New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-05-28
'Nstu 0rIeans 9ailp Grestert.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY as, 1860.
sEWARp,s pEFEAT.


SCENARIOS DEFEAT.
Seward was defeated Of the Black Republican
noniination ut Chicago by combination Of the
friends OF oil the other candidates. He went into
| the Convention with much greater strength than
any other candidate and polled the largest vote Of
any on the first ballot But 1t is one Of the pecu-
liarties OF our system of political Conventions no
matter by what party they are held, that the most
prominent candidate ID usually defeated. AS soon
as he shows considerably ahead in the race, the
other aspirants combine together for his defeat
and generally succeed in effecting it. So that it
would seem that the best policy to secure success
in matter of this sort is to keep modestly in the
rear, in position TO be brought forward at an op
portune moment and win the victory.
1t is reported that Seward is not only disgusted
aths defeat and tile means by which it was brought
about but also dsgusted with politics generally
nssmuch that lie proposes to resign his seat in the
Senate, close his political record, and retire to
philosopic seclusion at his residence in Auburn.
II he will do this, and devote the remainder Of his
life to quiet contemplation Of the mischief he has
fsneasioned in this country, and to sincere re-
rentance for the leading part he has taken in
stirring up sectional hatred and weakening the
pohus oii hit OntoH, ue may DC hhppiti tHah ne
ever was as the apostle of anti.slayery and the
propagator of the doctrines Of Abolitionism.
Seward was defeated at Chicago, not because
there was any dispute Of his claim to the leader
lhip if not the parentage Of the Republican party
ali Of his rivals even conceded this. But he was
sacrifoed mainly at the altar of expediency. Four
years ago they set him aside for Fremont because
4hey supposed fresh man, with little of no record,
tl,at
/ SSxploTer, would make the best race. And, sooth
to say, the event justified their sagacity. Now he
is again whistled down the wind, and for the same
reason. However Seward may have been entitled
10 leadership in the Republican ranks ON the score
of long service and great ability, he was not avail
able. Pennsylvania and the Northwestern States
could not be counted on for him and it is in these
States the great fight ID to be made. Stewards
professions were too radical for the quasi conserva-
1 tism which prevails there, and they nominated a
man, therefore, not obnoxious to the charge of
being bitterly infected with islavcry venom and
/ virus.
Besides this, Seward was not personally popular
with THE leaders and politicians Of the Black Re-
publican party. They conceded his great talents,
but they did not like hs personal bearing and az
asociatons. They accused him of acting the toady
E'cHttotoi VI SuphLitdbb W any
nifty from them in the Senate, and yet never 50
proud as when lie could get one Of them as guest
lat dinner. Moreover, he appropriated to himself,
with entirely too much complacency, the position
sof master and Tycoon Of the Black Republi-
cans. He showed too plainly by his actions, as
well as his speeches, that he felt himself their
superior-and the assumption was CALLING TO some
of the other Black Republican Senators. Such men
as Foot, and FesseHden, and Collamer and Foster
however hcrctical in their political notions have
i becoming sense of their personal dignity and indie
pendence They were not in the habit Of follow.
ing in anybody's lead, or being considered any
body's janizaries. seward's ridiculous assumption
of political and personal superiority very naturally
made him unpopular with the leading politicians o
Ills party and i is the politicians, after AL, ant
notthepeopie, who make Presidential nominations
The Democracy are, perhaps, as much dsap
pointed and annoyed, at Stewards defeat at Chi
cago, as are his own personal friends. They knew
that Seward could be more easily beaten than any
body else. They knew that his nominations
intense il the repugnance Of the Southern people
a 70 him-wonld provoke q more active and yiolen
opposition than could be excited against any othe
chief of the Republican party. They knew tina
csc South would be much sooner driven to yolen
II IeslstabSe ~ fHe 1Iesluebty OF CeWafus tnhn o
q any attifef Black Republican leader. They decain
now against the injustice done him, as the "repre
sentative man 7 of Black Republcanism; but the,
are really only annoyed that he did not get th
nomination. Precious little do the Denlocrac,
care whether Seward ever receives "justce' - a
the hands of his party or not.
If Seward has really determined to retire to pri
sate life, it is the wisest conclusion he ever cam
4 20 b,1 4a,, LAW
away, as we hope viii be the case, every vestig
Of that now powerful and mischevous sectiona
party which he did 80 much to create and bull
up, he can go to the grave with whatever of con
ISOLATION may be afforded by the reflection that hi
labors were in vain, and that all prospects of tn
s. ruin to his country which he planned if he did no
81 desire il, were disspated under the wise infuenc
BIZ Of the sober second thought of the people.
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