, 1866-09-20
FROM EUROPE.
Our London Letter.

You cannot complain on the other side of
he Atlantic Of the amount Of attention
Elicb the statc Of parties there receives
from the press of this country. In the Times,
N4rdEd and Telegraph Of yesterday, and the
Daily Nesrs and Post Of the day befere, and
again In the Daily Nt,cs and several Of the
weckltes Of to-day, the Philadelphia Conycn-
tlon and the questions at Issue between the
and Democratic parties are keenly
have already remarked on tho
fact that the same journals and the samc mar
~ here who were strongest in their support
ofthe South during the war, md most anxious
In theIr desires to sec the United States snllt
UP not merely Into two, but into several In.
dependent States, are precisely the sane
journals ard party who are now on the side
of the johnson Democratic faction. As far as
extsTnn, xs GRniG,n ay sGsvs as an index to
not hare better and clearer direction Of |
what the true policy Of The nation should he |
than the fact that the most bitter opponents |
Of the Union during the war are with the So
called advocates Of Union now. The 3mes,
ntrdld, Post and Telegraph urc in Glvor Of q !.
Union that would promote the harmony and |
strength Of the United Statca. It Is not to
be believed for one moment. Nothing can
be more unfafr than the way In which they I
put the question before the people Of Eng
land.
''11'c Philadelphia Convention" says tle 7sn,es,
",naile another stasc in tue :ssas struggle golN:
on in America between thc pa:,y snxioas 10 SEQ
x ketpas IT, sea, aas ,ae III pi
There Is no question Of national security now al
,s.as ahs Gnton i .sf:, and svsry object whlsh
about Two Federal Generals, with ST strong NJ ali.
Government that the class most dangerous to thc
ncsio nre The officers Of The Frcedmen'a Bureau.
Ihs Southern mcn, almost without cxcep,,on,
revtss slavery than they would OF voluntarily de-
etfoylnE Tire remnants OF the Property spared TO
s IKE ~ tbs ss,eoes 1s, 1n sts Of n No5
ID ali sincerity snd nilaess. Wfat they aie not
irene ra,lleaI party 10 be allowed 10 rule over
them. They do moi admit that there Is any law
ful nower II the conniry-there Il certainly none
Tue Negro. .should b. admitted to franchise Or not
IA question to be settled afterwards"
Ihl 1ffeJraph says:
"Ail fol mer Issues have feen ignored. all party
bcen ,nrow', aside, md The whole ha.lon is now
called On 10 ectllc lhc one brUad, vftal problem
1cf, by lhc civil wa1-eha 1he Southern States ho
| tclfgoscrutng communities. or shall they BE-
ruled as sanqnt:hed fors by .leir Northern COZ;
appa1cntl9 TO tue decisfon Of :he Northern people
alone, 1Eough It is casy 10 see that ne South also
| Will exercise a pONEluI lHIEGuCE Oh TE3Hl1.'
The Herald puts the case as follows:
s'1he claim Of the South, which he upholds. 10
indispulahie ho1h @ in point Of moral and sti.u.
No foash lit T. as W6 ihe ssowed
pnrpose of forcing us to resume our place In the
Linen. She denied a1l intention to conquer,
Of fho struggle that she insisted on ADDITION.
| We'll, wo wuEc beaten, and VIC acecptcd defeat.
We subui.ted 70 lhe tcr1s imposed By ths con;
cur debt ne were ready to resume our place IN
the Union. Now 5ou turn round upon n.. aud tell
sha not come n That SGs yG @
tailh and breach Of right It pn:s you Ia The
w1ous as 70 ths war; f9r yqu!s own ela!n ss shat
Union. II is au net Of t.eachery to us !. for we
Terms ,on had all along held ont "
| Now, 1t Is evident to anyone who has
studied American politics, that the real
question at issue Is not set forth In any one
Of these organs Of public opinion. 1t APP
pears clear to 1uc, and believe to the great
bulk Of ''thc people" Of this country, that
Union Us the Democrats, but they feel that
there can be no real aud lasting Union until
the political aud civil freedom Of all Amcrf,
Gang, irrespective Of color, Is secured. They
feel that 10 abandon the freedmen ut tho
present moment, and TO place him at the
acknowledge that the blood and the treas
urc so layishly poured out in the cause al
. once for Union and freedom, Ind been lay
ished In vain. As the DAILY Ae'es well putt
it. "the Republican party have made tl..
. 1 slave man, and they viii make him citi
. / zcn.n
ri This essential part of the question Is wl,ol
, " left out of sight By the organs Of tho pres
! In This country who do not wish to see lii
United States really united and powerful
, the Federation not, be assured from love Q
, Republican America, but with the hope tha
; state Of things similar to TINT which pre-
! ccded and produced the war may rcappea
: again in America, and TINT q second cditio
t Of the great civil contest may be bsougb
: out. Observe the language Of the Times
) 1.-THE Southcrns would no more think OF a
/ tempting to revive slavery than they wouI
Q Of voluntarily destroying the remnants I
i. properly spared TO them By The yictoriot
> armies Of the North" But while the Souta
:. erns still regard the black man as 4. ''ren
l. nant Of property tho whole question III
= there anu the Times sunconsciously lets It on
+ 1t is notorious thut slavery is hut n form,
h propcrty--of property in Its worst aud mo
d Tcpulsfvc form. Southern society has bee
. which made it almost impossible for them
l. look Mt the question In any other ligh
They must be more than men If they can a
.s at once abandon the ideas under which tn
i, have grown and, as they believe, prospcre
lg That. left to Themselves, they would "v<
H. i. unfairly abandon the Property left them |
ID the Morrill," il, the Tsates says truly, not
~ | be supposed, and 1t Is because the North b
It no guarantee TINT that species of proper
n. would not he abandoned but increased, til
.. they aEc justified IN demanding the plott
n tiuna of the .aw ard the shield Of tue Cons
~ tuition for what was lately property in ma
ch have today read President J6aiscc::
he speech In reply TO the lcputation Of the y
;c- tional Union Convention. The report In t
cr New York Times prints IN italics his desert
tiou Of Congress as ia body called or ,eh
assumes to Be The Congress Of he United Sta.
but in fact Congress Of only part Of
S.atts." do not hesitate to say that If
sovereign Of this country were to make I
ofsuch language In describing the Parlfamt
for Of England, should not buy at long da
the tenure Of that sorereigu7s power, ?
haps am wrong In introducing into I
mn. as look on the United States as beac
M light in government to the world, / I
/ a almost as much interest In its politics u
tsn do In those OF this country. Ev. n had =,
at 1olnson been elected PRESIDENT By the p
#. speak Of Congress ln such terms. Lo
~ ta, Napoleon would not SO characterize |
hjs SeEa1e and Corps LcEislatifof France. I
,cii for President who owes his position
:ss- chance, so to designate the rcprcsentati
~, Of the States and people Of America, ,apps
~ aS' such an extravagant presumption that i,
iii almost incredible.
ach lam glad to find from the Chicago T
IN. nrSE that the Irish vote is not to be all
Ing the Democratic side at the next electt
ests James Stephens has been an acquaintanc'
mine since lS4S. lie knows my sentime
! [sc' ard l know his, and he must be very MI
l. altered indeed ii he eau ally his Fen
friends with party who would degrade
oprrcss my portion Of the human famlly
With regard to English domestic poll
{ they are rather quirt at present. Last "
| fhrrf WAR mErffnfr RirrNf1rh1f1.
aa.' which 1t is computed quarter Of : mill
ON of men were present. It was from Bism
d ut ham that in 1881 the Government
,rlJ threatened with an advance Of 100,o00 !
Wv which tooE place there last #,
uc; The resolutions agreed to went
the beyond the small measure introduced
full Nj. Gladstone last session: They went
mn manhood suffrage and Tote By ballot
~. Bright was present, but did not speak.
"a. "a spoke in the evening At the Town Hall,
this spoke Of the 5,000, 900 Of unenftanch
'se!f Britons as little better than coolies. I
nses ve,S carly IN this so5Fesp9aasncc - tsat B. +
,s Reform, Bill and the opinion Is gal
mp ground every day that the present Tory
"1th iet1y will introduce measure next SEE
his on the subject. II they do I apprchcn
tcus will be Of moro liberal proportions than
raa.+ ! Of the late Government.
~ ~ The Government arc By no means eas
oth- tho side Of Canada Two infantry rcgiui
:scst have been ordered there, and a squadro
my cavalry, the Thirteenth Hussars, Is to fol
for AFTER seFSn ecnt91les o. annc1at1oD tne q
~ being complete as ever, nor do 1thingi It
sneh will be cencntcd- 1spcak with an futi
my acquaintance Of Irish feeling OF this sub
the The bulk Of the population arc decid
Lin hostile to TUG English eonneetaon: lae
sent. en ILL.,, j.. ~ WI .rhn hatc
rtcss Roman r.,hoIic fellow.countryraen far
Is OF intensely tkan any one section or race
king another, and rs long as this division "a:
only Ireland NseH, lear Inc oas VI oeE oe