New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-22
8sh @rl.ans 9ailp Grtstsnt.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1859.
SENATOR wILLIAM II. SEWARD.

This gentleman, distinguished alike for great intel
lect and learning for tact, management and general
sdrotuess as well as for uascrupulous ambition and
ruthless antisavery fanaticism has been sojournng
several months in Europe According to all accounts
be has been enjoying himself finely. His health,
generally good, has become robust /; and he has been
received with marked distinction in France and Eng
land The notables Of both countries have showered
attentions upon the leading American Senator-the |
head and 'front.' the soul and body, Of great party
that rules most Of the majority portion of the con-
federacy-and the probable future President Of the
United States He has had an audience Of the
Queen Of England, and her majesty received him
most graciously. The peers of the realm have been
marked in the extension of their ciyilities and he
has been feased and honored by the members OF the
f" Foreign and British Antslavery Society"-among
whom are to be found the leading personages OF the
empire upon whose dominions the sun never SETS
TO the utmost extent human heart couo wish. ne
is now in Paris, and has had, most likely, ere thls
highly agreeable interview with the laurelcrowned
Emperor Of the French.
We mention these facts, not because there is any.
thing particularly remarkable about them simply to
show that the statesmen and rulers Of the Old World
are very well posted in regard to the INTERNAL polit,
cal concerns Of the Great Republic Of the Western
AAAOAA~S~ s-,"'-
they are generally supposed to be- and watch closely
the tendencies and growth OF power conducted on
principles at war with their lifelong and cherished
convictions and which bids fair later, un-
less some unforeseen catastrophe overtakes 1t, to
upset. il not utterly destroy, all their deepyrooted
ideas respecting the theory and practice Of rational
government. Besides, they feel that its strength is
becoming coossa-that its gigantic shadow stretches
along the surface of the whole civilized earth-and
they know from experience and history that It's ele-
ments OF destruction to foe, although they cannot,
perhaps be brought to bear as speedily at the start
as in monarchca countries the most terrible OF
the age Hence, II is wonder, and should occasion
no surprise irritation If the grand architect OF our
home dissensions, and the prospective Chief Magls
trate OF the Republic has been received while on his
foreign travels, with distinguished courtesies and
elaborate honors In this enlightened age-this age
OF steam and electrcityis is the true policy Of rulers
to receive the FIRST men OF contemporary governments
no matter what the difference in political institutions
with the utmost politeness and with civility en-
tirey cordial in Its character. The personal friendship
of President Of the United States, or OF Senator
who exercises commanding influence in the body OF
which he Is q member, is no unimportant matter to
the chief men either Of Great Britain or France Con-
sequently they have motive in their courtesy, out
side Of and beyond the scope Of their naturally hos.
pitable characteristics
However, Senator Seward understands all these
things perfectly, and will use them to his own advan-
tage whenever opportunity presents ITSELF He 100
shrewd to be deceived-too practlced man OF the
world to be deluded by attery or honors, no matter
how gratifying to his pride and self love and too de-
termined to be diverted from the great object he
has in view and which he has kept steadily in view
,ipnnt Of lDdi in
councils Of the nation That object is the Presidency
and in 1860 he will make the most desperate political
fight ever known in our country. Cool, selfpoised
and selfreant, very wealthy and having friends whc
will contribute millions to promote his success
thoroughly yersed in all the arts of the politician and
demagogue wholly regardless of the means he EN-
ploys to secure his ends, backed by organization
Of the most formidable proportions and which wield
the power of the local governments of most Of tht
Northern States and completely unscrupnous in an,
and every partcular-he will enter the field witt
prospects and advantages such will almost assur
edly command success. He may, possibly be defeated
but be will, notwithstanding, prove dangerously for
midable. His visit to Europe was not entered upo
without motive personal to himself. He did not g.
there for recreation pleasure. Nothing of the sor
entered into his calculations. He doesn't belong t
the order Of men who enjoy such things. He makes
or endeavors to make, every movement and every
thing subservient to one iron purpose. Well,
may be asked, what did he go to Europe for
The answer is simple, easily made, reasonable, an
in consonauce with common sense. he went ther
to obtain =" material aid F." from the pound steriin
milonares of the fast anchored isle. who recko
their annual incomes by millions Of dollars, and VII
are the most rampant abolitionists alive. With the
aid he hopes and believes he render " assurane
doubly sure" That he will obtain it to any extet
he may require, there is doubt, and in this yen
age and in this venal country, the power of gold
well nigh omnipotent It upquestionably elected
President in 1856. Can it not therefore, in ls6
with twenty.fold expenditure, elect another Pres
dent? 1t seems to us that the proposition is alil
logical and natural although it is anything but fla
terng to national pride. So far as the Northel
States are concerned there is hardly shadow
doubt but that money can and will control MAORI
of the people, when backed by strong party,
Seward will be, and when all the patronage al
power Of o new Administration is freely pledg'
beforehand. With a few exceptions-we deeply
gret they 80 rare-the politicians press, and pl
pit can be bought like sheep in the shambles and Il
masses are generally controlled by all of the
potent influences. This fact is a melancholy on
but it is, nevertheless indisputable.
In this view OF the case we are sustained by u
Washington States, which is by all odds the able
and most sagaciously conducted Democratic journ
published in the Federal metropolis. In its issue
the 18th instant, speaking of the visit of senat
Seward to England, and of the ovation he receiv
from the Exeter Hall Aboltionists, the States p,
tinently observes:
Lightly as the matter may be thought of in IL
country, Senator Seward, as will be actually seen
less than a twelve month, will return to New Yo
with larger accumulation of political capital
the contest of next year. The extended ramifcato
OF Exeter Hall policy will warmly enlist in his
terest every European who desires the consumu
tion of the irrepressible conflict which he
traitorously proclaimed in his Rochester speech a
in the presence of such an influence operating in
behalf, it is more than Black Repablicansm "
have the temerity to undertake to ignore his can
dacy. He placed himself formally in the field VIII
he erected his platform, and, backed as he is by /
yielding friends on both sides of the water, he W
not retire from it until the battle is won
lost Doubtless +" the sinews Of war; in almt
countless thousands, will be placed at his disposal
inscriptions employment in the campaign. Exe
alone can CO mand mlions-millons Of pouI
sterling.
Senator Seward embodies more fully the tenets
Black Republicanism than Mr.. Clay ever did those
WhIggery and it would be idle in the extreme
any clique in his party to attempt to supersede h
upon the plea OF his not being available. Every 81
slble man Of that party would likely exclam, VI
such an attempt tormidably made our cause is
x1-tt. E.-l,k