The Nevada journal., 1861-04-12
THE NEVADA JOURNAL.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL IL, 1861.

FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL IL, 1861.
WIN. II. SEwARD.-The greatest living
Statesman of America is Wm. II. Seward
He SO stands in the estimation of European
nations A majority of the educated anu
unbiased of our country so regard him.
Occupying this proud position it is natural
that the eyes of the world should be turned
towards him in the present distracted state
of American affairs. He is the first adviser
of the Administration, and on him devolves
the duty of furnishing good counsel for the
guidance of his country.
Thus far we know what his counsel, and
what his policy has been. He talks like
pacifcatOr. Bat, when the emergencies
likely to arise arc comr, there is an intense
anxiety manifested to know what course he
will desn best to pursue. Will he favor
concession? Will he decide for coercion
OF will be counsel the independence of the
South We have his past history, his char
acter and his speeches, from which to Judge
Of the probable course of the man. His
late speeches inculcate the doctrine that
party is subordinate to the Union. He,
however, does not appear to favor com
promise measures gotten up under the pres
ure of the present excitement, and in all his
votes he has shown not whit of a tempo
riziug policy which looks to an immediate
settlement of difficulties. He is willing to
allow the people to act on matters of es-
ttangement when the cool, sober second
thought has returned, but not soouer.-
Doubtless the man will be consistent. He
has always been so-more SO than any
statesman now on the stage of action. He
has life long been consistent to the prin-
ciples he professed, and will prove true to
the last, we may be well assured. He will,
therefore, concede nothing to the slave in
terest more than the Constitution guaran-
tees But, so great is his devotion to free
dom, regarding it as superior to all human
institutions, as he does, We are not SO well
assured that he might not regard the sepa-
ration of the Slave States from the Union
as a step fatal to slavery Should such be
his view of affairs, the question is open for
discussion, whether he may not favor the
independence of the Slave States rather
than the use of coercion
Daniel OConnell, than whom Ireland new
er produced a more fervcnt patriot, declared
the independence of his native island was
not worth the shedding of single drop of
blood. William H. Seward, his laudator,
e1tols the sentiment as Christian and in ac-
cordance with the advancing spirit of the
age. Acknowledging the oppression and
burthens of the Irish people as intolerable
under the British domination, and pro-.
claiming the wrongs thus endured by Ire
land for ages, he yet indorses the sentiment
that independence and freedom are not
worth the loss of a single life. Such orin-
ions would certainly make the Premier of
America valuable man for the Union if he
lived in the South, but is he not liable to
the kindred opinion that the retention of
the Southern States in the Union is not |
worth hazarding single life?
An inscrutable uncertainty hangs over |
the future we know, but particularly as to |
the course of Lincoln's Administration
While Seward is at .he head of the Cabi-
net