The New York herald., 1864-09-08

tion-Ais Defence or tho Adm tnfstra.
tion.
The late annual Auburn speech Of Mr.. Sew
ard on the Presidential question, which We
published yesterday, considering the occasion
and the purpose of its delivery, and the high
official position Of its author, is we'll calculated
to challenge the special attention Of the friends
| and the opponents Of the administration, The
| Secretary Of State, evidently with great care
and deliberati0n, has endeavored in this autho-
ritative manifesto to draw such contrast be-
tween the claims and virtues of our present
| Chief Magistrate, and the dement's and vices Of
| the Chicago democracy as TO leave no alter
native to the friends Of the Union but the re-
that we have in this exposition of the issues Of
this momentous political contest plausible
| appeal in support Of Mr.. Lincoln, and power
ful remonstrsnce against the Chicago platform
| and its destructive Affiliations. And vet, ia
this carefully and skilfully prepared discourse,
we have the old story Of the play of Hamlet,
with the part of Hamlet left out.
We rejoice in the assurance from the Seore-
tary of State that 1--WE shall have no draft, be-
cause the army is being reinforced at the rate
Of five to ten thousand men per day by volun-
teers, and we are still more gratitied with his
declaration that. "when the insurgents shall
have disbanded their armies and laid down
their arms the war will instantly cease and that
"all the war measures then existing. including
those which affect slavery, will cease also"
This is the high constitutional ground upon
which the war was commenced, and from which
the administration should never have departed.
To be sure it does not tally exactly with the
Baltimore platform, nor with Mr. Lincolns
slavery ultimatum to the Niagara rebel Peace
Commissioners: but until otherwise deter
mined, we shall consider Mr.. Lincoln as
transferred to Mr.. Seward, Auburn plat
form; for il the Secretary Of State does not
know the views and purposes Of the President
on this important subject upon whom can we
depend to enlighten US? We hold that Mr..
Sewards present relations to M Lincoln, in
spite of the Baltimore Convention. are much
the same (allowing for the difference between
whiskey and lager beer,) as were those of Van
Buren, towards General jackson when 'the
Little Magician" gained the inside track against
Calhoun, and had deliberately set himself to
work to take care of his master in order to
secure his mantle for the succession.
In the next place, leaving TO the war and
the peace organs Of the double voiced Chicago
democracy the task Of answering Mr.. Sewards
heavy budget Of specifications against them
we must confess that il is news to us that we
are mainly indebted to Secretary Welles for
the late successes Of Admiral Fsrragut in
Mobile Bay. We had supposed in common
with the country at large, that from the be-
ginning Welles had been an incubus upon the
navy, the Cabinet and the Union cause, and
that with the enormous means placed in his
hands almost any other man OF ordinary caps-
city would have done much greater things In
the creation of an irresistible navy than Welles
has accomplished. We had supposed that the
Blair family had farmed out the Jobs Of the
Navy Department for their own benefit, and
that Meles, as their steward, was really
good for nothing else. Mr.. Seward thinks
differently although the evidence IL against
him; and, in the same sentence, he assures Us
that "he that shall record the history OF this
war truthfully and inpartially will write that
since the days Of Carnot no man has organized
war with ability equal 70 that Of Stanton"
Upon this point we have repeatedly shown
from the historical facts Of this war that, down
to the appearance Of General Grant at Wash
ington as Genersl-in-C Chief, Stanton was great
blunderer. We agree that in the conducting
the business OF his Office he has improved amaz
ingly since but still, when left In an emer-
gency to bis own resources as in the late rebel
raid to the back door Of Washington, be has
blundsged as usual, and has had TO cslkGeneral
Grant TO the rescue.
But Mr.. Seward shows that we have .
nomination and platform wbioh we're made
by treaty. formally contracted between
the democratic traitors at Richmond and
the democratic opposition at Chicago,
signed sealed, attested and delivered In
The presence OF The London Times, and al
ready ratified at Richmond" !" and here he stops
his narrative The Hamlet here omitted is
Louis Napoleon Mr.. Seward 10 complete his
exposition Of this treaty should have told what
Louis Napoleon has been and is doing in Mexi-
co, how he has been and is working, not only
in that quarter, trt, with Slidcll, Mason and
Company, in France and England; and how
they, through Holcombe, Sanders and Others,
In Canada, in the interest Of Napoleon aud JEFF
Davis beve been operating upon the managers
Of The Chicago democratic organization In
this connection Mr. Seward, perhaps, could
have thrown come light upon the supposed
close affinity OF the political designs OF Louis
Napoleon with the financial schemes OF the
| Rotbschiids, including the Chicago tactics OF
their democratic financial agent in this country
| Mr. Belmont holds the Chicago Convention as
still existing committee Of safety in his hands and
| inject To his call Mr. Seward we dare aax