The New York herald., 1862-10-14

country 70 the condition In which we nnd il
tonght On the Sd Of March President Lincoln about 70
be sworn into ONCE found himself In the city Of Wash
ington, having reached II in dsguise--Q -Qaughter)-
covered with Scotch cap-lRencwed laughter)-and
history Of this country the President himself the
seAt Of government. And through tho active ex
erons and great discretion Of General Scott aud General
Wool that he enabled 10 take the OATH And on
the Sd day Of March he about entering upon these
duties, before he took the OATH letter addressed TO
him, which now propose 70 read TO YOU and ask YOU
to notice because have time 70 reiuvn TO D the
wonderful spirit Of prophecy and extraordinary Judgment
as ws .n s a that ~aSs
General Scot. to make this letter public
The letter in form submitted TO Secretary Seward
but was laid before the President and reached him thus
In proper Official mode
WASHINGTON March s. 1851.
DEAR SIR-Hoping that in a day or two President
@ @ hSye siPpy ~ o. s
washington You chief Of Cabinet beg eave
g repeat n writing what have before said 70 orally
as ON the highly dsordered condition Of our $50 ate)
40 extraordinary e1igences Of the tmes
% me- h OF 70 no one e he n p Sf o
dqre snbjoned;- ..,o. -.
Mr. Gii.!sndsn the Pence am
ST. s AN & q e he :ae
Wthoa. some equally benign measure the remaining slave
noSng win n ne n
sr:sn Il SSUan ,n Of
stop here 10 cal y our stteD%on to the fact tha
Maryland did join the Montgomery confedcracy, andt
yet with Maryland on our side TO night, requires
garrison Of 600 men 10 protect Washington Gap
plause)
p Collect the duties foreign goods outside the ports Of
aas
lAnd this, unhappiy the course that was entered
upon)
Conquer the seeded States By invading armies: No
and able general Wolfe, Desaix, Or Hoche with
a
and T OF life na
feet the moral discipline Of the invaders
.Ss Worth lnd Sorswss;, Win = Least
added n and n % s0 FIFTEEN @ sr s
to @ fer ss % y would "a an se
Say to the seeded stsssSwsyward sisters. depar IN
In haste. remain, very truly, yours ;, ,,,o,
Hon. WIZ. H. SEWARD, dc., Ac., &c.
General Scott the Sd Of March, having put the Prcs
dent in condition to be sworn nand being perhaps the
only in the United States who could have done that
notified him that he entered upon an attempt to con
quer the seeding States that in the first place. he could
like a Desaix, Hoche or Wolf that he who had, not
many years before marched the capital OF Mexico with
an army Of twelve Thousand men, lighting nine pitched
honorable peace unable, with three hundred thou
sand men, attempt to conquer the seeded States In
two to three years He was informed that 1t would re-
quire three hundred thousand men and tonight, when
only halfway through in point Of time, we have
one million five hundred thousand He was told that IL
would add two hundred and fifty millions Of dollars to the
national debt; and to-day wheiwe arc only year and
half through that debt probably exceeds twelve hun.
May, at four hundred and ninety mions-dosble the
amount that h then feared would be required to COM
pete this conquest Now, fellow citizens, with their
eyes Open so far az they could be opened by this great
soldier, this attempt was entered upon to conquer the
seeded States Those who undertook to advise the Pre-
sdsnt and to whom the public must bo hold Responsible
knew better than this veteran patriot. He old
fogy. lie was martinez, who was talking about an
army Of three hundred thousand to country which
had twelve. Fc an +. +. v.-one Of the fast
flying and feet footed yirginans, told. ZAP
pause But the result shows that is four times worse
already than he anticipated But fellow citizens II
is not incurable Tho Of this country pro-
digous Ny own strong conviction is that i is not yet
100 late to remedy the difficulties into which we have
been plunged but do sincerely believe that II only
be done by listening 10 the conses Of those who are
| war--and to begin by displacing from the com.
mand those who are nero political officers and
putting in places of trust soldiers and true patriots
Now such being the fact what Is presented TO us for our
support at the approaching ecction9 A militia major,
who in the field except sidde-camp,
who does not claim to be soldier presented rs can
didate for Governor: and propose 70 briefly the
claims Of James s. wadsworth to the support OF the peo
pie Of the state this time. In the FIRST place why
he EomnatedY II was brought abost by combi.
nation Of abolitionists and political strikers. ZAP
planse lie was nominated IN the nrst place.
dry. Uaughter.) The last democrat that taken
from the ranks had been fed upon by those harpes until
from arrest for debt II became necessary transfer
those eechcs somewhere and they were sent TO batton
no unkind feelings 10 General Fremont. | recolect
when he was candidate for Presiden,--traversing
the United states and endcavorins TO show he
ought be elected and that Mr. Buchanan should
meeting great many good natured men, who knowing
my business better than did myself said to me:If you
had not abandoned principles you nigh. have been
where Fremont Is now" (Chcers) "Well,r said I,
you complimentary but hasty. Suppose you stand
sti until sec where he is and then viii be able 10 tell
wbe
cheers Careful observation for six years since has salts
fed me that have no dcsrc TO exchange places with him
(Iaughter.) His career, In my humble Judgment (and
say il with regre) is warning TO democrats am now
in assembly Of Of that political faith well their
political opponents and would say that ne democrat,
from Henry Clay down, including Mr.. Reeves. Mr.. Tai
madge, Nr. Fremont, Mr.. Tremain Mr. Dickinson
S b hso eS
without. sooner later, finding himself politically,
u not pecunarily, bankrupt Cheers and laughter
when the United states Senatorship comes 70 be disposed
Of the debcracy OF this state do not carry IT. az feel
convinced they will Daniel :. Dickinson Will find that
the temptation OF United States Senator.hip
been held ont 10 him for his is taken from him
and given to who has served longer in the ranks to
which he has recently allied himself (Applauss) be-
cve Mr. Dickinson has changed his mind since the nom
nation Of Mr.. Wadsworth in regard TO the course he
should pursue. am told that after Mr. wadsworth
nominated he wrote letter Of several pages 10 gentle
man the western part this State In which he said
that he could not separate himself from the democratic
party and under circumstances could he support
so radical in his temper as James 3. wadsworih
(Checrs) ! say | have been told this by one who
5ss claimed % have seen tGe letter. h. will sso s
be who viii tell the truth on the stand under
and checrs); but will not
take any eses word do not sh the editor OF the
Times say morning that he knows II Is not
true. (Cheers and aughter.) do not wish the editor
Of the Tribune (hisscs 10 say that IL s not So but IL
Daniel 3. Dickinson denies 1t will take his word Now
gentlemen, have been told that those Of us who
do not support Mr. Wadsworth are not supporters
OF the administration. Well let US see we are not The
Convention which met At Syracuse and nominated Mr.
wadsworth did not in their resolutions say word
about Mr.. Lincoln--not word. II was Convention
three times the OF ourso three delegates from esch
Assembly dstrict-and all agreed that II embodied an
amount Of intelligence and patriotism unrivaed In tbs
was nobody who seemed TO have intellige enough
who disposed TO get up resolution endorsing
Abraham Lincoln Do you suppose that was acc dcnta2
The accident happened here on tho sh of October
To be sure there misty reference TO the procama
tion which he had recently issued. But the President
has great many things besides issuing the procla
nation. He has In ONCE since the 4th OF March,
1881. and In that time he has removed fremont,