The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-05

a. ccursc VIM H. Seward hss act saia k!fsstsi
n the Devil f,r nothing The Presidency has been
the obi ct Of hts life, ana, from the beginning he
has deliberately and systematically sacrificed ME
ami for the attainment OF thss object He ccm'
weucsa his career In New York a. = time wheg,
politics Ia that State wore comparatively pure, and
when the public theatre wss occupied by person
n ~ Of lofty moral port and commanding inteiiee
,u.l stature. There were statesmen in that day
man who comprehsndsd justice, truth. and honor ;
who had convictions and priacip,es and who acted
opon them; who loved their country, and were no
plss. hunters Thsv were men 80 whom tier
ats.e. after shs had given them the highest Offices
in her s,a, was Infinitely more Indebted than they
20 s.r SacA was Dewitt Clinsca who made New
York IN empire II was the sEnsstou Of men in
those dsys to make country not to be iaade BY II
Such was ret tse aim Of WIN. II, Seward. HIS hss
b.a.. no, only the ssovsine lost of the dsmasoe,e
for selfish elevation. bat Satanic determination TO
uouake his country II necessary TO ;ha r'as ne az
himself We deliberately choss the aemorAiAat:on
and INSTRUMENTATION e sosss'y a. the means OF e'e
vstina himself until he at las, sucte sded In undo
Ing tbs work of Warrington, and ia rending the
old Republic In frsgnsnss. that he might perch his
.'grsr6se figure Upon tie colossal rcias- Other
statesmen have iiaaAfsd their names with soiac
rasasarc which, In THAR cphaioo st least, promised
4, ,ncscAs. ii. sresnsss and glory cI .ae country.
Bat nothing creative or bsnsfcsat ever proceeded
a sas time froa VIM. IL. Seward If he haa any
spuius Il is for dsssruat.venes7, for pulling down
not building mp. Ii. has the coal,aasaes Of val
ture aud tbs instincts of cue. Ia has soushs 10
overthroSs those .Est1 :7rs o! tie Southern States
which had sisen wealth snd poser 10 The whole
nation; b,i, has ns evsg hsi ,is capacity 50 pso'
pese anything in their plaSel 4a1 10 eysc been
asls - susSss: thai anythpc but anarchy ad run
would be the resul. a. bis succesa3 Yet ne las is
'.oersieiy sought this result. sod involved tie
y-kcie land In Was TO care his eis~Ssion &c y
pod Ion which hs could naver have obtained by
!esii:ma,s Tassra. 1t wou,d lie ii!s 10 deny thss
Re Is row viItca,!y lie Presidras but bis .iuE pa
viii go; be complete Till he is President il name
well Is in fast. iii .hs South is snhiusa.sd and 10
ry,lss by Northern Yotss and bs=onets ever tae
whole OF The c!d Unioa.
In spitanf lie sersii. price -hs has psid for ths
srstsaeson of his ambition Il Is hot We! corssln that
Seward viii b the hsx, YsaAse 2rssidep: The
reward c, his iaiqui.y ID aot ys: secured II TIE
wsr Of invasion sho I'D fail, tie areh traitor VII
SILK 10 deep Of .afsmy ere1 in ais own section,
compared with which ,he reputation OF Benedict
Arnold is honor sad reuown So far f-or, being
Frs.dsnt, he would not he a5,e live III his own
State, and raigst consider himself lucky If Re Co.
csnad with his hesd 20 foreign exile. Nc uisn il
more sensible than himself Of the personsi conas
ousne.s Of failure, sui il is TO save himself from
.as guif of perdsion tia. yasns st dis feet, tia,
he is urgius on With convuisi7e energy tae blood
hounds C: war. It is nos sha least Of tas many
s.imrlants Of the SortA TO the most dat sgaiaed re-
distance that the defea OF tie Yankees vi be ths
personal and political raiu of the wicked gu1of
Of the troubles suffering who keeping hinssi
aoof from .hs trisls ana perils in which he las in
Vowed ohsrz csn receive no Decentralization liz Til
world shsa the Anal disappointment OF tia. s1nb
ton wa;oh has Lad him 10 tae preparation Of ,ha
NOS. M oa-ails,ed ernss.