The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-24
Important Movements In Washington-
The New War Programme.

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Important Movements I'm Washington
The New War Programme.
The Geographic adyices which We publish
this morning from Washington throw food OF
light upon the late ministerial and military
consultations in that quarter, and especially
upon the order of July %, from the War De-
partment defining the enforcement of the Con-
fscation act.
1t thus appears that, between the republican
radicals and conservatives, the Cabinet has
been upon the verge of q complete dissolution;
that Mr.. Seward had made up his mind to re-
sign his position if his conciliatory and mag
unanimous counsels were to be superseded by
the violent measures demanded by our aboli-
ton fanatics; that his retirement would have
led to an entire reconstruction of the Cabinet,
and that to avoid such embarrassments at this
crisis, and especially to retain the in
valuable services of Mr.. Seward in the
State Department, tie President has re-
solved to harmonic as far as possible the
execution of the Coniscation and Militia acts
with the conservative war policy which thus
far has marked every act of his, or message,
order or proclamation.
Thus Mr.. Seward has triumphed over the
radicals; but, through the skilful management
of the President, there will, in our opinion, be
No immediate perturbation from any change
whatever in the Cabinet. Mr.. Secretary Chase
may feel somewhat vexed and perplexed;
Mr.. Secretary Stanton may be sorely disap-
pointed, and che radical leaders of both houses
Of Congress may find it difficult to suppress
their indignation and wrath; but the army and
the country will cordially endorse the wisdom,
expediency and propretS of the Presidents
course He has chosen to adhere to his own
we'll considered, tried and approved line of
action, rather than plunge his administration
and the country into the chaos OF
remorseless abolition crusade. With the
great body Of our loyal people at his
back, President Lincoln has nothing to
fear; for if, in the conduct Of this war, our
domineering abolition factionists have failed to
take the lead, they must make a virtue of ne
cessity and be content to follow.
We could ask no better nor more conclusive
evidence Of the maintenance of the Presidents
Union war policy, in the new campaign and the
new department which has been inauguratcd.
than the appointment of General Halleck as
the Gencral-in-Chief commanding all the land
forces of the United States. His Order No. 3,
excluding negroes of all descriptions from the
lines of his army at Corinth, for which he
doubtless had good military reasons, marks him.
nevertheless as the most Objectionable of all
our generals to our abolition faction. His pro-
motion, therefore, TO the important post so long
occupied by General Scott is decided rebuff
to those boisterous radicals of the school Of
Sumner, Wade and Chandler. The President
looking simply to a systematic, well ordered
and energetic prosecution Of the war, has given
the chief direction Of our armies to General
halleck because lie has proved himself in every
way eminently qualified for the task and his
conservative views on the negro and slavery
questions have unquestionably rendered him
only the more acceptable
We accept this Executive order Of July %
and this appointment of General IIalleck, as
sull OF promise aud encouragement. We anti
cipate now another campaign OF Union victo-
ries in the field-East and West-and an end to
all serious reverses. 1t only remains for
Tie government to push forward with energy
the all important work of reinforcing our two
all important armies in Virginia. To this end
if the fresh troops called for come in too slowly
under our volunteering system we say again
and every loyal man in the Union will say
call ont the militia We have militia
reserve of two millions of loyal fighting
men. Call out the three or five hun
dred thousand Of them if wanted, and
let us push forward our forces in over
whsming strength upon the great army of the
rebellion, and put it down, IS we can, before
the coming winter, or this war may linger on
for years, and until the whole country il i'm.
poverishcd, if not utterly ruined, as the great
model republic of the earth.
We have nothing meantime to fear in the
way OF foreign intervention. As will be seen
by our Washington special dispatches. there i
satisfactory understanding between our
government and the Emperor Napoleon, which
will keep the ruling aristocracy of England on
the side of peace. We have, too, in the recep-
ton Of our Minister, Mr.. Cameron, at Ct. Pc
tersbarg, the most cordial reailirmation OF the
sympathies of the sagacious Emperor Of Russia
Mr.. Seward, in his mastery management Of
our foreign relations, has secured rs against
any immediate danger Of foreign Intervention;
and 20, now, while the field is clear and open
before us, the country looks to President
Lincoln to bring this war to an end before
winter? Il can be done. We have the men and
means for the work in the greatest abundance,
and they are at the service Of the government.
Let the President use them with half the
energy displayed by Davis and his con-
federatss, and they will be extinguishcd in a