The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-08

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The President and His Cahinet-Ths
Demands OF the Crisis.
Our splendid Army Of the Potomac has mar.
rowly escaped humiliation. We have occasion
to rejoice that through the military genius Of
Mcclellan and the indomitabls bravery of his
troops this army has been rescued from situa-
ton Of extreme peril, and placed in position Of
safety and strength. But we have suffered So
rlous losses. The late advance Of General
Mcclellan upon Richmond. if rightly supported
ct Washington, would have given us the rebel
capital month ago. Our failure has probably
added another year to the war, and an additional
item Of five hundred millions to our national
debt. Who're lies the responsibility? Public
opinion points to the Cabinet, and demands .
change or two; but, from the characteristic
magnanimity of the President, in taking the
plumbers, follies and imbecilities Of his subor-
dinates upon his own shoulders, there is reason
to apprehend that no change will soon be
made.
We are not, however, without hope. We
have some degree Of faith that, in this crisis,
Mr.. Lincoln will appreciate the sagacity and
justice of an enlightened public opinion, and
proceed to repair damages by striking at the
root of our late disasters. His present Cabinet
excepting Mr.. Stanton) was appointed under
the old party rules of peace establishment:
for down to the bombardment of Fort Sumter
President Lincoln hoped to avoid war. The
only man Of his ministry whose abilities and
high character As a statesman were recognized
in both hemispheres was Mr.. Seward, our
Secretary of State. This was wise and fortu-
nate appointment, as subsequent events have
proved. In his instructions to our representa-
tives abroad and in his correspondence with
foreign Powers, embracing his settlement Of the
Trent imbroglio, Mr.. Seward has done more
than all his predecessors Of the last twenty-five
years to place our country before the world in
that attitude Of dignity, respect and considera-
ton to which it is justly entitled.
Mr.. Chase, we must admit, has proved
himself an indefatigable and satisfactory
Secretary of the Treasury. He has brought
order out of chaos and solvency out of ap-
parent bankruptcy. This, however, is not so
much due to his own financial theories, which
experience has shown to be somewhat vision
airy, as to the practical suggestions of such
practical men a. Silas M. Stillwell and the
heads of our principal New York banks. We
have no complaint to make against Mr.. Chase,
except in regard to his active sympathy and
cooperation in such experiments of abolition
political philanthropy as schools for contra
bands, arms for the slaves Of rebel masters.
and universal emancipation. In these de-
moralzing schemes Mr.. Chase has contributed
much, We fear, to the endorsements of the
administration, the army and the country in
the prosecution Of this war. But let him stick
to his ledgers for the future, and the country
the Interior Department; Mr.. Blair, Postmaster
General, and Mr.. Bates, Attorney General, it
is hardly necessary to say anything. Detached
from the immediate responsibilities of the
manag cement Of the war, they 60 quietly on
''the even tenor of their way" and there are
no accusations against them.
The burden Of the responsibilities Of this
war, touching our disasters and blunders on
the land and water, must rest upon the head
of the War Department and the Secre-
tary Of the Navy. Mr.. Cameron, we
believe, was compelled to retire from the War
Office from some unpleasant disagreements be-
tween himself and the army on this everlasting
negro question, he having gone to the extreme
abolition proposition of arming the Southern
negroes against their masters. Mr. Secretary
Stanton, however, has not only shown, in every
possible way, the zeal Of q new convert to the
abolition cause, but ii is to his assumption of
the direction Of our military forces in Virginia,
including the Army of the Potomac, that we
may justly charge all our recent drawbacks
and disasters in the valley Of the Shenandoah
and in front Of Richmond. He would manage
the campaign in Virginia. He would have
four or five generals and armies instead of one.
He would play off these generals and break
their heads against each other, and pocket him
self all the honors. The results are before us.
1t becomes the duty of the President to put an
end to this political Juggling Of the War Office,
where the issues of life and death to the nation
are involved; and the public opinion of our
loyal States demands new Secretary Of War.
How such political party fossil as old Mr..
Wslles ever came into the Navy Department
will puzzle the future historian. Our gallant
navy has done wonders in the great work of
suppressing this rebellion. II has rsconqusred
New Orleans, Norfolk, Beaufort and numerous
other places; it has rsopened the Mississippi
river from Cairo to the Gulf il has established
and maintained . blockade which in extent
and efficiency 10 without aparallel in the history
Of any other nation; it has utterly destroyed the
navy of the rebels, and deprived them Of their
means for building another and IL has done
good service repeatedly in coming to the sup.
port Of our army, and especially In the sup.
port rendered to General Mcclellan All these
great achievements, however, are mainly due