Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-20

orhern papers or the 18th report these States to have
gone Republican by large maj ortes. We suppose this
that the returns far received indicate such
result for, even with the large number OF railroads
and teegraphs in these States the full results could not
have been announced in the papers of next morning.
We believe the soldiers from some of these States are
allowed to VOTE and We doubt If that vote could have
0een received.
But after oil, such result would not surprise US,
even though it should be taken foreshsdowing the
Ct tee sane States Of the whole North, at the
Presidential! election to be held the 9th day Of No
vember TIE fall of Atlanta, while it may not really
have exered any marked influence upon the campaign,
and certainly could not Influence the reaut of the strug
gle going On had still tie effect of Strengthening the
hands OF the extreme party at tie North Eiec-
lions held sinca that event has occurred sufficiently
demonstrate this fact The tone Of parties and poiti
clans at the North bears witness to its power, and
even Wall Street isef has given its assent to the gene
raj verdict, as the fall il gold abandantly proves
And the extreme party is We fear, the party in
The majority at the North Nothing but hopecssness
of euccess il military point Of view could give to any
other party chance Of success. The Northern people
as a body are antislavery. Before the commenced
thep showed that uomisalably BY electing avowed
enemy Of Southern Institutions, upon platform of
disguised hostility to these Institutions Since the war
commenced they have been taught to beeve-and they
required little teaching-:hat slavery the Of
the warthat peace be permanent until slavery
is abolished and State rights abrogated These things
they will do if they The jority ct the North
are anxious to see them done, and nothing but despair
of being abia to compass these objects will induce them
to abandon the pursuit Of these objects Previous to
the entrance Of the enemys feet into Mobile Bay, and
of SHERMAN army into Atlanta certain amount of
dependency Rad begun to steal the surface of the
Northern mind. Confederate SUCCESS would have given
to that feeling positive and operative Character
would have made the Chicago Convention a peace
Convention, AID enabled the candidate of that Con-
venti0n to carry the Presidential election upon
peace basis Federal success has altered all this
The Chicago CCngeDtiOn vas a milk-an1-Water
afl c and lis nominee was anything elsa than peace
mao and with & bali way PLATFORM and war, but
not extreme war; candidate, the Chicago movement bids
lair to fail completely. Republicanism is rampant,
and ABRAHAM LINC0LNs chances almost reduced to
cartauties. Oar ENocthern brethren think they
before them Opportunity to work their own sweet
will At the South, and upon is people and its insu
tons and they have shown themselves devoted to that
party whose policy aims to 60 to the EXTREMIST lengths
in pursuance of these objects.
IfABRAHAM LINCOLN does not be elected We shall
certainly De surprised. All the signs point to this result
and it argument hardly any indication to the
contrary that the minority ofthe leading and most
spectacle Statesmen of former paregmen like PIERCE
FILLMORE, SEYMOUR, RICHARDSON, CAss, 60 for Nc
CLELI AN These are rot now the representative men
at the North. They were swept away when men like
LINCOLN aud SEWARD and Others of ultra views to
tha-u0dsputei control The conservative statesmen we
have named, belong to past age. The present age
belongs 10 men like STANTON and SUMNER, and THAD.
| STEVENS, men who in better times would have been
! disoWned by any or by all parties.
IT would be useless to attempt to offer situation ~
article at this particular tme even if were inclined
to do So for emphaticaly may it be said that we
| know not what day or an hour may bring forth:
! The idea seems to gain credence that GRANT will
hazard everything upon the cast of die at least
that be will hazard much before the Presidential cleo
tioa at the North aud that will take place on the 9Th
of November. Reasoning from these premises many
lock for desperate, supreme attempt against Rich
mond within the next Two weeks say between the
Goth of this month and the 1st of November.
Fer this purpose he will concentrate all the forces be
can muster at that point and it is said that his
visit to- Washington City for the purpose of
consultation with LINCOLN and of urging the sending
forward Of all possible reinforcaments. He may even
call in SHERIDAN from the Valley, but that would en-
able LEE to call in EARLY and would perhaps leave the
balance as it was before.
The new Ievies are being rapidly embodied, and it is
said that thirty to forty thousand will reach GRANT
within very short time but whether troops will
be Of much service for the kind of work which alone
can make any impression against the deences and de-
| anders ct Richmond is more than doubtful. Willie
getting thirty to forty Thousand recruits be will lose
! fifteen to twenty thousand veterans.
| SHERIDAN has certainly fallen back down the Valley
az far as Srasburg at the head of the Manassas Gap
Railroad and may mediate change of base SO as to
| cooperate with GRANT another line. This few
days will determine Or he may fall back with the
view Of being able to detach portion of his forces to
GRANT.
| These are but specuadong, and so given, anC
while we are giving speculations wes suppose may
we'll cut out the following from the Richmond Enguir-
er OF the 18Th agreeing with the Enquirer that such
mysterious 1ua.io1s seldom amount to much in the
| long
! WHAT'S Ir7
Their was Some d. the War Department. on yes
j2g EcctTdi1E popular That such splendid
Daz IS withheld appears remarkable for, if the pub
lie heart needed thrilling with joy it is just at this
marvellous altogether to the people. They
Lave heard the bore, eanatng directly too. from the
best st OF COntederae authority, and 1t has happened
unfortunately That they did come out much. There
fine. ssteiou3 face put them all, too, which
s1bsded into beautiful blank at the denouement 1t is
highly probable the public heart do without
such pleasant stimuans, and if they can't let know
WHIST the thrilling reckon the authorities might
as vel! keep the whole secret to themselves.