The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-22


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The Sound Union Policy and the Solid
popularity OF President Lincoln.
The last proclamation of President Lincoln.
we are sure, from the abundant evidence around
us and the testimony of our newspaper ex-
changes, has greatly strengthened and extended
the public confidence of our loyal States in
his sagacity, patriotism and irmness of purpose
as the head of the government and the re-
sponsible Commander-in-Chiefo of ourArmy and
Navy.
There can be no doubt that the inspiration
which produced the late preposterous abolition
manifesto from General Hunter was drawn from
Washington. We apprehend, too, that Mr..
Secretary Stanton failing into the serious abo-
lition mistake which was so fatal to Mr. Secre-
tary Cameron as an aspiring politician) is
largely responsible for. General Hun
ter's sweeping abolition edict At all
events the Presidents revocation of this
edct involves a reprimand to all its contrivers.
and, if Mr.. Stanton can be justly counted among
them, every consideration of propriety de-
mands on his part an explanation to the
country.
The President, in every possible way and by
every possible device, has been embarrassed by
the radical abolition emancipation or separa-
ton" faction, in order to inveigle him, drag
him or thrust him into this destructive abolition
programme of war of determination against
Southern slavery at all hazards. President
Lincoln, however, from the day when he left
Springfield, en- route for Washington, to the pre-
senthour, has unfinchingly pursued the seven
tenor Of his way" upon his own programme of
fighting this war for the Integrity
of the Union" Upon this grand idea
the six hundred thousand Union SOL
diers now in the field have enlisted for this war;
upon this sound, consistent and conservative
war policy the great body Of the people of cur
loyal States have rallied to the support Of the
administration.
All this is thoroughly understood by our
wide awake President; and hence the quiet and
unobtrusive way in which he has baffled all the
schemes and movements of our disunion aboli-
ton radicals in the Cabinet, in Congress and in
the army, to change this war for " the integrity
of the Union" into war for the extirpation Of
Southern slavery. The important ultmatum
kept steadily in view by the abolition radicals
is the political power Of the country; and, as
they cannot secure this power with the restora-
ton Of the old Union, their object is simply to
destroy it. Mr.. Senator Sumner, in his noto-
rious scheme proposing to reduce our rebellious
States to the condition of Territories-in which
condition their local institutions and their State
boundaries would be swept away-has fairly
indicated the wishes and purposes of the dis
organizing faction of which he is an anointed
apostle.
This faction Of disorganizers are still devoted
to the Jacobin purpose Of pushing this war into
an abolition crusade, because they fully
understand that, with the restoration of
the revolted States as they were in the
Union, there is an end of the political
power of abolitionism. Every Southern State
restored to the Union and to its representation
in Congress az il was diminishes the power Of
abolitionism in both branches. Thus, with the
restoration Of the full representation from vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida,
Arkansas aud Louisiana, the radical anti-slavc-
nv element in both houses would be pretty
effectually silenced. This is the special danger
which Just now threatens this abolition faction.
Their game is to defeat the restoration of the
old Union to abolish slavery, to lay waste the
South by fire and sword, and to drive this war
into regular Jacobin revolution, to secure
the political power of the country and the enor-
nous spoils and plumber of the government
resulting from this war establishment.
Against these destructive designs, however,
the country feels secure with Honest Abraham
Lincoln at the helm. In his appointment oil
that sound conservative Southern Union de.
mocras, Andrew johnson, a. Provisional Go.
vernon Of Tennessee, and Of that conservative
Southern old line Union wing, Edward Stanly
as Provisional Governor Of North Carolina
President Lincoln cannot be misunderstood
His object is to give every possible encourage
ment and assurance to our revolted States thai
in returning to the Union they will return t.
its constitutional landmarks of protection ant
safety.
We think that we may therefore congratulate,
| our readers with the assurance that, after tn,
| expulsion of the rebel armies from Rchmon,