The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-06

the pnflOsOpny OF MI. Seward, it Ia eDti,o,.
exceptional one, and only to be tolerated ~
prologue to diplomacy. And Of this We 81
have more proofs than one aa
some time last winter, delegation of so,,-
citizens visited Washington to urge the en,..!
ment of our State canals, in order that R as.s,
chips OF war might pass from the ocean 10 ,u1
Lakes, and from thence be slipped after tho sue
bells down the Mississippi When the .cs,;s,e-
called on Mr.. Seward to urge the MATE, ~
was brusquely told he chad better dish.nd'tu.e
delegation and 60 home" On his askino IN. l's
the Premier replied: Because what Won r
pose is directly in face of the policy of tho ~
ernment| WHAT" said the chairman s 81.
you mean to say. that when We, hold All Wv W.
trump cards We are not to use them on tho W. 'u'
emy?" You may put il in what shane ~,
please" said M. Seward, pacing petuIsptlv' Ua
| and down the floor, "but the govornmen, ~
not propose to undertake any permanent vo,t'
10 connection with this rebellion"
In conversation with Lord Lyons so,,ce,,
three weeks ago, Mr.. Seward, while discuss;ns.
with his lordship the condition of American -
fairs, remarked in substance-"I have nov On.
the country just where desise it. The neo.
pie always get tired of prolonged hostilit;es
The North is already nearly 80. While tho G.,
is utterly sick and disguised with the war Thr.
you see, my lord, the people on both s;des ava
anxious for hostilties to end, and Am .m,a A 10
be able to close the war by spring. To tb;.
complacent theory, his lordship quietly remsrL'
ed-"Yes, Mr.. Seward, you may think YOU h,,.
the country where you want it, but are YOU m,a
the country will be content to remain Ions
enough in that position for your purposessn ~
another party Mr.. Seward said, even since this
conversation with Lord Lyons, II have nov the
nation where want it. There are no NOR
troops to be had by either side, and the Wv
must be fought out With those already in; .bs
field There iss growing aversion to contiVs-
uation OF the contest; so with the combined
moral force of the dissatisfied party at the North
and the disaifected portion Of the South, I can
bring the country together, and the whole thing
will be properly arranged.
Mr.. Ruggles may now understand what Mr.
Seward meant when he snubbed him about the
enlargement Of canals; and Mr.. Lincoln NAV he.
gin to divine whose programme it was that Sew.
mour, Fernando, and Prince John recently car.
ried out in the election in New York. In .bi,
connection We may note the fact that this CITY
in which is located the enormous Republican
patronage of the Custom House, Sarveyorshiu,
Post Office, Metropolitan Police, Navy Yard
Navy Agency, q. s. Marshal and District At
torneyships, there was q majority against the
Administration Of 81 900 out of "a, 900 votes
and 1t is matter Of notoriety that nearly all Of
Mr.. Stewards adherentt at these "cribsn voted
against Mr.. Wadsworth. Whether the Pres
dent has awakened to the plot which this reveals:
whether be sees Mr.. Seward marching over bin
remains into the Presidential chair placing hin
good friend Thurlow 10 the Treasury handing
Prince John the diplomatic bonnie bouels Of
St. James, and, first and foremost, helping
Fernando this winter into the United States
Senate by few trsctsble Seward votes,
We do not know; but we can tell him
that the scheme has dawned upon the
minds of many observers here, and also warn
him, that apostates from his tavors are already
beginning to trim their sails for the trade wind
and substantial man, Mr.. Lincoln has been Ut
terly duped by bis chief Secretary; but if be will
rouse himself, and get his thinking machineryp
work without asking help from anybody for N
hour, he cannot fail to see the fatal position in
which he has been enmeshed. He will then per.
ceive why bis willy minister so persstently sue.
ported generals who always Stunned battle and
never would pursue; and turning his eyes into
his own domestic camp, will find, to bis aston
ishnent, that every member Of his government
has recognized the fact Of the impending disso.
luton of his incoherent party, and is sagaciouSy
arranging new platform for himself We do
not say this in reproach of these gentlemen, for
it is the natural result of Mr.. Lincoln consignng
himself utterly, on the subject Of the war, to the
artful manipulations of the premier and B!air.-
In politics, as we'll as MORALS the instinct of cell
preservation is still the FIRST law of nature, an.
while Mr.. Lincoln is going down, they cannot b
expected to reject such planks as the wreck send
floating by.
These, doubtless, are new views to Mr.. Lincol.
hsykt hnu
sooner he ponders on them with an earnest mind
the better. The general opinion of loyal men is |
that all the country needs at present is victory
and that the capture of Richmond will be the /
deathblow to the hopes of the rebellion Doubt |
less Mr.. Lincoln fully shares these views With all
the earnest patriotism of his heart, and to US,
like wise, these achievements are desirable; but
on the heels OF victory, aud especially in the fall
OF Richmond, do We detect our greatest pers s
We bear in mind that Mr.. Seward set out with
the plan of letting the Gotten States retire; We
have read bis doctrine of State rights, as lsd
down to Mr.. Adams, and We know that hs gen.
| eral psnacss for this tremendous crisis is q new
National Convention. In all these things Sey.
mour Co, and he agree; and Prince John, who
most boldly put this submission programme be-
fore the people, ia now in w Washington Tor vHof
late) probably with the purpose of consulting
mt. seward. we s0aiI not De surprised t0ee'
fore, at any hour, since we have seen the 70.
cility with which treasonous emssaries are
conveyed by Cabinet passes through our
lines, to have the full fedged plan of a cessation
of hostilties and national peace conventur
burst upon US, by some committee of distr.
guished citizens" hsiling either from AlbapyW Z.
Richmond. And this, too, just as Burnside sui ,
Hooker have earnestly laid bare their swords-f
Mr.. Seward is the very patron and Grand M
ter of everything that is oblique in civil strateg
and we warn Mr.. Lincoln, that unless from ID
hour forth be keep himself very wide awake, b
insidious elbow friend may misead him irI
come erroneous act of policy, from which it nj, \
be impossible for him either to recede or toM
vance with safety.
Finally, We would ask him, after thus exsnh
ing his own position and its fortunes, to tor
his invigorated vision to the contemplation
the country. A rapid backward glance, aiis
by the lights we have just huag up, will CIV
him topographic view of the Stewards cours
and he will perceive the coils which have bOas
this mighty grant torpid at the feet of treax
Though it will amaze him much, he will ID