The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-09

SECRETARY SEWARD SWALLOWING Hrs OwS
MIolcNE-In Its issue Of }, ssterday the Tribune
came out with violent leading article against
Mir. Lincola's Secretary Of State, un6sr the cap
tion-"Gov Stewards new idea" The lsseing
organ Of the radical republicans commences by
quoting the report of an interview between Mr..
Seward and deputation Of citizens of Illinois,
as follows
. The citizens OF Illinois In Washington called o.
hor oonsrasusion ns he s sns m sou w.s
70 save sns administration, and have il successful and
sS he Sase 'S 70, sso You 70 %
Henceforh forget that freedom ever was IN danger and
exert your css: naasace now 70 the Union Ls il
not be sad that the republican party the United States
won ts fss last and only victory tbs dissolution o
One OF his visiters rsnarked:-aovsrnor. want ths
integrity Of the republican party maintained
hr. Seward responded = Remember that tho way 70
ta'n the Union Remember that the point Il whioh she
enemy srikes is always the point which you shosM
Mr.. Lovejoy interposed and aaded-And remember
that the Union Is worth moth except hong there
To this Mr. Seward replied:-rreedom d always Ia 10
Union.
The Tribune makes this text for an on
slaught on the cone stency of Mr.. Seward, who,
before the election, proclaimed one set of doc
trines, and now proclaims another. Greeley
goes on to say that the Secretary's pregent DO.
Icy. is fatally mistaken and pefilousv-the
meaning of which is that it is perilous to the
republican party. It Is perfectly true that
during the late campaign Mr.. Seward did in
his speeches proclaim an "irrepressible con-
flict' between the North and the South, and
advocated all the revolutionary doctrines Of
tho chm eatfo cchnnl of y,oIt;oo 30 h;rh>~.
law" school, at the head Of which stood Garri-
son and Phillips-who, in despite Of constitu-
tons or covenants bstweeE the North and the
South, hold that it Is the duty of the federal
government to overthrow slavery In the
Southern States by any and every means
which it can command. If Mr.. Seward is now
conservative, and shrinks with horror from the
idea of carrying on civil war to propagate the
Gospel according to Helper, and to fight and
die for the faith for which John Brown became
q martyr, it is clear that he was hypocrite
and o demagogue during the election. The
Iribune's case against him is conclusive.
The leseon to be derived from Mr.. Stewards
present position IL This, that when a great
statesman stoops to play the demagogue to
kuA al OuJCCt, uo uiuSt 6CCcpt I'LL TIE COu66-
quences. Mr.. Seward must swallow his own
medicine, and bear all the abuse that will he
heaped upon him by the radical wing of his
party, or be precipitated into the abyss Of civa
war. Such is the danger statesmen expose
themselves to when they pander to the fanati-
Cal passions of multitude. 1t is known to
all students of history that Robespierre in
France and Cromwell in England were long
were finally driven; but they had sown the
wind, and they must either ride upon the whirl-
wind and direct the storm or be swept by it to
destruction, as one Of them was at last.
Well will it be for Seward if he does not share
the same fate.