New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-25
Erom 1h. H,rnId Of Saturday.


The Abolition journals renewing their war upon tue
Administration through the medium Of Fabricated dispatches
from Washington giving false color to the observations
which fen from Secretaries Cameron and Smith ut the recent
supper 10 Prentice Of Louisville IL is sought to show that on
that occasion the Secretary Of War declared himself in favor
OF srning the negroes the South against Their ar and
that Secretary Smith passed strong csnure upon his col
league for compromising the Cabinet by the uerapce OF such
sentiments There word Of truth IN either OF these
statements There s eoH'etdfte nra IN me CdbHd
than Gen Come-o and he ia The rery last Q I msube' rho
eould be likely 70 ,ubjeet his,ef to sueh Tebuhe.
IL is no novelty for The Herald to contra
dict to-day what it boldly affirmed yesterday,
to call one day for general Emancipation
as the only and proper antidOte to the Slave
holding Rebellion, aud the next denounce that
same call as incendiary and treasopaoie ana
demand the Incarceration of all who utter IL IN
Fort Lafayette. Such scrobatic feats are the
life and spice of the JEFF. Davis oracle, with
out which its renders would find it despoIled
of half it's relish. But this practice OF contra
dieting in one column what it has asserted III
the preceding is a sign of senility or reckless
ness against which we have hitherto felt bound
to protest. Ii is a dscredit to journalism that
even its most dscreditable manifestation should
make such an unseemly exhibition OF itself.
We insist that it be stopped.
One of the articles above quoted, as will
be seen, points directly to Secretary Cameron
as having sinned like Fremont by advocating
the confscaton of the slaves of all active
rebels. and thus 90 ju,tifed" his own removal.
The other asserts that this same Gen. Cameron
mas uttered no such sentiment, and That
&" there is no more conservative man IN the
/" Cabinet than he. These two contradictory
assertions appear side BY side in the TWO lead
ING editorials of Saturdays Herald, whose
editor is just as certain that Gen. Cameron
did indorse the Emancipation views more iuli!
set forth BY Col. John Cochrane, ana mat ne
took occasion at the Prentice dinner 10 rei'e'
rate them. as he is OF his own existence. ihe
ILraH and It's echoes had seen ht 10 pretend
that Cen Cameron's reported indorsement OF
Col. Cochrane's views was mistake, or TINT
he did not understand what he was ind0rsIng.
Gen. Cameron seized the first fair opportunity
10 explain that there was no mistake-that be
did indorse Col. Cochrane's Vows, with per-
feet knowledge of their tenor. HereuPon The
Herald calls for his removal in one column
and denies that he has said or done anything
10 ucite such call in another. " there Is
"nc more conservative man 10 the Cabinet
than Gen. Cameron il asserts in one
breath; aud in another il treats him as on
agitator WHO ought to be dismissed from office.
But more: Gen. CameFons O.fcia! instruc-
tons to Gen. Sherman, which bad the Pres-
dents express sanction, and which Tie Herald
quotes with appreciation as containing tho true
doctrine 20 a great way beyond Gen. Free
mont's Proclamation. Gen. Fremont proposed
40 interference with the slaves of UnioDist',
aud never hints at the possibility OF arlniDg any
negroes whatever. (See his Proclamation
Gen. Cameron, on the other hand, IN his oti-
cial letter of instructions to Gen. Sherman, who
vas starting on the Port Royal expedition,
says:
Yon win in general ava yourself Of the services Of any
persons. whether tyes from labor not who may OTTER
themselves the National Government you win employ
such In such services they be fitted for either
ordlary employees n special circumstances seem to
require IT, Ia any other capacity with such organization IN
quad coapanes otherwise, you msy deem not beneficial
TO the service This however not TO general armng
Of them for military service You will all loyal masters
that Congress will provide just compensation to them Tor The
loss Of the services Of the porsRs so employed"
Here it will be seen that not only the
slaves of rebels but those of UniOnlsts also are
to be taken INTO the Government servlce-all
who offer themselves, without di.inction-to be
organized in squads, companies, or otherwise,
to be employed us circumstances snail prescribe
to be armed on occasion, though there 10 to
be no general arming--and loyal masters are To
be paid ior the lost services Of these posson',
which makes plain that they are not to get
them back again. In short, there is no point
at which Gen. Fremont Exceeded the Con-
fiseation Act of last August wherein this Order
does not 90 far beyond him; and yet 1t has
not been modified, and will not be. And III
Gen. Sherman's presence in South Carolina is
TO be ANYTHING more than an idle and fruitless
brayado, this is but the beginning. 50 let US
all keep cool and await the moving oil tae
waters.