New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-13

THE P0IICY or SEWARD.

IN the coming PRESIDENTIAL eIeehOn IL y very
likely that the vote of the State of New York will
decide the result. That great State has thirty.fve
votes in the electoral college which snearly one
eighth Of that of the whole Union. 1t has as many
votes as Texas Louisiana, Mississippi Arkansas
and Tennessee, all combined.
For this reason New York has always been the
theatcr of d great struggle at every PRESIDENTIAL
| election. Undthe last time, when Fremont carried
the State By plurality only, twas always we be-
lieye, 81 tie winning side. In several cases it has
made It's side the winning side by the heavy cleo
toral vote to which Che State is entitled.
Fremont carried It, as VIC said above, by pIu-
| ralty-not by a majority. The vote Of Buchanan
and Fillmore, added together, exceeded Fremont's
by nearly fifty thousand. Assuming that the rela-
tive strength is the same it is easy see that
nothing is necessary to beat Lincoln there now,
even il there be no disaffection in the Republican
ranks, except simple union Of all those opposed
to him.
But there are other circumstances connected
with the contest in that State which operate against
the Lincoln ticket. The principal one Of these is
the defeat of William H. Seward for the Black Re-
| publican nomination at Chicago Seward, upon
every principle Of right and justice, was entitled
TO the nomination, and his friends, especially in
New York, were keenly disappointed at his defeat
He had made the Black Republican party all that
it is He had shaped its policy, directed its move
ments, and furnished it with brains. He had made
it tile great power in the nation that it has become
and had marshalled its forces until they came
within sight Of the prize of victory. To be set
aside atsuch moment, to be rudely displaced by
an obscure Ilinoisan, whose services to the party
counted but as dust in the balance compared with
Stewards, was blow that Seward himself felt as
keenly as any of his friends, but one which he was
too polite and sagacious to complain Of in the ear
of the public.
But, note his conduct since the canvass opened!
Whathas he done He has gone to Massachusetts,
Vermont and Michigan to make speeches but not
d word in New York He has gone TO canvass in
States almost certain for Lincoln any way, and has
neglected the very ground, his own State, too.
where the bFunt of the contest is to be met And
this he has done when his term in the Senate is
about to expire, and Legislature is to be chosen
which will have the disposal Of his seat. One
would suppose that this was an occasion, above all
others, when he would eonfne himself to New
York alone. But he keeps studiously silent upon
the very field where the contest is to be decided
and escapes to Michigan, the vote Of which, every
body admits, is certain for Lincoln by an over
whelming majority. Even # it were not certain
for Lincoln it counts only six in the Electoral Col
lege, while New York counts thirtyfye.
Is there not something suspicious in this conduct
Of the great high-priest Of Black Republicanism |?
Is it strained inference that he is seeking his own
revenge, for the loss of the nomination, by CON
triying the defeat Of Lincoln? Van Buren, defeat
ed Cass from similar motives in 1874, by running
upon separate ticket. Seward, too sagacious for
this, can defeat Lincoln by Withholding his sup
port at the exact point where it is most needed.
When we consider how cool, wary, ong-headed
man William H. Seward always has been-what
Machiayelian policy he has ever pursued Gun
ming and crafty he is-hoW he has always triumph
ed over every obstacle in the way of his personal
successive find an explanation Of his abandon
ment of New York, at this most critical period in
the fortunes Of his party, in nothing else than
desire to avenge his own defeat by procuring that
of Lincoln, and to reestabsh himself at the head
of the party which it has cost him 50 many years
of hard labor to create and make powerful
Seward knows that if Lincoln be elected lis
party will fall to pieces and become utterly
poweress long before the close of his Administra-
tion On the contrary, if Lincoln be defeated, the
party will again rally around Seward. His friends
will say, awe were defeated because our repre-.
| sentative man was set asiae.' hhcolns deteat,
| in short, will reestahllsh seward at the mead OF
the party-his success Will destroy the party, and
involve Seward, along with the rest, III the COM
mon ruin.
They utterly mistake the man who think Will
liam H. Seward will play second fiddle to any
body. With him it Is "aut Caesar. aut nullus' Y
He attempted to control Gen: Taylors Admins
tration. He attempted to control Mr.. fillmore's.
But he could not do it, and there is no man in the
Union he now hates more cordially. Those who
think that Seward would consent TO be Secretary
Administration, don't know the man. He thinks