New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-29
GOV. SEWARD TO EUROPE.

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GOV. SEWARD TO EUROPE.
We have chosen not to be among the earliest
commentators on Gov. SCENARIOS just pub
lished dispatch ~ Mr.. Charles Francis Adams,
preferrIng tnat others should precedc MS IN de-
veloping aud prOcaming It's rea! significance.
The ruling British Lotion that the American
Prcmicr-to whom, while they deny tie need
of craftsmanship, they generously accord that
of cleverness as a writer of dlspatcbes-wouid
seize the earlie.t opportunity afforded him by the
apparently triumphant progress OF our arms 10
say tauntingly to LOUIS Napoleon and Palmer
SION, There you see how your Confederate
protects are getting on docs him injustice
not likely to gain currency on this continent.
That Gov. S. has been en- industrious function
ary, no one Will deny; but We do not believe
be has ever written q dispatch save under the
pressure of conviction that duty required 1t.
THIS new Dispatch, tben, had pnrpose-one
very obvious to all who look beneath the sur
face, yet one which wo chose to have first
pointed out and emphasized elsewhere than in
THE TRIBUNE.
| The n. y Times thus cautiously, and with
needless circumOcutioD, indicates that purpose;
"Aor comparative Wow Of the resources the Nsonsl
Government and Rebel. b. Seward approaches the sub
jrc Of Slavery. scrvio with al it, horrors H. he
CUES but que stion time the war shall continue IN
definitely. end L. shows how rs il H. the industrial
system OF the South bid fair bo completely broken ~ by
the dissolution OF occ,y and the escape Of IN. blacks 1ne
Govern cut animated BY ig regard for the general w'
fare adopt. policy dean-3 81 to the Union and
re.cg- socie that fearful catastrophe while II con,u
the ultin peaceful relief Of the nation from slavery The
wording herc cautious 10, IL not difficult draw tie Ia
ference tha, none,pofi0a G@ b. re p,ios = me- s1s
nent PANTY tie settlement Of ito donef'ic difcIt,
and ceyfo iry u any Enroperr Po,,r th4I i4ferrea-
The Sun more bluntly states the same OBJ
viOns truth:
"Ths mos, remarkable Per. n Mr. sewsrd, Letter I, liz
r,mston respecting Slavery lie docs M; c,uoe tho fact
that this he OF tho war, dony tie social
yul,ors this, nay attend IL. solution Of t question He
lsnxurgs 10 eaec, is that Esa.ipIn rH cfdniy b. Ia
resvt e) Jo,agn tnruton. aud psy po'tly take place
II the civil war 10 prolon ,od
The UorM wisely abstains from comment on
the Dispatch and The Hcraid slurs over the
gist Of it III the following psraphrase, wherein
the point is carefully suppressed:
Equally satisfactory and convncu, @ the impartial
mind be Nj Stewards exposition Of the aaguatiilou.
humane aud cons.us, policy, pursued by
10 This Ia reesrd 10 the Southern Ds,uiion OF acsn
slavery, and the fearful dangers which fron the
proonga,ion Of this Thsis dsnscr threaten not oily
the violent overthrow 0. tae stitaion ITSELF but infinite
SUI ring thfoup the World and fully developed Ia
serye wsF 1t only at sst tuIt in entirely new
system OF trade "a between the United States
and foreign nations The conclusion follows inevitably
4. Iii. If
ia our Southern productions and Southern trade only be
the restoration Of the Union our cause should
command the respect and moral support Of all nations
cerned"
all which will not conceal from the civilized
world, though it may from the readers Of The
Herald, the fact that Gov. Seward, AZ the
official exponent to Foreign Powers of Presi.
dent Lincons policy, has been impeled to
notify those Powers that any Intervention on
their part on behalf of the Rebels viii surely
be cOuntervailed by proclamation OF Freedom
TO the Slaves of those Rebels; nay, that, even
in the absence OF such Intervention, obstinate
persistence in their Rebellion by the Southern
traitors may cOnstran the President to cripple
them by emancpating their slaves.
Gov. Seward has been regarded as That
member of the Cabinet who has most earnestly,
effectively resisted the policy Of Emancipation.
The fact that, while he still delnurS TO IFS In.
mediate practical adoption, be steadily contem-
plates 1t as practical, UNSUITABLE, and prOba-
bic resOrt--Ono which we mus, come TO IL
Europe interferes in behalf of tho Rebcls, and
man be forced IN oven IN tho nh.anca nf such
meddiing--is Of immense significance. Gov.
Seward here avons MS own perfect concur
renee IN the general conviction that to pro-
clam Emancipation is the shortest and surest
way 10 eud the Rebellion. He sbrinks from
adopting it as yet, believing that We can sue
coed without; but, whenever convinced that We
cannot, he, too. is for Emancipation.
His " 10 peculiar position. Months ago.