, 1864-03-11
EUROPE.
The London Times on the Pre-
sideIls;aI Question, -
CORRESPONDENCE IN THE CHE
SEPERKE CASE,

yideHt;al Question,
CORRESPONDENCE IN THE CHE
SAPEAEE CASE.
| American Geld Cor thc Eranct Army
| Tie EfcnIcn Hiot-I -Iris:luaeM fo-
An1crIes3Eog.ceSS r2aasn, Passan$ tI,sonsh
stsactfo9 s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fropoEtsiasa' 1<'s0n-
VIEW OF THE PROMINENT uAND1pATE5,
! [rrom London Post Government 0rgaa,) Feb, a21
! In addition to the WET In America between
North and sortb. Suspended By the season
| for the present, tle1c Is Var Of another
Kind breaEing ont. In the Federal States,
which threato2s tozaggo With equal or greater
fn5y for tbe nsxt ysaF: TIE ts;s %ate5iaz Whore
fight arc not steel and lead, but gold, Or
| rather, the pieces Of stamped paper which do
| duty for gold, and party influences. Some
| Of the Generals VINO will lead the various
armies in the -camTnign to which VIC alludc
us about TO open in advance Of the campaign
| crn15, at least, in the American Sense, The
| others, if not nomin1lly Gencrals in virtue
| Of tic rank they hold in the Fcderal armies,
are at least rs much qualified by education
| end training for the duties which the chief Of
an army has to perform as the lawyers and
politicians to whom commands have BEEN
| given in. this singularly conducted war.
Conspicuous among the great captains who
will figure III the contest will be found Gen.
Grunt and Gen. Mcclellan, Gen. Fremont,
and, NC presume, Gen. Butler last, but not
least. But these caaincnt performers who
have hitherto fought on the same side
though for different objects and upon differ i
ent principlce-Will now fight against each
other for the same object and upon the same
principle. The Generals, not holding rank
rs such in the army, to whom they will be
opposed, and who will be no less opposed to
each other, are tho President, Mr.. Abraham
Lincoln himself, and that great lnastar of
American 1nancc, Mr.. Chase, Secretary to
the Treasury. And the prize to be battlcd
ior n 1 this new. struggle Is the possession Of
ent, md for some time to come, Alr Lincoln
may be sure Of holding the citadel hut
even now preparations, lar more vigorous
tlsan the paper preparations for tho spring
campaign against the South, arc being made
to capture tho fortress and drive out Mr.
his half dozen Of beslegers Contrary. how.
ever, to What takes p1ace In literal vulgar |
warfare, Mr. Lincoln finds IN advantage in |
the numbers Of the besfeging forces. If in |
the multitude Of counsellors there IL wis |
dom, IN the multitude OF asgailants, in d case
4A*I AAA1s tAtAC AC HGl4huE6ts 61uCE GAEU lS |
lighting on Lis ow1R 1Raeeonnt, and as much |
against his co-comf f5Gtors as against the i'm
mediate object OF ILLS attack. Gen. Butler, |
for Example, in doing all 10 knows and Ii |
capable ofIa great deal, .certainly-to
get Mr. Lincoln ont and take lis |
vent Gen. Grant and Gen. Mcclellan, Gen,
Fremont and Mr. Chazc from getting into It, |
md thereby anticipate and exclude himsclf |
And each Of these several aspirunts to the |
highest hoDors to which an American citizen
can attain LAS the sumo sort of polygonol duel |
to fight. But, Us possession is nine points Of |
the Law, or perhaps all ten points in America,
Mr. Lincoln apparently stands better CHANGE
Of holding the placc than my one Of bis COM
petitors does OF capturing it. The President |
naturally possesses very powerful machin-
cry for insuring success at the elections |
which is not available to his assai1ants. Tie |
las, 50 to speak, bis garrison equipped with |
Armstrong guns md Enfield riles, and lis |
fortress arnlored with iron plates. lie has |
Mr. Seward for his lieutenant, aud should lo |
faithful and gigilant Pariuenio, who is no |
more to be caught mapping than the fhvorite !
American; simile, The weasel. Besides which |
be has upon the muster roll Of his armies a |
million Of men, and actually under arms per-
haps ttwo-thirds, or ut least half, Of that num-
between tue present Aour and the day for |
making the grand assault-in other words the ]
day Of election md there is no time to lose |
on either side. Operations Of defence and |
attack will no doubt be pressed on with un-
Tagging 'igor.
Some Of the arguments put forth for the |
reelection OF 1tr. Lincoln arc redolcnt of |
smartncss and ingenuity. For instance, we |
are told that he was elected President Of the |
whole United States; but since then the |
Southern States have seceeded, so that during |
almost his entire term Of office he will not |
have been monarch Of nil 1lc surycred when |
entering upon it, but only Of the remnant Of |
the old Union which lies north Of the Poto- |
mac and west Of the Mississippi: Therefore,
eud TINT he may have chance Of reigniug |
four ycars over his legitimate dominions. II |
this reasoning is to secure the next Presideu-
cy Of Mr.. Lincoln, 1t will prove a weapon
which will equally secure his reelection for
probably long series OF four yearly terms.
caused the Abolitiontst party to discover that +!
there Is great wisdom in the policy Of their |
enemies, the southerners, who have resolved |
TINT their President be elected for SIX yeara
instead OF tour. In short, they are catching
ss serve az Hhe t1% pupdes 4hs isaaacr q
the rivals who aspire to rule what re-
mains Of the old Union for the four
years next aftel tho cxpiry Of Mr. Lincolu's
present term of Office azo Also at work each
Ill Ills OWL WHY. II 0Eu. DullGT C0ulN QllT
have surprised Richmond mud burned it, aud
Eassacred the inhabitants, or taken them
prisoners, or even liberated: the Northern
prisoners detained there, 1t would hare work.
cdwondcrs in Ills favor. But, unlucklIy for
him, the attempt was an ignominious fail
ure. Gen. Grant will not make much pro-
gress in the good graces Of the electors un-
Ices he makes good deal moro progress In
penetrating into the South than seems ut all
Likely. Gen. Fremont seems to be in the po-
sition Of n horse entered for the Derby, but
which it is known, from former failures, has
no chance of winning. The not improbable ,
collapse OF some of Mr.. Chase's financial bub- !
bles would place him outside Of the competi- !
tors, Tho will even have an opportunity Of
joining in general scramble for the Office I
which 1s soon to be vacant But at the clc- |
ycnth hour perhaps the most powerful OF
Mr.. Lincoln's rivals will unite their forces to
elect him, and to put joint stock nominee /
Of their own il his place.
THE CASE or TIE CHESAPEAKE. |
In the House Of Commons on Eet.- 10, Mr.. |
Halliburton rose to ask the Under Secretary |
of State for Foreign Affairs for information |
relative to the capturc OF ship under the |
CoIfedeIate flag, BY Federal vessel Of war,
within the harbor Of Panlbar, In Nova Scotia, I
complaint had been made Of this outrage to !
the Government Of the United States, and, If |
SO, what answer lad been given thereto, and ,
to move an address for copies OF correspond !
cnce thereon.
Mr.. Layard eal1 the honorable member
{Ar. HaliburtoB) had with grc,t propriety |
abstained from making any remarks upon
that part Of the subject which was still under
judicial inquiry. With regard to the seizure |
Of the vessel, lie had stated accurately what |,
took place. It was well known thai some !,
agents of The Confederate States took a pas.
Eage on board the Chesapeake, seized upon
the Captain and crew, Killed one Of the
officers and wounded two others, and
caaried off the vessel. They then took
refuge in harhor Of Noyia Scotia. An Amc-
rican gunboat entered that 11arbor, and recap
tured the vessel Illegally and By force. Is
soon as information was received In this ceuu-
try Of what had taken Place the Government
sent instructions to Lord Lyons to ask for
Immediate explanation and redress He
might, however, state that long before the
Instructions which were sent to Lord Lyons
were received, Nr. Seward, Of bis own &C.
cord, having heard Of the occurrence, made
communication to Lord Lyons ut first doubt
ful as to what the facts really we're; but
when the facts were ascertained, Mr.. Seward
and that part Of the question terminatcd.
Some time would clapsc before the papers
would be ready, and as the country would be |
anxious to receive information on the sub
jtct; he would read to the house Mr. seward's
dispatch and the answer to It from the noble
Earl at the head ot the Foreign Office.
DERAnTyEST OF STATE,
WAsnIKGToS, Jan. 0, 1864.
The unflersiened Secrctar:' Of State Of the Unit
ed States hne the honor to present his respects to
the Right Hen Lord Lyons, accredited to thls Gov
eminent as the Minister Fenipotentiafy OF Her I
Britannia Majesty. and to Etate that he has submit
ted to the President certain papers which wcrc