Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-01

Mr. Se,card in Netc Roie-Has ke Really been
Opposed 70 The Radical Poi,cyf-His ''Sseref
Treaty eih NapoIeoa-S,anron' Star has
Sef-Sfarfiing Ramon
WAsaISGToS. July %.
have endeavored to fr,I the truth in
gard 10 the various aud conflicting rumors with
winch the city has been 6Ilel for few DAYS past.
touching reorganization Of the Cabinet and
chan-e in the conduct Of the IL has been
a work hedged around with difficulties, and no
man has been able TO at a perfect sJlu-
ton of the enigma The reason Ut this. how
ever, have x.certaned. and it throws n food of
light on the whole subject. 1t il, that Mr Lin
coin himself il sill undecided. as he always has
been. To- the future policy of the Government:
ani has given impressions OF the most diametri-
cally opposite character to different individuals
with whom lie has cDnversed.
Another justification arises from the course
OF Mr. Seward Daring the last few DAYS, state
meuts have been snaustriousiy circulated by his
friends to the effect that he -. and always has
been. a conservative: that hi course has always
been sitopet n TO couciluaie the Ss'uth and
win them back bs love rather th an by force; that
he i 0ppssef, and always btsbeen, 10 emtncipi-
ton c1nfiscatiou prescription abOl.to piiiage
by our srmies. and armng the slaves. Now, no
man e1sr hid any to believe this OF Dir.
",
many never will believe il. ! will believe il, and
viii rejoice to believe IL. ii il eau he prove.i.
But Dir Seward. aud all other men, will be
Judged by tsIelr acts Ever since he has been
Secretuy OF State. he has stFis en with all his
might a. give zone to the Administration and t.
control the Government. The President. mex
pereneed ia national politics. ana Overwheimed
with responsibilities t:at would have tasked to
the utmost the genius OF Napoleon, did entrust
g ft.a 4 frat
The time for Cancellation when the lew Ad-
ministration came into power; when the lnauSu
raj Address WIS being prepared. Ii Is certain that
at that time Ms. Lincoln was in Stewards hand,
like clay in the hands of the potter. But was
there anything like Cancellation in the inaugural
Address in the first measures OF the Admins
trationg Not a word Not sign OF it, The
address breathed war in every lire IL was as
yet only the LIT OF March. The South ter
ribIy excited but there was no war vet The
Senators and Representatives OF the South were
still in Congress The ears OF the South were
directed with painful attention TO Washington.
Six words tsly spoken by Mr. Lincoln-sx words
inspired by Sew .rd-wouid have calmed the ri
sing storm. aud there would have been no war
But Seward had predicted the "iTrepressible con
hict" even before Dir. Lincoln. To have avert
ell il, would have been u falsify his own predie
ton.
Alter the war began. he declared the Southern
priv aGeersinen he pirates" and announced
that tile, should be hun. "a such Was this con
cliatlon. He caused eitres de caehsf TO be issued,
aud dozens at citizens To be dragged from their
beos al midnight, ana To be incarcerated IN dun
geons tor months. not only without crimes OH
their part, but without knowing for what they
incarcerited. This mdness with IA
vengeance. The party which brought Mr.. Sew
ard into power had time after time declared that
slavery Mas the cause OF the var; that the slaves
must all be emancipated; that the property OF all
the citizens of the Southern States ought to be
coiih-eated; that the Southern States must be
sut,iasa tesl. subdued. conquered, and governed
Territories. Where l. the declaration OF Mr.
Seward. on record that these, or any oil these are
hot his principieSl IL dues not exist. Certainly
the country has the right to believe that Mr.. Sew
and j. as ''radcai" rs MIR. Chandler or Mr. Love
JOY. Yet nov his friei ds here say he will retire
from the Cabinet Il RADICAL measures adopted
Let HIM ua 30. Let him come out honestly over
his own udlue in a letter To a FRIEND simply say
ing that he Is opposed To emancipation, to conhs
cation, aud 10 Illegal arrests, ami the country will
believe him. Bat even that not atone Tor the
evil he mas done.
Another thing has now come to light which. f
il be ver,hcd. ought to cover Mr. Seward with
shame. His friends Boosting that he
has made secre. agreement with the French
GOverrment by which the United States have
leon ihvades Mexico. conquers her. and reduces
her To the condition OF Il French province the
price OF NapOieUns non interference in our civil
war. That l.. Seward buys OF " Napoleon 10y
selling 10 hun our revers'onsry right To annex
Mexico, ana BY giving up tie sacred and cher
ishei principles OF the Monroe doctrine. TINS
ii true, would account Tor Mr.. Sewards oft
pe,ted aud e0mpaceIt declaration that There is
no dsIger OF foreign inter, enton." But the
N hute = m ot.,.i1l he m
leon l. not a fool He knows that nothing but a
treaty will bind tie United States, aud that the
Senate alone l. the treaty making power. Ii Is
probable, however, that there l. secret under
standing bet~ cen the Emperor and Dir. Lincolns
Administration to that effect. 1t there i, such
base trucking. such pusillanimouS abandonment
OF principle for the sake OF temporary expedlency
will ovsrwhelm the Administration with shame
Ii IL possible that both Seward and Stanton
will leave the Cabinet. But at present the ndi
Cations are that nether of them viii. Obsilnacy
mot III mne>s) forms pant of Mr.. LincOln's
character; anu. just because he knows that the
people OF the whole country demand the removal
OF stanton, he " Ii retain him If be eau. Stan.
ton, however. Is dreadiuly offended at Halleck's
appoint ment. He knows that he can s.play sol
der DO longer; that military mind and mill
tary hands vii conuOl and direct military
operations; and that all That he will be will DE the
PEe>iuents secretary, clerk. Tor war matters.
The "hysieriea Secretary" as the New FORK
Times calls him. will not be apt TO chew that
leek with much relish As to Seward the Presi-
dent vii probabl, promise him anything he de
mauds. and then try To keep his promise; while
al the same time he has promised Stanton. or
Bates. or Chase, directly the reverse The whole
world knows that IL i hs 'irrepres>Ible attempts
TO pursue two opposite lines %: policy st the same
time that has caused the war 10 lansuish and that
nov binders enlstneuts
IL Is whispered here that Gen. Haleck vii! sig
nalIze las accession To the cnief comm and ~ the
concentration of three hundred Thousand troops
here: an overland march to Richmond. no, by
Fredericksburg, hut oy way of Gepousville and
LOUISE. and the capture OF that clt, N e0njCnc
uon With the army of Gen Mcclellan. vino will
advance upon the rebel capital by the tour great
roac- betw cen the James River and the Chicka
hominy. Stranger things than that have hap
peiied- lt ~ certain that Richmond could be
taken in that way. Why, then, sail il not be
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