The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-05-17

Hlem PRAtsE or MEssHs. SEWARD
AEp ADANs.--lt would be strange if
Secretary Seward bad not made mis-.
takes Ia the difficult duties Of his dc.
par.ment, but many Of the assaults
upon him have evidently been inspir-
ed by personal malice, aud others
have originated IN neutrality-suspicious.
Of his words and acts. The North
American Rerissr. whose praise Is
worth something, speaks of the eecre.
tary us man whose very faults lean
to the side o. patriotism. 1T says 1---
There seems to be a growing ten;
dency Of late TO nndcrvalue Mr.. Se-
ward. That he should be spkcn slight.
y Of in England, is not TO be wonder.
Cd at, but that such sneers sh0ald be
caught up aud repeated IN This eoan:
try argues phiial proviacialism not
very haitering TO our Independence.
There Is 10 be snre little inconsis-
teney in the charges brosfshs against
him. On that side II tie Nsfter Ne II
accused OF buster and on this, OF
trucking. A man mn-, have pretty
fairly preserved, one would say, the
becoming moderation Of statesman.
ship, who is attacked on such opposite
grounds. II Mr.. Seward sometihTee
seems 10 foreign critics a little too con-
ident, we at least need like him none
the less Tor having faith in the destiny
Of his country. Hhis dispatches now
ard then smack n little oil the school
master, we must not forget that Ed
ropean statesmen are boys in their
Ta-b abs in all that concerns knowl-
edge Of US and our affairs.
Mr.. Seward. by universal admission,
was one Of the ablest if not the ablssI,
Of our politicians three years ago, and
we cannot believe thai he has become
so suddenly imbecile. He was an
anti-slavery man when Il Nas not yet
prosperous TO be SO, before some &C
his critics were born, and IL he now
set higher value on ths merely ter
ritorial integrity of tho country than
seems wise TO some, il Is only the nat
ural result Of position which compels
him to see and feel, more keenly than
any thing else, the weakness and dan
ger which have resulted from disunion
in our relations with foreign powers.
five have been able for three years
to thwart all designs Of Intervention,
with the war and ruin that would have
followed, we owe II mainly TO Mr. Sc
ward and il bis victories have been
less noisy and less gratifying to our
pride than those in other fields, they
have been no less effective, nor less'
deserving the gratitude Of his country
Of Mr.. Adams the Reviesc says:
A truly solid man, with a sense Of
sh~ .~--- r~.--.- =. ;----- ssvl 70 ne Daf-
fed or diverted, he has managed the
dangerous business Of the Alabnma
aud the rebel rams with discreet
frmness that is already having its
effect on public opinion in England.
1t is truly diyerting 10 see Earl Rus
sell endeavoring TO talk down man
like this, to watch his svperciiousnsss
gradually become vexation, donhss
alarm, and finally apologetic conces-
sion. Mr.. Adams, continually hay
ing the honor to be-" and taking
this occasion TO ronew," with the
blandest formality forces his lordship
closer and closer TO the wall, where
lie leaves him pinned at last, with dis
tinguished consideration" Of course,
but squirming in most chronological
| fashion.