The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-12
BRITISH OPINION.
Comments of the London Press 0n
Our Presidential Election.

The London papers comment freely upon
our great national political contest krhe
Times says:
There are good reasons for believing that
Gen. Garfield's administration will be l1e the
present-noderate in policy. Though we
must regret that civ-service reform And free
trade have been equally thrust into Me back
ground during the campaign, and fare evi-
IDENTIFY not for the moment eaSerly de-
sired by any considerable proportion OF the
American people, the abatement III the ami
moslties on both sides which were Xindlcd even
2 recently as the conc . of 1876 H. 10 South
ernguestion ermits us TO hope Ghfs very soon
the sctlpnal divisions o; the Sepuhiic viii be
Dbl serf .ec ard be supplantSyd by division of
parties unconaGted Wit rsthe slave system and
the civil war. The foreign policy OF the Re
publ ,sR pity, in spite OF the iiction caused
by The " Z and the Alabama Claims. has been
on the whole friendly to this country and TO
peace ? VI o yer the wOrlc."
The Post remarks with the rc1u't, so far
as Euro IN powers are interested IN American
politics We Oh this size o the At nt'c have
rcaso 4 To re So sished. Whethc' l. publican
OF Democrc. rules 4 Washington il a matter
which now exclusively interests the cIti-
zens of the republic nor is it probable even
if the twenty years of uninterrupted reign
OF the Republican party had been now
broken that the relations subsisting be-
tween the United States and ourselves
would heve undergone any perceptlb'e change.
We have had our differences o. late years with
the American Government, but The q differ
ences have been happily terminated. We
therefore have every rca, on to conclude that
during the next four Yeas OF Republican SUI
premacythe rel. zoos between the United States
and Grec Britain al not only be undisturbed
but be thoroughly cordial"
The Advertiser 4aNs: 1--WE cannot but re-
greet the result. In the first place there is no
comparison between The merits o. two men.
Garfield is third-.Pte Republican paliy poiiti-
clan, belony ing MOI perhcos 10 the school CT
the Blaipes C1nklinS aui Games chs. bJS cult ,
as little ID lDet o, The le.oimers like AG-hls or
administrator like Sherman. he Is the noinl-
nee of the wire-pul,ng Interest. Hancock =,
with few exceptions Tue most distinguished,
and. without since exception. we believe. the
most loyal, lcnest. end high minded soldier
still in the active selvice of the Union"
T.. Standard says: ''Tl administration Of
Gen. { rfield il not likely 10 differ materially
in FOLEY ,con u, OF NJ. Hayes. 1t j., indeed,
PROBABLE enough t1at II q old SEM to,ia' ring
which was master o. tie situation during Ceh.
Grants second Presidency, and which Stove
hard 10 carry tie tr,rd- erm movement To q
successful issue, will become more power ;ul
than it bcs Leeu OF late and VIA once more
monopolize and employ Tor lis owl purposes
the patronage OF he Government, and its Ex-
ccutlvc inl'uer res.
The Pdd Uo,L Gazette say3: alt would be a
mistake TO regard Gen. Gartelds election as a
triumph of the political rs who brought dis
credit on Gen. Grant. The strong ieelirg III
the United Sra es in favor of the honest and
patriotic policy of the present Cabinet would
teach far less shrewd men than Gen. Garfield
TO follow the lines laid down by. Mr.. Hayes.
For England tfe situation is satisfactory. as it
resulted IN victory for the party which is most
inclined 20 encourage satisfactory relations be-
tween 4 lglanG and Amenca.'
The DAILY Ae,cs says: 1.-THE chances seem
to be thai during the next four years, contrary
TO the expo ctf .Ions of some politicians, the
South will become more reconciled to the
Union, and the North will not be divided
against itself. The result is one of more impor-
lance than foreign observers fully recognize. "