The New York herald., 1863-11-03

safe in other hands, sustained as It has been, Is
and will be, by al the financial and business
interests of the country. In word, we con-
slider President Lincoln In the field for the sue
cession, we consider him master OF the situa-
ton, and that, having indicated his policy Of
reconstruction. we shall probably with the
meeting of Congress begin to realize It's develop
ment first, In conservative Speaker, and next In
an uproar among the radicals which will end In
a reformation Of tho Cabinet, quitting them
adrift and clearing the track for the Presidential
campaign.
Seymour ana Raymsnd Upon the
otu@p. -; s.- ,''-s.
Governor Seymour seems 70 be selected -
the favorite stump orator Of TIE democrats OF
this State. The Chevslisr Raymond, ~ the
Times, thehero Of Soifesino and Bull run, ID
generally pitted against Govsrnor Seymour,
aad has either Asea delegsted, OF has assnrned
for himself the task Of philosophixing over the
Governors philosophy, quibbling upon the
Governors qaibbles, and pettifogging in reply
to the Governors pettifogging. From tho
speeches Of these two men we may form q.
tolerably correct idea Of the present state Of
American stump speaking and Of the decline
and decadence Of that once mighty institution.
Governor Seymour made very long speech
at the Cooper Institute last Saturday evening,
and his admirers claim that it was about as able
as any he ever delivered. Even the Cheva-
lier Raymond, who Is devoting his atten-
ton to an endeavor to answer il, and who has
printed the rough notes Of his future speech in
the Times every morning since Saturday, can
didly acknowledges that this discourse of the
Governor is moro to his taste than any pre-
vious oration. Now, what did Governor Sey-
mour say at the Cooper Institute? Well, he
declared that he was in favor Of vigorous
prosecution Of the war. He declared this
several times. He appeared to like tte phrase,
and reiterated il. But he was always careful
after every iteration, to take back all that he
bad said He was evidently afraid that he had
gone too far. He was troubled lest somebody
might think he meant something. OF course he
was in favor of vigorous prosecution Of the
war; "but them" ''if It were," "notwithstand-
ing this" ''on the contrary" nevertheless" T"
and 80 forth. That was the sum and substance
of the Governors vigor. We have known men
who had spirit enough to say good thing, but
net courage enough to do It; but Governor
Seymours backbone is not strong enough to
keep him upright until the end of his speech.
He mast dodge, and equivocate, and back down.
His forte Is little, harmless criticism. He is
delighted wbsn hs can and petty fAnfts In great
men or petty flaws in great works. To be a
great man, to dos great Decd or to appreciate
either tho hero or u. heroic achievement, are
equally beyond his strhSAh.
The Chevalier Raymond is the same sort of
man, with another set Of opinions and another
suit of clothes. Indeed, his opinions, like his
clothes, are not original with him. He has
picked them up somewhere. Perhaps he pur-
chased them, perhaps they were presented to
him. He dresses himself up in them to make
-speech, and can -st-smy,kime put them aside
and don o new set, II comfort, convenience or
interest demands it. There the comparison
must cease; for his clothes are generally well
made and bic opinions are not. His mental
tailor is not as good . workman as bis physical.
1t takes nine tailors, they say, to make man,
and Raymond never employs more than one at
a time for his mind. His stump speeches and
his Times articles, therefore, lack eght-ninths
Of being manly. There is nothing more curious
and amusing than to hear him review Governor
Seymour. II is pigmy reviewing a lili-
putian. 1t is Commodore Mutt quarrelling
with General Tom Thumb. It is insignifcance
criticizing littleness. II Governor Seymour's
utterances may be said to amount to nothing,
the utterances Of the Chevalier Raymond
amount to less. And yet, singularly enough,
Seymour honestly believes that the country
would 60 to ruin IL he did not make = speech
now and then, and Raymond is inst ~ honestly
convinced that Seymour will wreck Us all by
these speeches II they are not Immediately an
swered by the editor Of the Times. This re-
minds us Of crazy fellow, in the village where
we were born, who used to 90 to certain post
and wind up the sun every day, under the i'm
preston that the world would stop moving If
this ceremony were omitted. However, we
had but one such crazy man in our village, and
we have at least two in New York.
Now the fuss and furry of the election is
very nearly over. Seymour and Raymond have
both delivered themselves of their puny
speeches, and are as well as can be expected.
We beg Of them to carefully watch the result.
Without risking our reputation as prophet,
by predicting who will be elected and who dc
feated we will venture to play the oracle 50 far
an to say that the world will not come to an
end, or the war be concluded, or the Union be
lost II either the democrats or the republicans
sweep the field. Should this prove true, we re-
commend Mcssrs. Seymour and Raymond to
read over their speeches carefully in this new
light, and see II they are not little ashamed Of
half they have said. Then let them 60 to work
TO originate or crib few grand, compreben-
sive, national ideas, 80 that, when they again
mount the stump, they may have something TO
say worth uttering and hearing. During this
interval, which may be extremely protracted,
| and in order to afford these Renuees full time