The New York herald., 1863-12-11

fair business. There good deal OF speculative
citement corn and for future delivery two large plr
chases made at 81 so and the other al 81 90
per Enthusiastically the highest prices ever before
attained in this war-but the STOCK Ia very light not
ceedng 900 900 bushels, and this ia mainly in speeua
tors hands.
The Presidenrs Message and the Next
Presidency.
The art of riding two horses is not confined
to the circus. 1t has been practised by poll
ticians from time immomorial 1t is an old trick
Of the trade in this country; but, where one
| experimentallst has thus made q successful
run around the national course, dozen have
been thrown to the ground. Henry Clay, for
example-brought out in 1874, in opposition to
the annexation Of Texas-was persuaded to write
letter to Alabama in favor Of the scheme where
by, in losing the vote Of New York, he was de-
feated. He was thrown by the abolition horse
in attempting to ride at the same time the con-
servative horse.
President Lincoln, on much grander scale,
has for some time been riding two political
horses and, with the skill Of an old campaigner,
he whips them-the radical horse "a leetle
ahead"-thrOugh his Message and bis appended
proclamation of amnesty to the rebellious
States. During the last two or three years
he has given us some marvellous sur
prises in bringing forward the radical horse
in front when it was supposed he had been
hopelessly dropped behind Thus, after re-
moving General Fremont and after roundly
reprimanding General Hunter for dabblng in
emancipation proclamations, and after pro-
nouncing the thing as futile and foolish as "the
Pope's bull against the comet" our facetious
President astonished the country with an aboli-
tiea wqa9ifestq Which completely cast into the
shade the small experiments 81 Fremont and
Hunter. Again, after having peremptorily re-
for the removal of Mr.. Seward, and after having
excited their wrath and threats of vengeance in
the matter Of the Kansas Missour-muddle, he
exalts them in his Message to the seventh
heaven of Mahomet. Next to good joke, it is
evident "Old Abe" is fond of rOusing sensa.
ton.
He will adhere to his proclamation; he will
never abandon it. He proposes to receive
back into the Union the robellious States only
an free States. The radical horse leads the
way; but the conservative horse is not yet
abandoned Congress may restore the rebel.
lious States in the readmission of their repre-.
sentatives to the two houses. Who knows?
And then the Supreme Court may decide
the emancipation proclamation as in
reality nothing better than 'the Popes
bull against the comet Conservatives,
behold the comfort reserved for you in the Su-
preme Court. Have not both wings of the
administration camp abundant cause to re-
joice-the radicals in the sweeping abolition
programme and proclamation of the Message
and the conservatives in the idea that all this
is only another tub to the abolition whale!
We think il must be confessed that the Presi-
dent has done enough for each side to chal-
lenge the support Of both in the nominating
convention oil his party
Mr.. Lincoln repudiates the abolition plan of
Senator Sumner. Is not that something for
the conservatives. He winks, with mean
ing smile, at the restoration plan suggested by
the Secretary of State to the French govern
ment. Is not that encouraging? He brings
forward his own plan of restoration; but did
he not, last year, bring forward his scheme of
gradual emancipation, whereby the work
would be consummated in the year 1900,
Think of that, oh ye complaining conserva-
tives, and be consoled. But admitting that
while the radicals have cause to rejoice the
conservatives should be thankful, the question
recurs, has President Lincoln cleared the track
for another nomination and another term in the
White House?
This is very interesting problem, and diff
licult of solution, with the lights before u.s.
There is the danger Of rival military hero in
the administration camp, or as the champion of
the united opposition camp. In either case
such a military hero as General Mcclellan or
General Grant, for instance, with the army
and the soldiers vote at his back, will be a
formidable competitor. Finally, President Lin
coin having proclaimed his platform for the
succession the active work on all sides of The
Presidential campaign begins, and there may
soon appear such complications and combina-
tions in his way as to prove to Honest Old Abe
himself that nothing is more uncertain or more
subject to accident than the next Presidency.
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