New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-31
POOR TRAY.

Gov. Seward has been exposed to many un.
desirable vsitations, but bis last-the friend
ship of The Herald-seems likely to be the
death Of him. For twenty odd years, that
journal had DETAINED and reviled him beyond
precedent as the chief Of demagogues, impos-
tors, charlatans, and bypocrites-as the nu'
ceus of corrupt combinations to enrich indl-
viduals at public cost, the champion OF bound
less extravaganza. taxation, and debt-the
high priest of fanaticism, sedition, and dis
union, &C., &C.; under all which Gov. S. was
steadily rising in position and in public appre-
catiou; but at last The Herald has taken to
praising him as immoderateIy as it so long
abused him, and its favor threatens to prove
his ruin. Witness the following extract from
Tie Times (London) in reply to letter from
yr. Tburlow Weed:
isvery seldom, ia the present polite and decorous sse
that able to accumulate much evd,nce Of deio
ard long cherished intention to do injury we
able to bring against Mr. Seward the present Prime Min
ser Of the Northern States Of America During the visit OF
the Prince Of Wales the United States Mr. Seward took
of an entertainment which gvon to the Prince
and his suite TO tell the Duke Newcastle that be likely
d
his duty in,u. England and that he should insult her sc
usly few months after this sally Mr. Seward found
himself in the position h. had anticipated quarrel between
North and South imminent, and the advice which Mf
Seward rendered to the hostile parties was to absnd 'he
dispute and combine their forces In wholly unpsyokeas'- s'-
tack upon the British colony Of Canada"
Now, we cannot positively say that Co..
Seward did not perpetrate that sorry joke on
the Duke of Newcastle which The Times SO
gravey relates; though, in The days when we
knew him quite well, We s1e certain that no
was utterly incapable, oven after the most
sumptuous entertainment Of saying any
thing so rude and foolish. We believe his re-
mark to the Duke Of N2,,caai!e has been un.
fairly apprehended or incorrectly reported;
and, unless he is to be accounted entirely out
of bic senses, or never possessed Of any, the
fact that be would make such remark, how
ever sportiyely, strongly jus.iics presumption
that he meant nothing OF The sort. A states
man who did not mean to insult England might
possibly perpetrate so bad joke; one who did
cherish such purpose would be very careful
not to boast of it to q British Duke. The ap-
ecdote, therefore, cannot serve the end for
which it is quoted.
Gov, ssYe!ds advice" to the North and
South to cease contending about SlnIcy and
unite in a foray on Canada, is plainl iabri-
cation or very gross misconstructio'.. To say
nothing Of its atrocity, just think Il its alb
surdiiy The South is goaded into rebellion
by Jealousy Of the preponderant anu growing
power oil the North; whereuT"l Gos. Seward
gravely proposes that they shall unite in adding
enormously 70 that very Northern prsponder-
snce which the South will not abide To ad.
yiss n wolf to total abstinence from mutton or
mad dog 10 drink quart Of pure, cold
water, would bc the perfection Of reason COM
pared with this.
Mo- Gov: Seward never proposed any such
loray on Canada, and The Times has been
misled by his blatant and hypocrtical eulo-
gist The Herald which ia always preaching
up a crusade for Canada or Cuba, or anything
else which promises TO effect diversion in
favor Of JEFF. Davis g. Co. The Governor
suffers, like poor Tray; though less justly; for
he cannot ward of Tie HeraNs nauseous fat
tories. Ills only protection from their dam
aging effect is in the public consciousness that
those batteries have no more sincerity than
value.