The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-10

tra.ionf wAsn Gddnsa becomes again man Of power
at washngsn, he walks the streets to-day, what hope
thers Of pseee with the SouthY In truth the general
aspect Of things here il extremely dismal wssk or
two hence s supposed the Senate will adjourn, and
from this Northern multitude Of Nrangng office 0eegars,
and then what hen3 But we need not go SO far for the
point Of dsnfsr within hin the prsssn. week bomb sS%SsnsI
rally all the Southern States under common banner and
for common cause and which VIII compel Old Abe 70
the Of w stree. vi. tx up Ss heels or oy
The very atmosphere Of Washington charged with sui
IeSass n ns usual saSs q gathering tornado
wannseros, March I, 1861.
The G0tAs and VaNdals-A SCI Of WsserH Gi1nss-Ho<el
Keepers Amazed and Hack Drivers Disgussed-' OI
Abe and tie Sosahsrn Conedrocy-The Question Cont
ing Home, dc., dc.
There is room on Pennsylvania avenue to walk once
more without being pushed by the Goths and vsndas
into the gutter In fact there has been Monday
astonishing exodus Of the Gothg and vandas to parts
knswn. Two classes Of these distinguished strangers
since Monday have left in large numbers; rst those
who had spent all their money in getting here, and
condy, those who had none whom they loft u.s. Some
Also have left because they discovered they
on foopr errand and under the belief that hav
ing filed their papers, vouchers and endorsers, they had
nothing more to do than to 60 home and wait for letter
containing the lucky prize Of some nice Office, with
plenty Of pay and nothing 70 DO.
The new Cabinet officers having entered formally into
their several departments to-day supposed that the
gullotine viii be put into active service tomorrow,
sharpened and creased and well provided with baskets
In which to carry of the heads of its victims Ar.
Seward chopped of head to-day by way Of
experiment; bW Chase, 10 is said, will roll
up his sleeves in day or two, and, like the
premium sheep butchers Of New York, viii
dress off his victims at the rate Of twenty an
hour The pressure upon every department is tremen-
dous The great surgng mass Of the Northern barbarans
has gone but hundreds yea, thousands, still hang
They are, like the Patagonans giants in stature and
being regular matter Of fact backwoodamen in their way
Of doing things, not TO be tred with sold Abc' is
their man-hey elected him, they bound to see him.
and they walk into and explore the White House
Of freedom and lords Of the They reoonnore the
DEPARTMENTS with the GOODNESS with which Cromwel's
troops would the curiosties of Catholic church.
There has been thing here before to compare
with this descent Of the Northern barbarans upon this
devoted capital They Cross examine the poor clerks at
their dess nquiring what they do how much they get
what Of learning IL takes to fill such place how long
they write every day, and how wanting such
! place goes about the work of getting it.
" 1t is an invasion of veritable barbarans,' . said
Southern TO US to-day, sa gathering of rail sptters
woodchoppers fiat boatmaa, cattle Dealers crossroad
tavern keepers country grocers wagon drivers journey
men farmers and village editors lawyers and black
smiths strong In the OF and deluded
with dreams fat Offices fine houses and all the Injuries
of the Calph Of Damascus the Great Mogn But the
hotels and boarding house keepers say that these aspr
ing souls broad shoudered and four devour pro
visions like the Of Anak, and deal very gngerly in
champagne extras Of any kind" The astonished hack
men saw these black republicans are poor trash for
fhav n vValH wall thQ ita uouca
they walk TO the Capitol, they walk to tho Navy Yard
they walk to Georgetown, they walk the avenue all day
other walk after they get there to saghtcn their legs
before going TO bed Such chaps good for shoemak
rie chickens can walk down any hack in Washington
| Guess they all walked in here from California"
Ins nscx%Gn & Sy these Sap powerful walkers with their
Never such o set Washington before OF shaughacs
and splitters Generally they pay but generally they
village and so they fall short Two hundred Of them
| took dinner at the public soup house the other
| day. And all these gigantic Office seekers are
| working and wransline for the spoils as '.ir
| nobody was hurt, and nobody was suffering
anything Indeed, the President his Cabinet and hIs
hovcus OF Thing and everything except their occu
But this ls not really so. Far otherwise Old Abe and
Mr. Seward are full or doubts and fears They know
what 10 do. Gen. scott lays down the law, but Mr. Sew
ard getting it through his hair that he can't put this
Southern confederacy OF must be acknowledged put
| down. Between the republican party side and
| ing home. The Commissioners from the Montgomery
government are here. They drawing up their pro-
toco they will soon present themselves before Mr. Sew
ard and Old Abe for hearing; and what then2 win
these Commissioners be received ambassadors cit
zens traitors? Nice question This days debate in
the Senate, especially the facts laid down by Senator
wigfa WIN to edify the head and his subordnates
Of this administration They evidently want light and
this overhaung Of the inaugural in the Senate under
southern exposure may do much towards convincing od
Abe that bis wagon broken, and must be mended be-
fore he can proceed on his journey
WASHINGTON, March 7, 1861
The Presidents Position-WM the South Wait TO Be At
,actodp-7N Issue Soon TO Be Decided, dc.
Mr. Lincoln has not yet realized his position &c has
not discovered the mmnence OF the danger beses
the country the need that exists for prompt dec
sive Of relief Continuing cherish the deu
sion that nobody Ia hrt and that the crisis arti-
nc he seeks rather to daily than TO decide and would
ain persuade all Glasses that things win soon be right
they be but left unto themselves
There is another hypothesis less damaging Mr. Lin
coins sagacty, but seriously compromising his good
faith. Assuming that he appreciates the peril It Is
urged that he has his method Of dealing with H. and
that the strange mixture 6 badnage and pathos logic
and poetry, evasion and dogmatsm, composing his nau
gurai designed hand to deceive the Union men
the border staes and the other smooth over the
erences which prevail n the ranks of his own party
On this supposition the President jugger and
his address q mere piece Of legerdemain.
But though the Presidents conceptions and purposes
veiled in doubt the estimate put upon his position
hardly admits Of controversy. the North seca in II
pledge Of dety-not TO the CnioD designed by the
fathers 70 the constitution interpreted by the
Supreme Court butto the Union and the constitution
viewed in the lga Of the Chicago PLATFORM The appro
baton springs wholly from partisan The ap.
pause s md "a designed 10 be, testimony 70 Mr. Lin
coins fidelity principles aims Of the party that
made him President 1t not that ne has announced an
intention 10 initiate concatory policy but that he has
proclaimed his resolve 70 cnforce the laws" II Is not
that he regards Union aggregate Of States held
together by tcs Of brothery feeling and interest,"
but that he accepts II IN the old federal sense
as q bond 10 be upheld by force, and which he
prepared 70 uphold by all the force that the republican
majority in Congress may choose 10 sanction Therefore
the republican press approves the declarations with
which Mr.. Lincoln has signalzed his advent 10 power
And the South nsthctvey catches The full force Of these
cd word hav uO roy; "A. A