The New York herald., 1863-03-28

MARCH 20,- 1868. -TRIPL
would ssve from dsatA maay : poor family.
We hope, therefore. that the Irish societies will
demand its appropriation to this obj cot, instead
OF permitting the holders to speculate with 1t
on stocks In Wall street They have had the
| use Of it for fifteen years, and they ought to be
satisfied. the directory have any doubt
about the propriety Of surrendering this fund
for the relief Of the Irish poor let them call .
public meeting of the subscribers and take
their opinion on the subject. 1t is manifest the
committee have no right TO hold the money, the
object for which II was subscribed--namely,
to aid the revolutionary movement In ireland
in ls4S-hsying passed away, and another op-
pOrtanity being too distant and uncertain to
warrant the retention of the fund for such
purpose. The great Irish orator and states
man, Edmund Burke, said that all political re-
forms began with the stomach Let the di-
rectory, therefore, begin with rsvolutionizing
the digestive organs Of the Celtic population
European Intervention-secrctar sew
President LincOlm.
In our European advioes by the Etna we a1e
informed that French Intervention in our affairs
has received quietus in recent despatch
from N. Drouyn de Lhuys to NJ Mcrcier, the
French, Minister at Washington, in answer to
Mr.. Stewards memorable note rejecting the
proposition of France for peace conference
in some neutral country between representa-
tiyes from the two parties involved In our pre-
sent domestic war. The substance Of said dc.
spatch is that France withdraws from all fur
ther offers of medati0n-a course which she has
adopted with regret--and assumes henceforth
the part OF simple spectator in tho contest,
| confning herself to following merely the course
of events. Thus tho last rag of cloud in the
way Of European Intervention in the matter Of
this war is dissolved into thin air. for this with
drawal Of France is tantamount to proclama.
tion of European neutrality.
Thus the mastery diplomacy of ON sagacious
Secretary Of State is amply vindicated by its
good results. He has fully maintained the
honor and dignity of the government abroad
throughout the delicate and difioult work which
he has accomplished Of 'diseptanging US from
various threatened forms Of Europeaa aid and
comfort to the rebellion, and he may now
sersnely contemplate the baf1ed Vaccinations
Of the miserable faction al Washington which
has sought to displace and disgrace him from
the beginning OF all the members Of Presi-
| dent Lincoln's Cabinet Mr.. Seward has had
the most difficult task assigned him; and h~
is, perhaps, the only member Of the Cabin4
who has discharged his duties with complies
success. The first essential to this success was.
of course, the confidence of the President in his
Premier; and, in view of the simple fact that
all the hostile efforts Of the dominant abolition
faction in the republican camp hare failed to
shake this confidence, We must cencede to the
President = good share Of sagacity, consistency
and steadincss Of purpose
But, when we come to review the results of
the labors Of the three other principal members
Of his Cabinet, we are perplexed with the mys-
terry of their retention in Office SO long. Mr..
Stanton has certainly proved himself as unfit
for the management Of the War Office under =
gigantic war establishment, as Mr.. Wclles has
shown himself to be for the great responsible
ties of his department. Had the work OF each
thing like the skill and ability displayed by tho
head of the Department of State in his peculiar
duties, the rebellion, in all probability, would
have been ended q year ago. In the next place,
had Mr.. Secretary Chase been equal to the vast
financial requirements Of his position, we should
have escaped the recent psnics and fi,ictra-
tions between gold and government paper in
Walt street, aud all their attendant evils to the
community at large. The opinion is also very
widely entertained that had Mr.. Chase devoted
more Of his attention to his legitimate business,
and less to the political intrigucs and schemes
of the radical abolition faction the results
| would have been much better for himself, tho
goversmcnt-and the great cause Of the Union.
President Lincoln has doubtless for some
time been fully sensible of the prevailing pah,
lie sentiment Of the loyal States in reference to
his Cabinet; bat, as II appears that he expects,
with the Cabinet as it is, to bring out Of this
spring aud summers campaign .'tbe Union ~ II
was.' the country has apparently resigned itself
to the experiment. There must, however, be
, no inglorious failure this time We have uow
| greater advantages over the rebellion than we
have before had since the war commenced for
successful campaign, and greater Ahan we nay
recover for years to come If they should be ttit-
tered away in waateful defeats or indccisive en-
terpriscs Before the next October and Novem-
bcr elections in the North the great rebel
armies In the field must be demolished or
dispersed, or nothing can save tho administra-
ton from the wrath Of disappointed and
Justly offended people. Mr.. Lincoln has ALL the
authority, men and means at his disposal re-
quired to accomplish the end in view before the
close Of the summer; but the expectations Of
the country and his responsibi,ie. are Of the
same proportions