The New York herald., 1862-07-28

too, that our twenty y-thyee millions of loyal free
whites, including the border slave States de-
voted to the Union, are strong enough 10 cope
with the five millions of whites devoted to this
rebellion, without calling upon their three mill
lions of slaves to help us. If they choose to
come within our military lines they will be
taken care of but their liberation is very pro-
perly treated by our patriotic President as an
incidental and secondary question.
We have no doubt that the sagacious policy
of President Lincoln in regard to this Confsca-
ton bill has been strongly supported by Mr.
Seward, whose distinguished course, as the
head of the State Department., has won for him
the universal appreciation Of our loyal people
In this connection we are gratided with the as
surances lately emanating from Washington
that Mr.. Seward is entirely at the service Of
the President, and has no higher ambition, in
any event, than the maintenance Of the
Union. We are also glad to believe that,
with the appointment of General Hal
leck "a the General-in-Chief Of the
army, we have the promise of perfect
harmony and cooperation in the Cabinet in re-
ference to the movements Of our armies and the
generals commanding them In all these mat
ters General Halleck will take the place of Mr.
Secretary Stanton, who will have quite enough
to do to look after the supplies and our swind-
ling army jobbers and contractors.
Next, in the fact that General Halleck has
gone down upon visit to General Mcclellan,
the country will be gratided with the assurance
Of "happy accord" between those two distin-
guished officers and that our new General-in-
Chief proceeds in the right way to supply the
present wants and to provide for the future ope-
rations Of General McClellan's army Mean
time, as the headquarters Of General Pope are
still at Washington, there can be no doubt that
he already is thoroughly posted with the pro-
gramme in which he and General Mcclellan
are to cooperate against the great rebel army
of Virginia.
The President the Cabinet and the army ap-
pear to be working more cordially together than
at any previous time since the outbreak Of this
rebellion. The general direction of the war is
again in the hands of skilful experienced and
accomplished soldier. From the time that il
was taken away from General Mcclellan, and
placed in the hands Of Q lawyer, we may date
our military reverses, disapp6intments and dis
asters in the all important field Of Virginia
| Now we have every reason to hope that suc-
cession of brilliant victories will soon be open
| ed The work Of reinforcing our two armies Of
Virginia, upon which the destinies Of this conn-
| try now depend is going encouragingly on; but
the more rapidly the reduced regiments of Gen
| Mcclellan and General Pope are filed up, the
more certainly and speedily will great victories
| be secured. Five hundred recruits to fill up a
regiment Of veterans will be worth more for
| the work Immediately before us than two
full regiments of raw volunteers, officers and
privates. Let the energies and preferences o.
all concerned in the good work of raising SOL
diers be devoted first, to the important task Of
filling up the blanks in our veteran regiments
for thus one hundred thousand men will be
worth twice or thrice that number Of raw regi
ments for active service In the field. Let us
hear that tho wasted regiments of Mcclellan
and Pope are replenished, and we shall next
hear of great rise of stocks in Wall street. In
keeping up the full strength Of our experienced
regiments we maintain an army Of veteran
soldiers.
The Connscation bill being disposed Of, and
the new war policy and programme Of the
administration being clear and satisfactory, all
| that remains to be done to turn the tide agains'
| the rebels is to fll up al once the reduced
ranks of our armies.
| Meeting or the Crowned Heads or Europe.
By our latest intelligence from the other side
| OF the Atlantic we learn that in September nex'
. meeting is to take place between the three
| principal crowned heads Of continental! Europe
| the Emperor Of the East, the Emperor of the Wes
| and the King of the Centre. Austria is omitted
| from this conference, because that nation, by
| her conflict with France and Sardinia, has sunl
| to the position Of second or third class Power
| and besides, the affairs Of Italy are not ye
| finally settled
The meeting Of the Emperors Of France ant
| Russia aud the King Of Prussia forebodes som,
| important moves on the chessboard OF the En-
ropean continent. That II has any reference {,
Intervention in our intestine war We cannot be
lieve. Mr.. Seward the only man who ha
shown himself an able statesman in our ioreigI
policy a. well as in our domestic strife. hai
long since secured the neutrality of France
and with IL that Of all Europe. The meeting
therefore. will have nothing TO do with Ameri
can Intervention. Yet we have not The slightes
doubt that it ia the result OF the American wsr
As the War ofIndependence led to the Revolution
in France and the progress Of liberal ideas al
over Europe, which have continued in operation
till this day, SO the present war has given
new impetus to those ideas aud stirred the hear
Of democracy to its depths. The immense re
sources the republic has displayed, and th,
vast preparations by land and sea, have excited
the admiration Of the masses Of the European
population and the envy Of their despoti,
rulers. The struggle in which we are engaged
while 1t has called forth expressions of the mos
bitter hatred Of the aristocracy of Europe, ha