The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-10

nation OF our government touching the attitude
OF Russia in regard to our Southern rebellion
our newspaper contemporaries Of this city, with
single exception, accept the friendly assn
RANGES of his Imperial Majesty in good faith, and
with an unqualified satisfaction.
Our philosophers of the Tribune. however,
seize the occasion to suggest that in whatever
light the letter in question g may be regarded,
the acknowledgment Of the Secretary OF State "
(brief, abrupt and severely formal as the COM
monest politeness would allow A" is dignifed
and proper; for that, if the intention Of the
Emperor was merely to offer to the United
States assurances of his continued friendship, it
was proper gratefully to acknowledge such
assurances; and if his Majesty was moved by
his advisers to offer counsel which was not per-
tnent inasmuch as 1t is based upon misappre-
hension Of the circumstances of the case, the
Secretary of State assumes digniied position
in ignoring the advice and accepting simply the
assurances of distinguished consideration Mr.
Stewards short and unsatisfactory reply in the
premises being thus explained (and we suspect
that this is the true explanatory the question
recurs, what was there in the Kmperor's letter
calculated thus to throw back our Secretary of
State upon his dignity?
Here is the trouble. The Emperor suggests
between the parties in this war of ours, concia-
ton and compromise, that sooner or later we
must come to a settlement and that 1.-THE Anne
rican nation would give proof of high political
wisdom in seeking in common such settlement
before useless eilusion of Blood with all its
consequences, shall have ended in the exhaus-
ton OF both parties in this civil war, and their
commercial and political ruin. The Tribune add
mits that this would be very good advice to the
rebels, bat contends that such counscls adj
dressed to government engaged in defending
its own existence and in asserting the supre-
macy of its own laws, are signaly out of place,
however kindly meant, if the real facts arc APP
pretended and that these counsels "comc
with an i'll grace from sovereign whose reign
is made illustrious by IN act of benefcence to
an oppressed class the emancipation Of the
seris Of his empire-inasmuch as it would seem
that his Majesty, while liberating bis own peo-
pie, does not hesitate to recommend to us base
surrender to the slave eligarchy of our rebel
lious States.
This, then, is the point where Mr.. Seward as
the representative of our government, feels
called upon to fall back upon his dignity, and
to dismiss the Russian Minister with the ex-
tremest breyity of polteness. We think, how
ever, that in this matter Mr.. Seward has neg
lected golden opportunity for reply to the
Gar which might have carried conviction to
every part of the civilized world Of the justice,
necessity and ultimate success of this war of
ours for the integrity of the Union. Apart from
this consideration it was the duty OF Mr.. Sew
ard not to be- offended AT The misapprehensions
of the Russian government, but TO set to work
and correct them. American institutions, par
ties, politics and revolutionary paroxysms are
not very well understood in Russia and there was
a fine chance for an official exposition WHICH
would have been thankfully accepted at st. Pc
tersburg.
With reference to our slavery question, his
Imperial Majesty very properly ignored it.
There is no simitudc between Russian serllom
and our Southern institution of slavery. In
the one case the serls belong to the
same race as their masters, and thus
the two classes may be readily advanced to the
same general footing of social and political
equality. In the other case, mankind have had
sufficient experience to see that the Caucasian
and the African cannot be intermingled TO any
extent upon footing Of equality without the
most disastrous consequences to the community
attempting the experiment
But enough upon this point. Our single OBJ
jcct in recurring to this admirable letter from
the Gar was to show the mistake committed by
Mr.. Seward in disca,dng the opportunity thus
ton for the Information of his Imperial Majesty
of the causes and elements involved in this re-
bellion of our so-called Confederate States. We
hope that reconsideration of the case will still
induce our Secretary of State to submit reply
to the Russian Minister worthy the occasion and
the subject. Meantime, we have no doubt that
England will fully comprehend the significant
import of the Russian Empcror's letter of SYM
patty for the cause Of our Union al though Mr..
Seward has failed to recognise in it anything
more than formal and unmeanng diplomatic
bulletin.
GROUND AND LOFTY TuMBLINGs IN POIrrICs-
We publish in another column the material
parts of the report of the disappointed and
wrathy Mozart delegation, who were shut out
of the late Syracuse convertible by Dean Rich
mond and Peter Cagger-a streak of fat and
streak of lean-to make room for old Tamma-
| nv and who have returned to this CITY full of