The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-10
hitherto, it will produce no other result than
that Of corn, or cotton. or tobacco. Then the
sudden acquisition of wealth will cease, and
society revert back to its normal condition.
William III. Seward the Model SIan--But
Not for the Presidency.

William III. Sewn rd the Model Man--But
Not for the Presidency.
1t is deeply to be regretted that Mr.. William
H. Seward is politically committed to so much
that is bad, when it can so easily be shown that,
in other respects, he is nearly everything that
is good He is, in fact, good man. He smokes
rather too many scgars; but they are of the
most fragrant tobacco, and correspond admira-
bly, with the aroma from the cut glass, out Of
which he drinks success to tee-totalism and the
Sons of Temperance. There are very few Of
our statesmen more decorous, stad and respect
able than Mr.. Seward. He neither fights, gam
blcs, nor is addicted to debauchery. He is u
model Of private virtue. We do not believe he
swears much. His dress is propriety itself-a
combination Of semi-ecclesiastical gravity with
an every day business look, which instantly in
spires confidence. lie is the avowed reprcscn-
tativc Of the whole moral law, tempered by
overlooking indulgence for every failing and
pcccadillo on the part of his fellow creatures,
and especially of the niggers. What pity that
such an ideal for future President, should be
gangrened with the heresy of "irrepressible
confict!'
Mr.. Seward does not wear white cravat. If
he did, he would be taken for a Protestant mi
mister He might, as i, is, pass very well for q
priest No one can question that he is a pious
man, and a member Of the church. We are not
sure to what church he belongs; but be is a
burning and shinipg Light somewhere. He
nay be q Methodist, and be would be an eX-
ccllent class leader of that persuasion. He
would be !; Northern Methodist, however, in
'ir p!essiDle conflict" with their weather
brethren at The South, who "hold in bondage
their fellow creatures We know that he likes
the Methodists and gives largely to their chart
ties. Yet his cold water theories may, very
possibly, have made Mr.. Seward Baptist. His
praise Of the aqueous element, if interpreted as
traces of inconsistency, between what he has
said and what he has done, The chances are
favorable for the Baptists, and also for the
Episcopalians whose absolution Of Bishop On
derdonk would meet with his warm approval
His kind heart would pardon everybody for
eyerything-we mean that is wrong. He can
not be Presbyterian. Their sour, anti-Sunday
law ianaticism is too bounded for him; though,
If he should turn out to be Roman Catholic,
we shall not be surprised. His intimacy with
Archbishop Hughes, whom be once made
wing, is great, and there may have
been a reciprocity of conversion on that
occasion. Mr.. Seward, like us, subscribes
to build Catholic churches and is, very
likely, in full "odor Of sanctity' We
should pronounce him, positively, a Catholic,
but for a suspicion that his large and compre-
bensive heart, has affiliated him with both Ca
tholics and Protestants, and that he devoutly
cherishes all Of the doctrines of all sects-ex-
cepting the Mormons, whom he denounced in
the Senate, and who are also damned in the
black republican platform. With such I'M
bounded sympathies for every stripe of godli-
ness, what an ornament to the Presidential
chair Mr.. Seward would bel And, were it not
for the execrable dogma of "irrepressible con-
fict," who knows but he might have attained
to it? But the safety of this great Union is too
valuable to permit even model man to des-
troy it.
Mr.. Seward is not only moral and religious
every action of his private life radiates bene-
violence. His donations are indiscriminate,
and nothing is too undeserving for his aid. He
delights in establishing needy young men in
business, and gives up principle for charity's
sake, in order that their profits may be as large
as possible. Thus, in spite of his known tenn
perance proclivities, and the large support he
has received on account of his naturalization
with the tee-total cause, he kindly advanced
four thousand dollars to some pious PROTECTS.
at Auburn. to open liquor store, mixed
with oils and paints, and cheerfully &C
cepted share Of their gains We do not
doubt that pathetic appeal from Mr.. Weed
would induce him to assist worthy, deserving
youths in fitting out SLAYER for the coast of
Africa, and that he would experience relief at
being able to indulge sympathies in private,
which, in his stern capacity as legislator, he
would be compelled to condemn, even to the
point of an "irrep fessible conflict" which
should rend the Union to pieces, and destroy
all the interests of this and other States
As patent-rights man, railroad man, and
supporter Of every kind of internal improve
ment, where is Mr. Stewards reputation I'M
known? Including Mr.. Matteson and his 0free
wool" brother of the lobby, who has ever in
yoked Mr.. Stewards aid in vain? In spite of
persecution and opposition, he has never
swerved from obedience to the Scripture rule.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
throughout his entire financial career. Thus.
when Governor of New York, in 1885, he at
once, at the solicitation of contractors and
jobbers, mortgaged posterity for the benefit of
the present generation, to the tune of s25, 0oO,-
600, and he has declared that he would have
increased the State debt s6O,oOO,oOo more, if
he could have carried out his own generous
impulses This noble conduct as Chief Magis-