The New York herald., 1862-10-03

weakness of tile Lincoln Cabinet-Mev0-
lusseRary Movements ea the n""es
and New YqGk War COMMITTEE.
From the london Times, Sept To- .. ..
,remsse nser ,ne sSecs Of military disaster The
ernment would not, or could not, anticira,o "o u ,
neld possible and its signal revs,es leave neles
and wttoat policy ne fdih and Passnce @ me MESS
of fht .ses haue bs remarkable but they have been TOO
long and severely tried by MISREPRESENTATION, con
ceas>n MT and faso confidence continued as log as
chance OF success the federal arms remained or de-
feat could be smoctI and disguised But the faith
Is abruptly discarded and the patience broken down.
se~ days have suficed such has been the rapidy OF
cpepts awaken the people OF the North from te cream
md .van .sbuoyantn In dsmay confusion and reril
they paying the penalty incurred Dy the criminal
sence Than silence OF the government that de
ceived them and may be iary added, Of the apathy
that let itself be deceived.
sy has risen the heads Of the President and his
Cab.uct threatening 10 sweep them away ana the cvn
tho Union brings, as it's first great Potca result
the rro6obsty f W aang up hs Snon cesscen ne NorA
States tsenselues Tho war was eindy undertaken
avert great sion and the war iisel IS xng
TIC North tto fracio AS the central power is week.
eaed that ef the most wealthy and populous states IS
asserted spirit of inde endence OF the federai govn
ment the first stage the rising feeling is Of an
taconism TO the central executive as to the mafser
which il shall be helped in the present emergency. The
may be of absolute opposition The authority
that forgets diving king is abandoning feeble IRE
| sident: ali hrs strength the al1g,dnce Of hss
| pa,tg and that he can no longer command Il still
offers him service, bnt IN The tone Of master 'ot1A ne
,rofered aid Il claims 70 oerrule him. set aside his
pp:s,ons. and dictate 70 him The attempt put down
H. srehelhon,, al the south has produced rebellion
| the North, that dangerously comphcaes tne, as ye.,
federal powers has always been the chief peril OF te
political system. like the como disease sad 70
b. latent every pd vida constitution Whether IN INC
| Northern body polite il is TO ''subdue at length and
destroy it now the problem The exact liHe
OF the present great disruption was predicted ong ago.
those who framed the Union saw that any quarrel
| which admitted no compromise was equivalent
| to its dissolution Hitherto II is by compro-
mise those 9uarrels have been settled and the
| dissolution deferred. The North has forgotten the
dai g. already escaped for the earliest threat OF
practical secession was made by the south D~fna
fhe Nth England, in IS14, MASSACHUSETTS, ola@D as
managerial Interests damaged oy ho @ 10 os Sos Of I co"
naads, III Chif He'd TIE cosaaGed that Sdis soo0d
probably haze secsea e ''ss' s,e Ssem ate 's carols
threatened to "socede," ON the provocaon 81 taru
difficulty ba both n $. incidents cf he earlier hltoTy q
| the feds -dti0n tGtre oniinous
No State of the North row threatens to secede, but
| several are taking course OF action that virtual
| ~ places them in revolt against the central
power Tie republican rary, through as cgs'att
Il oreaei 1t declares that unless the federal Cabi-
reinforced with new vigor and ability the Union
cause will AS the Minister'S can only be
changed by the will Of the President is he thus warned
10 throw Mr.. Seward as faure9 Two Secretaries
Of War have already been dismissed and the only mem
bers Of the government supposed to have power
Mr.. Seward and the President himself Which OF them is
20 go or are both to be deposed There precedent
for the abdicaon Of the head the federal government,
and If the ofthat great officer is coverty de-
manded amounts to political revolution 10 g"J@ce
to this dea,orsst,aom the Neo York Var Commace pro
poses RAISE SO GOO each, to be command
cd Jy Gene1dis FrtDi Mt and Ni.ce thers qiditd tor
the post tu total failure officer al The beginning OF TIE
| ,yar but "sound' and extreme partisan. Even in
this extremity the Americans persist in attaching
more importance opinions than canacity IL Is assert
ed tina. abotonsts will gladly under these gene
rails who would not otherwise take part in the war
armies to be raised under FEDERAL
If the government will accept them of which there are
great doubts if it refuses consent they VIII be raised
| nevertheless, but "aader other aahorHy New
York in fact. insists on serdng large army Of its own
the field independent Of the central power which IS
an act Of arc belion.n At the same moment the new
secretary War; General Haeck refuses to call out the
Ne York City Militia because that body cannot be
trusted He asserts that they refused TO remain
| in service "when the danger was more imminent
| than now.n At what time the peril was greater
this moment when the Southern invasion s ac
tually closing round Washington, cannot conceive.
| meut, while q War Committee is forcing hundrcd
thousand upon against its WILL ID breeding fierce
divisions the moment the whole South Is firmly united
| by success But this army OF New York may indicate
| something besides zeal for the war. Such time Of
confusion gives opportunity 10 local as well as personal
ambition. AT the bginning Of ais CONFLICT plan
boldly suggested for declaring the city OF Neo
| Tork independent Of the State and federation too
| and TO the American continent somehhng like
| Hamburg Is TO Germany. Is that scheme quite
abandoned? When the central power Is paray ,s ze,sS
might be done with an aGmXns aGmX G. Of t. The dis
hsHHSf ID f INDEPENDENTLY of the federal rower Is n-
creasng States and groups Of States taking their
several ways without reference to IT, 1he Governors Of
Maine, Ne.c Hqmps ire Rhode Itand and Nassact,t-
sets orr holding council at Procid5ce They the
cultivatng ty hgt tariffs, interest only separate
from but olp1sef 70 that Of the Wesi ylvania is dis
posed oresist the Washington govCr cu the point
o. arbitrary Of It's citizens is calling ont
Volunteers half step to armed sion, based on
its state rights Ereryeae,e H. ori, seperance Of
cecs add suspicion.