The New York herald., 1863-12-23

Country. PA
The exigencies Of Che country den.nd
thoroughgoag political revolution. We cal
detect no s'gus OF relief fron.the present Con
erass or The present administration n w
turn TO our national assembly we Gnd thcrl
no'hing beyond the petty tricks OF pel,ry poll
t1clans to callap o. o.rcumvenl each other
we turn to The adm nistration it is only TO finc
Honest Old Abe reciting a chapter Of 30
Miller" OF The Secretary Of State dining witt
tae Russian h,nister. or Mr. Chase drawing ~
aaother requisition for some additional hundred.
OF millions OF dollars, or Secretary WeIIes with
his favorite engine driver. Isherwood planning
how a vessei-otwar may be built most expen-
sivesy and so os 70 be OF the least possible ser
vice for war purposes. In short. whllo Goa
| gress ha5 degeleraled into debating club oi
the most desplcabIe party demagogues. the
administration has apparently become utterly
indifferent to the consequences of its biupders,
ITS corrupt ons and its mbecility-
| Such state Of things can only be remedied
by searching popular reconstruction Of our
party politics, beginning with the administra-
tion. In tue ca!ibte aud quality OF our politi-
cal leaders aad.i ia the morality of our political
parties We have fallen 40 low that we must fall
back or continue TO sink till we are lost 10
Mexican anarchy and wretchedness. With the
passage OF the great peace measures of 1850
through the patriotic labors Of such men as
Clay. Webster and Cass-we had hoped for q
long reign OF national harmony and prosperity
But the statesmen Of thtt day were superseded
in 1862 by poor Pierce and his democratic
spoilsmen and disorgauizen. Poor Pierce,
under the dictation of JET. Davis, bis Secreta-
ry of War. and Of Senator Mason, of the firm
OF Mason 4 Slide,I, soon destroyed our dreams
of peace, IA the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. In that act were sown those dragons
teeth which have sprouted into conflicting le
gions OF armed men, engaged ia the bloody
work Of mutual destruction.
Poor old Buchanan's administration only
fostered into full growth those poisonous weeds
OF treason which were planted by poor Pierce
The smallest exhibition of moral courage on
the part of Mr.. Buchanan would have extin-
guishod this rebellion in the kindling; but he
was old and credulous, and the most SER
vile and most miserable of trucking politicians.
We dare say. indeed, that had not Gen Cass,
Gen. Scott aud other indignant and disgusted
patriots interpesed somewhat roughly. Mr.. Bu-
chanan before The close of his term, would
have quietly surrendered the White House TO
JEFF. Davis rather than to have had any trouble
about it. The last quarter Of the last year OF
his deplorable administration was shocking
exhibition Of blubbering weakness on his part,
and of the moral depravity OF the traitorous
politicians by whom he was led to the very
verge Of destruction, body and soul.
And what have We gained in the present ad-
ministratiOn? A practical joker for Presi-
dent; dscordant and incompetent Cabinet; a
war which might still have been honorably
avoided--a gigantic and destructive OWL war,
which might have been ended within six months
from the bombardmeat of Sumter, but which is
destined, from all appearances, to go over as
legacy to the next administration. We have
gained mountain Of public debt, suggesting
mountain of taxes for hundred years to come;
and worst Of all, we have gained rapacious
horde Of public plunderers aud corruptionists,
who would reduce government and country to
anarchy in order to fatten upon the spoils.
Such are the consequences. from bad to
worse, which have befallen the country since
its destinies have fallen under the control of the
President making, rebellion breeding and
Treasury plundering politicians Of these dread
fui times. We want a complete reformation.
striking at the very root OF these evils, in the
election Of President by the people wholly in
dependent Of these scheming politicians on
;1o Enrk hold no,.
Grant as the man for the crisis, the people and
the country. We believe that he can be elected
in spite Of all the schemes Of tue politicians to
supplant him, and we are confident that, thus
elected. he will inaugurate now and better
order Of things.
the Affair OF tho Chesa pca kc-Ths Cow
crnmenCs Duty.
For the second time since the commence
ment OF the war there has occurred on the sea
a circumstance in every way likely 10 compli-
cate our relations with Great Britain~ Infinitely
Iess noise, however, is made about the Chesa-
peake than was made about the Trent--for
this time IL is another mans OK that has been
gored--and it is wonderful with what eqna-
nimity of temper John Bull can contemplate
the injuries inflicted upon other persons. Two
meu were taken from the English ship Trent
by an American man-of-war. Straightway the
British lion roored terribly. II is true that we
knew all the time that this lion was only Snug,
the joiner; but be didn't roar any less loudly
for that. Euglsnds sovereignty had been vo
lated, and England was ia a ferment-over
two men taken from az English ship.
Let us suppose that instead Of that small
matter seventeen Americans bad taken passage
in an English ship from an English port, had
risen at sea, taken forcibse possession Of the
ship murdered one Of its officers and carried
the vessel into American waters; been there
seized by the officers Of justice, and then, in an
American city Of thirty thousand inhabitants,
been rescued by the prominent citizens and