The New York herald., 1862-09-16

/ The Radical Opposition to the Adminis-
/ tratton-A New Edition OF the Hartford
| Convention.
| With the other characteristics of q common
scold. Wendell Phillips has the merit ofspeaking
his mind plainly. Among his numerous faults
is that Of not being able to keep secret. From
an outside operator of the radical republican
party, employed to do the hard work Of the
stump. and to be alternately praised or disowned,
as the circumstances of the party might require,
he has recently been promoted to be one of the
leading and influential managers, and he forth
with proceeds to ventilats all the secrets of his
associates. Scarcely had he been initiated
into the party plans for the future when he
reveals them to the public through Becchers
Independent II takes him but little while to
tell all he knows; but it appears that be knows
great deal too much for the safety of his
coadjutors.
The gentlemen Of the radical party. says
Wendell Phillips, want to be leaders as we'll ss
to dictate policy. They want emancipation
declared; but they also want the Cabinet
changed and the generals transposed. They
want the war to be conducted upon abolition
principles but they also want it to be conducted
by such men as Sumner Of Massachusetts,;
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and Wade, Of Ohio,
and their friends in the Cabinet, and by Hum
ter, Phelps and Fremont in the field. The
language Of the radicals to the persons
now in power is, according to Phillips, "Gen-
tlemen, your game is played out. Give US
place." There we have the whole radical con-
spiracy against the government In . nutshell.
It is simply "give US place" Does Greeley
attack the President? 1t is "give us place."
Does Sumner oppose the administration? 1t is
"give US place." Does the cabal of abolition
generals urge on the attacks upon Mcclellan
which he has just confuted so gloriously in Mary
land? It is "give us place." Do the Governors
of several of the New England States conspire
with our defunGt Jacobin War Committee In Sc
cret conclaye! 1t is for the purpose Of break
ing up the Cabinet-it is "give us place" for
ourselves and our friends. All this agitation
means simply, get out of the Cabinet; give us
office; make our leaders the leading generals in
the army. That is what these radicals desire
| They not only wish their disunion policy
adopted, but they wish to carry it into effect
with their own hands. Stevens wants to be in
the Cabinet to put into practice his idea Of
killing all the Southern white men and giving
their lands and property to the slaves, so that
we may have piebald republic, with negro
members of Congress, and, by and by, a negro
| President. Wade and Sumner want to be in
the Cabinet to annihilate the shareholders. FIRE.
| mont wants to lead our armies-to annihilate
| the nation.
| But how do these ambitious fanatics propose
to accomplish their desiress They have tried
to manipulate President Lincoln; but Pope
spoiled that game by putting the capital in
such danger that the President was forced to
kick the radicals aside and rush to the conser-
vative Mcclellan for safety. Now they try
secret conspiracies and open threats. They
boldly denounce the President as an imbecile,
and call upon him to resign or change his
Cabinet, under penalty Of revolution. They
designed to prepare for this revolution, through
our Jacobin War Committee, by having FIRE.
mont authorized to raise corps Of fifty thousand
men; but Secretary Stanton saw through this
device, and refused to arm men against himself
and the government. Fooled in this shrewd
| trick, they have consulted with the New Eng
land Governors and planned out second
edition of the Hartford Convention. Since
Governor Morgan will not join in their plot,
they design to supersede him by making Fre-
mont the next republican nominee for Cover
nor of this State. This will secure to them as
they imagine, the whole military power Of the
great State of New York, and then they can
proceed to action. Governor Fremont and the
Governors Of the New England States, led
by the valiant Governor Andrew, of Mas
sachusetts, will refuse any further aid to the
| general government unless Che radical policy
| is adopted and the radical leaders appointed to
| Cabinet Offices and chief commando in the army,
| just as the Hartford Convention reflsed all aid
to Madisons administration unless if>changed
its policy and its members. This New knXland
devil lacks invention, and repeats himself
Fine plans and fine plotters. These revotu-
tionary dreamers forget that the bayonets oi
McClellan's army can defend the President
from Northern as well as Southern traitors.
They forget that Fremont will have to be elect
cd Governor by the votes of the people, and
that the people of New York would heartily
defeat the hero of fat contracts In Missouri, the
pathfinder who lost his way in the Western vir-
ginia mountains, the soldier who resigned his
command in the face Of the enemy because he
could not be chief. Their plots lack men to
execute them and secresy to make them danger
ous The first edition of the Hartford Conven-
ton was sad failure. This second edition
will result as dsgracefully to all concerned
The WORLD CHANGING Irs CoLoRs.-The Door