Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-01
The ImBecIIity and CorraptIOr OF the Lin
coin GOVernaent

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The New York Tribune prints cOnspicuOus.y
its issue of the 26th of August the following con
mentary on the alledged shortcomings, corruption
and imbeciIities of Honest ABE LIScoLNsr Cab
net. Ii is remarkable that this damaging exposur
should have found its way to the public throug
the columns of the most widely circulated and il
fuental of thepapers that have supported the LIN
COIN Administration. This fact is conclusive Of IN
| other fact that the LINCOLN Administration ha
already fallen into disreputs not with the politician
Alone bat with the people that the iutrigues fol
the succession have far more to do with the pres
ent crisis than desire to preserve the Union, and
that chickering's and jeaouses between the CLIQUE
have assumed an intensity that actually threat
ems an explosion more destructive than the
masked batteries Of the Rebels" '.Whom the
Gods intend to destroy they first make mad''
may be truly applied to toe who have
brought the present troubles upon the coun-
try. Their fate seems to be coming upon them
swifter than we of the South could have antici-
pated.
The article from the Tribune shows there is
deep.seated, powerful feeling against the LIxCo1x
Administration, developing itself among the very
men who placed it in power. The work Of disin-
tegration has been commenced BY them, and It must
proceed until the great body Of the people of the
North-at least the conservative portion of them
become convinced ofthe cheat the deception that has
been imposed upon them in the war waged against
the South. Gradually the fact is unfolding itself
among the advocates OF the war that the object is
not to preserve the Unon but to abolish slavery and
establish free government, in which the negro
shall be the equal Of the white man. When the people
of the North lay aside their Prejudices and look at
the facts they really exist they will certainly re-
bel against the policy Of their rulers. The contest
there viii soon be between the ultra Abolitionists
and the Conser Tatiyes. When the latter End that
the South cannot be conquered and that the Union
cannot be preserved if the South could be conquer
ed, the issue win be made up.
The New York HsraId, in reproducing this suz
gestive article from the Tribune remarks:
This broadside CT shot and shell does not come
from the editorial columns Of cur abolition con
temporary, but from masked battery, in the share
of an anonymous communication. II called to an
account for it, Greeley can plead, rs usual, not
guilty, and that appraised of the character Of this
communication in season he would have rejected it
But the Tribune has conspIcuOusy published it. and
scattered it broadcast over the laHd and in thus ac
lively lending itself, under q mask to the
use Of plotting spOlsmen and political dsorganz r.
we feel il be our duty to bold up our Janus faced
TO the attention of the government
and the country.
The anonymous paper in question, adopted, con-
spicUOusly Printed and circulated by the Tribune
calls Justify for a change in the Cabinet
Let 1t not be supposed. however, that these are !
the indignant and unGdulterated complaints Of an |
honest patriot. intent only upon the integrity of
the Union" Behind this masked battery we think |
may be detected some of the parties of a radical
onspiracy in the republican camp initiated on the
4Lh Of March for change In the Cabnst, IN view of |
the abolition of slavery, the spOils of the present
war and the hOnOrs and emOluments Of our Presi- |
Dental succession For all that we know the roots
Of this conspiracy may extend the Cabinet ITSELF
for il is said that Mr.. Secretary Seward Mr SecFe-
tary Chase and Mr.. Secretary Cameron have each |
their Little cliques of sappers and miners, and par
~ j0bbers and spectators working like beavers for
the inyide tack TO the succession.
This stupendogs continental war, however. has /
given to the War and the Navy Departments the ex-
oenditure Of the hundreds Of millions Of money /
which Congress and the Treasury Department have /
been called upon to supply. Assuming that Messrs.
Seward Chase and Cameron are each looking after /
he White House, il will thus be seen that Cameron
has the inside track, and that Wellgs regarded az
mere nobody in wieliing the important expendi- /
lures and Jobs of the Navy Department. IS holding /
place which might be turned to a much better ac-
count il party view Of the subject.