Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-10

Mitchell aud ltoseeaW, and every other
soldier who has evipced an inclination
for active movements in the field.
The selection for St. James, OF Mi.
Adams, who gravcly admitted upon pa
per that "ths var is mere question oil
bounda,i.s," il Of = piece with all the
rest OF Mr.. Stewards polly. That gen
,leman is % Iully in accord with all Our
Premier's private plans and politics as Is
hi. shadow, Ihurlow Weed, or bis friends
Seymour ard P,irce John. Were thi.
not 60, Mr.. Seward would not have ven.
,ured TO lay down to him in the famous
letter Of the 10Th Of April, the doctrine
that State rights are CO tqual witt the
national authority, nor have authorized
hin 10 say TO England, VIC recognized
the fact that the South had the power 10
successfully resist-that is to say, to sue
cessfuIlv ress, the force oil Federal arms,
but not to Withstand the ultimate p rsua
sion Of Mr.. Stewards mastery diploma
CIV. Mr.. adams, therefore, so tar as MIR
Seward is concerned, Is as "eound' as
his Minister TO Portugal; and he may
safely be relied upon not 10 object t.
our cruisers being ordered out OF British
porls when praies want a clearance,
and not to protest against the building
Of Confederate Dayies 10 the Clyde, I'll
Mr.. Seward mpar,S to him the Que, that
the North is sufficiently hnmbied and
dispirlted to be in due Christian temper
for negotiation. In the estimation o.
Hobbs, the old philosopher, war is the
natural condition Of mankind accord
ing to the philosophy OF Mr.. Seward, j,
IS entirely an exceptional one, and only
to be tolerated as a prologue TO diploma
cv. And of this we shall have more
proofs than one.
Some time last Winter delegation
Of forty citizen. visited Washington TO
urge the enlargement Of our State can
ais 10 order that Federal ships Of war
might pass from the ocean to the lakes,
and from thence he slipped after the
rebels down the Mississippi. When the
chairman called on Mr.. Seward TO nrge
I matter, he was bruSqueiy told he
chad better d sband his delegation and
90 home" On his asking why +? Il e
Premier replied ''Because what You
propose is directly in face Of the policy
Of The government "What,' said the
chairman, "do you mean to say thai;
when we hold all the trump cards we
are not TO use them on the enemy +
"You may put it in what shape you
| please" said Mr.. Seward. pacing petu-
lan,ly up and down the floor, :" but the
government does not propose tn under
take any permanent works in connec-
| ion with this rebellion
| In a conversation with Lord L, IS
scarcely three weeks ago, Mr. Seward,
While discuss ne with his lord.h,p he
condition ct American affairs. remarked
in subtsaDce--''l have got tue country
Just where | desire it. The people al
ways get tired of prolonged hostrl ties
the North is already neatly SO, white
the South is utterly sick aud d,sgusted
with the war Thus YOU see, my lord,
the people ca both sides are anxtous fo,
hos.iIit,es to end, aid am sure TO be
able to close The war by Spring To
this comp AGENT theo y, his lord,hi
qnety r.marked-"Yes, Mr.. Seward,
YOU may tiink YOU have the countr,
where yon want il, but are You sure the
country will be content to remain long
enough for your purposes To anoih-
er party Mr.. Seward SAID, even since
this ,nversa,iou with Lord Lyons, 81
| have now the nation where | want It,
| There is no more troops TO be had on
f: either side, and the war must be fonght
out with those already in the field
| There is growing aversion to con
tinuation OF the contest go with the
combined moral force Of the dissatisfied
party at the North and the dissatisfied
portion Of the South, | can bring the
country together, and the whole thing
will be properly arranged"
Mr.. Ruggles may now understand
what Mr.. Seward meant when he
snubbed him about the enlargement O!
canals; and Mr.. Lincoln may begin TO
divine whose programme it was tia
Seymour, Fernaudo,ard Prince John re
Gently carried out in the election in New
ork. In this connec ion we may note
the fact that in this city, in which is
located the enormous Republican pat
ronage of the Custom House, Sur, oy or
ship, Post Office, metropolitan Police,
Navy Yard, Navy Agency, L. S. Mar
shall and District Attorney ships, there
was a nagjoriy against the Admin stra
ton OF 1000 out of 10000 votes and
it is a matter Of notorlety. that nearly
all of Mr.. SeSard's adherents at these
"cribs voted against Mr.. Y ellsworth
Whether the President has awakened
to the plot which this reveals, whether
he sees MIR. Seward marching over his
remains into the Pres idcntial char. plac
ing his good friend Thu, in the
treasury. handing P'incc join the dip.
malic bonnie bouche OF St. James. and
Fl st and foremost, helping Fernando this
winter into the United States Senate bv
a few tractabe Seward votes, we do no,
know but we can tell him that the
scheme has dawned upon the minds ct
many observers here, and also warn him
that apostatcs from bis favoIs have al
ready begun 10 trim their sails for the
trade winds of The next four years.
Though keen minded and snbstan.
tial mar, Mr.. Lincoln has been utterly
dipped by his chief Secretary but il he
will rouse himself, and &c, hi. TIN, king
machinery TO work without asking help
from anybody for an hour, he cannot