The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-27

this is 80; and they should know the fact and
not allow factions here TO delay any longer the
passage Of the Police act "a il came from the
Senate.
The Presiaentiar Imbroglio i'm the CabI.
net-Troubie Ahead.
The scorching manifesto Of Senator Pomeroy
and his committee against Abraham Lincoln
as candidate for another term, and ia favor
OF Mr.. Chase for the succession, threatens, from
present appearances. rupture betwesn the
President and his ambitious Secretary.
The spectacle of such conflict for the
Presidency ia certainly a new thing under the
sun. and s2meEhat discreditable, withal, to the
halligcrents Not one Of Mr. Linoolns prede-
cessors, excepting. perhaps. that imbecile old
man, James Buchanan, would have tolerated
for another day the presence OF such q rival as
Mr.. Chase among his official subordinates after
the discovery Of such Q declaration Of war az
this no-quarter manifesto OF Senator Pomeroy.
We are not surprised, therefore, to hear that
the probabilities Of q change or two in the
Cabinet are beginning to be discussed among
politicians at Washington. As between Mr.,
Lincoln and Mr.. Chase, the Cabinet is now q
aondescript with two heads, and it is doubtful
which is or will turn out TO be the real master
of the situation. There must be change in
the interval, or we may anticipate Cabinet
crisis and blow-up with the adjournment of tue
Republican National Convention.
Senator Pomeroy and his radical anti Lincoln
committee have given fair warning that Mr..
Lincoln caunot be reelected; that If nominated
certain influences will be brought to bear
against him which will insure his defeat. In
other words, the radical Chase faction will not
accept Mr. Lincoln as their candidate, but will
combine with his enemies to defeat him, if
nominated over the head Of Mr.. Chase.
The radical abolition Border State Con-
vention which met at Louisville the
other day closed its proceedings with set
of anti-Iincoln resolutions. Wendell Phillips
and his abolition pioneers, after turning and
twisting Old Abe in every possible way. give
him up 10 despair as a trimmer, temporizer,
blunderer and bad bargain. Greeley and
the New York radicals entertain the same
ideas; but Greeley desires to sheive Old Abe
| as quietly az possible. 80 as not to disturb the
peace Of the happy family. But only let Mr.
Seward and his good man Friday, Thurlow
Weed try the experiment of set of Lincoln
nominating resolutions in the New York Legis-
lature, and they will see the fur fly. Senator
Pomcroy thus speaks with the leading abolition
radicals, and with New York at his back, ia
denouncing the shortcomings OF Old Abe,
and in pronounciag against him as candidate
for another term.
|, President Lincoln has bad some show Of
strength from various State Legislatures; but
while New York aud Ohio stand dead against
him his footing IS insecure. How the States
endorsing him have been manipulated may be
conjectured from the lsod,ts operond; adopted in
Pennsy lvauia. Hon. Simon Cameron manages
the republicans in the Legislature of that State
AZ the colonel Of a regiment controls his men.
With the statement. therefore after the vote Of
Pennsylvania Legislature. that Mr.. Cameron is
to stand for our next Vice President on the
Lincoln ticket we GO, at the milk in that cocoa
nut. But all these nice manipulati0ns will be
apt to fail in the party convention. The Presi-
dent yields an immense amount OF patronage,
aud has host of o1iceholding retaiuers in his
service: but. as the s'outs' are more numerous
than the '.ins, and as the "outs'' have little to
expect from the administration as it is they
will muster all their strength ia demanding q
change. The result will most probably be .
split in the republican party, a Cabinet explo-
sion. and two or three Presidential tickets from
as many divisions of the party.
In any event, this contemplate and democrat
izng. this broad and "irrepressible conflict in
the Cabinet ought to be sufficient to tech the
independent masses Of the people their true
line Of action. The field is open and the course
is clear for the election of General Grant az the
peoples candidate and it will require only
little initiatory public meeting here and there
10 secure for him the inside track. Let the
ball be put in motion. and il all soon gain a
momentum which will carry r rything be-
fore II