The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-06
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| Some months ago Wendell Phillips an
nounced that he had made the discovery that
Mr.. Lincoln aud his Cabinet had resolved
themselves into committee to manage the
next Presidential election. and he at the same
time dealt most numerically with the bland
but not brilliant Postmaster General, who was
engaged just then in stumpipg one Of the New
England States in support Of the conservative
| policy of the administration. The silver
tongued abolitionist was not mistaken as the
course of events since then abundantly proves.
l. The war against the armies Of Leo, or Bragg,
or Mngruder may relax; the Anglo-rebel
pirate vessels may with impunity make the
sea their heritage our financial system may
be sinking US into more irretrievable ruin and
our foreign affairs may be getting more and
more mudded; but not for all or any of these
causes can there be, or has there been, any
slackening Of efforts, any mitigation Of antago-
nism on the part Of Mr.. Lincoln's Secretaries
against each other and all others on the sub
ject of the next Presidency.
The other day the Tribune published the pro-
grammo of Chase, Stanton and the unmanage-
ables OF the abolition party, and we gave to it,
as political document, the benefit of our cir
culation, so that all might know what the .ultras
are driving at. To-day we publish the re-
sponsive manifesto of the conservative ele-
ments of the Cabinet, comprising Lincoln,
Seward, Bates and Blair, issued in the shape Of
q speech delivered by the last named gentle
man at political meeting held in Rockville
Md, on the Sd inst.-the first appearance of tho
Postmaster General we believe, since the
ruthless assault made upon him by Wendell
Phillips.
We are delighted TO be assured in the very
Eopening of this address that "there is good rea-
son for believing that peace will soon be re-
stored to our country" In that assurance we
recognize the mind and thoughvWSf our pro-
phetic Premier, and we swallow It with "a
much faith as zealot ever embraced . dogma.
Soon! Certainly; but 10 it to be In sixty days
Mr.. Seward! Or must No contain our souls in
patience until after the far msse important
question of the succession = decided We very
much fear so. In the next sentence We are told
by this most conservative but most illogical Of
Cabinet officers that peace 10 to be followed
by the early suppression from our systems Of
the institution of domestic slavery" And here
We pause, lost in wonder and amaze, andswe
ask ourselves, can it be possible that the anti
abolitonist and i-amalgamationist Postmas-
ter General can have uttered this rather dsci
dedly aboftionist doctrinei Well, perhaps Mr.
Stewards finger was in the pie to that extent
and 90 we pass on to It's more delicious ingre
dents. We soon come upon them. In the
very next paragraph we find that "Richard's
himself again. and, as we read on, we realize
that the whole abolition cohort Is routed
| horse, foot and dragon, before the trenchant
} cimetar of the apostolic knight of conserva-
tism. Hark! how heavily fall his blows upon
the strongholds "of amalgamation, equality and
fraternity as did the battle axe OF
Ceur de Lion on the heavily knobbed castle
gate of Torquilstone. The Washington Giro
: nicle, led on by the trucking Forney, and dis
, playing the banners Of Chase and Stanton--the
| man Of money and the man of war-goes down
} before him; the Missouri Democrat, represent
4 ing the Fremont graft Of abolitonism, and
backed by the whole Teutonic element OF the
Southwest is sought out as a personal enemy
in the melee Of opposing forces and crushed to
; earth though perhaps to rise again: and
finally. that heaviest of the heavies. tLe
Atlantic Monttlv, Is encountered BY this Young
a David. and, like Goliath of old. IS soon
|. writing under the we'll directed missile from
Q his sling. Thus on the field of Rockville have
i. the triple factions that are arrayed against
: President Lincoln and his conservative poli.
cy--the factions Of Chase and Stanton, Of FIRE.
mont and s,ce; lager, of Sumner and abolition
New England-bcen encountered and dis
comtited by the postal paladin sent ont from
Washington and commissioned by Mr.. Lincoln
, to charge tho abolitlonist., as David wa. com
Q missioned by King Saul TO overthrow The Phil
Z istines