The New York herald., 1864-12-21

ventf0n, and next in manipulating him out OF
the Cabinet This latter achievement, In view
Of the next political campaign, was at the time
regarded az q great success for Seward; but, as
events have since turned out 1t was Q victory
on the other side.
Mr.. Chase, in becoming Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court we will assume, ceased to be .
Presidential candidate. Nor do we suppose
that anybody counts upon the contingency Of
Mr.. Seward's nomination as the administration
party nominee in 1868. But each of these two
men still remains a. the head of his faction and
the embodiment of its policy, and each Of these
factions depends upon its leader to secure the
inside track for the succession. The policy of
Seward is conservative-it is the policy of
getting along as smoothly and as near the old
order Of things as possible; the policy Of read
mitting the rebellious States quietly and with
out any new cerembnies, and Of letting slavery
die an easy death. The policy Of Mr.. Chase
and the radicals, on the other hand, ID the
policy Of making tho abolition Of slavery the
inexorabls condition precedent In the resto-
ration Of the rebel States. Upon these issues
the radicals have resolved that Mr.. Seward
shall be superseded and disarmed IS party
leader. Hence this House resolution of Gen.
sure. Such resolution in the British House
of Commons would be instantly ebeyed as an
authoritative order for change Of the Cabinet;
but we presume that Mr.. Seward will hold on
and await some further developments of tho
radical game.
The odds are heavily against him. Mr.. Chief
Justice Chase has the game in his hands With
the managers of the republican party, and q
majority of its members in both branches Of
Congress, and with the controlling elements of
the party throughout the country at his back,
he is now in q position Of positive security and
immense strength. He can, If possessed of che
requisite qualifications, play the part of a
Machiavelli, Richelieu, or q Metternich, in
giving shape and direction to the great ques-
tions, the vast combinations and the drifting
revolutionary elements within his grasp. We
| think that, with the means in his hands, he has
| shown the energy and strength required to con-
| troll the present administration, to shape its
policy to prepare its platform and to nominate
the party candidate for 1868. But the first-step
demanded by the radicals in this direction is the
| retirement of Mr.. Seward from the State De-
partment. This is tho true Interpretation Of
the House resolution Of Mr.. Winter Davis. The
Weed -Opdyke trial now progressing before one
Of our city courts is but side movement in the
same game. The master and his man are both
to be sent into Coventry. Chase and his fac
ton, through the power which they possess in
both houses of Congress, may protract or
shorten the struggle at their pleasure; but Mr.
Seward and his faithful squire will surely be
disarmed and dismissed.
This may appear small business in the
midst of the grand military operations Of the
day, of our victorious armies and naval squad
rons, East and West, but the radical abolition
politicians. as We approach the closing battles
Of the war, seem to realize the necessity of
speedy action in order to clear the way for
their policy of reconstruction, and for the Presi
| Dental succession. We conclude that Mr.
Seward Will shortly find it convenient to retire
from the State Department. and that his good
man Friday Us occupation is already gone.
BorH SIDES SEEN.-Since General Dix's excel
lent order in relation to our frontier was SO
soon nulliGed by the President 1t might appear
q natural subject for regret that it was ever
issued at oil. But we do net regret its issue,
nor the issue of the order by which it was re-
scindsd Taken together, the two orders put u
properly before the world on this imp portant
question. General Dix's order shows the real
sentiment OF the country aud Of the people,
| and shows how strongly men Of high position
/ and spotless character feel in relation to the
violation of our soil and the shameless conduct
| OF the Canadian authorities. On the other
| hand, the Presidents order shows the moral
government can tell the people that it will not
do what it thinks is not right, however great
the provocaton may be; and that is the best
reproof that we can give to those mistaken
| persons who hold that this is . country in
which the spirit of the mob rules.
| Such is the relation of the two orders on the
surface. But we incline to the opinion that the
Presidents order was not due to this high
moral view. 1t was due rather to the influence
Of Mr. Seward, one Of the cand dates for the
succession, and was aimed against General Dix
as another candidate for the succession. Gene
raj Dix's order was so clearly the expression Of
the peoples thought it thrilled SO with our
real American nationality, and was so much
in keeping with the various orders that have
made this distinguished soldiers name power
in the country, that it at once excited the alarm
Of the small clique which adheres to the Secre-
| tary Of State, and hence the attempt to fost
upon the people the notion that General Dix
was too hasty-had done what was very i'm
proper. But the result will be to show that
General Dix is the man who, As distinguished
from all others, best represents our nationality,
and this will make him stronger than ever