The New York herald., 1863-11-03

rious and sigai6oant extract from the New Or
leans correspondence Of the radical Tribune.
The correspondent hes discovered great con-
spiraoy. and he frantioally urges the radicals to
do their utmost to prevent il success. Judg-
Ing from tho hypeoritical professions Of the
Tribune, one would suppose that this conspi-
racy, 90 bitterly denounced, had for its object
some plan to aid and comfort the rebels. On
the contrary, according to the statements of the
correspondent himself, the only aim of these
so-called conspirators Is to begin the restora-
ton Of the Union by bringing back Louisiana
to her old allegiance to the federal govern
mont. One would suppose that the men who
favor this scheme must be rebels and traitors,
or the professedly loyal Tribune would not at
tack and revile them. On tho contrary, they
arc such truly loyal gentlemen a. Mr.. Seward,
Mr.. Bates and Mr.. Emerson Etheridge. Thus II
is that the mask often falls from radical faces,
and reveals the monstrous, revolutionary, IA
naticai and Jacobin spirit which possesses those
abolition politicians who recognize John Brown
a. their god and tts Tribune - their Bible.
It appears, from The corrsspondsaee 10 which
w have referred, that certain citizens Of New
Orlsads, some Of whose names arc givsa else
where, have resolved to restore Louiaisna 10,
tho Union, and that they intend to do this II
tho nanaer pointed out BY Secretary Seward In
Ais lannon's reply 10 the interveation despatch
Of N. Drouyn do Lhuys. That 10 to say, they
intend to set tho State governnent in motion,
elect members Of the Legislature, and send
loyal representatives to Congress These gen.
tlemen assert--and the Tribune does not deny
that Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Bates endorse this
idea, and that Mr.. Etheridge, a. Clerk Of Il .
House Of Representatives, has consented to
receive the loyal members from Louisi-
ana, upon their own credentials, until the
House is organized. They also say-and the
Tribune does not deny--that Mr.. Ethe-
ridge has perfect right to do this upon
the precedent established by the Broad Seal
controversy, some twenty years ago. Under
these circumstances, the Union men propose to
hold an election for five members of Congress-
one from each district and one on the general
ticket-and also for members Of the State Sem
ate and Assembly. "They are anxious" says
the Tribune correspondent, " that Louisiana shall
take the lead in this matter, and there is no
doubt but Mississippi and the other States will,
in due time, follow" SO far, the patriotic
reader will search in vain for any objection to a
plan which promises 20 much good for the
Union, and will be at loss to know upon what
grounds the Tribune can oppose it with any
show Of loyalty. - 4. .........-,..,
But . little consideration will enable us TO
understand why tho radicals are as anxious as
the rebels to prevent the restoration OF The
Union in this way. In the frat place, they fear
that LouisiaHa will return with her slaves, snd
this they cannot permit. The Tribune repre-
sents the New Orleans conservatives as saying
that "they arc the only unoondf Union men,
beoause they are willingto to acceptthe Union with
slavery" There h great DEAL Of truth IN this
sarcastic remark. The radicals are not uncon-
ditional Union men, because they are not viii.
ling to accept the Union unless slavery be abol-
isbed. An unless" or 'if," or with this con-
dition," or "upon these TERMS" ID fatal to true
loyalty. The Union with or without slavery,
as the chances OF war may dictate but the
Union above everything is the only platform
Of . really Union man. The abolitionists.
therefore, as we have often charged. and as the
more honest Of them have often admitted, are
not lovers Of the Union. They are simply
haters of slavery. They do not support the
war for the sake OF restoring the Union, but for
the sake Of destroying slavery. Now;in this
view Of the case, we bold that there is no difYe-
renee whatever between the disoyalty of q
man who is for the Union If slavery be pre-
served and that of man who Is for the Union
If slavery be destroyed. Copperheads and mig
gerheads are upon the same outside platform in
this respect, and are alike public enemies This
Is the broad, general reason for the radical OPP
position to the Louisiana scheme.
There is. however, another more particular
and more partisan reason for this opposition.
Congress is now pretty equally divided be-.
tween the conservatives and the radicals. II
of Louisiana their votes would 60 against both
copperhesds and radicals and with the con-
servatives upon the Speakersbip question. This
| would elect General Frank Blair and give the
| conservatives full control Of the organization.
The radicals must prevent this at any cost
even at the cost of keeping out Of the Union a
| State which is anxious to return. That Is the
secret of the Tribmes course, and we trust
! that President Lincoln will understand and
defeat it. The recent letter Of the President TO
the border rufBans of Missouri was step in
the right direction. He can take another step
in this matter Of Louisiana. Committees of
clustering radicals will be sent on from New
Orleans, as they were from Missouri, and they
ought to meet with the same reception.
| The President cares nothing about the
| Speakership. He knows that q conserva-
tive like Frank Blair will do more to support
the administration than q radical like Thad.
Stevens. Neither is he the man, if we are not
mistaken in him, to allow so conf bsratively tr:-
| fling matter as . contest for the Speakership
to interfere with his decision upon an important
constitutional issue. In the despatch Of secre-
tary Seward, TO which we have already alluded,