, 1862-12-07
Wilkes xptn seward.

In :l.v .>isrt, # III 1:.,t.s rf the ..1h inst.
Ge,,. Wi;ks pays his respect. 10 the State.
s,s:s=14l. exhibited b. Mr.. Seward -i,.c le lt<
l,etp in the Cabinet. Nc have 1oo,4 but csr
The following extract:
II l. plain to Us, thai Mr. Seward. having
ret o.1s b. undermining Lie rebellion. t.css1llc
iu due time. the victim Of lii NV II f;elu~i"n;
and then. with view ef yinli:1,lnE biz ;sfrs.
ticucc tf lis >tsse.tnAI~airs. II not with the
acf!i. .s.osiEc Of serving ths: nAtis'u. resolved
IL I*s7Eit 10 settlement to TIC hatc, tha. was
not li,tia'td aud entirely manipulated BY him.
DeyotsnE hiE@ei1. therefore. t. .lc t4btainiug
f.. controlling influence over the prc.ideni,
he has lNrel-1tnily. hy his military in-t7u~
.1.ent-. turned the edge Of the sword frusn ,us
enemies and he'd thu tau .<>ction-, a.i in Ar1n-
aud itlr untii they ehpuid L.. sufficiently e>
llsil-!e.l fc- hi> mediation. In keelin:: with
1lli> blst1,dcr- l. the =tatcssaan=hil' of hi.
tire c!Gtr, and PERTAINS the Erps=e+1 net Of all.
| was the one which surrendered. at the Uut set,
este half the cs4u-s ei hir ceantry IL the block
| sde Of 1hc southern puEi-.
I! -Aga;il-t ali adrict. ait experience, and all
legal t.=ts;n., Nr Seward undertook this
| ACT. HI wS- 1uld that nation yAar.it it- oTn
}s'E;.. and t1s-ka'lrs only tht-c Of u bcIligcr-
rnt rnc.nx: aud he vas earnestly re.iuco1ed
I. MIKE them III. t't.}ect of criminal jnri>dic.
tiut.. l.r p.oc.aiming them NO longer 1N,Et- of
~n,rv. Instead Of subject TO the Gra7e-t =t-
| tritI,c- If international law and war But he
| raid no lecd to this adyice, and the intnedl-
ak. result Of this vs=t er1ur Was, that the Eu-
rn1.sla ,~.wer= followed Iii. example, :'c-
;,rvw1r!1cd the srotl- IL nrlligercnts, in
..a,ne. II l.e had .lane in fact. Tk,- ~n~ ths
lir-t gres.t gift of Mr. Seward gcniu- tn the
e,,11si1ry. IN connection with the Wat he
little understood, and ordinary
| tiEuEc will n0H serve 10 =ho* how iuuch
t the ile,1drr Gust u+. II surely c3-r u
| aii III. -ayAses inflicted t.S the Nashville
Sumter snI .aLlhamn. and may soon
launch againe: lis Canfc.cra,c irup l,av3
1,c objected in defence ii Mr.. seward, that ht
: tad no experience - guide him in the pr4:ul
iee>, for there w':v l'rvcedcu:s upon The houk.
:.ui it is the business Of j statesman to bt
! rsad in all The history fhSt attaches to his dN
+. lie knew, Ut sh'uld have known. If 1ht
ease If the Vixen, tu he found III the Engii*i
! rarsl1nen:aTy reports Of 1857: ~nd ilay<
| ct.nluct. The Russians we're ii that period
.ngagra in suFpEessiug revolt Of the Cir
t-ls.Ians, ~l'+ held st,:nc ports aIs the Black
!. Sea Ruseit, t%cogniziHg ttlt=t ;rt.tn rs AZ
integTsl ;H'rtiun If her empire, proclaimed
, :l.tm to the world ~ under " suEveil
...iet," and closed. The Vixen, which WA,
an Engti-h yesst:l, wes Caught violating t2,i,
}srsper at,;icc. taken captive and cuns:enined
Tic British G.',etnmcnt made reclamation
fr The ralue # the ship and caro-. but Rus
sIa r1ustd I'LL compensation; mud Hfi:4in &C
t9urscrd in the decision lr 1FunpI.lw tile Dr.:
n,and- HtSr H1- d rule far Mr- Seward, tina
would have eaytd this cauntry million: u!ap,
u.iIicae to ite ctsn1ncEre. and hasf its d.:
| nifty btfu:r mankind. If Ms. Seward did nD
knew Of il. lie httraye All 1npardpnahIe ig
n"E,ncc VI Ills business; II he did ant out Z,
| ss'nsidesatiun 10 hi. eT1inE bret tsren II I'll,
s+,ath. le failed tss l,sahe proper apIslica;ivr
ufi1. tic 1tr1w1ratctl ii gigantic crime :