The New York herald., 1862-12-25

tThe state Or shss Coa utry-yNhat Are Oar |
| ~ rosy .ectss
What is the-ssatss Of he country What are
our prospects? Je . approaching the end
df the second year, Of he war; the government
has expended ow or thousand millions >ol-l
mone-;- two hunl lred thousand loyal soldiers
have been saerif0 ed il their heroic devotion TO
III UIionlcaass>r web ave- in round numbers, an
/ army ef, mlibo q Of men in tho field, q navy
numberng 5etW cen three and four hundred
vessels Of wsr, q and Employing thirty thousand
men; Wa are pend ing hardly less than three
| millioss of siels aYss day, and, while bill pro
sVidhg fOG anou Asr housand millions Of public
eaek ispt,ndfag eef ,re Congress- our tax paying
fpeoPie, fin co nteu plaon Of all these heavy
burdens, Nid e hshs lriened by repeated disasters
,, and fslnr es, Ne earnestly inquring What are
\ eur p<ospscts
Under fhe sx sting condition OF things,
I We oAn Vnly sn' wer ths. Our prospects are
!; gloomy enoui - We have fought many bloody
Z battles; the Ur ion forces have effected q
loe&me at he SOS nd there in every rebellious
State; sewers de ubtful States, by hard fighting,
\ lave lbesn Gls lined. and yet have hardly
| cEconApiishc d N ore than break here and there
| throUsh the cru Il OF the rebellion. Its heart
tonly one hr hdr "a and twenty miles from Wash
FmgtoD rem AIM untouched and each succeed
Tying eiort " re ach II has thus fer only resulted
in disalpointu ,ent disasters and disgrace The
Vi violent sac ~ latcal abolition measures Of the
last congress have fused oil parties and all
classes 10 sne revolted States into the party oi
rssisfancs the last extremity while the late
fepu!se oi !" g most powerful army Of the Union
has FevlVeo The hopes Of The bel leaders in the
early seeu sment Of tho war in their favor
u thTouSn " ropean Intervention There il every
4 reason 70 apprehend, too, unless we give some
4 neaFy Az crushing blows 10 this rebellion be.
!. lore tns' eurn of spring, that Mr.. Lincols will
, hso meet Louis Napoleon an active ally
OF tnei sbes, or submit 20 his suggestions OF
= pesSe' pon the basis Of an Independent South
sln y nfederacy.
p Du' under the controlling abolition radical
On inHrs ncas NJ N. nrasent ,n5 .,oh;no,
"es an only expect continuance Of the blum
es o% and disasters which have thus fer been the
Nv ~" its Of their pernicious fana,icism We can
u. ly hope for better things in still hoping for
=. IL Isnge in the councils and general programme
4 the administration. In this view, The lay is
~ close AZ hand when the public sentiment Of the
Ia great Central States. in pslpsbls shape, may
nj be brought to bear upon honest and patri-
sc. otic President. The voice Of New York is tho
en- voice Of the great Central States, as expressed
\; In the late elections. from the Hudson river TO
the Mississippi Horstio Seymour, thus elected
our Governor, will on the Ut day OF January,
4 ~ transmit his inaugural message to our state
alf, Legislature. Now, here will be opportunity
views which, if wisely and brsveiy appropriated by
IN all our Governor eleci, may open the door 70 a
Il the great and glorious work of reform At Washing
Burn. | ton.
reae. Mr.. Seymour has been persstently held up
o,; 70 the country by the abolition press little
better than an impudent traitor, % an active
80 and defiant sympathizer with the rebellion, as
'sUu political intrguer, whose associations, in
e. y stncts and sympa.hies are with JEFF. Davis and
snder his confederstes and submissionist who Is
lcoDy prepared for peace upon any terms Of union
sent separation satisfactory 10 the rebel chiefs ~
,,,acr Richmond All such see-sstions are known to
x..au be untrue by the parties uitcrng thcm but in
answer to them, on New Years day, we doubt
n not Governor seymour. will fully vindcate him
Dieue self IL remains 10 be seen, however, whether
he will rise TO the demands Of the crisis and the
FL 81 dignity Of the occasion az statesman, or will
ndred sink 20 the dead level Of the Albany Regency
or TsmnanS Hall, as q mere exponent 9f demo.