The New York herald., 1862-12-10

The proposed proceeding. therefore, would be
the height Of human folly-a folly which wc
trust Abraham Lincoln WIN mover perpetrate.
1t d fortunate for the country at this critical
moment that we have an honest President
a man who does not regard himself - the
President OF party or Of section, but Of the
whole people, and who b bound by his oath TO
| protect and defend The interests Of Illinois
as much as those Of Massachusetts,, and the
rights Of Virginia ~ much - those of New
York. If Congress has no power to control
his action, still less has bis Cabinet. The
heads Of departments are but his employees
TO carry out his will, like the clerks In mer-
chants Office. If the latter neglect their
business, or act in opposition to the wishes of
their employer, he soon gets rid Of them. In the
same way the Cabinet Ministers Of Mr.. Lincoln
are but his creatures, and il they will not per-
form their duty to the country let them be dis
charged as unfathful servants. The people
elected him, and not them, and to him they look
for the proper performance OF the work. He
can easily supply their places with better men
men Of administrative ability, who are honest
and conservative like himself Let him cut
loose from party. His obligations and respon-
sibiities to the country are greater than to
party. Whsn the integrity Of the republic is
in danger party ties . e dissolved. Pre- ident
Lincoln is independent Of any party org MIA
| ton. The people. who have doomed the repub
lioan party to destruction will stand by him If
he will place himself at their bead and di card
the revolutionsts who are seeking to inGugu-
rate reign Of anarchy and terror.
With, according to Mr.. Stanton, boundless
resources in men and money and munitions of
war-with q greater force in the field than ever
before assembled under one banner-the war
has been mismanaged and these resources
wasted With, according to Mr.. Chase such
| means Of carrying on q war az no other people
ever possessed, the troops are unpaid, we are
already twelve hundred millions of dollars in
debt, and, by new bill just introduced by the
Chairman Of the Committee Of Ways and
Means. Mr.. Chase is authorized to increase
| the debt to the sum Of billion of dol
lars. But, what is almost equally remark
| able Mr.. Chase informs us that of the
| S500,000,Oo0 bonds which Congress author
only end sale for about twenty -four millions,
though the interest is payable in gold yet
the great fnar cier in the House Of Repre-
sentatives expects to disl ose Of g q billion Of
bonds,' the interest on VIII ch is not 10 be paid
iI specie, but in depTeciat,d d paper currency
called demand notes. What is the conclu-
sion from th sc premises but that the war for
the Union and the finances Of the country have
been fearfully mismanaged to the very verge
Of the ruin of the nation! The clear ,lnty of
tie President, therefore i to dismiss all in
competent officers and put IN their places
men Of capacity men euuaf to the great
emergency Of the hour To Abraham Lincoln,
and not TO Mr.. Stanton or Mr. Chase to the
President Of the United States. aad no. 10
radical and revolutionary Congress, do the
people look for the safety OF The republic.
Shall they look 10 him in win:
The Corpo, alton Pa pcrs and the Recent
~ Elections.
There is an antiquated and familiar st,ry
that a n'an was once foolish enough to pick III
viper. feed il from his own dish and warm il
in bis own bosom. The sequel OF the story
very naturally is that the viper stung his addle-
pated preseryer to death. No one who knows
the shrewduess, keenness and ability of our
remarkable City Fathers wogld ever imagine
that they would be guilty Of the same kind Of
scaselcss folly AZ the viper's nurse. Yet il is
certainly fact that the majority Of our pre-
sent, and the whole of our future, Corporation
officers belong to tacronservativc party, and
that they are now, and have been for some
time past, nursing upon the Cooperation adver-
tsing those pestilentifl vipers the radical jour
nails, which turn upon and sting their benc:ac-
tos at every possible opportunity The only
reason why the sting OF the radical vipers has
not proved fatal hitherto-as it may some day
Is because tho conservative press has ever bcan
ready with tho antidote, and has frequently
saved tae conservative party, only 10 SEQ it,
opponents enjoying the fruits nf the salvation.
Whatever may have been the GAUGES or the
motives OF The conservative uprising at The
November elections iu tliiA State. the result WIS
the overwhelming defeat OF tho radical party.
u is now generally conceded that the HERALD
conducted this election, and that it was the
legitimate conclusion Of our unremtting exer-
ton against the disunion, revolutionary, alb oil
tion faction. Following closely upon this State
triumph cane the charter election in December,
which was decided In the same way aud from pre-
cisely the sane Influences. During both of
these campaigns the republican organs Of this
city labored Sealousiy against the conservative
candidates. There was no epithet too vile for
them 10 apply to those who would not endorse
the complete radical programme of immediate
emancipation and smslgsmation. AT the char.
ter election they attempted to hedge q little;
but they had been going ahead altogether too
fast. and could not take in sail and tack about
n the short space Of a months time. In spite,
then, Of the most strenuous, determined and