The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-21


taken to fair extent without change Of moment
in rates.
Gradual Development Of the Policy OF
MIR. Lfncoln's Adminfstrati On-Impend-
ing Anarchy.
A fit parallel to the imbecile conduct of the
administration, in the crisis which threatens to
engulf the prosperity of the Union, is to be
| found in the riotOus intemperance Of sailors,
| who abandon the care Of vessel menaced
with destruction, in order to gorge themselves
with liquor, and drown conscience and fear in
| tory intelligence that is received, from day to
day, from the national capital, it is not difficult
| to perceive that the Lincoln government is al
most exclusively occupied with the apportion-
ment of spoils, and that it has adopted no set
tied practical policy, respecting the great ques-
| tons that agitate the popular mind 1t has
shown every disposition TO pursue fanatical,
antagonistic course towards the South, and
would have, ere now, drifted the two sections
into a bloody civil war, but for sheer want Of
courage, and inability to carry out the aggres-
sive Instincts that inspire it. In directing the
evacuation Of Fort Sumter, not even pretence
has been made Of desiring to conciliate the Sc
ceding States; nor were the wishes of the Dor.
der slaveholding States taken into considera-
ton. The solitary excuse given for the recall
of Major Anderson and his troops, is. that 60
vernment is physically unable to give him any
assistance. Previously to the Inauguration, it
had been hoped that Mr.. Seward and his
| friends, were inclined to "magn animous'
line of action; but the indications have since
of place, and an overweening desire to
retain popularity with the ultraists Of New
England and the Northwest, they, also,
have concluded to take no efficient step to-
wards peacefully solving the difficulties that
embarrass the country. The proclivities of
the administration, therefore, are for dlsuuion
and such interstate hostilities as shall accom-
plish the Wendell Phillips programme" Dis
union is honor dsunion is gain" The crafty
indeclsion which characterizes its course-now
fatteriDg, now blustering-is simply the result
of the doubts government entertains, of its
ability to carry out its Ubiquitous designs.
The election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presi-
dency, was the result of thirty years of per-
petual agitation, upon the slavery. question,
with the direct and avowed object of running
the country. The constitution was declared,
from the outset, to be :" a league with hell,
and covenant with death y slavery to be
crime :" a curse" and the sum of all villa
Mes" and the calamities and disasters which
should flow from the destruction OF the Union,
subjects of triumph and rejoicing. There
are scenes Of tremendous horror could smile
at exclaimed the great champion OF aboli-
tionism and he has lived to exult over the
success of the schemes, projected by himself
and his colleagues. The active system of pro-
pagandsm which they inaugurated, has already
eliminated in the elevation Of their candidate
TO the Chief Magistracy of the country 1t has
driven seven members Of the confederacy from
the republic; eight more, II is believed,
will follow within few months; and the guilt
lies at their door Of the most terrible blow
that has ever been aimed at our political,
commercial, financial, manufacturing and agri-
cultural prosperity. II civil war comes, the
republican party, Of which they constitute
the vital element, will have brought
il upon us, and it Is frightful to
perceive that the greater number of those who
surround the President, and by whose counsels
he is guided, are disappointed, and apologize
for the delay of an internecine conflict and its
attendant horrors, which they believe would
stereotype anti-slavery fanaticism In the North.
Meanwhile, the people Of the North behold
with terror the gradual descent OF this lately
happy Land, towards either military despot-
ism, or worse than Mexican anarchy. Intel
ligent citizens compare the President that is
with the Washington of three-quarters Of a cen
fury ago; the founder Of our liberties who was
our first Chief Magistrate, with the destroyer OF
the integrity Of our nationality, who bids fair
to be the last. They groan beneath the con-
trast, and only seek for an opportunity to pro-
test against II. The leaders Of the victorious
party, know, however, that their tenure of
power is owing to merely fortuitous causes, and
that FIVE sixths Of the voters Of the Union are
opposed to them. They have, therefore, inter
posed their authority as q screen, and have
gagged down the popular voice in the North,
so that period of several months must elapse,
before II can be effectively heard. The factious
opposition of the republican majority In Con
gress, caused the defeat of the Crittenden
amendments, which the people would have
gladly accepted. The bill of Mr.. Bigler, which
simply asked that an opportunity might be
given Of Informally testing the strength Of par