The New York herald., 1863-11-24
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER a.

a,noooes,,en, had been deliberately choen aud i! was
likewise ear that ia thus nsn'estihs i's deiemnNon
10 the country NJ lincoln me n' ,nnty 70 "sn ~, nv M
wonlJ rerqrd any attempt to ress comp9tg CLAIMS as
criminal 10 the nle.s Of b'eh t'oasen
There is a mis- understanding thR'he leidius h@rl"So
Of the ukuse 1horc Is no doubling lAgsf the colV q
i've authority between the lresido. AID W. seward
Indeed latter. secure IN his position, adopts I'd ih
rcra Ego while speA ing or The goNcfnmrnt. aud Con
sequenty may he credited wth 'ull arhyriy, vhie
procamiug The mere personal tehe:ts q! to nominal
head of the administration. The man vho pledged the
President the rebels at the outset ci the war that
BY the itoe q arms who inflicted icrallo on
New York, ard WHO, with hs own hand, wrote the 70
jecng OF tte PRESIDENT to the urgent prayer OF
the Missouri radicals, is not g. be questioned oil hs war
rant when he speaks Tor Abraham Lincoln
The djred payroSs, herfore, Q5 Mr. Secord's Antn,n
speech 70 a0siaote M Lincon for e term Of 1865,
aud TO dJ tn ch as 10 threaten coadt5n Udr upn
o whe Of ei9h ltc degoe uao should Venture 10 ''
tere,e ,o hs pretensins. tho doctrine he assumed To
convey points was that the next Pres dency Was
the property OF Mr. Lincoln by virtue OF his nomination
al Chicago and subsequent election 1860 That that
nomination and election virtual contract on the
OF the people to pat HIN ia possession OF the resi
denoy the whole OF the United States bot that in con
sequence Of the rebellion the contract had not been al
filed and to his own words, abraham Lincoln must
be Presiden. OF South Carolina aud Georgia, by virtue
OF his election of 1880 the Union is forever lost"
is hardly possible to misunderstood this language ana
the only point about which at all left IN doubt s
whether MIR. Seward means that the next Presidency
should lapse into Mr. Incolns hands without the forms
OF election whether he should be named aud nput
through aenine CONFERENCE.-The, with the usual ormacs
Whatever Mr. Seward means. however, We viii take
the liberty Of doubling whether he can carry his dne pro
ject through aud also doaU so.heT NJ. Lincoln hds
exhibited his usuo! saeaciy in Permitting himself % oe
brought Jor,edrd in ths o9e,s've wuy. II is quite
thing for the American people TO be told that
they arc but an incident TO Personal prcrogatve;
and that the suspension OF such preIogatve IS Is
sovereignty the nation According 10 such doctrine
the President Is everything and the nation nothing and
popular rights become merged into monarchical
Tolerate
60 forever for time come when better reason
than this cannot be given for pepctuston of arbra
ry power But perhaps we treating this pron,neia
eo Of Mr. Seward far too gravely and instead OF ere
ditng him with the mediatcd destruction OF the country
he is only be suspected OF an Intended sacrifice Of MIR
Lincoln. Every one knows how deeply he resented his
nomination at Chicago and how Consistently (oxeept in
a,'' Io"nd, @iM ,aa inIrruIs afier each victory
Of and Missouri, he has guidsd A Linco as
70 lac@ him IN hostility 10 all the influences M tsd hsm
10 ro,uer lie has, in short, so manipulated and con
Quoted that simple minded man as to make him the
patron aud guardian not only OF "conservative' IN
terests bnt the apparent nominee Of me conservative
been among the most striking evidences OF the time and
1t is matter of that there should be many
reasons for 1t II Is not strange hat vitaed Journalism
should appreciate the Rockville manifest that was in
tended to stop the access of liberty to Maryland or re-
ward with hosannas the Executive encouragement
of tho radicals OF the trans Aiss!ssippi region
but ii is strange that Mr.. Lincoln should
ideas OF PERIOD expect retain the support OF
those who set out upon the Journey with him. flo de-
truly loyal press regard these signs Of Ills detection
fooshy receives the simulated appreciation OF the tory
journals, aud the sorrowng silence OF tue Union papers,
evidences of general popularity There is one man.
however, who is not deceived by this ovation and that
Mr. Seward. He shares the false incense with his
candidate and Is equally defended appauded his
policy BY the whole raft Of conservative scrbbers but
be takes the subject at its true value aud probably 10
tends TO betray Mr. Lincoln to rs illusions at time
when it may be impossible for him to recover his po'
sition.
turcy aud paraded him the text or claiming the
ernment personal possession would seem 10 indicate
al popularity could not endure double strain Ike that,
and certainly will prove too much for character which
Is only attractive from presumed simplicity and which
receives the appauses Of the opposition merely because
it Is considered harmless. Should turn out that tho
seeming simpleness is only craft, aud tho hsDg policy
attributed to tim dty aud conscience but portion OF
scheme for personal advantage, the rejection OF his
candidacy might be almost universal. Favorable
they seem to-day, from the surface express
sion Of The press, we are quite sure that
the prospects OF Mr. Lincoln have not been
helped by the in which ho has been put forward
by Mr. seward and very certain, also that he is
doomed TO ADd when he reaches the vital portion OF the
running soon, and that his ch exhausted
Th the military candidate ,chom Sssc0rd has oeoy'
s ss'. Penu@ sGo ,Vsq ~% Se b. Se s Sny
ward, and me true campaign I<0in zhS candidate may
sassssy ,sas he sp"nd S"seSn S .'S %s ' , not
Be and remain Ar. Linco!n, Me have all Ms @ ~.
he expect to DO required to stand BY him And
the operation Is attended with the double advantage to
Seward OF placing all the executive treasures In his
hands, and the same time OF combining the fire oil all
other candidates against Lincoln as the FIRST man named.
Ii, therefore, the unhappy Mr.. Lincoln with his negative
popularity live through ns shall bo prepared
TO accept his candidacy tho sad necessity OF
ected rebeness OF nature too deporablc for present
| comprehension.
| In disposing temporarily Of this subject, lot US
| dcduce lesson. The shameful records Of exc
| cut,vo ambition, which have usually devoted
| the incomes OF the government 10 the perpctua
ton OF personal advantage teach US that tho chief
magistrate should not be eligible to re election The
failures of the and the conspraces OF generals in.
sruct US, moreover, that republic must always be In
are eligible the Presidency 10 the term next succeed
ing their exploits. While II Is their interest TO sggran
| dize themselves with glory for the country 1t Is
| At the same time the terrible temptation of every
| aspirant connected with the civil government and
every rival general operating In the Geld, TO lim
their success against the enemy within reasonable
bounds. We hdrs his soork ogdta Fremont Butler
Hooker Rose,rons and Banks and had better Improve
The warming before qrdpp'in0 frh foreign foe. We
hare sacrifice the second battle Of Bull dwd
trdii,, the ddrdptog>s Of ChdncsioIe and Geftystv1
| and Dsusf take measures hat Il DO na bsydy ~ ID
frr iaroon of the Atlantic coast Six for the
President Hnd eligibility for a soldier In the term
next succeeding his campaign, will vastly reduce tho
evil complain or and save us from such wretched
scenes as that performed recently at Auburn, In the sp
| parent interest OF MT. Lincoln.
Amos Kendalis Circular.
\ YORK Nov o. ls6a