The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-26
President Lincoln Puts His Foot Down
for His Cabinet.

not by telegraph-that President Lincoln has
put down his foot, and has "put il down firmly, "
too, in favor of the retention of his present Ca
binet, and against any change or modification.
Altogether it is piece of mosaic whi oh pleases
him; and he is confident, no doubt that the
bloody instructions administered at Bulls run
will impart something Of life, activity and
energy to the sleepiest member of his official
family.
But the truth is, that if the President were to
proceed to the reconstruction of his Cabinet, in
obedience to the boisterous hue and cry of his
party leaders and trumpeters, he would find it
utterly impossible to meet their clashing objec-
tions. Mr.. Seward has become obnoxious to his
abolition masters, on account of his statesman
like and fearless policy towards England They
say that he has thus placed our relations with
that great Power in very delicate and critical
position, and that he should, therefore, be turned
adriit without ceremony. The great objection
to Mr.. Blair, Postmaster General, is that he be-
longs to the headlong forward to Rich
ry propaganda, now somewhat below
par even in Wall street. General Cameron
the Secretary Of War, it is charged, instead of
consulting the necessities and duties of his de-
partment with "a single eye" to the speedy
mastering of a powerful, well equipped and well
appointed army, is always looking out for the
main chance in the dispensation of his jobs and
contracts, including especially certain Penn
sylvania railroad. The special complaint
against Mr.. Welles of the Navy Department is
that he is too slow, or rather that he is so pune
tiliously honest and cautious that he is afraid to
do anything, for fear he may do something
wrong
Now, how is the President to act
in the reconstruction of his Cabinet 50
as to meet and reconcile all these con-
flicting complaints? He sees that the task
is too much for him. Like the fox in the fable,
for life across deep, swift and broad
river, he feels that it is safer to endure the tor
ments of the buZzing flies which now surround
him rather than to have them driven away to
be succeeded by new and more ravenous
swarm of bloodsuckers 1t may turn out, too,
that with the President rising to the demands
of the crisis, his Cabinet, without change, may
be moulded into good, practical working ma
chine. The Secretary of War, turning his back
upon fat jobs and contracts and doDnng
the war costume of his Highland clan, seems
already to comprehend the task required of
him to repair the damages at Bulls run; and
Secretary Welles, warned by the vigilance of
British inspectors, can hardly fail to perceive
the necessity of Strengthening his blockade at
every weak point along our Southern scaboard.
The disclosures of Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois,
in the debate in Congress on Wednesday, on this
disastrous affair at Bulls run, relieve General
Scott of the responsibility, and clearly fix it
upon the shoulders of the President General
Scott does not say so, but the inference is clear
that his better judgment was overruled by the
wishes Of Mr.. Lincoln. But how was Mr.. Lin
this insane war cry of our anti-slavery Jacobin
club of Coward to Richmond" by the inccs-
SAINT pressure upon him of such abolition hot
heads in Congress as Sumner, Loveioy. Trum-
bull, Chandler, and others of that school. and
by the ceaseess clamor Of such Jacobin organs
it's tilc A>cW lOih IItOuHS dil fHtS I1OHcSJ
Old Abe" must now perceive that they have
been leading him on the broad highway to de-
struction, and that General SCOTS grand and
infallible plan for short war has thus already
been destroyed.
These malign Jasobin influences in the same
way bore down the moderate republicans in the
last Congress, and defeated the Crit,enden com
promise, which would have opened the way to
peaceful restoration Of the revoted States to the
Union The same dsorganizing and bloodthrsty
abolition clique overruled the better Judgment of
the President and General Scott in reference to
the relief of Fort Sumter, and, without consult
ing the consequences, plunged the country into
this bloody civil war. The next grand scheme
Of these abolition ntriguers is to divert this war
from its legitimate object into iii cxterminating
crusade against Southern slavery. And here is
the point Of danger which more seriously
armies of Bcaurcgard We would in all sincerity
admonish Mr.. Lincoln Of the urgent necessity of
instantly and decisively, the de-
structive counsels Of this abolition Jacobin
club touching this question of slavery.
The only bond of adhesion among the various
party elements enlisted in our Union armies is
the glorious bond of the Union. To fight under
that flag and for that object men OF all parties
and nsNionalites have rallied, and will rally, as
a band of brothers; but let the cry of an adolf
ton crusade be raised by the administration
and our armies will soon be dcmoraized and
dsbanded, and North and South we shall have
nothing but confusion, anarchy ADD contending
military factions. With or without any change
in his Cabinet, the first and paramount duty of
President Lincoln is to turn adrilt adj the lead
ers, advisers and organs Of this abolition ,Jnco
bin club and 10 adhere iufexibly to the just
and righteous cause of the Union and the con-
stiNltion, including all the constitutional rights
of tie revolted States
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