lis land be covered with hos
pitali and its cites del with banktupts, though
, every family weep 'or its sons and the course Of
material civilization be thrown back centuries. il
Is ready 70 fight mlsiu!ly on, rather than freedom
should be proved a chinera not essential to
grand raiion4l lie. The esult Of that perssysi-
aBce mus, be ircl,cu.abe.
"lbc sutc;ss Of the North means
aud will slowly be found to mean, that freedom
aad strength ATE Compatible qualities, that the
highest minds Of each century nave been nearest
to truth, thatthe Aw VI Christ has poiil!ca bearing
that God made the w9riif FIR lhS use OF all whom
he placed within il. The reelection Of Mr. LIN.
coin means for al.-or the L,rciShre operative
as much as the slave for the serf of Meek eubufg.
Schwerin as much as TIE freeman Of Maize, that
the coLilc. b3tween those principles whca has
teeo elng since Athens anu Sparta alike Yielded
to alien sway shall be fought steadily out tn the
end W q may aud shall hsar much mere in El-
rope CT tie crimes Of democracy, though all the
masses dove committed IN all ages do not equal
those Of tls single lae of llapsbarg but we
shall be f,,t, at least, OF the tauat That liberty
means wa.hleiS that SET COVER nmeat threatens
national hit, that tree people must be people
incapable OF eoCrgelic aud persistent var
Ine Saturday Rspier, the organ Of B,,ish snob.
berry, does not hnd The e.tc,lln worthy Of Discus.
sion IA a st parale article. Uadei The general head
oil America" it says incidentally
There ate strong aod plausible arguments
agans opposing, IN ume OF war the governmen,
or the p9rty which is identified with the prose
eutou o. The struggle. There j. no doubt that
the expression Of a wish for peace comforts and
encourages the enemy, evan when il Is dictated
by the Sounds! anu most patriotic judgment.
!, i also unp,"r .tut IL every country, and mere
particularly In he United S,a,ei, TO form one Of
hopeless, ana upopuer minority. The demo.
Gratis suit red Me additional disadvantage OF di-
vision amOrg h.msthus, as the resolutions which
accompanied the nomination Ct their candidate
we're ramed by tie promoters Of peace, while
Genera Mcclellan Ailasolf WAS pledged to the
prosecution Of the var, although be differed from
his r,ya in hi willingness to tolerate slavery at. !
Ter the revival Of the Union. The peace demo
Gratis felt that they had been sighted, It not be.
trAcd 10y thl.r nominee, and he warliko NOM
bers OF the party may have naturally ieared to
incur the impaHliJn Of luAeNlrmntsi in the ma
iona cause.
As TO the effect Of the election upon the rebels,
the Saturday Rsr,lc does not expect much;
. IL is perfectly true that the vote Of The ma.
Jory implies the obstinate continuance ofthe war,
and short time viii show whether the southern
states aud the government Of Richmond are IN
initiated by the formal renewal Of the federal
challenge. The effect Of tho election on the
Coniedenoy might be regarded with more anxi.
Gus eutlos " the decision had not, Tor two or
three months, ben TO- eseen aud discounted
Daring that interval tte,o have been no symptoms
VI wayering, either in tho counc.chamber or in
the fild.'
The London Rtrielr, which is kind ofwseky
London Herald remarks;
MI Lincoln has been reelected presiden, Of
The Federal States. Il is understood that h, ba.
a numerical majority of at least four hundred
Ibou's toicsi and that ia the electoral college
there are one hundred and forty ighi Republicans
* int ,Ai..lise Democrats. lty Win, mean,
that IN ior lis been ssotr, ul be- guessed
llfon. 'a le. hat L)uisita leu.este 4na Mary.