The New York herald., 1863-09-08

We publish in another column this morning
very significant @ticle from the New York
Times, the official organ Of the republicans OF
this State, as distinguished from the radicals
whose mouthpiece is the fanatical Tribune. This
eulogy upon and denomination Of President
Lincoln is supposed to be from the pen Of
Secretary Seward. Its style-as smooth flow
ing and rhetorical as that of a magazine
ARTICLES precisely the same as that of Secre-
tary Stewards voluminous dispatches. Its
sentiments are those of Secretary Seward and
the other conservative members of the Cabinet.
The appositeness Of its appearance at this juno
ture, when the radicals have just been badly
beaten by Thurlow Weeds forces at the SYRIA
cuse Convention, smacks of Secretary Stewards
diplomatic dexterity To all this circumstantial
evidence and the current gossip in this city and
Washington add the fact that the Chevalier
Raymond is as incapable Of writing such an
article as he was Of displaying any cour-
age at Solferino or Manassas and the
most skeptical cannot be doubtful of the
real author. Secretary Seward often writes
for the old fogy National HteHigenoer when he
has point to gain; and why should he not.
under similar circumstances, print one of his
productions in the milkand-water Times?
The contest between the conservative and
radical factions in the Cabinet has for long
time been no secret to our readers. We have
repeatedly called the attention of the public
and the politicians to this singular "irrepressi-
BILE conflict" and have speculated upon its
various phases. Some time ago we warned
Secretary Seward that, while he was busy with
his interminable correspondence and his rid
culous predictions that something or other
would happen in ninety days, the shrewd Secre-
tary of the Treasury was laying political pipe
in every direction, and holding secret confer
ences at his residence, and during his afternoon
drives, with all sorts of political wire-pullers
Indeed, Secretary Chase had so far succeeded
in his intrigues that, by his influence
over President Lincoln, the radical Con-
gressmen, and Secretaries Stanton and
Welles, and by his clever management
of the finances, including Wall street, the banks
and the entire currency of the country, he
seemed to be omnipotent in almost every de-
partment, and to practically dictate the policy
of the government. It was at this crisis that
our warnings at last aroused Secretary Seward
to the dangers Of his position. His first action
was to rub his eyes, which had become weak
ened by gazing too intently into the intricacies
of foreign diplomacy. Then he looked around
to see who were for him and who against him.
He found that Messrs. Usher, Bates and Blair
were eager to retain their present places in the
Cabinet, and would enter into any combination
which promised this result. He found that op-
posed to him were Mr.. Chase, who is q sort Of
genius; Mr.. Stanton, who is brute, and Mr..
Welles, who Is a nincompoop. Thus assured Of
. working majority in the Cabinet-four against
three-Secretary Seward called Thurlow Weed
to his assistance and went to work in earnest.
New York. the greatest State in the Union, is
the favorite battle field Of politicians, because
victories gained here ere generally decisive.
forces for the Convention at Syracuse. The
veteran Thurlow Weed came out with his
youth renewed, like the eagles, and made the
preliminary arrangements with even more than
his usual sagacity. Jerome, the Wall street
millionaire, supplied tho sinews of war and
carried the military chest That "Little VIII
lain! Raymond, of the Times, acted as scout
and spy, and did all the little dirty work Incl
dental to such campaigns. When the battle
smoke cleared away everybody saw that
Seward had achieved Q splendid triumph.
Chase, Greeley, Opdyke and their forces were
IL lv dsocnvnGtoA ~ he
of Congress which Secretary Chase had pro-
cured were endorsed by the Convention The
Confscation, Indemnity and Conscription acts
were discovered among the killed and
wounded. The Emancipation act was ap-
proved only as military order, and as such
must be null and void, like all other military
orders, at the close Of the war. A tremendous
fall in the stock market proclaimed that Chase's
followers considered themselves utterly routed.
It was in vain that Chase procured the
premature publication OF the Presidents
letter. This only hsstened the crash in Wall
street, but did not at all disturb Stewards vic
torious soldiers. On the contrary, they pro-
fessed unqualified admiration" for its
style and sentiments, and quickly turned II,
like captured battery, against the broken
ranks Of thcir opponents. No wonder, then,
that Secretary Seward praises this letter so
highly in tho Times article, and enthusiastically
extols President Lincoln as the equal of Wash
ington. The letter is indeed worthy to be trans
lated into Pindaric verse, and SO II shall be-
Nor Is the likeness between Washington and
Lincoln SO very obscure. Washington was q
tall man, and so Is Lincoln. Washington was
stout, and Lincoln is not. Washington was
good tempered, and Lincoln is gsod tempered
Washington could raise Satan when he was
provoked; and, although we have never seen
Lincoln provoked, We suppose that he has
spirit enough to raise Satan or put down Chase
when he gets excited. At any rate, the COM
parison is sufficiently plain for Mr. Stewards
purpose, and we shall not impair IL.