, 1862-12-01
STATE SECRETS BROvGH1
TO llGnT I,
STARTLING REVELATIONS


The Seward: Plot
[From Wnkes' Spirit Ct the Times, Noy. %. |
The hpnesr, earnest, loyal-minded North,
which drew Eo deep 8 breath Of Ease when |
Mcclellan waa removed, should not rtlesse it's |
app1efeusipns in 100 long fuIlough. Dangers |
behind, and till they be coIrectaa, the couu-
Try will continue to plunge oD, as purpos-le=s
IS u dismssted ship, with an unseen leak sink
3rg her 10 tire bo1tcm. >General5 canuot save
the ration it its counaelors are false. 4 stub
to1p pe6p1e might lepiace armies which in
beci1ity had surrendered to the enemy, but no
amount IF heart can restore the eaplsulations
of false dip1omacJi for once we concede to |
treason even go much rs the opening for
hair, the fractnre ul1ens, and our unity is |
Ne mean by this language to declare our
fixed Eeiet that We are even now upon the !
briBk Of ruin, and tlat the permanent division !
Of this ysst Republic il inevitable, unless !
Hilium Il. Sewu1d be quickly taken from the |
hin. Of TIE Gote7nneat. And this, on onr |
psrt, is no vague and idle fear; nor is it en- !
fertained solely By ourselves. Thousands Of |
tbir king men, who have watched With wonder |
Mr. Se~ard'6 course since he exchanged tear
full adieus with the traitors of the Senate,
share This opinion with US and foresee ns We
do, that unless some fresh hand take posses
son Of TIE wheel and put it hard doTn
agairst cur previous course, the Union will
he soon upon the rocks.
Il Is Mi, Seward. who is the author of the
tame ard waYer:pg policy which has for the
last TIVE TearE characterized our treatment Of
the South. 1t was Mr. Seward who, with a
blindness which denies all presumption Of his
statesmapsb1p, refused to recognize the pos
sieility Of !. rebellion. It was he, who on this
ts1se calculation steered the shameful 6urren-
dcrs OF Buchanan; he Who recsived the spot
Ted traitors OF the reyoited States when az
insuited sovereignty should have consigned
1Lem to q ecahold; and il vas he, too, who
Beld the hands Of The President, while letcher
Il Co. fcG1ed us uf Norfolk and Harpcr's Fer
ry, and thus bore of Virginia to the arms OF
the Confederate. Even then, this famous
stateeman did not seem to rea:ize that war
was in the Tjnd, and by way Of making sure
of pence, conceived the bright notion Of lei
! ting the cotton States retire, on the profound
| IDEA that the border string would stay; nay,
| that The recusants would soon hlnshinglY re-
| turn, and humbly entreat to be left out no
| loHger lin the co1d.n Hehad in his prescient
! eye little plan Of convention for This pur-
| pose, after tbs pattern Vi that which Seymour
| IL 20. fought for in the late election; while as
winQFard anchor, in case this hope should
| fai1, he calculated to appease The country by
an aggregation On the side Of Canada, as an
| Offset lor the a1Dputation on the Gulf. File'
his orstlcns in the political campaign of 80.
ard his crapulous statement to the Dake Of
Newcastle, during the visit Of the Prince Of
! N5lee.
In Keeping with 1lr. Se1ard'5 misleading
assurances to the North. that there would be
| ~ar--none, at any raEe, which he could not
settle in sixty days-Was the unauthorized
promises Which this model statesman made
10 the soutttrn Commissioners, that Sumter
should not be reinforced: and especially II
keeping with this extraordinary pledge, was
the more than dubious act of authorizing
| Harvey to give Information to the trAitors Of
the Pre =icent's secret expedition Tor that pur-
poEe. The word WLich was thus given IRON
the State Department., Was tile signal for that
infamous bomhardment; and Harvey, who
sent il, was rewarded by his patron with the
embassy to Portugal.
Finding himaeI now dtifted into deeper
water, kr. Seward atttnlpted to navigate The
and concil;ation principle. Instead OF brand.
, ing the outbreak purely as an insuFrectioD,
, By closing tie Southern harbors as ports oI
; e1tly to the commerce Of the world, he for
1ualiy recognized the rebels rs bclfigerents, in
proclaim;nga blockade, and then, by way o.
ayeriiug the similar recognition Of the Euro.
. | pean lowers, hg endeay0red to propitiatE
. | France and England bya reIinquishlnent O.
priFateering, without stipnlatipg even tor the
, l. protection OF private property at sea. This
: actlof aottsmausdip vas the tTui,fal source o.
, hail cur luture troubles. 1t granted the tlrei
, aspiration Of the South, BY recognizing it as 9
| pubic power, against which we were leVyiue
, war, net exercising jurisdiction, aud thus ia
| vitsd IN its fayo: that IS npatAy which usually
: | e.teIus to revolution. II is entirely in keep
! | i1g With lis wholesale and uncompensatet
ab.r6onmeuto Of priyatcering, Gndfully worthy
!, OF the suGse1Ge declaration to our Minister
! q: lcEGon, tilt the President recognized tht
e poss ssib1lity Of separation, and admitted tht
a cardinal dogma Of the soutl-' Tint tic Ed
i e7a{ Golt1nHse7tt could not 7taucG TIE seceaint
$ isyates to o1ed(ehte 1y conquest"
TEese extraordinary dec!ala.ion were mad
il to Mr.. Adams in o letter dated 10Th April
y 1861, aEd given 10 the press by bfr. Seward a
!, late as December last. They make q reyela
]. | fer, while thus formally encouraging th
Il South to perEevere in aFme, aud justIiyipl
l. England for her Southern predllecIions.
i, pt t1niiit.d the President to keep -demaudiu
l. seldisr rs By the hundred thousand, apparenh
]. 10 Effect what lie had announced, in th
7, Presidents own name. as Impossible to b
:. done. But these troops gaveno the sIIgntes
70 trcnble 10 our little Premier. Their cast +
is the country Contributed to help bis plan i
a wearing the people with expense; while, 8
IS lcrg ii: he could retain Mcclellan and Bue1
10 the troops could not he used to assgravate tt
.ns} .isET1e beyond negotiation point. We ma
10 T;o q perceive why Mr.. Seward has CONSTANT
= been lie secret influence which retafne
1s AID why, on the other hand. he has been tb
a. persistent enemy Of Grant, Hooker, Hrnte
ID Wallace, Mitchell, kosseau, Fremont, an
Of every other soldier vino has eVinced an incl
q | LHtF113 ltT tEt4fC U14ttlNtAta LII Liz AttAt
to The st1ec,ion for St. james, OF Mr.. Adam
1u ! who has gyayc}y admitted upon paper, th:
n. "this war is mere question Of boundaries,
We is OF piece with all the rest Of A1r. Seward
~ policy. Tint gentleman is as fully in aecol
'1v with all our Prc1uier's private plnps and po
tics as is his shadow, Thu1low Weed. or b
friends SeyEsGnr and Prince John. Were tb
rot SO, Mr. Seward would not have ventnr'
to lay down to him in the famous letter OF II
10lh april, the doctrine that States rights a
ec,eeusl with the national authority, nor ha:
authorized him to sey 10 England, ne reco
: nized the fact that the South bad the power
u | successfully rssist-that il 10 Say, to succee
= fully resist the force Of Federal arms, but n
cl- 10 withstand the ultimate persuaslons OF u
sewards mastf rlg diplomacy; Mr. Adam
II. is as sseollnd" as his minister to Portuga
Ike and he may safely BE- relied upon not to obje
he to our cruisers being ordered out Of Britt
om ports when pirates want clearance, and n
nj to protest against :he building Of Confedera
ess naVies in the Clyde, till Mr. Seward imparts
led Lin the cue, that the North is sufficient
- humhled and dispirited to be in due Christi
no temper for negotiation. In the estimation
ya1 Hobbies, the old philosopher, war is the nat
do raj condition Of mankind; according to t
for philosophy OF Mr. Seward, It is entirely an {
=. ceptiona] one, and only to be tolerated aa
ID prologueto diplomacy. And Of this ne sh
eh. have more proofs than one.
gi- Some time last winter, delegation OF for
cN1ZeES VE1LRC " aahln&tQH 10 urge Tue
see lsrgemcnt Of our State canals, in order tt
'ar federal ships Of war might pass from t
ge- ocean to the 1akes, and from thence be s1ipp
ds. :fser the rebels down the Mississippi. VII
o. the chairman called on Mr. Seward to ur
the matter, be was brusque1g told he t@h
esi- bett.r disband his delegation aud 60 home
it: On his asking why? the Premier replie
md 'sBecauee what you propose is directly
de- face Of the policy Of the government
ten t'Nhat," said the chairman, edo you me
18th to SAP, that when We hold ali the trump car
ter weare not to use them on the enemy ?'' az
ont may put it in Whit shape you please,n 8:
BY Mr. Seward, pacing petulantly up aud do
zee. the floor, tttut the government do not p
tue pose to undertake any permanent works
ing connection With this rehellion.h
lat, In conversation with Lord Lyons eearcI
cd, three weeks ago, Nj. Seward, while dlscyssi
The with his 1ordship the condition Of Amerie
on affairs, remarked in suhstance-t'I have n,
his got the country just where desire it. 7
de. people always get tired OF prolonged host
Fact lies. The North Is already nearly 20, VII
Of the South is utterly sick and disgusted #
the the wsr. Thus Jou see, my lord, the peo
as On both sides ure anxious for hosti]ities
the erd, and am sure to be a
IN. to lelose the var by spring."
the this co1uplscent theory, bis lordship quI
ex- II remarked-"Yes, MF. Seward, you 4
aek think ycu have the country. where you nj