The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-02

Three Months of the Lincslm- Seward Ad
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kEICM Ea rays Oh fdr1f. lssl.
When We review the policy Of Messrs. Sew.
ard and Lincoln, when we examine the facts
winch have tran spired and the occurrences
we have witnessed recently At Paris. we are
almost tempted 10 believe that the Admins.
tratiou OF the United States is nondpc ted NJ !.
der the delusions o. lupacy - sf,f,sr7 fss4t t5--
II is . fact that after the Presidential elec-
tion Nr. Lincoln himself was so far fro.a
considering himself elected by the national
prifereace that hs entered Washington City
fnrtiYely, IN order TO escape, a. he pretended,
from certain internal piots-which plots, it is
evident, only existed in his own weak braiu.
Assuming the reins OF Government, this
excellent Mr. Lincoln iinagined--at least he
predle ted--that the Confederate States Were
only temporarily separated from the rest, and
that they would eoOR return and resume their
piices under his parental authority. Rut the
refusal oi these States 70 orespOnd TO this appeal
OF their indul ulgaat father angsred him TO such
ar eHtent that he soon after called on his
Northern friends for IS, oo0 troops in order TO
treat the South as reoellious. ,.sf s,. -
Tnose Southern States which had not vet
seceded (and upon the fidelity of which Mr.
Lincoln had TecSoneG in order TO in ntiulidate
these which had heretofore seceded) having
protested against an unconstiEutional, coer-
Give policy, his anger seems to have been
thereby aggravated into n furious rage. He
proposed to punish them severely, ana ha wing
dorbtiess httIe confidence in his "a 90 solpn-
tesrs, he DEGREES under his Individual authori-
~ regular army OF 900 ineli, Overlapping ut.
9eriy the restrictions OF the Constitution,
~ ich forbid such an act Like q new Lew
is XIV. this Republican Lincoln exciairns
al am the State and the Constitution,
Soon after this, we became witnesses hero
OF similar spectacle. While blr. Seward de-
cleres thnt he possesses the rseterials noces.
s,ry 10 equip quarter Of n million Of men,
than the Government requires, he ssnds TO
Paris certain agents. who publicly, at the
Hotel CT tue Louvre, open q list Of Individual
subscriptions, patrioticaiiy destined for the
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these agents hold meetings, in contempt of
cur hospitality and neutrality, even setting at
de3tance orr police regulations and our laws
concerning public assem- oiages
| And while f:oIn the " hite House Nr. Lin
coin threatens Spain, one OF his ministers in
Fairs soIicits her aid while one Of his min.
listers denes England, ono ot ,sis agents soiicits
aglt.s Of ner -.e
InAe United State, Secretary Seward pre-
teudsthat he is strong enough To erush out
rebalion, while his pie nipoteasi siary anlba ssa-
dors abroad are demanding, through the roll
unlns o! tSaliPnan:s 4a"5sengef, ahe assist
anCe Oi France, or Iugl2Iu. OF Spain aud OF
Mexico in order "to save The Union -
These sane ambassadors aro pretending In
France that the purpose CT their Government
| is to purge Confederate States OF traitors and
rebels, who aTe hinderjn@ thn progress Of civ
/ iiiZation; while Official organs OF their party
| in the State of Massachusetts utter rallying
| cries which would cause the barbariapg OF
/ the most baI sGToas times piusn tor shame
| Considering 0it these things, Mr.. Faulkner
no tiftes Mr.. Lincoln that bis aggressive policy
dis, not, III tho European Cabinets, appear 10
| be inspired By prudence that, according 20
| the law of nations, the Confederate States
| had really right to the recognition of the
| Europeap Powers. And then, forgetting that
| these re6el9 are not Yet conquered, Mr. Lin
/ cola levels his thunder against all Europe.
| firat, Minister of his appears in England,
| and addresses TO The Times that famous letter
| which every one knows abnot. Then, comes
| that Gr1ct0Hs dispatch from Mr. Seward &C
| Mr. liavton. Then, still later comes the
| warning 10 Europe to suspend all cOmInere gal
| relations with the Confederate States. And
| finally, We ntve an uitiIiIa tj.in uv w hich Mr.
I.iuculu ANNOUNCES that he will declare wal
against amy European Power which shall
! t,i.G part IN t:tis quarrel.
| This i, the policy Of the Washington Gov.
| ernment. Unable, thus far. to conquer the
/ Confederate States, II nevertheless pretcntis
| to he orersrad tn carry = war, il necessary,
against the vnois world. .
| Had we not rrasol Tor vmar king, as we
/ did At the beginning of this article, that tht
| most singular INSANITY appears 10 rrie al
| Washing ,oi. -ity