The New York herald., 1864-09-22

sighted they have any rate obsequous servsnts and
their viii 10 not executed n 10 simply esoause sney
have not taken the trouble hitherto to make up sns
lis the misfortune Of democracies that, com
posed they necessarily Of persons acting under
very slight responsibility and with very mar.
and imperfect information, they are incapaoie OF
auirs their know edge Of the good and evil results OF par
tcuar OF conduct for themselves by Aeir own
SUFFERING The great economical truths wnieh
piri OF simple and demonstration are 20 the mass
OF the American people unknown aud cabalstic
and they look with Sncreduy upon the claims OF science
evil results from conduct which appears TO
accordance with tho pIanest dictates Of common
sense Tho prediction that the North successful
in battle, would find impossible TO subdue the soath.
they treated as q creation OF envy and magnty They
have worked out these problems themselves and
rived at the conclusion orsseen but only BY means OF
bitter personal experience.
IL is only just to say that the Americans appear to DO
turning such wledge they have acqure TO the
best account With extraordinary xnansmiy the North
has caught at the scheme OF an arm,stcs and conven-
ton OF all the States of the late Union This Wouid be 10
recognize the SouA holding v.ry different position from
that Of rebel Hwoud osncede TO the South position Of
eqay and substitute for the dominion Of brute force
the influence OF justice and equity The same causes
which have made the nation anxious TO suspend the
would then plead powerfully against s renewal ana.
the claims OF the North got over wo must trust
that The principles Of the Declaration OF Independence mil
be found sufficiently comprehensive TO do the rsa
THE LONDON TIMES CORRESPONDENT REPORTS TIE
OPINION or WALL srREEr-M'CLELLAN SEX
PLAINS" HIS WEST POINT GRAFTON TO THs cHIcA-
90 DELEGATES.
(New York lAug 21) correspondence Of London Times
The revuson OF feeling in avor OF one OF the
most extraordinary OF all the incidents OF the war. IL
would seem as If the idea long latent every
body's mind and that there only wanted some one 10
give authoritative expression, to send round the
country with ne d snbdnn9 po~er OF ndnsa or an ep.-
It reported in Wall street that the ship had been de-
tanned in order to carry to Europe important des
although the report was wholly unfoundsd, its
circulation from mouth 70 mouth in the bust
bring down the premium on gold from Ib7 TO l54.
In Vail street and William street there strong desire
for peace diluted rather than stresehened BY hPc Of
aniona fororn but not to be eradioated hope that the
Southern leaders are willing to mako terms and that
the continuance of slavery be guaranteed BY revision
oil the they VIII renounce the idea OF south
independence, shake hands with the Northern mo
cracy, and proceed forthwith to draw the teeth and clip
the claws Of New Engand-so that Puritauism abolition
sm and otectionist tariff shall again interfere
to cause discussion and war in tho happy family Of the
republic
According to the latest information have received
from Chicago the chances OF General Mcclellan for tho
nomination better those any candidate
lie udrtocd 10 hare explained atoay passages in
recent spech uhch originally coryed The imprcssion that
he in fduor of fo the rpdon Of sGrey and TO
have otherwise made himself more acceptable than for
merry to that great wing OF the democratic party whose
whole sympathies are with the South Governor Soy
the Convention, and, according to present indica,
tons, will poll nearly as many votes as General
know that their only strength 10 their unanimy and
that they split Mr.. Lincoln will be elected, 1t will
haps be found at the last moment that neither OF these
two candidates Will cnmmand large majority rs TO
compel the acquesceuce Of the minority. In this
third candidate will be ready and OF smaller cali
bre than either. but powerful as politician and wire
puer will be pushed to the front receive the unani-
vote Of tho Convention. n Mr. Dean Richmond be
person thus selected Il will be his fault At
ali evenls this is the present calculation OF who
claim to be behind the and to work the ropes"
that can make and unmake majorities.
THE REDELs IN ENGLAND ON PEACE AND MCLEL-
LAN-THE CHICAGO NOMINEE THE NEXT PREsI-
DENT.
Europe) Sept. 10.
Present indications all point to the nomination
of General Mcclellan. Present indications also permit
little dpubt that whoever may be the nominee Of the
democratic convention will be the next President OF the
United states II there wore no other reason for this it
would be found in the almost unanimous feeling among
the mases rcnaer than their earnest longing for
pace shat any change IN me Pe's9hne ne cdnnihd
cnancsu oc W for 70 eecton ths, hs own snn an,
parters have set foot movement 10 unite the party
one candidate by withdrawing both Of the compet
tors: apd OF them, Mr.. Frem, mt has pub
cly declared his acqucscencc IN the arrangement II Mr.
Lincoln will abide by il in good faith The "Jonahp OF
The sinking snip thus thrown overheard the fortunes OF
The republicans might possibly still be saved. but the
maneuvre Of withdrawing two Candidates in the neld
the Others is too complicated TO be feasible within the
few weeks which now alone remain before The day OF
election We look, therefore, upon tho Of the
democratic nomnec-aways supporting the freedom OF
the polls from military interference and barring the i'm
probable contingency OF serious southern
being as nearly certain as human things and especially
American thiugs-can ever be.
synonymous with peace today we owe 1t to that csndor
from which have departed whether the facts
agreeable 10 wishes or the reverse 70 that
the situation 49, though not radically changed vet
TALLY modified Then the yearning for at the North
might be translated into the language of whisper
ing-"better be united with an independent south
o amity than In conquered South be chained
to corpse" To-day the yearnng is as strong perhaps
stronger but the evil has found deuded ears 10 listen to
the emplation "The Calon Dag stu be restored n zoe
que the SsWh al else she asks, and shall obtda by
aooiinC ls ,re fa,l 10 o6t1,n on force The cause Of
A.. 10 fha
Mobile, which, while TO the South II Is only q local
verse; may thus turn to.be to the North great
tional Misfortune. Compared with the madness which
ruled until within the last few months the present
delusion is relative sanity but compared with the
promising symptoms Of recovery which we had the
pleasure Of chronclng short tinc since, Il is return
TO madness.
the vson q peace mirage Il is the real vie "
scid land, foil OF promises OF future prosperity and
nih 0Hlpis space for fedefdS anu C.nJed,Tde There
two approaches 10 one marked out oy foolish pride
aud counseed by political knavery which leads certain
doer uctnn; the other which 1t requires only common
honesty and patriotic purpose TO nd with and safety
In plain words and dropping metaphors, the North,
the aggressor IN this ana by whom, therefore the
first advance must be made, hos courses open II
may say the South, I'VE s,n abe to proong this
do not even yet abandon all hope of eventual
bur the war was undertaken under fatal mis-
spprenenon OF It's true conditions md even SUCCESS
could not give what VI was undertaken FOR.
While, therefore. We have still the power TO nfct fur
ther injury, we recognize our error aud offer you fair
ply y"We continent - large enough for us both. S,nce
mus occupy u ioinay, for my idrt, oit not B. Tod
artifciaiiy i,n I'd tege,her IN a ie uhich eaafsd
both. This broken, there s no cause
len why We should not live SIDE by side
in mutual peace and harmony IL is true owe you no
favors but neither do 70 the rest OF the world aud
h0ce farcs Jsstotc, heg ciu teknc ia thai Poy.r
thiot first recocni.es NY just rights based upon occ
of historical facts and the principles OF
which your father and mine once fought the same
tie" There would be dignity and self respect " such
language from the North the South and there would
be good laiih and sincerity in such reply from
South
or the North may address the South somewb bsi after
the fashion that The potter Of vapy syly pokes
pected sccompice IN the rps"we. the democrats are
the asccndancy The republicans silly fanatics
such imbecies and drunk with the unaccus
toned nectar OF patronage and Office that the country
turned them out IN ht Of disgust and we, your old
allies nov the North. Gene back 10 and give os
votes the senate and In the House for whou u they
may IN again when The people forget their nausea
There, now we VIII bang few Of them, that pleasee
you least so iigbten the whole lot that Abe snail
cut his okes n Exeter Hail. and Butler the tender
rcies london brewers. and every cheap boe in all
Eprope be hed with New England orators and con.