, 1862-12-01

J 3r'y, and is eagaii:us1y arranging rew
platform for himselt We do not eiy this In
1eI'roach OF til, &c gentlemen, fur 1t is the nat
u1al result Of btr. Lincoln consigning himself
utterly, ON the sutj-ct Of ths war, to th.: srt-
fu1 spapipu1ations OF the prenlier and Glsir.
In politics, as well az morals, toe Instinct OF
slt-pressrvatfon is still the t1rstlaw Of nature,
and while Mr. Lincoln Il going down.. they
cannot be expected to reject s1eh. planks as
the wreck sends floating by. -!
These, doubtless, are new Views to Mr. Lin
coln, but they are true sie9s, neveIteelessi
aud the sooner be ponders on them with au
earnest mind, the better. The general opinion
of loyBl men is that all the country nerds at
present is 8 victory, and that The capture Of
Richmond will be the deathblo Fl TO the hopes
cf the rebellion. Doubtless Mr.. Lincoln fally
shares these yieHs with all the earnest pasrlo-
tism Of his heart, and to US, likc|ise, these
achieV. mepts are desirable; but on the h.et5
of victory, and especially in the fall Of Rich
mond, co we detect our greatest perils. ":
bear in mind that blr. Seward set out with tile
plan OF letting the Cotton States resil e We
nave read his doctrine of State rights, as fatd
down to hit. Adams, and We 1t OF that his
general panecsa for Lila tremendous crisis is
3 new National Convention. In all these
Prince John, who most boldly put
this submission programme before the
people, is now in Washington (or was Of late}
probably with the purpose OF consulting Mr.
Seward We shall not be surprised. there
tcre, ut aEy hour, since We have seen ths ia
ci]ity with which tr6asouous en,tssRrieS are
conveyed by Cabinet passes through our
lines, to have the ful1-hstged plan Of 3 ces6a-
tion Of hostilitles and 3 national peace coE-
yention burst upon Us, BY some committee Of
distinguished Citizens" hailing either from
A1tau5 or richmond. And this, too. just IS
their swords. Mr. Seward is the very pa,ros
| aDd Grand Master OF everything that is
| oblique In civil strategy, and re warn Sir.
| Lincoln, that uuless from this hour forth he
keep himsef very wide awake, his insiiious
elboF friend may mis1sad him Into some er-
1oneons act Of policy, from which it may be
| jmpoesisle for him either to rece5e or to ad.
| vance with safety.
/ Finally, we would ask him, after thus exam
irg his own position and its fortunes, to turr
his inSjgoTated vision to the contemplation Q
the country. 4 rapid backward glance, a;dei
By the lights we have just hung up, Will giyk
him q Topographic view Of Se6 ards course
and be viii perceive the coils which ha7t
bound this mighty grant torpid at the feet 0
treason. Though il Tll an1uze hin much, h
will discover, that while the South through
its agents engrafted on our armies aus
spripSled through our councils, have perform
ed the game OF playing the Norta till it BEGAN
tired enough to treat, Mr.. SeEard, With 81
equally delEdea mind, has beer archoring hi
hopes OF settlement on an equal DISCUS
among the rebels.
| And such, altar eighteen months ct drenct
ing civil strife, il the appalling ias.erp.etsrio
Of our astounding dream. Two gi.sntie sec
tions, with nearly two millions OF opposu
soldiers in the field, have been played agafns
each other in regulated losses, that subtl
negotiator, who has an abhorrence for 1nili:ar
: trinmphs, may reconcile the exhausted partie
without the advent of an overshado wing repu
tior. Gratefully, then, may "our erin
brethren Of the South u recognize the nobl
philosophy OF the distinguished statesman wl1
mad tie precedence to torcseeand magnaninllt
to admit, even at the outset, that they coul
not be conquered to obedience by the Frder4
arms. Such statesman snd patriot as thi.
might well hope that an admiring aud enth1
elastic people might readily agree upon hi:
as the first President Of the restored Confel
| ration.